Create Your Own Festival!

Peyton Manning

So, most people only go to festivals because there are a handful of bands they like playing, but they still fork over the best part of €300 to do so on most occasions. Given the chance to pick your own festival line-up, who would you go for? Try to keep it as realistic as possible, i.e. small acts playing firs with the big acts on last. Usually its the bigger the act, the later the slot. And obviously you wouldnt be able to book every big act in the world so theres no point filling your main stage with U2, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Coldplay and Kings of Leon on the same day! You've got 2 stages, and 2 days to choose from with 7 acts per stage. The top act on the main stage on each night would be your 2 headline acts. Secondary stage should have a different type of music to the main stage, for people who fancy something different. You can only choose acts that are still in existence and not broken up. Go!

Heres mine:

Day 1

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Coldplay|..........|Sigur Ros
Arcade Fire|..........|Death Cab for Cutie
Jimmy Eat World|..........|Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Angels & Airwaves|..........|Imogen Heap
30 Seconds to Mars|..........|Mogwai
Goo Goo Dolls|..........|MGMT
Sick Puppies|..........|65daysofstatic


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Foo Fighters|..........|Dave Matthews Band
Muse|..........|Ben Folds Five
Interpol|..........|Joseph Arthur
Dashboard Confessional|..........|Rodrigo Y Gabriela
(+44)|..........|Switchfoot
Feeder|..........|Styrofoam
Avril Lavigne|..........|Howie Day






Just something to pass the time, dont criticize!

Xavi6

Day 1

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Rage Against The Machine|..........|Interpol
Oasis|..........|Biffy Clyro
Manic Street Preachers|..........|Brand New
Stereophonics|..........|AFI
Idlewild|..........|Alkaline Trio
Travis|..........|Klaxons
Feeder|..........|Delays


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Muse|..........|Death Cab for Cutie
Arcade Fire|..........|Jimmy Eat World
Doves|..........|Dashboard Confessional
Bright Eyes|..........|Lit
Ian Brown|..........|Eskimo Joe
Seafood|..........|The National
Berkeley|..........|Postal Service (Acoustic)

Takk

Day 1

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Rage Against The Machine|..........|Arcade Fire
Muse|..........|The Frames
Interpol|..........|Modest Mouse
Ryan Adams|..........|Bright Eyes
We Are Scientists|..........|Two Gallants
The Nightwatchman|..........|Willy Mason
MGMT|..........|The Guggenheim Grotto


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
The Killers|..........|The Flaming Lips
Bell x1|..........|Sigur Ros
Yeah Yeah Yeahs|..........|The Postal Service
Josh Ritter|..........|Rodrigo y Gabriela
The Shins|..........|Duke Special
Patrick Wolf|..........|Matisyahu
Fight Like Apes|..........|Architecture In Helsinki

JC 2K3

Day 1

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
My Bloody Valentine|..........|Hallucinogen
Sonic Youth|..........|Hilight Tribe
The Pixies|..........|Astral Projection
Dinosaur Jr.|..........|Teenage Bad Girl
Meat Puppets|..........|Deadbots
Blind Melon|..........|Felix Cartal


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Rush|..........|Aphex Twin
Buckethead|..........|Venetian Snares
Nine Inch Nails|..........|Squarepusher
The Mars Volta|..........|Bong Ra
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum|..........|Vibrasphere
Mastadon|..........|Shpongle
Dragonforce|..........|random DJ

Howard the Duck

Day 1
Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Pixies|..........|Christie Moore
Interpol|..........|Sultans of Ping
Breeders|..........|Black Kids
Cheap Trick|..........|The Star Spangles
Dover|..........|Herman Dune
The Frank and Walters|..........|Jeffrey Lewis
MGMT|..........|Kid Carpet


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds|..........|Belle and Sebastian
Jarvis Cocker|..........|The Cribs
British Sea Power|..........|Voxtrot
Brendan Benson|..........|Adam Green
The Sleepy Jackson|..........|Hayseed Dixie
The Pipettes|..........|Absentee
The Saw Doctors|..........|The Chalets

Sinfonia

Day 1

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Radiohead|..........|LCD Soundsystem
Tool|..........|Air
Pixies|..........|Badly Drawn Boy
Arcade Fire|..........|Eagles of Death Metal
Violent Femmes|..........|Portishead
Sufjan Stevens|..........|Final Fantasy
The Shins|..........|Ozric Tentacles


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
RATM|..........|Sigur Rós
QOTSA|..........|Beck
Muse|..........|Rufus Wainwright
Kings of Leon|..........|Jurassic 5
NIN|..........|Brad Mehldau Trio
Placebo|..........|Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Pharrell|..........|2 Many DJ's

nyarlothothep

JC 2K3 wrote: »

