apparently this has been said by mean fiddler:
Two of the headliners are British, but only one is English. The other is American.
Two of the headliners have met Homer Simpson.
Two of the headliners are due to make much anticipated comebacks next year.
One headliner might seem a bit surprising but they’ve done it before, one headliner has been obvious, but one headliner will shock a lot of you.
ALSO
Just to make things a little more interesting, I’ll give you clues for the top four each day using their nationality:
Friday:
British
English
American
Australian
Saturday:
American
English
British
American
Sunday:
English
American
British
American
i would say the smashing pumpkins are a dead cert to headline.
Met homer simpson eh?
Smashing Pumpkins, Aerosmith, RHCP? Cypress Hill - they were in the Simpsons right? apologies I'm not the biggest fan.
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obviously the american headliner is the pumpkins.
english is also british, so which british band has met homer simpson?
which non-english british bands are big enough to headline reading? snow patrLOL? franz only did it a year or so ago so it won't be them. surely not the manics? a reformed catatonia perhaps?
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texas
so we're looking for a british band wot wuz in the simpsons once.
only The Who
apparently.
and the stones.
and the moody blues.
and various solo artists that wouldn't be reading headliners in a million years.
Spinal Tap
Are British, but they're actually American. They've also met Homer Simpson.
i thought
bono had...
U2?
I really hope it's U2...
they're irish
Yeh
Well...
it'll be two established acts
and one 'OMG they're not big enough to headline!' flavour of the month NME type of band probably...
I really hope
you're joking.
Surely the Who is a possibility.
Spinal Tap!
what's intriguing me is this:
"One headliner might seem a bit surprising but they’ve done it before, one headliner has been obvious, but one headliner will shock a lot of you."
the pumpkins could fit into two of those catagories, really.
also, the only american headliner is the saturday, but i would've said that the pumpkins were more of a sunday band.
i've seen blur suggested in some places - i discounted it intially, but maybe the 'surprise' is that it's going to be blur avec coxon?
i think snow patrol are likely. sadly.
i see what you mean about
pumpkins being a sunday band.
however, they weren't necessarily referring to the reading lineup there, were they? could have been the leeds one?
but neither blur nor snow patrol have met
homer simpson, have they?
Aerosmith and
Pumpkins.
And Mud.
nope. that'd be two american bands.
Could be..
The Police. Sting was in The Simpsons and it fits the comeback/surprise angle. Don't know about the non-English, non-American headliner though.
must be snore patrlol.
Snow Patrol are headlining V
sting is scotish isnt he?
oh no geordie.
oh
god..stereophonics? for the british not english.
then the smashing pumpkins and the who. does that work? - assuming that the stereophonics are making a much anticipated comeback.
The Who
They've been on the simpsons and they could be the surprise one.
Aren't the Who playing Glastonbury?
They don't normally have the same headliner do they?
i'd be very surprised if it was the who.
who the shit are the australian band??
wolfmother??
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Jet probably.
Silverchair maybe
.
have RATM been rumoured yet? if not, i'd like to start that rumour
i think silverchair
is likely.
Apparently R.E.M were on the simpsons
out of all the possible american bands i'd go for that.
Rolling Stones for the English band? meh.
I've stopped caring.
Its INXS
That's why they had the reality tv program to find a new singer. trust.
Wolfmother did last year
as did Howling Bells
TRAVIS!1!
TRAVIS!
:(
Hmm
Oasis?
eFestivals
Reckon it's:
Smashing Pumpkins
Blur
Razorlight
'Hmmm'
Police reform for Grammy's
surely not for carling...
if this is true...
...i will definitely not be going.
I sooo wanted Rage to headline and if they are under Razorlight then i give up.
I'm going to Leeds no matter who the headliners are
Me too
I've already bought my ticket! There's bound to be some good stuff!
50 cent and sting!
other runners = metallica and the white stripes, but it does look very certain the punkins will do it.
RATM joint headline on sunday
bloc party second on on one of the other days
the who may close the fest, if led zep play glasto
Peter Frampton?
