Longitude 2015

LostArt

He has.

cson

The cynic in me would say they've "sold" out Saturday to prompt panic buying of weekend tickets for more $$$

What's the daily capacity?

BullBlackNova

Good solid run on the main stage Saturday for me, starting with Glass Animals right through. Only clashes are Toro Y Moi and Girl Band but I don't mind missing them for Caribou!

frantic190

Clashfinder:

http://clashfinder.com/s/longitude2015/

Might have to click "Full Version" if it defaults to the mobile version.

BadTurtle

That's a shame about Pusha T.

Synode

Shedite27 wrote: »

21:30 - Chemical Brothers

App has them at 21:15

Synode

Anyone know anything about Cashmere Cat or Mumdance?

Reggie noble

LostArt wrote: »

He has.

That's a balls , know why ?

LostArt

Reggie noble wrote: »

That's a balls , know why ?

has to finish his album apparantly

mahoganygas

Not a clash in sight. Delighted!

BadTurtle

Synode wrote: »

Anyone know anything about Cashmere Cat or Mumdance?

Cashmere Cats releases so far have been very good. Dunno what to expect live though. DJ set most likely.

ghostdancer

Metronomy vs. Young Father vs. Carl Craig :mad:
Danny Brown vs. James Blake vs. Wolf Alice :mad:


having the main stage and heineken stage acts on at the exact same times on Friday is beyond stupid. they should bring Leon Bridges forward 30mins, along with everything after, and that would at least mean people can catch some of the acts on the Heineken stage while the Main stage is doing a changover, or vice-versa.

BadTurtle

I think the clashes are fairly understandable, unlike the Picnics hopeless layout year after year. Putting two electronic acts on at the same time is counter intuitive because generally if you like the style of music you'll like both. Can't blame them for sticking Wolf Alice on the same time as Danny Brown, they're polar opposites.
Presumably the similar timeslots between tents are just for logistical simplicity though, they could have spaced them out more effectively.

BullBlackNova

ghostdancer wrote: »

Metronomy vs. Young Father vs. Carl Craig :mad:
Danny Brown vs. James Blake vs. Wolf Alice :mad:


having the main stage and heineken stage acts on at the exact same times on Friday is beyond stupid. they should bring Leon Bridges forward 30mins, along with everything after, and that would at least mean people can catch some of the acts on the Heineken stage while the Main stage is doing a changover, or vice-versa.

I saw both Young Fathers and Metronomy at Picnic last year. Young Fathers blew me away, Metronomy bored me to tears...

Ferris_Bueller

Not really any clashes for me on the Friday, would have liked to see both Carl Craig and Metronomy but will decide on who when I get there. Agree with Bad Turtle about the genres of music not clashing together which is grand. Happy I bought a Friday ticket in the end, definitely seems to have the most acts I'd enjoy and the least clashes too.

heebusjeebus

BullBlackNova wrote: »

I saw both Young Fathers and Metronomy at Picnic last year. Young Fathers blew me away, Metronomy bored me to tears...

+1. Young Fathers are incredible live. Just watch Metronomy on Youtube or something.

BadTurtle

Young Fathers were excellent on the Body and Soul stage at EP, will be seeing them again. It's a shame Longitude have nothing like that though, the location and time was ideal for them I thought.

ghostdancer

BadTurtle wrote: »

I think the clashes are fairly understandable, unlike the Picnics hopeless layout year after year. Putting two electronic acts on at the same time is counter intuitive because generally if you like the style of music you'll like both. Can't blame them for sticking Wolf Alice on the same time as Danny Brown, they're polar opposites.
Presumably the similar timeslots between tents are just for logistical simplicity though, they could have spaced them out more effectively.

well i wasn't blaming them for those particular acts, that's down to personal taste.

planning that the 2 biggest stages have acts on at the exact same time, and have no music on either stage at the exact same time is poor though. lots of smaller festivals (especially European ones) stagger the stages so that an act on one finishes just as one on another stage starts.
at least they've sort of done that on Saturday and Sunday.

Blut2

From what I remember either last year year, or the year before, Saturday tickets 'sold out' the week of. But a few more were released on the day itself. And the day itself didnt seem close to sold out.

So I'd say it might very well be a strategic move to try to move more weekend tickets for a few days.

lc180

ghostdancer wrote: »

planning that the 2 biggest stages have acts on at the exact same time, and have no music on either stage at the exact same time is poor though. lots of smaller festivals (especially European ones) stagger the stages so that an act on one finishes just as one on another stage starts.

From a safety point if view as well, usually stages are staggered so everyone doesn't descend on one of the small stages at the same time and potentially cause a crush. It's poor planning.

My main gripe is the likes of Caribou on an outdoor stage early in the evening with no light show. It's just not the same.

BadTurtle

Blut2 wrote: »

From what I remember either last year year, or the year before, Saturday tickets 'sold out' the week of. But a few more were released on the day itself. And the day itself didnt seem close to sold out.

So I'd say it might very well be a strategic move to try to move more weekend tickets for a few days.

Nah, they were sell-outs alright. Irish Times posted the numbers, 16.5K was the average for the three days last year but much higher turn out for Saturday than Friday or Sunday as those days didn't sell out.

Evil Sausage

lc180 wrote: »

My main gripe is the likes of Caribou on an outdoor stage early in the evening with no light show. It's just not the same.

If the weather is right, I wouldn't worry too much about Caribou being outside. It was the same situation at FF in 2011, they played outside while the sun was setting and just as they started Sun, it was magic.

Same went for their set at Glastonbury recently: http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e84mxj/acts/az5wxj#p02vptb3

cson

Blut2 wrote: »

From what I remember either last year year, or the year before, Saturday tickets 'sold out' the week of. But a few more were released on the day itself. And the day itself didnt seem close to sold out.

So I'd say it might very well be a strategic move to try to move more weekend tickets for a few days.

Saturday 2014 sold out ~ 25/26 June. I know cos I missed out.

Shedite27

Easy Rod

Sat is fairly straightforward for me:

Daithi - Le Galaxie - Food -Glass Animals - Gengahr - Jungle (Most of it) - Slaves - Caribou - Alt-J

Would've liked to have seen All Tvvins but can't really complain.

mahoganygas

Easy Rod wrote: »

Sat is fairly straightforward for me:

Daithi - Le Galaxie - Food -Glass Animals - Gengahr - Jungle (Most of it) - Slaves - Caribou - Alt-J

Would've liked to have seen All Tvvins but can't really complain.

Same. Except I'll do half Caribou / half All Tvvins.

It took me far too long to realise that 'FOOD' is not a band.

BadTurtle

Love listening to FOOD.

Shedite27

.ak

BullBlackNova wrote: »

I saw both Young Fathers and Metronomy at Picnic last year. Young Fathers blew me away, Metronomy bored me to tears...

Yeah, I'm a big Metronomy fan but they're awful live for some reason. Really boring.

.ak

I'm really just going for Caribou, but anyone else recommend must see acts for Saturday?