Day 1

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
My Bloody Valentine|..........|Hallucinogen
Sonic Youth|..........|Hilight Tribe
The Pixies|..........|Astral Projection
Dinosaur Jr.|..........|Teenage Bad Girl
Meat Puppets|..........|Deadbots
Blind Melon|..........|Felix Cartal


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Rush|..........|Aphex Twin
Buckethead|..........|Venetian Snares
Nine Inch Nails|..........|Squarepusher
The Mars Volta|..........|Bong Ra
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum|..........|Vibrasphere
Mastadon|..........|Shpongle
Dragonforce|..........|random DJ

I'd go to your gig


Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Radiohead|..........|TMV
Led Zeppelin|..........|Queen
Porcupine Tree|..........|Dragonforce
Interpol|..........|Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Graham Coxon|..........|Charlotte Hatherley
The Cardiacs|..........|Spastic Ink


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
My band haha|..........|Metallica
Marilyn Manson|..........|Nine Inch Nails
Primal Scream|..........|AC/DC
Goldfrapp|..........|Beck
Ice T|..........|Motorhead
Stone Gods|..........|Jarvis Cocker
The Stranglers|..........|Supergrass

JC 2K3

Heh, I was going for an alternative rock vibe for the first day on the main stage, and a more hard rock/industrial/experimental vibe the second day. The secondary stage was dancey (Electro/Psytrance) the first day and more experimental electronica the second.

I realised I've actually cut off the last acts of my first day, I can't remember what they were. Oh well...

KnifeWRENCH

Day 1

Main Stage|......|Other Stage
Radiohead|......|Primal Scream
Kings of Leon|......|Klaxons
Queens Of The Stone Age|......|C.S.S.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds|......|The Go! Team
Kasabian|......|The Long Blondes
The Breeders|......|Kosheen
The Subways|......|Flight Of The Conchords

Day 2

Main Stage|......|Other Stage
Smashing Pumpkins|......|Bjork
The White Stripes|......|Gwen Stefani
Sonic Youth|......|Massive Attack
Yeah Yeah Yeahs|......|M.I.A.
Garbage*|......|Duke Special
We Are Scientists|......|iFORWARD, RUSSIA!
Cathy Davey|......|Tinariwen

*if Garbage's indefinite hiatus turns out to be permanent, there are a number of potential replacements lined up. (Hard-Fi, Alanis Morissette, PJ Harvey and The Ting Tings to name a few )

red_ice

Howard the Duck wrote: »

Day 1
Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Pixies|..........|Christie Moore
Interpol|..........|Sultans of Ping
Breeders|..........|Black Kids
Cheap Trick|..........|The Star Spangles
Dover|..........|Herman Dune
The Frank and Walters|..........|Jeffrey Lewis
MGMT|..........|Kid Carpet


Day 2

Main Stage|..........|Secondary Stage
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds|..........|Belle and Sebastian
Jarvis Cocker|..........|The Cribs
British Sea Power|..........|Voxtrot
Brendan Benson|..........|Adam Green
The Sleepy Jackson|..........|Hayseed Dixie
The Pipettes|..........|Absentee
The Saw Doctors|..........|The Chalets

good festival only you left out arcade fire and queens of the stone age

Ruskie4Rent

Main|.......|Second

Arctic Monkeys |.........|The Prodigy
The Strokes |.........|LCD Soundsystem
The White Stripes |.........|Justice
Klaxons |.........|Hot Chip
The Cribs |.........|The Rapture
Vampire Weekend |.........|Go! Team
Late of the Pier |.........|MSTRKRFT

Main|.......|Second
Radiohead |.......|RATM
The Pixies |.......|Beastie Boys
Arcade Fire |.......|QOTSA
Interpol |.......|Mars Volta
Yeah Yeah Yeahs |.......|Foals
The Flaming Lips |.......|MIA
MGMT |.......|Battles

Bubs101

Main|.......|Second

Wilco |.........| QOTSA
Neil Young |.........| Tenacious D
Aerosmith |.........|Hot Chip
Bright Eyes |.........|The National
The Offsprin |.........|Gregorian
Interpol |.........| Blue Nile
The Vines |.........|Andrew Bird

Main|.......|Second
Dave Bowie |.......|RUN DMC (with Mix Master Mike)
Oasis |.......|Beastie Boys
Arcade Fire |.......|Outkast
The Killers |.......|Lil' Wayne
Yeah Yeah Yeahs |.......|Wyclef Jean (the Rock optional)
Kasabian |.......|Dizzee Rascal
Andrew WK |.......|Dan le Sac vs. Le Scroobius pip