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Fantasy Festival line-up
Posted by lit doof on 18 June 2010 - 9:05am.
Now that the summer season is upon us, and a couple of festivals (IoW and Download) have blazed the trail for events to come, it got me thinking about my fantasy, one stage, one day line-up (in the good ol' tradition of the Donington Monsters of Rock of yore). Of bands who could conceivably perform today (albeit needing to reform in some instances), mine goes a little something like this:
11am - Mansun
12.30pm - Goldfrapp
2pm - XTC
3.30pm - Sigur Ros
5pm - Massive Attack
6.45pm - Nine Inch Nails
8.20pm - Radiohead
Anyone care to divulge?
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It's an all nighter
We're taking the lead from 1960s package tours, so very short sets at first
11am - Solange Knowles
11.30am - Half Man Half Biscuit
12pm - Supergrass
12.30pm - Girls Aloud
1pm - The La's
3pm - Brian Wilson
4pm - Pulp
7.15pm - The Stooges
9pm - AC/DC
11pm - Oasis
1am - Primal Scream
3am - Super Furry Animals
5am - Jenny Lewis
Alarm Clock
That's one hell of a wake up call at 6.45pm lit doof:-)
They would all play sets chosen by me,
and if necessary they would have to go back in time to a classic period ie; Talking Heads would be from the Stop Making Sense period, Fleetwood Mac from the Rumours era [but they could still play songs from later eras - cos I say so]
The whole thing would start at dusk and continue for as long as it takes, and the event would be compared by Adam & Joe who would also entertain the crowd for as long as it took to change sets [which would only take as long as I needed to go to the toilet etc - it's a time travel thing, don't worry about it]
Here we go!
Field Music
The National [the first two acts are chosen as they are my current obsessions who I've not yet seen live]
Josh Ritter
Josh Rouse
Joni Mitchell
Fleetwood Mac
The Blue Nile
Steely Dan
Kate Bush
U2
Talking Heads
Roxy Music
Sigur Ros
Springsteen
Led Zep
David Bowie
The Beatles
Not that I would go to a festival, but...
4pm - Bob Dylan Christmas songs set
4.30pm - Randy Newman
5pm - Richard Thompson
5.30pm - Tony Joe White
6pm - Bobby Bland and his band
6.30pm - Tom Waits Island years set
7pm - Steely Dan
7.30pm - The Meters
8pm - Mulatu Astatke and his big band
8.30pm - Toumani Diabate and Ry Cooder
9pm - Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
9.30pm - Kate Bush
10pm - I'm bushed, time for bed
I'd pay good money to see this lot!
A gentle start with the good vibes of some Reggae, then gradually building in intensity to Led Zeppelin.
I'm afraid i can't divulge what made Plant finally see sense just be thankful that he did before it was too late!
11am - Misty In Roots
12.30pm - Mogwai
2pm - The Afghan Whigs
3.30pm - Public Enemy
5pm - The Stooges
6.45pm - Neil Young & Crazyhorse
8.20pm - Led Zeppelin
BestFest
7pm Geno Washington
7.45pm The Animals
8.30pm Michelle Shocked
9.15pm Cud
10pm Stereo MCs
10.45pm Belle and Sebastian
11.30pm Pulp
Great gig in the pie in the sky
3.15 Bloc Party
4.00 Ride
4.45 Talk Talk (line up from somewhere between 86 and 88)
5.30 Duran Duran (early 80s line up)
6.15 The Fall
7.00 Julian Cope
7.45 Depeche Mode
8.30 Kate Bush
9.15 The Coral
10.00 David Bowie
10.45 Paul McCartney
11.30 Madness
12.15 Specials
1.00 Suede
1.45 The Orb (probably running till... ooohhh... about 4am)
This could be fun
Todd Snider
James McMurty
Nick Lowe
Eric Bibb
Alabama 3
John Hiatt
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
With a nod to this year's Glastonbury:
12pm Bellowhead
1pm Asian Dub Foundation
2pm Eels
3pm Sparks
4pm Ben Folds
5pm The Divine Comedy
6pm Madness
7pm Pulp
8pm Suede
9pm Pet Shop Boys
10pm Dizzee Rascal
11pm Gorillaz
12am Radiohead
1am Chemical Brothers
2am Orbital
3am Air