All Together Now 2024

Sure they announced 15 or so last year before Christmas. Always going to be less pleasing on a numbers side

The National definitely not an exciting announcement given they've headlined before and played Ireland already this year but I'm a big fan so they're a plus for me. Future Islands would be on my must see list at any festival as well so another big plus. Not hugely knowledgable about any of the others but will listen a bit in the meantime and see what takes my interest.

As some have noted its probably not the most exciting first announcement ever but of the 5 announced I have 2 must sees and will do some investigating on the others so will take that any day of the week. Of course like everyone I'm hoping for a plethora of big and exciting bookings in the next announcement but I'm remaining cautiously optimistic until then.

It'll balance out, it always does. BTP gave out their first headliners during the summer after all.

Ah Christ, not The National

I'll never not go see The National at a festival, one of my favourite acts for nearly 14yrs now. Read some great reviews of their latest tour.

This years poster had 10 headline acts, those three deffo in that bracket

I’ve been lurking here on the ATN discussion boards for years and finally decided to signup and join in.

Is it true that an MCD act will never be able to play ATN?

Im happy with the lineup so far and would love to see CMAT back, just saw her at the Olympia and she was amazing as always.

People are speculating Lana Del Rey could be the next big announcement because of the Primavera sound lineup, but I think she’d be MCD? Would love to see Hozier, but probably not possible.

For other smaller acts I’d love to see Stromae, Charlotte Adigery, Jazzy, Marc Rebillet even but I don’t think he’d fit the vibe but there’s something cool about making music on the spot with the crowd.

MCD has first dibs, the financial means and an array of summer festivals and venues to offers its acts shows in the summer months means that with very few exceptions an MCD act, especially international acts will never play ATN.

CMAT is playing fairview park as her big summer Irish show so there is zero chance she be playing ATN. If she does play a summer festival it would be EP but that wouldn’t be announced till after the fairview show.

Lana Del Rey is too expensive and popular for ATN. She is likely playing EP or another summer show like malahide or marlay for MCD.

Hozier is managed by Caroline Downey, the co-owner of MCD so hozier will never play ATN.

the others are possibilities.

the remaining headline acts to be announced for ATN will be considerably less popular/expensive than the National.

Yeah the National moved from MCD to aiken after disaster of oxegen 2011. As Aiken co own ATN hence why the National are playing ATN for a second time and why all there shows since 2011 in ireland have been aiken promoted.

So torn between this and beyond the pale for next year

They were scheduled against beyonce and literally no one showed, they had done a 3 night sold out olympia run the previous December so then playing to a hundred or so people at oxegen was a noticeable downgrade.

Fecking hell.. this thread stinks of music snobbery.

It's a music festival.. there'll be plenty of acts you don't like or don't think belong on the lineup.

Quick tip - find another stage or if all else fails, sell a ticket and let the rest of us enjoy.

"Manual handling courses"? What are you babbling about?

I can feel the miasma of officialdom radiating off you.