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As we find out about Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2018, this is the topic for your comments.

What artists have been announced? What do you think? And how about links to their web sites and videos.

Have you spotted an artist who has let slip that they are playing?

Comments on the new ticketing system. Does the numbering system tell you anything?

That sort of stuff.

I can't wait to find out. It'll be announced just as we are leaving the GBFF at Butlins where we will have seen Fairport.  Wonder if there will be any clues given when they perform...

It'll be interesting what sort of ticket will be produced - I've only ever known the Ticket Factory produce print-at-home scanable-at-the-door/gate type.

Tickets go on sale at 10.00 Monday 4th December. Some acts to be announced then, full line-up early next year. As per FC website today.

I don't really care who is playing I shall be buying my tickets at 10:00 a.m. on Monday morning as I want to be on Field 8 on Wednesday night. We were there last year and it was great not having to stagger back to Barnstones after a night in the Brasenose!!

We are newbies compared to most people on here having first attended in 2012, basically to see Squeeze and Big Country. But we have been back every since and will continue to do so as long as there is a festival. I have seen some great acts who I probably wouldn't have gone to see otherwise. Level 42 being a prime example. Not a band that I would say I am a fan of but they were great. Loved their horn section.

I have also loved Alice Cooper , The Levellers, 10CC, The Wonderstuff, Madness, Saw Doctors, Steve Hackett, Bellowhead, Skinny Lister, Toyah Wilcox, Katzenjammer, to name but a few. I even liked some of the folk music!!

I see Merry Hell are playing at the Brasenose. I can strongly recommended them having seen them as we hale from the same part of the country. Good northern socialists just what Cropredy needs.

However I do hope there is a good quality rock  band on tyhe line up. Black Star Riders would be good. Not to be big to unafforadable.

Here's hoping!!

Just a reminder.

This topic is intended to be about the artists actually appearing at Fairport's Cropredy Convention as they are announced and experiences with the new ticketing system.

There are plenty of other topics for other posts and you can start your own.

Obtained - simple, but wait for the page to process as a little slow at the moment. Probably millions trying to get the first 2000 :)

A few time outs,  but tickets obtained confirmation email says numbers 194-195 and talks about tickets being posted out 2 weeks before the event, hopefully they mean 2 weeks before Christmas !

No early buyer discount, so not much incentive to buy early.

Tickets ordered.
All a bit of a kerfuffle having to set up an account etc.
The phone line is next to useless(no answer)
Anyway all done ✅

Tickets and Field 8 tickets booked.

Tickets booked and glad to be back on field 8 again

Several people I know have now said that the phone line isn't being answered.

No doubt this will be rectified eventually.

Can anyone explain to me what this entirely manufactured sense of panic being articulated around online is all about?  People have a minimum of 6 months (probably much longer) to obtain tickets.  

I guess if someone wants to get tickets as a Christmas gift making sure they arrive in good time matters (in some way), equally for the 200 Field 8 Wednesday night tickets - as for everyone else I would think tickets will still be available in Auguts 2018, cant imagine another sell out really.

DW

Unless you are desperate to get on field 8, I also don't see the panic. I suppose its nice to give them as Christmas Presents, or treat yourself, but getting on as the box office opens only leads to a rush and it crashing. I know last year the team were so inundated on day one the tickets were getting held up. With the first 1000 getting a signed Christmas card, even that wont sell out in a couple of days. Lets face it, Cropredy is popular with the faithful, but its not Glastonbury!
Still, if they announce YES, Neil Young or David Gilmour this afternoon, I'll be straight online!

Lol.  You've got 2 chances of that one...which one do you want?  ;) :)

Just booked. Up to the 900 mark now.

Just purchased 955 & 956  :D  [;-)  {:-)

Already ridiculously excited!  ::)

I cannot go next year. I am playing in a field somewhere else ( actually 2 different fields on the same day!!!)but I have never understood buying tickets for a fest when you don't know who you are going to see??
Don't reply. Some of you who have already bought tickets are friends of mine. Each to his own.

Bob Hope and his mate Fat Chance!!!!

With any other festival I'd agree but this is Cropredy - it's where I've lived for a few days every August since 2004!

Due to our son having just been born a month ago it's looking unlikely that we can make it next year and it's already making me sad to think about it. I'm trying to justify a day trip - sitting at home knowing it was happening without me would drive me crazy...!

Tick tock tick tock tick tock...............ooohhh exciting!

I shan't be buying any early tickets this year, as I'm not sure I can go - hopefully that will be sorted sometime after the New Year. Any idea when the first acts will be announced? I thought they would have been by now.

The website says, "we hope to have BOTH Thursday and Friday headliners confirmed by then!", which suggests they are still dotting 'i's and crossing 't's on contracts...

