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Big Weekend: the line-up for May 9 & 10
8:47am Tuesday 14th April 2009 in News
Lily Allen is coming to Swindon for the Big Weekend
LILY Allen, Kasabian and Franz Ferdinand will be among the headline acts at the Big Weekend music festival, which is taking place at Swindon's Lydiard Park next month.
Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe joined Chris Moyles on his breakfast show this morning to announce the line-up for the event on May 9 and 10.
On the main stage on Saturday, acts include: Snow Patrol, Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal, The Script, Calvin Harris, The Wombats, Daniel Merriweather and The Saturdays.
On the Sunday, Lily Allen will perform, as will Franz Ferdinand, Akon, Scouting For Girls, Alesha Dixon, N-Dubz and Ne-Yo.
On the In New Music We Trust Stage, fans who gets tickets for the Saturday will be able to see Basement Jaxx, Doves, Jack Penate, Friendly Fires, Deadmau5, Florence & The Machine, The King Blues and Fightstar.
The next day the stage will see the likes of The Enemy, Maximo Park, Gossip, Enter Shikari, Tinchy Stryder, Chase & Status, Ladyhawke and White Lies.
Jason Carter, Radio 1 Live Music & Events editor, said: “With four stages packed with the best UK and international talent, along with new and emerging artists it promises to be a weekend to remember."
Swindon councillor Phil Young said: “What a great line up and there is no doubt that this is the biggest thing to happen in Swindon for years. I am very proud to be hosting such a high profile event and we all now have the chance to show the world what a great place Swindon is.”
To be in with a chance of getting a pair of tickets, you need to register on the Radio 1 website.
Registration opens at 8.15am tomorrow and runs until 10am next Monday.
There are 40,000 tickets available across the weekend. Tickets are free, but last year more than half a million people applied for them and demand is expected to be huge again this year. Each lucky applicant will receive a pair of tickets for either Saturday or Sunday.
The station has warned fans the only way of getting tickets is to register online and not to attempt to buy tickets second-hand through other websites.
Ebay will remove all auctions for Big Weekend tickets.
The BBC uses complicated technology to make sure the distribution of tickets is fair, meaning that only one pair of tickets will be given to each household.
Tickets will be allocated randomly, but weighted in favour of those living in Swindon and the surrounding area, with a smaller amount distributed nationally.
You can register for tickets at anytime before the closing date – it won’t make any difference if you fill out the form within the first five minutes of it opening or 30 minutes before the deadline on Monday.
If you don’t have access to a computer at home, don’t forget you can access the internet at the Central Library and others across the town.
Log on to www.seetickets.com/BBC/BigWeekend/ to register.
Keep an eye on our website throughout the day as more acts are due to be announced...
Comments(62)
Janais is back
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9:06am Tue 14 Apr 09
But is this what David Murray-John actually had in mind when he bought Lydiard for Swindon Corporation?
Jimmy Razor
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9:21am Tue 14 Apr 09
PaulD
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9:24am Tue 14 Apr 09
This is a FREE event. Not all these acts are to my taste but I think it's an incredible line-up.
If you want to go and see Madonna and the rest then I suggest you get yourself to Ticketmaster and pay for a ticket.
If you are not happy with the Radio 1 event, then don't register for tickets, as this will allow other people who do want to see thee acts a better chance of doing so.
SockPuppet
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9:29am Tue 14 Apr 09
Also the carnival atmosphere of Basement Jaxx.
Amongst others Ladyhawke is a great talent, Lily Allen, Snow Patrol and Franz Ferdinand are big names and solid acts.
Here's hoping I get lucky on the tickets!!!
Jimmy Razor
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9:38am Tue 14 Apr 09
chilli64
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9:39am Tue 14 Apr 09
Jock Strap
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9:43am Tue 14 Apr 09
ERR Yeah right Phil!! you only have to look at the quality boarded up shops in the Town Centre - the disappearing big names like H of F - well its almost gone - seconds outlet store now. The non- functioning millenium clock, the gross new library obscuring the classic Town Hall, oh and the re-erection!of the railings in Faringdon Road Park -yes sir!! Swinetown is really up there with the Cheltenham's and the Bath' eh?
The Librarian says Oook
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9:49am Tue 14 Apr 09
PaulD, you would obviously turn up for the opening of an envelope.
Only big thing on offer about the Big Weekend is Chris Moyles' ego
I’m more of a TOG myself, but I hope to go if I get lucky on the tickets.
