Forbidden Fruit 2015 : May 30-31

ghostdancer

also, with Wu-Tang Clan underneath and in smaller font than FBS, i wonder if they're necessarily headliners?

hopefully that poster is the lineup for one of the days, and Hawtin (and others) are on a different poster.

MattD

If RTJ and Joey Bada$$ are on the same day I might consider a day ticket... Seems a strange option to go for, a very hip-hop/DJ centric lineup, considering LIFE is the same weekend.

I would have thought that even most hip-hop diehards might be a bit reluctant to go to an outdoor festival to see some of these guys. Sometimes it's just not a genre that translates well to open-air stages.

Bit disappointing for me anyways

grudgehugger

Penny dropping that the poster is not the official announcement and is just a leak...

That being the case, the most sensible explanation is that this could be one of the day line-ups I guess?

lc180

grudgehugger wrote: »

Penny dropping that the poster is not the official announcement and is just a leak...

That being the case, the most sensible explanation is that this could be one of the day line-ups I guess?

The poster is from the official website though. The site just hasn't gone live yet.

If this is just one day then it would be a complete game changer. I doubt it is though.

Laurel_Patente

Official Announcement at approx. 4 PM.

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ghostdancer wrote: »

can't see Hawtin as a headliner at all.
headlining the 2nd stage like Flying Lotus last year is far more likely.

Same for Wu Tang as headliners, Fat Boy Slim yea but the other two surely not. They play nightclubs here when they come, bit of a leap from that to headlining a festival.

ghostdancer

well it's official now. up on their fb page.

https://www.facebook.com/forbiddenfruitfestival/photos/a.181773508536249.37150.156564297723837/827076617339265/?type=1

no sign of Hawtin, maybe he's being held back for later, or has cancelled. he was up on the site when they tested it last week, which google managed to cache:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mv8BeAfYJJUJ:forbiddenfruit.ie/category/lineup/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie

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Tickets on sale tomorrow, are they selling day tickets before announcing which days the acts are on?

lc180

Most importantly on Facebook they say tuned for the initial "Indie and Comedy" lineup in coming weeks.

So not completely Electronic and Hip Hop. Phew

cruhoortwunk

lc180 wrote: »

Most importantly on Facebook they say tuned for the initial "Indie and Comedy" lineup in coming weeks.

So not completely Electronic and Hip Hop. Phew

Doesnt seem to be that well organised. No proper website, only acts of 2 genres announced and tickets on sale tomorrow.
I dont think they have the kind of followers Body n Soul has to be able to sell tickets without a proper lineup

grudgehugger

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

only acts of 2 genres announced

I agree that this seems a very odd decision.

Announcing a list of electronic/hip hop acts makes complete sense if you're moving to focussing on those genres for the full festival.

If they are planning on sticking to a more varied line-up, then this first announcement just smacks of bad planning.

Saruwatari

Pretty disappointing list so far. Most of these have played here recently enough (like last few months recently) and a piss-poor live performer like Fatboy Slim as a headliner is just insulting.

Strumms

Very odd way to go about announcing a festival. Just one genre with others to follow ? How that benefits either the promoter or the gig going public and supporters of the festival is lost on me I'm afraid.

bodhrandude

It looks like recycled acts from the last two or three years of EP, so as per usual unless you live in Dublin and you are not a regular attender of EP, FF completely looses the potential EP audience for the earlier part of the summer as its just repeats. I suppose the same could be said for Life with Squarepusher but he is touring an new show, Longitude seems to be doing the same recycling too. Most festivals I suppose will repeat the same acts over the next few years, what I can see is up and coming acts who play Body & Soul festival will likely play EP the following year and other festivals as we are seeing. I was at the very first FF and Aphex Twin headlined on the Sunday that year, I don't think its been bettered since its debut.

