Weekend Two of next spring's All Tomorrow's Parties festival - held as it is next month at Butlins in Minehead - is to be co-curated by the fans, those actually buying the tickets.
This is good, yes? Yes!
The three-day event - from May 18 to May 20 - already features a handful of confirmed acts, including Sparklehorse, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Notwist, Do Make Say Think and Built To Spill.
More information about this frankly great idea is available at the ATP website, here, where tickets can be purchased and the line-up for the first, Dirty Three-curated weekend (April 27-29) can be viewed, but here's a quick summary from the organisers' mouths...
For Weekend 2 of ATP 2007, we have cooked up something a little bit special for you. All Tomorrow’s Parties would like to announce ATP vs The Fans. ATP will be curating half the line-up and the rest of the line-up is up to you, The Fans. Each person who buys a ticket to the festival will be asked to submit their top ten wish-list of who they would like to see at ATP.
Here’s how it works...
When you buy your tickets, you will be given details of a website. The person who actually buys the tickets will log into a page where they will be able to email out voting forms to each person in their apartment.
Each person then needs to use that form to submit their top ten bands.
Each week, the received votes will be tallied and listed on atpfestival.com in order of popularity. ATP will then start asking bands from the top of the list, down. Please note that this means the earlier you vote the more your vote will mean.
VOTING BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24th.
ATP stress that any votes for The Rolling Stones or Bob Dylan are probably worthless as their budget is only so big, and that it's still impossible to raise the dead, so no Nirvana requests. Also, the band/s that come top of the list must obviously want to play.
Anyone found cheating will be disqualified. This means YOU, people going to ATP who are in bands!
More information at the ATP website.
amazing idea
I pick...
The Most Serene Republic
Wires On Fire
Lords
Adam Gnade + full band
The Icarus Line or Souls She Said
Mono
Damien Jurado
Mates Of State
Hanne Hukkelberg
and... um... Loney, Dear.
YAY.
I vote
for Nick Cave, Low,.... hang on
:)
me too
What an utterly
brilliant idea!!!!
I really need to lose my ATP cherry for that weekend!
ah hell...
already got a ticket for weekend one... not sure i can afford both...
wonderful idea. someone please vote semifinalists in there somewhere.
I pick
Scott Walker
Yo La Tengo
Asobi Seksu
The Apples In Stereo
Sennen
Wolf Parade
M83
Lullabye Arkestra
Mates of State
Hidden Cameras
Except I haven't bought a ticket yet
ooh
I pick:
Modest Mouse
Eels
Wolf Parade
Loney, Dear
Tilly and the Wall
Oxes
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Jarvis Cocker
Beirut
Jim O' Rourke
Two Mates of State votes
*high fives*
*high fives*
not that I'm sure two votes will make it
that's a really good idea
but surely you could buy a ticket, do your list and then have none of the bands you wanted play?
This
has made my day.
EVERYONE PUT TOM WAITS
...
sorry
there's no going back now!
indeed
getting tickets then
bob?
Lil Chris?
i want to go !!!!
bearsuit
liars
mars volta
saul williams
ooioo
boredoms
bright eyes
animal collective
polysics
stars
stinkerton
geoff sez
Shed Seven
The Bluetones
Menswear
Mohair
Tenacious D
Dreamburger
Hall & Oates
WOW
OH MY F*CKING GOD!!!!
SPARKLEHORSE AND BUILT TO SPILL!!!!!!
...let's get the credit card out
I
want Boredoms x 10
!
Me want go:
65 Days of Static
Saul Williams
Help! She Can't Swim
TV On The Radio
David Cross
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies
Radio Dept.
You Slut!
Final/Jesu
Team Sleep
hmmms
mates of state
most serene republic
silent type
interpol
emily haines
Stars
bright eyes
tokyo police club
Los Campesinos
tilly and the wall
I'm going and voting for
Modest Mouse
Spoon
Wolf Parade
Stars
My Morning Jacket
Jason Lyttle
Joanna Newsom
Magnolia Electric Co
M Ward
The Clientele
wow.
ymss
the blow
mates of state
beirut
wolf parade
regina spektor
joanna newsom
chad vangaalen
subtle
of montreal
this is a preliminary top ten.
but WOW.
AMAZING
I say get some sensible block voting going.
"Here's how it works. When you buy your tickets, you will be given details of a website. The person who actually buys the tickets will log into a page where they will be able to email out voting forms to each person in their apartment."
I'm so voting for people i buy tickets for :)
brilliant
PAVEMENT
Robert Pollard
Sebadoh
Television
Oneida
The New Pornographers
Dead Meadow
Girls Against Boys
The National
The Presidents Of The United States Of America
I recon everyone will say Pavement
what with the rumours. Might just work...
WHAT RUMOURS?!
but the thing is we all
vote for our favourites, butwhat if the bands aren't available?? could end up with choices way down the list.
still a good idea though!
THE Bands we all want to see are
Tom Waits
Venetian Snares
Jim O Rourke/Loose Fur
MF Doom
Fantomas
Boards Of Canada
Deerhoof
Clark
Doug Stanhope
AC/DC
THE PAVEMENT REUNION RUMOURS
.
i think that in fact
this whole thing is set up to bring about a Pavement reformation. It's almost like a "Get Pavement to reform" petition. So everyone MUST vote Pavement, or risk ruining history.
but what if I don't go?
and then Pavement reform? I WILL DIE.
omg i am so slow
i vote shellac
everyone else is secondary...
argh!
i so want to go to this. shame ive not got the money, or friends who would be willing to go with me...
modest mouse are playing a ATP show at the royal albert hall on the 23rd of may (has that been announced on here?) so it wouldnt be a surprise to see them playing at minehead...
