Indiependence Festival 2020

greenspurs

"Acts coming real soon" ….

greenspurs

Still nothing …..

BullBlackNova

They just tweeted a few minutes ago that the announcement will be coming at 6pm today.

Ricosruffneck

First head is Sigrid

BadTurtle

Indie tends to book acts based on their connection to a leaving cert aged crowd.

Furious-Red

Headliner number 2 at 6pm. I have a feeling they are going nab Foals(since i know they have been looking to book them for years)

BadTurtle

Furious-Red wrote: »

Headliner number 2 at 6pm. I have a feeling they are going nab Foals(since i know they have been looking to book them for years)

Surely not.
My fingers are crossed for Foals for ATN, crowd would be more interested.

fourmations

Bit of a tangent here but are you guys confident
that they will solve the sh*t-show that was last year?

Despite being interested in trying ATN since it started
I'm sticking with EP this year due to the issues last year,
I get the idea that the traffic is unsolvable unless they
build new roads!

not being negative but personally
i would not get over sitting in my car for hours
it would ruin the weekend

cheers

BullBlackNova

fourmations wrote: »

Bit of a tangent here but are you guys confident
that they will solve the sh*t-show that was last year?

Despite being interested in trying ATN since it started
I'm sticking with EP this year due to the issues last year,
I get the idea that the traffic is unsolvable unless they
build new roads!

not being negative but personally
i would not get over sitting in my car for hours
it would ruin the weekend

cheers

Plenty of discussion about this in the ATN and EP threads this year already but will try to distil my thoughts...

The traffic was a mess but I was lucky enough not to experience it. We sailed in and out on both sides without a hint of a delay. We left early, arrived early as did *plenty* of others.

There were minor issues inside - like the rubbish and the food queues - but they weren't unusual by the standards of any festival.

I think a lot of the minor issues that people had have been magnified by weather - it's a lot easier to laugh off a long queue for a burger when you're having pints in the sun with your friends but when you're sitting in the rain or stuck in a tent, it's miserable.

The weather is not the organisers' fault.

Most of the people I met at ATN last year were enjoying themselves. Even those who had been stuck in cars weren't talking about it by Saturday afternoon or Sunday. The Facebook comments, the media focus and the weeklong argument on Joe Duffy fuelled the conversation around it but I think it is a stretch to say it ruined weekends. Some people were wearing it as a badge of honour by the second day - "you made it in with no traffic? I got here at 10pm AND had six cans before Orbital started!"

The festival itself was fun - it was a nice size with a great crowd. I can't make it back for 2020 as I've something on that weekend but if the line-up was to my taste, I wouldn't have hesitated to go for a second.

And, finally, I don't think the traffic is unsolvable without roads. A lot of the issues seemed to stem from poor planning - a lack of park and ride options, poor directions being issued, and unprepared/slow staff on the parking side of things. A lot of that is easily resolved, I would think. If they opted to open the site on a Thursday night (I know, not always possible), they could remove another chunk of traffic too.

greenspurs

The traffic was caused by :

Gig goers just going to Portlaw regardless of what entrance they were advised to use to alleviate the Q's.
Red entrance was Via Kilmacthomas
Blue entrance was via Carrick.
Instead , people just went through Carrick and Portlaw….. Peoples laziness and 'fcuk that' attitude.

Yes, poor signage , and very little Garda presence certainly didn't help either.
I have 'local knowledge' of the area, and even with the MASSIVE congestion in Carrick, I could still by pass all that and be in the site within 20mins.

Q's inside - yes , annoying but its a festival.
Weather - didn't help....

I will be there again next year - no hesitation.

sally cinnamon89

Wrong thread folks

Furious-Red

The Streets confirmed as 2nd headliner

Ricosruffneck

Furious-Red wrote: »

The Streets confirmed as 2nd headliner

Great Headliner.

greenspurs

sally cinnamon89 wrote: »

Wrong thread folks

Sorry mam ………. :rolleyes:

DaraDali

Ricosruffneck wrote: »

Great Headliner.

Would't really call them a headliner, loved the comments on Indie's facebook page, noone knows who they are :rolleyes:

Someone like Gorillaz if you wanted something from that age, would have been alot better.

fourmations

fourmations wrote: »

Bit of a tangent here but are you guys confident
that they will solve the sh*t-show that was last year?

Despite being interested in trying ATN since it started
I'm sticking with EP this year due to the issues last year,
I get the idea that the traffic is unsolvable unless they
build new roads!

not being negative but personally
i would not get over sitting in my car for hours
it would ruin the weekend

cheers

ooops sorry for posting that here folks, not paying attention

rgds

JP Liz V1

Sam Fender?

BadTurtle

DaraDali wrote: »

Would't really call them a headliner, loved the comments on Indie's facebook page, noone knows who they are :rolleyes:

Someone like Gorillaz if you wanted something from that age, would have been alot better.

Would imagine gorillaz are too big for Indiependence. They headlined Glasto.

Wrongway1985

BadTurtle wrote: »

Would imagine gorillaz are too big for Indiependence. They headlined Glasto.

Glasto not a good measure they don't actually stump up what may be got elsewhere but does offer great commercial incentive and exposure unlikely to be found elsewhere too, Gorillaz only headlined due to a pull out the day before and sure Ash even headlined Glasto by same outcome.