Saruwatari

bodhrandude wrote: »

It looks like recycled acts from the last two or three years of EP, so as per usual unless you live in Dublin and you are not a regular attender of EP, FF completely looses the potential EP audience for the earlier part of the summer as its just repeats. I suppose the same could be said for Life with Squarepusher but he is touring an new show, Longitude seems to be doing the same recycling too. Most festivals I suppose will repeat the same acts over the next few years, what I can see is up and coming acts who play Body & Soul festival will likely play EP the following year and other festivals as we are seeing. I was at the very first FF and Aphex Twin headlined on the Sunday that year, I don't think its been bettered since its debut.

Right on the money here.
To Primavera we go! :pac:

bodhrandude

Saruwatari wrote: »

Right on the money here.
To Primavera we go! :pac:

Heading to Life myself as I've worked there the last three years and they've always had at least 4 or 5 acts a night I want to see or that I get blown away by so happy to stay put.

Oasis_Dublin

Unless they announce their guitar music day, I'll be spending my money elsewhere.

lc180

Bought a weekend early bird ticket. Considering I live in Kilmainham and there is zero commute needed €99 is not too shabby for a 3 day festival. I don't really care about headliners as long as there is a solid under card with at least 4 acts that trigger some form of interest each day. I've seen Joey Bada$$ and Booka Shade before and they are really worth seeing again, i missed out on Run The Jewels tickets back in December so def looking forward to them. The rest aren't really doing anything for me. I'm hoping for a lot of decent additions.

I wonder is Interpol the 'indie' headliner? Would make sense that they hold back on announcing til after their Olympia gigs?

Boom_Bap

Excellent line up for a hip hop nerd like me.

St. Lupulin

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Excellent line up for a hip hop nerd like me.

I wonder could we also get Nas...

Boom_Bap

If the promoter could also get Vic Mensa from that Wildlife festival is would be great.

I'm hoping that either or all of Ratking, Jeru The Damaja and Your Old Droog get added. They are all playing a fesival a few days later in Norfolk.
Funnily enough, it's called The Boom Bap Festival


EDIT: Scratch Ratking off the list, they are playing Life the same weekend

TechnoBadger

St. Lupulin wrote: »

I wonder could we also get Nas...

Looks like he was booked for Life

FrewBrews

As a massive Hip Hop fan I'm really looking forward to this, particularly Earl Sweatshirt and Run the Jewels. Run the Jewels put out my favourite album last year and hopefully we'll be getting a chance to hear the new stuff Earl has been working on.

I made a playlist on Spotify for the festival. I don't think I can link it cause I don't have a high enough post count on here but it should be the only one when you search "forbidden fruit 2015".

Laurel_Patente

FrewBrews wrote: »

As a massive Hip Hop fan I'm really looking forward to this, particularly Earl Sweatshirt and Run the Jewels. Run the Jewels put out my favourite album last year and hopefully we'll be getting a chance to hear the new stuff Earl has been working on.

I made a playlist on Spotify for the festival. I don't think I can link it cause I don't have a high enough post count on here but it should be the only one when you search "forbidden fruit 2015".

I can't find this on spotify, are you sure it's up?

FrewBrews

Laurel_Patente wrote:

I can't find this on spotify, are you sure it's up?

Should be now! Cheers.

Furious-Red

Matador is on the Sunday

SUN MAY 31, 2015 - 5:30 PM
Matador Verified-artist-flat
Dublin, Ireland

Furious-Red

Also according to bandsintown say Wu Tang Clan and Fatboy Slim are on Sunday

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Furious-Red wrote: »

Also according to bandsintown say Wu Tang Clan and Fatboy Slim are on Sunday

The Strokes dream is over so :mad:
Guess they were too big anyway.

I wonder who the 'guitar band' will be then.

RolandGoose

If there is to be a guitar band, I guess it makes sense for it to be The National.
They are doing European festivals in May.

ghostdancer

more acts tomorrow. dunno why they didn't just wait and announce the lot together...