It looks like it will be a great event, and I will enjoy it as much for the atmosphere as anything else. I reckon Lilly Allen and the Franz Ferdinands will be worth seeing.
As far as Chris Moyles goes, he may be a podgy bloke with grey hair but he still managed to climb Kilimanjaro, and he took Fearne Cotton and 2/5ths of Girls Aloud with him!
PaulD
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9:51am Tue 14 Apr 09
The fact that this FREE concert is happening on my doorstep is amazing. It's a chance to see many new acts for FREE that I ordinarily wouldn't go and see.
How you can find anything to moan about is beyond me.
As for Chris Moyles - I agree that he is a certified tw*t of the highest order, but I'm not going to see him - assuming I'm lucky enough to get a ticket at all.
This is a FREE event. Has that bit not sunk in yet?
I suggest that you spend the weekend elsewere with the other miserable gits with nothing better to do than complain.
No wonder this town gets so much stick. Even when a fantastic event like this happens, the small minded petty little morons who inhabit it just moan and whine.
GET A LIFE.
Jimmy Razor
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9:53am Tue 14 Apr 09
Jimmy Razor
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10:02am Tue 14 Apr 09
emmylou1983
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10:07am Tue 14 Apr 09
Can't wait for this going to try and get tickets for the sunday Scouting for girls (who were ace at the Oasis) Alesha Dixon (the bf will be happy) its all so exciting :o)
PaulD
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10:15am Tue 14 Apr 09
Captain Sensible
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10:16am Tue 14 Apr 09
Desperatedan1
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10:23am Tue 14 Apr 09
This is a Good Line up and it is free.Be Happy.
chilli64
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10:26am Tue 14 Apr 09
PaulD
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10:37am Tue 14 Apr 09
SBC: www.swindonbigweeken
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rimaste
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10:42am Tue 14 Apr 09
My only concern is the 2 tickets per household bit! Living right next to Lydiard, we are probably gonna be more disturbed by this weekend than most and yet we can only get 2 tickets? I have 2 15 year olds. Do they no=t need a ticket or must we go in in shifts??????
emmylou1983
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11:00am Tue 14 Apr 09
SolisGazer
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12:19pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Rebo
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12:32pm Tue 14 Apr 09
iloveswindon
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12:40pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Even if it is 'free', its not going to make me like the line-up anymore....
Really disappointed.
Why oh why
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1:12pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Security word cash-show you could'nt make it up could you?
Even Angrier Monkey
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1:15pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Some of them have won brit awards. Many have had no 1 albums. Many have been critically aclaimed. Ne-yo is an international star (not my cup of tea, but still)
Theres a good mix of more established and new acts which should cater for every taste.
Get a life. Stop complaining about the best thing to happen in Swindon for a long time.
teatime12
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1:26pm Tue 14 Apr 09
I'm certain that Chris Moyles said that Scott Mills was going to announce more acts on his show this evening.
There will be a headline act - just wait and see!
Mick12
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1:32pm Tue 14 Apr 09
iloveswindon
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1:48pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Big deal if they won a 'Brit Award' - So did 'The Darkness' - says it all really.
bundle
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2:12pm Tue 14 Apr 09
teatime12 wrote:Yes 2 more stages are to be announced tonight i believe.
Did anyone actually listen to the show this morning?? I'm certain that Chris Moyles said that Scott Mills was going to announce more acts on his show this evening. There will be a headline act - just wait and see!
Yes and leave the tickets for us that really want them :)
nelle2705
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2:35pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Only thing I want to rant about is NO FOOD OR DRINK to be brought into Lydiard..
No that is just plain rude.. You are aloud 1 ltr of water in a sealed bottled and thats it.
DISCRACEFULL..
Opinionated Wench
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2:37pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Big Mac
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2:54pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Don't like the idea of the Big Weekend? Fine, please don't apply for tickets.
Don't like bands or think they're 'too small' for you? Fine, please don't apply for tickets.
Don't like the fact that, just like other comparable festivals, you're not allowed to take your manky sandwiches and vodka and Coke in a 2 litre bottle in with you? Fine, please don't apply for tickets.
The way some people are talking, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were being forced to attend.
And thank God Madonna isn't there this year, who wants to watch a clapped out old has-been.
