Detournement Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Snoop Dogg played in 2005 in the afternoon. It was absolutely scorching. There were so many clashes that weekend. Almost every day on every stage is better than TRNSMT. Edited February 19, 2019 by Detournement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, throbber said: Yeah I remember 2005 being the only weekend when weather was properly good throughout until 2013. Didn’t remember snoop being there but remember seeing James Brown, I’m pretty sure it was the year he went on to die on Xmas day! Well it certainly wasn't any of the years after. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Ahh, 2005. My boss couldn't give me Monday off as other people were on holiday. I ended up with sunstroke and didn't go back till the Thursday. To say I wasn't popular would be an understatement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 14 minutes ago, philpy said: Ahh, 2005. My boss couldn't give me Monday off as other people were on holiday. I ended up with sunstroke and didn't go back till the Thursday. To say I wasn't popular would be an understatement. I bought loads of magic mushrooms in the campsite on the sunday night and didn't come down til about the Thursday. Banning mushies was the second worst thing New Labour did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigOutYourSoul Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 That ‘05 line up [emoji7][emoji7][emoji7] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) 2011 was my favourite lineup. Stacked in a big way. 2014 was pretty good after a weird couple of years where they had no idea what the f**k they wanted to be. Still some good sets over those two weekends, but 2012 in particular had far too many "I have nowt to see" moments where I just fucked off to any stage nearby. EDIT: Looking at that 2012 lineup again, I honestly don't know what the f**k went through my mind buying that ticket. Edited February 19, 2019 by Principal Flutie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 2011 was class and had made some attempts at building a coherent line up. You could’ve pitched up at All Time Low midday at the Sunday Main Stage and not seen a band who really looked out of place till the end of the night with Foo Fighters. Would be interested to see the demand for foreign festivals a decade or so ago versus now. Feel like everyone I know has been abroad the last couple of years to a music festival over going to a major one here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I tend to pick smaller UK ones over big ones these days, although I did go to Download a couple of years back because the headline trio was more than enough to get me along, with a couple of Nu Metal era subs to bring some throwback action. That was a weekend where I seen about as much as I did at T 2012, except most of what I seen at DL was fucking great. Was worth it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, throbber said: VT - If you were travelling from Glasgow you could have gone via Perth and up the M90 that way and wouldn't have had to endure any of rural Fife so I'm not sure why you went via the Kincardine bridge. If you could recommend a more convenient available field that it could have been held in Central Scotland then I'd like to hear it. I wasn't the driver nor the official route planner for the shuttle buses champ. You were the one who claimed that it was always a simple in and out job off the motorway to get to the original site, which wasn't actually the case for the majority of people travelling there. Quote Yes the headliners were predictable, particularly Calvin Harris but its what a lot of people want to see and when you're are the festival enjoying yourself he was always a safe bet. Snoop Dogg and Rihanna played at either side of the Script on the Saturday night and I don't think either of them had played TITP before so that was refreshing. Stereophonics, Ocean colour Scene, Deacon Blue and the Proclaimers are all great bands to have for a sing song and there were acts that I hadn't heard of at the time like the Lumineers and Jake Bugg who were great to see also. What acts that were available that year could have been booked to make the festival better that year? Rolling Stones played Glastonbury but I'm sure that would have been a big ask. Maybe Jay Z or Kanye would have been something different but I can't say I regret never having seen any of them live. If TITP was shite for "years" before it went to Strathallan then I really would like to know what would have made it better. Sorry Mr Ellis, but I'm afraid asking everyone else for ways to make your lineups less utterly predictable and fobbing people off with 'ach ye get to have a good sing song when you're pished' was never going to sustain a national music festival in the long term. And it didn't. Your rose-tinted nostalgia for the Balado days simply does not stack up to the facts. Edited February 20, 2019 by vikingTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Worth noting there was f**k all refreshing about Rihanna. She was woeful. Went to see Alt-J at King Tut's after a while who were much much better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Snoop Dogg played in 2005 in the afternoon. It was absolutely scorching. There were so many clashes that weekend. Almost every day on every stage is better than TRNSMT.That was a tremendous line up that year. And like you say, absolutely scorching. That hot Snoop kept thinking he was in ‘Edinbuurg!’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 VT - If you were travelling from Glasgow you could have gone via Perth and up the M90 that way and wouldn't have had to endure any of rural Fife so I'm not sure why you went via the Kincardine bridge. If you could recommend a more convenient available field that it could have been held in Central Scotland then I'd like to hear it. Yes the headliners were predictable, particularly Calvin Harris but its what a lot of people want to see and when you're are the festival enjoying yourself he was always a safe bet. Snoop Dogg and Rihanna played at either side of the Script on the Saturday night and I don't think either of them had played TITP before so that was refreshing. Stereophonics, Ocean colour Scene, Deacon Blue and the Proclaimers are all great bands to have for a sing song and there were acts that I hadn't heard of at the time like the Lumineers and Jake Bugg who were great to see also. What acts that were available that year could have been booked to make the festival better that year? Rolling Stones played Glastonbury but I'm sure that would have been a big ask. Maybe Jay Z or Kanye would have been something different but I can't say I regret never having seen any of them live. If TITP was shite for "years" before it went to Strathallan then I really would like to know what would have made it better. FWIW the best line up was in 2011.He’s not even been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I didn't say it was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I'm not the target market and I'd not be able to judge if it'll sell. But f**k me, that whole line up is a special kind of hell. The past couple of years had at least had a few that were watchable, or that I at least respected or understood the appeal of even if it weren't particularly my thing. This year you've to get quite a way down the bill to find someone I wouldn't pay to avoid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I remember people camping outside overnight to get Titp tickets, that certainly wasn’t happening in the final years of the festival. It was dying on its arse long before the venue change. As an aside, 2011 was a cracking year and lineup. I think that was the last time I went. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I think there might be other factors leading to people not camping out for tickets tbqhwy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, throbber said: People maybe camped outside between 2006 -09 when it wasn’t so easy to get the tickets online and there would be a large mark up for buying the tickets on eBay etc. The internet moved on and tickets wouldn’t go for much above the asking price in the years that followed and people didn’t need to camp out to be guaranteed a ticket. On one hand you’re saying 2011 was a cracking year with a cracking line up (which it was) but then you’re saying the festival was dying on its area long before the venue change. That was 3 years before it left Balado, was it dying on its arse then or was it a cracking weekend? I feel like we are going round in circles here. ETA 2011 sold out within an hour. Yeah I would say it started becoming shiter and shiter after 2011. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, throbber said: 2011 was the last year you went though. Don’t argue with me you runt. It was the last full weekend I went. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Bonksy+HisChristianParade said: Don’t argue with me you runt. It was the last full weekend I went. "Runt" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Thing is, TitP - being a full weekend event with the camping and everything that goes with it - it was as much a social event and you'd get a lot more people just going every year for the craic, regardless of who was playing. TRNSMT doesn't have that in the same way, it's more a series of stadium gigs and you'd think demand is likely to depend more heavily on the line-up. The social media backlash of the past couple of days might not reflect the final verdict - maybe they'll reach out to new audiences. But if it does, things could go pear-shaped for them much more quickly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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