15 Responses

1. counting crow Said,

   Where are the headliners ??

   Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 12:14

2. Yay Said,

   I’d say the National should be the headliner

   Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 12:35

3. jba4340017 Said,

   crap headliners. how can you have someone headline who has only released one album and only charges 15 odd quid to see her alone. all the other bands are bands which charge no more than a tenner to see.

   Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 13:04

4. PH Said,

   This festival is not about mainstream headliners, however they will announce some special guest slots [Thom Yorke last year], its more about the atmosphere, the good quality comedy, cabaret etc…..It will sell out….. it goes along way to deter the beer swigging yobs

   Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 13:22

5. Yay Said,

   How do bands like Vampire Weekend, The National only charge a tenner to see them?

   Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 16:24

6. jba4340017 Said,

   vampire weekend when my friend saw them cost 15 pounds.

   Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 18:25

7. BOB Said,

   I was at that gig and it was a fan show at Kings students uioon. Not typical of a normal show. I also know of tickets that were sold for 75 quid each to that show

   Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 19:03

8. jba4340017 Said,

   not denying prices on the secondary websites. i was just questioning their headline choices(mainly florence and i do think her music is very good but shes only realeased 1 album, so i dont think shes worth of a headline spot just yet

   Posted on March 10th, 2010 at 19:56

9. Sean Said,

   Jba, Latitude is entirely different to every other mainstream festival.

   It is a niche festival and has a strong draw. You could see a lot of those bands for less than £20 but you couldn’t in the same surroundings or with the same kind of cabaret/comedy draws.

   As I say it is a niche with pimms bars, comedy, poetry etc and some people like that too, like people like regurgitated lineups, hour long queues to get in/a drink/ mud/ morons which make up a lot of the other fests!

   Posted on March 11th, 2010 at 00:16

10. jba4340017 Said,

    i know its not like any other festival, and thats its selling point but there are other niche bands who are more deserving of a headline spot and have put in years of hard work(belle and sebastian is a good choice of headline) and i just thought that they should be recognised more

    Posted on March 11th, 2010 at 08:48

11. counting crow Said,

    I agree totally that Lattitude has a fantastic atmosphere and is without doubt one of the best festivals to attend.
    However there are bands/artists which could headline here and still not attract the “beer swilling crowd” of other festivals.
    Names such as Snow Patrol,Radiohead,Sting and Suede spring to mind.
    Bands such as Belle and Sebastian are fully deserving of a spot and would be great to see but maybe not as headliners.

    Posted on March 11th, 2010 at 09:49

12. Yay Said,

    Sting. Hahahahaha.

    Radiohead and Snow Patrol would still garner the mainstream crowd.

    You’re right about Suede though

    Posted on March 12th, 2010 at 11:17

13. countingcrow Said,

    fair enough ..Sting is a pompus git !
    Still think the Lattitude crowd would appreciate Snow Patrol and Radiohead and not sure it would draw the same type of crowd as a T in the Park.
    How about Peter Gabriel ? or a re-formed Pulp ?
    The Gorillaz would go down a storm !!

    Posted on March 13th, 2010 at 12:18

14. Yay Said,

    The crowd would not doubt appreciate most of the bands mentioned but Snow Patrol are so mainstream that people that wouldn’t consider going would get tickets. Same goes for the Gorrilaz really.

    Peter Gabriel, Pulp, Paul Simon etc would fit in well though

    Posted on March 14th, 2010 at 12:07

15. death_to_all_but_metal Said,

    I would not mind taking the family to this..but hopefully they will announce some bigger acts. Last year they had Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones, Doves, Spiritualized, Nick Cave, Editors, St Etienne.

    Posted on March 23rd, 2010 at 15:04

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