CAN WE PL:EASE VOTE FOR ARCADE FIRE?
ah gwan
oooh...
FUGAZI!
and Pavement, Tom Waits and The Cure.
Shall I go to this aswell?? I wonder.
Elephant 6
fo' sho'
first draft
Will Oldham
Arcade Fire
Cocorosie
The Earlies
Jeff Tweedy (i doubt they could afford Wilco)
J Spaceman (with his gospel choir thing he's been using on his solo dates)
Olivia Tremor Control
Cat Power
Final Fantasy
Mark Kozelek
Stating the obvious but ...
Kraftwerk
Arcade Fire
Boards Of Canada
Secret Machines
Le Tigre
Jaga Jazzist
Clinic
Current 93
Isis
and Young Marble Giants to re-form
lots of votes here seem to be...
...going to things that are here any old time
make your vote count!!
oh yeah, let's all vote for tom waits
the guy who didn't play in this country for like 20 years and charged £65 a ticket when he did! i'm SURE he'll be persuaded to play.
this
is an extroardinarily good idea. I heart ATP.
Also, Built To Spill confirmed?! *comes*
Hurrah
Bill to Spill is a top choice by Foundation and may take some beating.
The Pavement petition is a good idea and I echo the Elephant 6 theme developing!
However, I will be suggesting HOOD.
yeah stop being silly everyone
We'd all love to see Tom Waits and Fugazi but the chances of either of them appearing stand at 0%.
~PLEASE
OMG everyones requests are CRAP. Well not everyone. ~And not bad bands but why pick people who always tour and have played before?! Pavement is a good idea...
Here are my shit suggestions:
1) THE EMBARRASSMENT
http://www.myspace.com/theembarrassment
~Best band ever, from the 1980 or so. Never got really famous but are genius. They reformed in America recently and would TOTALLY do it for cheapish too leaving money for others. PLEASE DOWNLOAD A TRACK OR WATCH THIS YOU TBE I BEG YOU - (type don juan embarrassment on youtube)
2) THE FEELIES
please
3) NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL
IT's got to happen one day
4) WANDA JACKSON
She's 60 odd and AMAZING live
PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR VOTES ON BORES LIKE SHELLAC. I'm up against a bunch of 20 year old boys. What hope have I got?
your profile says that you're 23.
So basically requests are only good if they're super obscure acts that no fucker has heard of, or in the case of NMH, a pipe dream.
no
It's out of date. No, they are just my suggestions! Just why vote for people who have played a million times or tour all the time?
jesus
let us dream !
I like you Pickles
You're a funny little frog.
ooooh.
seeing pavement, mars volta and los campesinos there would be amazing! vote people
the embarrassment
Sound really good.
Thanks for the heads up!
untrue
tom doesnt care about money and is always up for a laugh.
fugazi all still like each other and didnt split on a bad note...
ok... if not 0% then maybe 0.01% at most
I don't know the workings of Tom Waits' mind, nor his manegerial setup, but i very much doubt he'd come over to play a show that wasn't his own, in a place that holds less than 3000 people. It would be naive to assume he doesnt have some kind of manager / agent too that wouldn't demand an extortionate fee. Though I suppose no harm in putting him down as one of the ten choices - weirder things have happened!
I emailed Guy Picciotto when I was about 16 once to ask if they were gonna come over and play any shows or any festivals, and he said "we only ever do our own shows, we never play festivals" as they like to set their own rock bottom ticket prices. Now I know ATP isn't exactly your everyday festival, but even so ... given that they are all doing different things right now I can't see it happening. Not yet anyway.
Pavement on the other hand ...
That'd be...
dem-rock-racy in action then...
I'll get my coat ;->
What about bands who have split up?
If we get enough people, can we convince Mclusky to reform for a one off?
Surely most of the people there would be for that idea (although maybe not the band themselves...)!
And who I'd choose are...
Menomena
Travis Morrison
Ted Leo / Pharmacists
Hot Chip
Deerhoof
The Arcade Fire
Apples In Stereo
Fugazi
The Presidents Of The USA
The Icarus Line
This idea just aint going to work
But jolly good luck to anyone who actually gets to see someone they actually requested.
Voting
How's about voting for ATP to relocate closer to Newcastle? Like, Longsands beach, or Whitley Bay Caravan Park?
Awesome idea...
Now, the question is, is it worth my degree.
If these guys play, then yes
Saul Williams
TVotR
The Dears
Battles
YMSS
M83
Beirut
Patrick Wolf
Architecture in Helsinki
and my not-a-chance-in-hell pick:
The Postal Service
right.
pavement.
wolf parade.
ymss
lightning bolt
broken social scene
eluvium
explosions in the sky
liars
mouse on mars
but,
id scratch them all if they could get neutral milk hotel to reform for it
hahaha
HELLO!?!?!?!
Godspeed anyone?
If I can find enough money, I'd pick
Miss Black America
65daysofstatic
Howling Bells
The Flaming Lips
Noxagt (providing Nils rejoins them)
DJ Scotch Egg
Bearsuit
Yourcodenameis milo
Mogwai
Cibo Matto/Miho Hatori
POLVO
to reform!