When they were last here did Malahide with a reasonably catered bill which fair enough bigger than what you'd usually expect at Indie but wouldn't rule as completely unrealistic.

bigpink

It seems to a total leaving cert festival

BullBlackNova

Damon Albarn is touring another project with musicians from Iceland next year so we won't see Gorillaz anyway.

callaway92

bigpink wrote: »

It seems to a total leaving cert festival

How can you say that when The Streets are headlining one of the nights, seriously?

BullBlackNova

callaway92 wrote: »

How can you say that when The Streets are headlining one of the nights, seriously?

Have you ever been? The festival has always attracted an 18-23 crowd.

In year's gone by, different nights have been headlined by acts like de La Soul, Manic Street Preachers, the Dandy Warhols, Ash, Basement Jaxx, Public Enemy 2 Many Djs, etc and the crowd has rarely changed much in terms of profile.

And while the Streets may headline one night, Sigrid is headlining another - a much younger crowd there.

Indie is a fine fest but there genuinely is nothing there other than the stages. It is bare bones and, as such, older crowd doesn't tend to head along as you don't get the array of stuff you get at EP, ATN, etc.

About 2/3 years ago, they even moved the stage start times later in the day - 5pm onwards - because the crowd spent the day drinking in the campsite so bands were playing to empty tents!!

bigpink

If someone ran a festival with Coronas Picture This Kodaline and some social media hype musicians they woukd make a fortune

callaway92

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Have you ever been? The festival has always attracted an 18-23 crowd.

In year's gone by, different nights have been headlined by acts like de La Soul, Manic Street Preachers, the Dandy Warhols, Ash, Basement Jaxx, Public Enemy 2 Many Djs, etc and the crowd has rarely changed much in terms of profile.

And while the Streets may headline one night, Sigrid is headlining another - a much younger crowd there.

Indie is a fine fest but there genuinely is nothing there other than the stages. It is bare bones and, as such, older crowd doesn't tend to head along as you don't get the array of stuff you get at EP, ATN, etc.

About 2/3 years ago, they even moved the stage start times later in the day - 5pm onwards - because the crowd spent the day drinking in the campsite so bands were playing to empty tents!!

Been 5 times now - Mitchelstown a 15 min drive from me.

Furious-Red

Final headliner announced tomorrow on 2FM

greenspurs

The Streets - Stereophonics - Sigrid.

Hmmmm ……..

Furious-Red

DepecheHead101

Stereophonics and Feeder. Back in a late 90s Gran Turismo game.

BadTurtle

That's probably a better lineup than theyve had for a while. Therapy?, Feeder, The Scratch all worth seeing in the under card, and a big fan of the Streets. Would go see Stereophonics as well probably.

johnnyskeleton

BadTurtle wrote: »

That's probably a better lineup than theyve had for a while. Therapy?, Feeder, The Scratch all worth seeing in the under card, and a big fan of the Streets. Would go see Stereophonics as well probably.

I wonder would a few of them cross pollinate with [a festival which I'd best not mention on this thread]? I appreciate that often times the headliners will have exclusive deals, but hopefully the Scratch and Therapy? might consider a trip across to [another county in Ireland] when they're done.

As for Feeder, bit of a curveball, but I'd say they'd be great craic! Which, if we're honest, is what festivals are supposed to be about!

Furious-Red

Stereophonics and Feeder are perfect festival bands with all the hits etc. I think its a decent line up and adding the likes of Therapy?, King Kong Company, The Hunna, The Amazons and the Sherlocks its def a decent line up imo

Bowlardo

Furious-Red wrote: »

Stereophonics and Feeder are perfect festival bands with all the hits etc. I think its a decent line up and adding the likes of Therapy?, King Kong Company, The Hunna, The Amazons and the Sherlocks its def a decent line up imo

I’m really impressed with this line up.

Furious-Red

Looks like The Hunna have sprung ahead with the next line up additions for Indie 20

ThunbergsAreGo

So assume there is next to no hope of this going ahead?

CWF

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

So assume there is next to no hope of this going ahead?

You'd be right.

freshpopcorn

Fishorsealant

Will it be full refund/ticket valid next year you think ?

Furious-Red

Fishorsealant wrote: »

Will it be full refund/ticket valid next year you think ?

Id say both options will be available

LilNiall

Pretty decent of the Indie organisers offering a refund or a voucher (€30 for weekend & €10 for day tickets) to be used at the festival for those that defer their 2020 ticket to 2021.

johnnyskeleton

LilNiall wrote: »

Pretty decent of the Indie organisers offering a refund or a voucher (€30 for weekend & €10 for day tickets) to be used at the festival for those that defer their 2020 ticket to 2021.

As in you get your ticket for 2021 and they give you 30 lids to spend at the festival? that's a great deal fair play to them

LilNiall

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

As in you get your ticket for 2021 and they give you 30 lids to spend at the festival? that's a great deal fair play to them

Yep 30 to spend at the festival. I agree top move by them. Now just hope they go with the same or similar lineup.

Rigor Mortis

Congrats to the organisers. This is a great deal for punters.

Furious-Red

First names for 2022 coming tomorrow at 6pm. Id say Stereophonics to return as a headliner, maybe Noel G or Foals. Could also see Sigrid being announced after her 3Arena show

fafy

1st batch

Furious-Red

Fairly meh line up imo, was hoping for a few more from the original 2020 line up.

Stillill42

Oh no.

Furious-Red

More acts announced at 6pm today

arrianalexander

Got early bird tickets, usually go every year , line up this year to me is very meh

Was expecting a Irish act to headline.

Of headliners Bastille is the one that appeals a little bit but I think this is their third time playing

Obviously it's each to their and someone else may think the line up is great.