And as for costs, yes, it will cost the Council c.£200,000 to host and stage the event - but the additional revenue the event will bring to the town is (rather conservatively IMO) estimated at c.£1.5m which, as investments go, will probably turn out to be one of the best any Swindon Council has ever made.
iloveswindon
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3:00pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Big Mac wrote:Don't like other people’s opinions? Fine, keep your big gob shut Big Mac!
Why do I have the horrible feeling that a certain type of person will apply for tickets for this, be lucky enough to get them and then either not attend at all or simply whinge about it all day long and for weeks afterwards? Don't like the idea of the Big Weekend? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. Don't like bands or think they're 'too small' for you? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. Don't like the fact that, just like other comparable festivals, you're not allowed to take your manky sandwiches and vodka and Coke in a 2 litre bottle in with you? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. The way some people are talking, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were being forced to attend. And thank God Madonna isn't there this year, who wants to watch a clapped out old has-been. And as for costs, yes, it will cost the Council c.£200,000 to host and stage the event - but the additional revenue the event will bring to the town is (rather conservatively IMO) estimated at c.£1.5m which, as investments go, will probably turn out to be one of the best any Swindon Council has ever made.
Even Angrier Monkey
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3:16pm Tue 14 Apr 09
iloveswindon wrote:Who would you like to see?
Mick12 and Even Angrier Monkey - I hope you both don't get tickets so you can feel the disappointment I feel with the line-up. Big deal if they won a 'Brit Award' - So did 'The Darkness' - says it all really.
I wasnt using a brit award as a gold standard of quality, just illustrating the point that the line up is far from a list of nobodies.
There are no international megastars on the list, but i couldnt care less. The people on the list have sold millions of records in the past few years both in the UK and in some cases abroad as well. FACT.
Seeing some good bands (for free) in my home town is good enough for me.
iloveswindon
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3:35pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Dont hold your breath about getting tickets because the chances are very, very slim! FACT.
grumper
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3:40pm Tue 14 Apr 09
iloveswindon wrote:The only reason you have said that is because you know BigMac is right!
Big Mac wrote: Why do I have the horrible feeling that a certain type of person will apply for tickets for this, be lucky enough to get them and then either not attend at all or simply whinge about it all day long and for weeks afterwards? Don't like the idea of the Big Weekend? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. Don't like bands or think they're 'too small' for you? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. Don't like the fact that, just like other comparable festivals, you're not allowed to take your manky sandwiches and vodka and Coke in a 2 litre bottle in with you? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. The way some people are talking, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were being forced to attend. And thank God Madonna isn't there this year, who wants to watch a clapped out old has-been. And as for costs, yes, it will cost the Council c.£200,000 to host and stage the event - but the additional revenue the event will bring to the town is (rather conservatively IMO) estimated at c.£1.5m which, as investments go, will probably turn out to be one of the best any Swindon Council has ever made.Don't like other people’s opinions? Fine, keep your big gob shut Big Mac!
Big Mac
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3:42pm Tue 14 Apr 09
iloveswindon wrote:I don't mind other people's opinions (although inane ones such as yours verge on the irritating), but what I find very stupid is when people whinge about something they have absolutely no need to attend if they feel it's going to be that bad.
Big Mac wrote: Why do I have the horrible feeling that a certain type of person will apply for tickets for this, be lucky enough to get them and then either not attend at all or simply whinge about it all day long and for weeks afterwards? Don't like the idea of the Big Weekend? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. Don't like bands or think they're 'too small' for you? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. Don't like the fact that, just like other comparable festivals, you're not allowed to take your manky sandwiches and vodka and Coke in a 2 litre bottle in with you? Fine, please don't apply for tickets. The way some people are talking, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were being forced to attend. And thank God Madonna isn't there this year, who wants to watch a clapped out old has-been. And as for costs, yes, it will cost the Council c.£200,000 to host and stage the event - but the additional revenue the event will bring to the town is (rather conservatively IMO) estimated at c.£1.5m which, as investments go, will probably turn out to be one of the best any Swindon Council has ever made.Don't like other people’s opinions? Fine, keep your big gob shut Big Mac!
Let people who do want to go have the tickets.
bootgirl
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3:50pm Tue 14 Apr 09
So i say, stop moaning and if you don't like it don't register. Hopefully the crowds for this event will show the bands what a great reception they would get if they came back to play at a later date. Might this also persuade those who stand in the way of progress that having a dedicated live music venue (namely the old bingo building) in this town would be a fantastic investment, cultural as well as financially
iloveswindon
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3:59pm Tue 14 Apr 09
Haha hahaa :)
Big Mac
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4:31pm Tue 14 Apr 09
iloveswindon wrote:At least we know how to actually spell Dizzee Rascal.
