fluffkitten wrote:Priest would be utterly wonderful but have they dropped their asking price enough?
With WT and Rob Zombie this year I can't see JP being too far out of BOA's league (although might be pushing it a tad)
fluffkitten wrote:Priest would be utterly wonderful but have they dropped their asking price enough?
Skippy wrote:I dont think JP would cost too much more than a Slayer, Megadeth, or anyone else they've booked recently, but that's just a guess. If it's Slayer again I would be so disappointed. Even with the fact I dont really like them, they were very poor last time and shouldn't come back again so soon.
beenabadbunny wrote:
For me the biggest problem with Slayer was that as far as they were concerned it was very clearly just another night on a long tour.
Even Rob Zombie suffered from the same thing a little bit this year, I thought. I thought it was a great show but he let slip that he didn't actually know he was the closing headliner for the whole festival.
Not sure what you can really do about that - logistically of course you can't expect every top-line band to come to the UK for Bloodstock alone, so there'll always be some bands for whom it really is just another night of the tour. They don't always have to make it so obvious though.
And it's possible to go too far the other way too - I don't really take it too seriously when bands say stuff like "Bloodstock, you're the best audience we've ever had because this is the best metal festival there is!" as it can sound a bit contrived.
But I think there's a happy medium and a lot of the best headliners do manage to find it. Even if this isn't a particularly special show for them, they can still recognise that it's an 'event' for the audience.
Haldamir319 wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if we're getting some sort of mainstream act on the Fri (Mastodon?), Nightwish on Saturday and a 'classic' band on the Sunday? (Priest would be my preference, but there's still some variety out there).
With a headline trio that melodic, that may go some way to explain why the two subs so far are relatively heavier ones.
Random question, are Watain too big to headline second? Could easily see them playing opposite Nightwish if so.
Bearstock wrote:Haldamir319 wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if we're getting some sort of mainstream act on the Fri (Mastodon?), Nightwish on Saturday and a 'classic' band on the Sunday? (Priest would be my preference, but there's still some variety out there).
With a headline trio that melodic, that may go some way to explain why the two subs so far are relatively heavier ones.
Random question, are Watain too big to headline second? Could easily see them playing opposite Nightwish if so.
I'd like a Friday of Watain -Behemoth - Venom personally
metaldinosaur wrote:
Also, why is everyone one so convinced that Priest will be playing- everyone was saying it was happening last year and then... Look what we got!
I'm sure if we wait long enough, they will play one year, as their just too perfect for it. But there is no suggestion that it will be this year, is there?