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And, more importantly, does anyone know how the fuck they're justifying charging £40 for tickets this year? Did they make a massive loss on last year?
And, more importantly, does anyone know how the fuck they're justifying charging £40 for tickets this year? Did they make a massive loss on last year?
how do they justify it? like this, i guess:
FRIENDLY FIRES
LADYHAWKE
PATRICK WOLF
THE HOLD STEADY (Bristol Only)
ANNIE MAC
CAGE THE ELEPHANT
LITTLE BOOTS
MUMFORD & SONS
MY VITRIOL
KISSY SELLOUT (DJ/LIVE) (Bristol Only)
BOYS NOIZE (Nottingham Only)
65DAYSOFSTATIC (Nottingham Only)
BRODINSKI (Nottingham Only)
A.C. NEWMAN
ABE VIGODA
ALESSI'S ARK
APPLES
BADDIES
BEAST
CHIK BUDO
COLOURMUSIC
CRYSTAL ANTLERS
CRYSTAL STILTS
CURSIVE (Nottingham Only)
DAG FOR DAG
DAN BLACK
DINOSAUR PILE-UP
DOG IS DEAD
DUCHESS SAYS
FIGHT LIKE APES
FLASHGUNS
FRESHKILLS
FUTURE OF THE LEFT
GIRLS
GRAN RONDE
HJALTALIN
HOUSE OF BROTHERS
I HEART HIROSHIMA
JERSEY BUDD
KID BRITISH
LIAM FINN
LOVE LIKE FIRE
MAPS
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
NAÏVE NEW BEATERS
OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT
PETEBOX
POLLY SCATTERGOOD
PULLED APART BY HORSES
SHAPESHIFTER
SHARKS (Nottingham Only)
SKINT & DEMORALISED
SON OF DAVE
TEITUR
TELEGRAPHS
THE COMPUTERS
THE GAY BLADES (Nottingham Only)
THE JOY FORMIDABLE (Nottingham Only)
THE MISSION DISTRICT
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
THE SOFT PACK
THE TEMPER TRAP
THE VIVIAN GIRLS
THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME (Bristol Only)
THE WAVE MACHINES
THOMAS DYBDAHL
TITUS ANDRONICUS
TOMMY REILLY
ULTERIOR
VV BROWN
WINTERSLEEP
WOLF GANG
Advance tickets were £20
Then £25 (when I bought)
Then some other amount
Now £40.
£20-£25 an absolute bargain for that lineup. Plus it's not like most other city fests in that it's on from about lunchtime til 6am the next day with venues close enough to hop around between bands. Thus plenty of bang for your buck.
And it may lack "big" names but its eclecticism is pretty commendable. Plenty of DIS-friendly stuff sitting next to things that will satisfy the more pop-inclined, twee types, chart guitar crap, etc.
Will be my 4th year this year - looking forward to it.
My main point is that it wasn't that expensive last year, and it was across two days.
This year, sure, the lineup is pretty awesome (I'm genuinely really excited about it) but my jaw did drop a bit at the price of the regular tickets. Wish I'd had some money around when the early birds were on sale. Did they make a loss last year, or has the cost of the thing just risen a lot?
Although I would gladly trade all the Notts-only bands for the Hold Steady... :(
s'why the trick is to buy early...
and it was absolutely shit last year, bands didn't show up and they were charging a fiver for the piece of paper with the set times on. and while it was across 2 days, there were only enough decent acts for one day spread incredibly thinly.
anyway, i'm here for vivian girls, titus andronicus, abe vigoda, crystal stilts, crystal antlers, future of the left and ac newman.
Yeah, the lineup is massively improved this year.
Last year there were big gaps where I sat around doing nothing because there was nothing on worth seeing. This year there should be enough going round that I'll always be highfooting it to some venue to catch the next slot.
Personal desire is to see:
PATRICK WOLF
MUMFORD & SONS
65DAYSOFSTATIC (Nottingham Only)
A.C. NEWMAN
ABE VIGODA
APPLES (these guys are amazing, btw)
CRYSTAL ANTLERS
CRYSTAL STILTS
FIGHT LIKE APES
FUTURE OF THE LEFT
GIRLS
I HEART HIROSHIMA
MAPS
PULLED APART BY HORSES
SON OF DAVE
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
THE VIVIAN GIRLS
THE WAVE MACHINES
TITUS ANDRONICUS
VV BROWN
...which I suppose is enough to justify £40.
I'm hoping I've only paid £25
Going Nottingham went last year had a really good time hoping for more of the same this year. Looking forward to 65daysofstatic..
I'm going!
DiS meet-up? It is well expensive this year though!
Just found out we have some spare tickets for Nottingham
They are going for £25 PM me if you're interested...
Only a week to go...
...and the remaining tickets are going fast.
Buy Online:
http://www.gigantic.com/alttickets/home_dot_to_dot_festival_2009.html
I'm now going,
which is nice...
Timetable is up: http://www.alt-delete.co.uk/dottodotfestival/nottinghamschedule2009.htm
Only real clash is Cursive vs Vivian Girls vs Crystal Antlers
Yeah, just saw that, it's the only clash for me too.
I think I might have to go for Vivian Girls, if only because after Crystal Stilts I'm sure I'll still be wanting some of the similar stuff.
My plan is, I reckon, Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and AC Newman at Trent main hall, then head upstairs for Maps, across to Rock City for Mumford & Sons, then go to the Social and park myself there through to Abe Vigoda. I like that they've grouped all the most hipster bands at the Social - they know their audience, clearly.
IT IS TOMORROW.
Unless you live in Bristol, in which case it is on right now. Exciting times. If you see a tall blonde guy jerking around to Vivian Girls then say hey, it might well be me.