I can see it now... Big Mac and grumper banging on the gates saying (in a smurfs voice) "Please Mr Moyles, let us in - we love Dizzy Rascal even though we are both 40+" Haha hahaa :)
That aside, no, I will actually be there to see Enter Shikari and The Prodigy.
And I'm not 40+.
neiluk
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6:38pm Tue 14 Apr 09
TheBlackHand
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6:55pm Tue 14 Apr 09
I bet you lot are real fun people to live with
Purlieu
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9:01pm Tue 14 Apr 09
The not foodand drink is a bit much though, what's the well thought-out logic behind that one then ?
Big Mac
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8:42am Wed 15 Apr 09
Like all big festivals, you cannot have people bring in whatever food and drink they like as some people would abuse it and bring in cases of lager, cheap spirits etc. and try to sell them inside the festival.
Don't people realise that at events such as this the organisers have to keep full control over what food and alcohol is consumed at the venue?
What it somebody sold you a dodgy sandwich and you got food poisoning? You'd seen blame the organisers for letting people take food in.
What if you bought a bottle of wine from somebody and found they switched the labels or half filled it with water? You'd soon complain about the organisers letting people take alcohol in.
The reasons why you are not allowed to take anything you want into the festival are very obvious and actually make perfect sense.
Who the hell wants to take a picnic to such an event in any case? It's an all-day live music festival, not a day out for train spotters.
And remember, it's only two ticket per household, so it's hardly as if you'll be needing to feed the whole family on the cheap.
iloveswindon
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8:54am Wed 15 Apr 09
Big Mac wrote:SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!
"The not foodand drink is a bit much though, what's the well thought-out logic behind that one then ?" Like all big festivals, you cannot have people bring in whatever food and drink they like as some people would abuse it and bring in cases of lager, cheap spirits etc. and try to sell them inside the festival. Don't people realise that at events such as this the organisers have to keep full control over what food and alcohol is consumed at the venue? What it somebody sold you a dodgy sandwich and you got food poisoning? You'd seen blame the organisers for letting people take food in. What if you bought a bottle of wine from somebody and found they switched the labels or half filled it with water? You'd soon complain about the organisers letting people take alcohol in. The reasons why you are not allowed to take anything you want into the festival are very obvious and actually make perfect sense. Who the hell wants to take a picnic to such an event in any case? It's an all-day live music festival, not a day out for train spotters. And remember, it's only two ticket per household, so it's hardly as if you'll be needing to feed the whole family on the cheap.
Oh, and well done for being able to spell 'Dizzee Rascal'correctly - I Obviously upset a fan!
Captain Sensible
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9:00am Wed 15 Apr 09
iloveswindon
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9:40am Wed 15 Apr 09
I might go, I might not. They would look good on my mantlepiece though.
PaulD
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9:44am Wed 15 Apr 09
iloveswindon wrote:you really are a ****
Im going to apply for tickets and if I do get some, I might go depending if I feel like it on the day. I might go, I might not. They would look good on my mantlepiece though.
iloveswindon
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10:09am Wed 15 Apr 09
PaulD wrote:Even sweeter if you dont get any tickets and mine are collecting dust.
iloveswindon wrote: Im going to apply for tickets and if I do get some, I might go depending if I feel like it on the day. I might go, I might not. They would look good on my mantlepiece though.you really are a ****
Now that would make me chuckle.
PaulD
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11:02am Wed 15 Apr 09
iloveswindon wrote:to reiterate without the swear filter.
PaulD wrote:Even sweeter if you dont get any tickets and mine are collecting dust. Now that would make me chuckle.iloveswindon wrote: Im going to apply for tickets and if I do get some, I might go depending if I feel like it on the day. I might go, I might not. They would look good on my mantlepiece though.you really are a ****
you really are a total and utter t.w.a.t.
iloveswindon
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11:28am Wed 15 Apr 09
PaulD wrote:Actually, if it’s a nice hot day – I could use the tickets to fan myself then use them to help light a BBQ in my garden with a few beers and BBC Radio 2 on.
iloveswindon wrote:to reiterate without the swear filter. you really are a total and utter t.w.a.t.PaulD wrote:Even sweeter if you dont get any tickets and mine are collecting dust. Now that would make me chuckle.iloveswindon wrote: Im going to apply for tickets and if I do get some, I might go depending if I feel like it on the day. I might go, I might not. They would look good on my mantlepiece though.you really are a ****
It will be a good laugh thinking “PaulD could have had these”. I bet they will be great firelighters.
