Official 2013 Festival Speculation

[e_wind]

i hope not. black keys have been at forecastle before, and that was before they wrote that shit album camino

[EverythingChanges]

i hope not. black keys have been at forecastle before, and that was before they wrote that shit album camino

I like the Keys, but they need to learn a few things when it comes to playing a good show.  They need to extend their songs and make them come to life live, they need to play songs across their entire catalogue (not just El Camino and Brothers), and they need to play longer sets with a beefier encore.  Two song encores are lame, especially when all of your songs are 3 minutes long.

Besides that, a Black Keys show is nothing but a good time.

[EverythingChanges]

Forecastle:

"You've got an urgent question: When will the lineup be announced!? We've got an answer. Stay tuned for the announce date this week."

An announcement to announce the date that they will announce the lineup...

[EverythingChanges]

So, the other night I posted this on Forecastle's wall

"When you announce the lineup, I hope Jim James is on it. He is on almost every other festival lineup this year. Make it happen!"

Tonight they replied back with a



Jim James is coming to Forecastle!!

This was probably already obvious, but now I am super stoked!! Get pumped!! 

[BigHerm]

Where are the Jack White rumors? Hopefully he's at bonnaroo.

[EverythingChanges]

Where are the Jack White rumors? Hopefully he's at bonnaroo.

I don't think he is showing up anywhere this year.  At least not so far.  I'd love to see him though.

[dmooney99]

I went to Firefly Festival in Dover, DE last year.  That was pretty cool.  first year, 3 day festival w/ Black Keys, Jack White, The Killers, Flaming Lips. Silversun Pickpus, CAKE, Modest Mouse, Death Cab FOr Cutie and tons more.

They haven't announced this years line-up yet (suppose to in one week).  There have been hints and rumors though like Pearl Jam, The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Tame Impala, fun, Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, MGMT etc...

[EverythingChanges]

I went to Firefly Festival in Dover, DE last year.  That was pretty cool.  first year, 3 day festival w/ Black Keys, Jack White, The Killers, Flaming Lips. Silversun Pickpus, CAKE, Modest Mouse, Death Cab FOr Cutie and tons more.

They haven't announced this years line-up yet (suppose to in one week).  There have been hints and rumors though like Pearl Jam, The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Tame Impala, fun, Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, MGMT etc...

I'd love to see Arcade Fire.

Fun would be terrible at any festival imo.

[oistheone]

Where are the Jack White rumors? Hopefully he's at bonnaroo.

I don't think he is showing up anywhere this year.  At least not so far.  I'd love to see him though.

His team has said he isn't "touring", buttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt I could definitely see a festival appearance or two. Especially one close to home, like Roo or Forecastle. You know there are offers out there, and festival paychecks would be pretty hard to turn down.

Seems like a lot of lineups are going to be dropped in the next two weeks, so I'll have some decisions to make. What do you guys do? Hit everything in a 500-mile radius, or weigh your options and choose wisely?

[EverythingChanges]

Where are the Jack White rumors? Hopefully he's at bonnaroo.

I don't think he is showing up anywhere this year.  At least not so far.  I'd love to see him though.

His team has said he isn't "touring", buttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt I could definitely see a festival appearance or two. Especially one close to home, like Roo or Forecastle. You know there are offers out there, and festival paychecks would be pretty hard to turn down.

Seems like a lot of lineups are going to be dropped in the next two weeks, so I'll have some decisions to make. What do you guys do? Hit everything in a 500-mile radius, or weigh your options and choose wisely?

Choose wisely.

Forecastle drops their lineup on March 4th.

[TheThird]

So I got this in an email today...




Edit: Ok I don't know how to post pictures on here...but here's the direct link to the image http://s1304.beta.photobucket.com/user/TheThrd/media/Roo_zpsf760d64d.jpg.html

[TheThird]

So I got this in an email today...




Edit: Ok I don't know how to post pictures on here...but here's the direct link to the image http://s1304.beta.photobucket.com/user/TheThrd/media/Roo_zpsf760d64d.jpg.html

I'm also not saying this is legit. I just thought I'd share.

[oistheone]

Verrrrrrry interesting. Most of that jives with a "leak" that was posted on Songkick yesterday and has since been taken down. On that list were all the acts in that image, plus Petty, McCartney and a whole whack others.

Guess we won't know for sure until Tuesday, but man, if these "leaks" are legit, holy shit this is going to be the best Bonnaroo lineup ever. I'm obviously setting myself up for disappointment, but I don't know, I've just got this weeeeeeeeird feeling that Bonnaroo is going to put together an insane lineup this year.

[TheThird]

Verrrrrrry interesting. Most of that jives with a "leak" that was posted on Songkick yesterday and has since been taken down. On that list were all the acts in that image, plus Petty, McCartney and a whole whack others.

Guess we won't know for sure until Tuesday, but man, if these "leaks" are legit, holy shit this is going to be the best Bonnaroo lineup ever. I'm obviously setting myself up for disappointment, but I don't know, I've just got this weeeeeeeeird feeling that Bonnaroo is going to put together an insane lineup this year.

Songkick was where the email I got was from so I guess that's why they coincide so well  But seriously, if half of these rumors are true, then Bonnaroo's going to be insane!

[oistheone]

Well, looks like Forecastle just confirmed Alabama Shakes will be there. Jim and Alabama Shakes so far, not a bad start!

[EverythingChanges]

Well, looks like Forecastle just confirmed Alabama Shakes will be there. Jim and Alabama Shakes so far, not a bad start!

it's official, I'm going.

[Fully]

If I go, I'll do a one day pass. There weren't enough acts last year to make three days worth doing the entire thing.

[dmooney99]

I went to Firefly Festival in Dover, DE last year.  That was pretty cool.  first year, 3 day festival w/ Black Keys, Jack White, The Killers, Flaming Lips. Silversun Pickpus, CAKE, Modest Mouse, Death Cab FOr Cutie and tons more.

They haven't announced this years line-up yet (suppose to in one week).  There have been hints and rumors though like Pearl Jam, The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Tame Impala, fun, Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, MGMT etc...

I'd love to see Arcade Fire.

Fun would be terrible at any festival imo.

Well Lumineers and vampire Weekend were "confirmed" through USA Today.  Pearl Jam is heavily being rumored for Firefly!  We'll find out in 2 days.

[oistheone]

This direct lineup-release showdown between Bonnaroo and Firefly tomorrow is gonna be great!

[MrWhippy]

This direct lineup-release showdown between Bonnaroo and Firefly tomorrow is gonna be great!

Well, Firefly has now showed its hand and, overall, barf.  Some good things sprinkled in, though. 

We'll see how Bonnaroo looks later, but I'm not getting my hopes up too high.

I know the Coachella lineup seemed a little underwhelming to some people at first, but the more lineups that come out, the better it looks by comparison.