Check out Southside in Germany, looking pretty good so far

http://www.southside.de/index.php?lng=_englisch

The Strokes
Massive Attack
Prodigy
Faithless
Dropkick Murphys
LCD Soundsystem
Paramore (for Misery Business and then ill leave)
Skunk Anansie
The XX
Tegan and Sara
HWM
Florence and the machine
Boys Noize
Ignite
Donots
The Get Up Kids
The Hold Steady

How mint is that for the first announcements!

+
Deftones
The Specials
Vampire Weekend
WE ARE SCEINTISTS!!!

+
Sitting in a tent
in Germany
surrounded by drunk Germans

= NO THANKS.

Plus, travelling all the way to Germany just for Ignite doesn't really seem worth it.

its better than being surrounded buy drunk English people though, coz you can't understand what the fuck they are saying. And you feel better than them.

But at least you know what the English idiots are saying. The Germans could be all like "HAHA, look at dese moron Englisher, flying sieben hundert miles only to see Dropkick Murphys! HAHA!"

What you all on about "just to see Dropkick Murphys/Ignite" that line up is pretty solid, yeah its not underground or obscure but so what. I'd fucking love to see Massive Attack and Faithless for one (or two) and theres plenty of good bands, plus loads more to be announced.

Also get out of your comfort zones and try something different!

I think i'd going into my comfort zone by going to that festival! It just looks very safe, easy and, well, boring. I don't need underground or obscure bands to enjoy myself, I need good bands. There aren't enough good bands on there. If that was announced about 6/7 years ago, i'd probably still not go. Nothing excites me on there. If that was Reading, i'd be sitting in my tent reading books the whole weekend!

On the subject on other festivals, i'm quite tempted to get a day ticket for Download for the RATM day. Ruours flying round that DEP might be playing too, so I have my fingers crossed they play on the same day.

Also, Field Day looks SHIT this year. Last year was so good, but this year, I don't know anyone!

Field Day are probably saving the big name announcements until the summer starts. Although when I say 'big name', I mean 'big name for Field Day', obv.

I dunno, Pheonix, The Fall and Simian Mobile Disco are relatively 'big' names for Field Day. I wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the line up was just filler.

Michael Eavis is apparently talking to Robert Plant about headlining Glasto.

Plant has said he has no idea who he would performing with, igniting rumours that Led Zep will reform for Glasto.

If this is true, I will punch a baby for tickets.

Dour Festival have confirmed

Faith No More
Baroness
Brother Ali
De La Soul
Simian Mobile Disco
Chromeo
Anti Pop Consortium

and others http://dourfestival.eu/en/lineup/

Not amazing, but some decent acts so far for whats always a good line up.

Now THAT'S a good line up.

1 day festival in Manchester
http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manches ... /11363928/

Main Stage
• Friendly Fires (Live)
• Booka Shade (Live)
• Calvin Harris (DJ Set)
• Kissy Sellout
• Japanese Popstars (Live)
• Krysko
• Greg Lord

The Big Top
• Vitalic presents V-Mirror Live
• Erol Alkan
• Simian Mobile Disco (DJ Set)
• Fake Blood
• Boy 8-Bit
• Mixhel
• Andro

Crosstown Rebels Rebel Rave Tour
• Damain Lazarus
• Jamie Jones
• Clive Henry
• Simon Baker
• Deniz

Now Wave Stage
• Kele Okereke
• Four Tet
• Steve Mason (Ex Beta Band)
• Errors
• Egyptian Hip Hop
• James Yuil
• We Have Band
• May 68
• Now Wave DJs
• Many More TBA

Ape & Metropolis Present Lost In Bass Arena 1
• Magnetic Man (Live)
• Buraka Som Sistema (Live)
• Skream & Benga (B2B)
• Joker
• DJ Zinc
• Toddla T & MC Serocee
• Geeneus ft Tippa & Katy B
• Sbtrkt / N-Type
• Riot Jazz (ft Broke N English)
• Rich Reason
MCs :
• Serocee / Tippa
• Rush / Jenna G

Ape & Metropolis Present Lost In Bass Arena 2
• Andy C
• Roni Size
• High Contrast
• Sub Focus
• DJ Hype
• Goldie
• Lemon D & Dilinja
• Danny Byrd
• Nero
• Emalkay
MCs :
• Tonn Piper / Mad Rush
• Skeez / GQ

Yes Please!

Ooooof!