Captain Sensible
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11:53am Wed 15 Apr 09
Jimmy Razor
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11:55am Wed 15 Apr 09
Purlieu
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12:57pm Wed 15 Apr 09
Big Mac wrote:Ah, so a few chancers who 'might' try and sell dodgy stuff to people daft enough to buy it, spoil the whole thing for the other 99.99% of us.
"The not foodand drink is a bit much though, what's the well thought-out logic behind that one then ?"
Like all big festivals, you cannot have people bring in whatever food and drink they like as some people would abuse it and bring in cases of lager, cheap spirits etc. and try to sell them inside the festival.
Don't people realise that at events such as this the organisers have to keep full control over what food and alcohol is consumed at the venue?
What it somebody sold you a dodgy sandwich and you got food poisoning? You'd seen blame the organisers for letting people take food in.
What if you bought a bottle of wine from somebody and found they switched the labels or half filled it with water? You'd soon complain about the organisers letting people take alcohol in.
The reasons why you are not allowed to take anything you want into the festival are very obvious and actually make perfect sense.
Who the hell wants to take a picnic to such an event in any case? It's an all-day live music festival, not a day out for train spotters.
And remember, it's only two ticket per household, so it's hardly as if you'll be needing to feed the whole family on the cheap.
Well yes I can see that 'logic' in the UK today what a sorry state.
"Who the hell wants to take a picnic to such an event in any case? It's an all-day live music festival"
You answered your own question.
I disn't say picnic, I simply said food and drink, that would be enough to sustain you for the long hours of the festival, not a five course formal spread.
Doh !!
grumper
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1:30pm Wed 15 Apr 09
Big Mac wrote:I am not 40+ either. I will be going to see Eric Prydz and Calvin Harris, Judge Jules etc. Not the other crap.
iloveswindon wrote: I can see it now... Big Mac and grumper banging on the gates saying (in a smurfs voice) "Please Mr Moyles, let us in - we love Dizzy Rascal even though we are both 40+" Haha hahaa :)At least we know how to actually spell Dizzee Rascal. That aside, no, I will actually be there to see Enter Shikari and The Prodigy. And I'm not 40+.
iloveswindon
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1:44pm Wed 15 Apr 09
And Grumper: "I will be going to see.." You have a 5% chance of getting a ticket so dont get too excited!
red manc
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6:39pm Wed 15 Apr 09
iloveswindon wrote:so would mine be if i only had internet friends ... security word ....billy no mates .....ha ha
PaulD wrote:Even sweeter if you dont get any tickets and mine are collecting dust. Now that would make me chuckle.iloveswindon wrote: Im going to apply for tickets and if I do get some, I might go depending if I feel like it on the day. I might go, I might not. They would look good on my mantlepiece though.you really are a ****
I Too
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8:11pm Wed 15 Apr 09
And no doubt, they'll all be miming to a soundtrack.
Wonderful
Long live real Rock 'n' Roll
Even Angrier Monkey
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4:39pm Thu 16 Apr 09
In fact I'd be willing to bet that virtually every act at The big weekend will sing live, with th possible exception of some of the trashier pop acts like the saturdays.
Dont let facts get in the way of ill informed ignorance though
bootgirl
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1:39am Sun 19 Apr 09
I Too wrote:I was going to make my comment on Tuesday the only one, however i feel i have to correct I Too about Franz Ferdinand. These guys are my fave band, and having seen them live, and meeting them, i can assure him that they most definitely do not mime to any soundtrack. Kasabain are also fantastic genuine performers, although i cannot speak for Lily Allen!The "real" bands, at this event will all play live
LILY Allen, Kasabian and Franz Ferdinand will be among the headline acts at the Big Weekend music festival, which is taking place at Swindon's Lydiard Park next month. And no doubt, they'll all be miming to a soundtrack. Wonderful Long live real Rock 'n' Roll
mumsyone
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5:45pm Mon 20 Apr 09
BadProspects
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5:37pm Wed 22 Apr 09
There's no such thing as a free lunch. For 95% of us to be forced to end up paying for this through the back-door when it should be a commercial event smacks of double standards to me.
Jimmy Razor says...
8:51am Tue 14 Apr 09