Do you feel? Do you feel? Oh come on DO YOU FEEL?!
I've seen him play that
:)
It MIGHT be Blur actually
using The Simpsons connection, didn't Homer sing 'Song 2' once?
Blur and the Pumpkins then!
but
alex james has said that blur don't plan to get together until the autumn, and you'd think if damon would be at reading it'd be with the good, the bad and the queen.
unless
the "surprise" is that it's a coxon reunion.
razorlight
are half swedish. so either they have done their research incorrectly or they arent playing :S
We can only pray
for the latter.
haha
picked this up off another forum
apparently it's from a mean fiddler internal memo..
The Academy Is
The Arcade Fire
Arjen Robben
Air Traffic
The Automatic
Badly Drawn Boy
Biffy Clyro
Bloc Party
The Blood Arm
Brakes
Bring Me The Horizon
Buck 65
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Cold War Kids, CSS
The Cure (Sat night)
Cursive
Dragonforce
Elbow
The Editors
Enter Shikari
Fall Out Boy (LEEDS ONLY)
Gang Of Four
The Good,The Bad & The Queen
Good Shoes
The Gossip
Fields
The Fratellis
The Hold Steady
Hot Hot Heat
The Horrors
Ian Brown
Idlewild
Imogen Heap
Jurassic 5
Kasabian
The Klaxons
LCD Soundsystem
Liars
Little Man Tate
Mylo
My Morning Jacket
Nebula
New Young Pony Club
The Ordinary Boys
Poison The Well
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Rancid
The Rapture
Razorlight
The Rumble Strips
The Shins
Shiny Toy Guns
The Smashing Pumpkins
stellastar*
These New Puritans
Trivium
The Twang
The Used
VHS Or Beta
The View
You Say Party! We Say Die!
We Are Scientists
Wolfmother
Is it just me
Or does this look utter gash? I pity The Shins and Arcade Fire for sharing a stage with some of those...
They wouldn't all be on one stage
and besides, some of it looks pretty good.
what is the deal
with chelsea players on the carling stage lineup each year?
the guy that runs it
is a Chelsea fan isn't he?
My favourite was "We hate QPR" in 2001
I'm guessing...
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Smashing Pumpkins
Razorlight
PGMG split a week ago
so that makes this questionable for me.
no they didn't
they announced they are going to split up, following a 'farewell' US tour in may.
it's possible that they may extend it to august to take in some european shows / festivals.
Voila!
Friday - Razorlight
Saturday - Smashing Pumpkins
Sunday - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Also confirmed are the view, gossip, interpol, bloc party, ian brown, fall out boy, kasabian, lostprophets, nofx and good shoes.
and you
heard that where?
It's in the
NME this week.
They make it look like it's confirmed but don't go as far as to explicitly state it.
what fucking appalling
headliners-they be
it won't be RHCP again? surely
how pointless. they played in Reading last year. we don't want them here again
no they didn't
i think he means
their stadium tour rather than the festival.
ahhhhh
yeah what gunty said
from what i hear they sucked balls, but on the plus side only played a short gig
RHCP
suck balls.
Anywhere.
Everywhere.
Bloc Party
have confirmed
who
are the editors
/pedant
i suppose
it always looks a bit shit until the tent line-ups fill out.
What's the betting
Razorlight break-up/implode before the festival?
looks good
although i think i would have to take a knife to fall out boy, the automatic and razorlight!
sonic youth
are rumoured
considering
they'll be in the country then, i think it's quite likely.
it'd
fucking ace
*be
bump
my
fingers are crossed
tickets:
Mean Fiddler is proud to announce The Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals will go on sale at 7pm precisely on Monday 19th March.
Exclusive Line-up announcement to be made on Radio 1, NME.com and the brand new Reading and Leeds websites at 6.45pm on the same day.
let's
fucking hope so. I HATE razorlight.
what
have razorlight got to do with anything ?
oh shit
yeah, sorry, didnt read above.
long blondes are playing
main stage, according to their myspace, anyone else think that's a bit of a joke?
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