Tickets bought, logged on at 10:05. Confirmation e-mail back at 10:16. You don't have to register you can purchase as a guest. Very easy and I am no tech guru. Back on Field 8 which is great. Ticket numbers 479 & 480 so looking forward to receiving a Christmas Card. As for the line up I hear Fairport Convention are playing and they are always worth seeing so the rest is a bonus!!

 

No longer mentioning headliners on website!

'We shall be announcing a few of the fabulous artists we have booked so far on Monday afternoon. We shall announce the full line-up in the New Year before the one & two day tickets go on sale.'

Hmm, suggests they have yet to get full confirmation.

Come on, Hendo, don't sit on the fence...

Anyone else having problems adding a camping sticker to their basket? And is that extras page written in Latin!!!! Not impressed with the new system so far >:(

Field 8 sold out if that's what you were trying to add.

Can't add any camping stickers at the moment, just takes me to a page saying " You must have a valid performance selected"  ???

I make a point of buying Beautiful Days tickets as soon as they're available. By the Wednesday of the week of the festival I often still don't know who I'm going to see.

 I get it!  ;D

Levellers, Al Stewart, Digance, Le Vent Du Nord, Fish, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys...

Fringe it is for me then, dullllllll

Apart from Digance, that all floats my boat!  Would love to see Al Stewart backed by some of the Fairport guys for some songs, as he was back in the day...

Very happy with that!

Mmmmmm, what is the Marillion fascination, otherwise, bit samey and quaint. Don't matter

Where was this line up announced? Not on FCs facebook or home page.

Yawns here, I am sad to say...

On www.fairportconvention.com . I've just had an email as well...

Pretty happy with that.  

OH yes, there it was in my in box. Al Stewart very good choice, and always enjoy the Levellers. Not too happy with Fish, didnt enjoy him last time which was a bit recent!

Le Vent du Nord have been on my 'would love to see' list for a couple of years.  I'm a huge fan of Al Stewart and Sam Kelly.  Fish was great last time - let's hope he plays 'Clutching At Straws' this time.  Judging by his last visit he is one who 'gets' Cropredy too, which helps.

Wasn't Fish's last appearance at Cropredy meant to be part of his "last ever" tour?

Is he in fact Frank Sinatra?

Levellers were fun last time, I look forward to seeing them again.

Obviously Thursday didn't get agreed so they can't announce it yet.

 

Not heard of Le Vent du Nord so thank you for the recommendation. Also in agreement with your other comments and more than happy to see the Levellers again. Expecting some sort of tribute to Sandy next year as it will be the 40th anniversary of her passing. Looking forward to the festival already  :D ;D

Have to agree about Fish 'getting it' - he completely won me over last time.    Levellers are one of all time favourites .  Love Al Stewart but hope he's not headlining.  Have seen and thoroughly enjoyed Sam Kelly but can't for the life of me remember where !

Sam Kelly was fantastic at Underneath the Stars this year. Definitely a thumbs up from me.

Al is on just before Fairport again, it says.

Perfect !  

Sadly, for me again it’s zzzzzzz

I know who I'm going to see at Cropredy - all of my friends. Nuff said.

Almost right, I believe he plans to officially retire at 60 (next year) after completing his last recording project.  It was always intended that he do one last tour.  (After which he may well do a Sinatra :D)

I'm just hoping it's not raining this time round...

Lineup looks good to me so far, tickets just purchased numbers around 1400...

Really excited to see that The Levellers and Al Stewart are there, my favouritist of people.......shame I'm not there this year :'(

can i ask if anyone gets the we're going to cropredy 2018 car sticker and they don't want it please can I have it for a my daughters first car! I'm gutted I appear to have missed out for the first year ever! My name is now mud! :'( :'(

Probably give it a miss. Underwhelming

Oh well can’t please everybody I suppose but I’m happy and will thoroughly enjoy Croppers again and looking forward to seeing who else will be playing

Never been to Cropredy (which given my recent posting history will probably get this post deleted as well), but I don't really understand the Fish / Marillion connection wouldn't have thought it a natural fit?

Didn’t Mr. Fish do quite well in the Top Turns poll last time he played?

Really hoping to get back next year, it's been a while  ;D

Now I may not be getting what you really mean but Fish was the lead singer of Marillion for the first 4 albums... namely Script for a Jesters Tear, Fugazi, Childhoods End and Clutching at Straws

I must admit I never enjoyed Marillion, with or without the piscean person. I get that Fish "gets" Cropredy, but his music leaves me unmoved. Same with Al Stewart and also Levellers - just not to my taste. I can't see me going next year, certainly not for 3 days - maybe just the Saturday, but that'd be more to meet up with TAWers than for the artists (depending who is on).

I do think it's very kind of Marillion to always allow Fairport to headline Saturday night at the Marillion reunion festival.

Last year Fish played the whole Misplaced album and he has been touring Clutching so I dearly hope hell do it in its entirety at Cropredy 2018.

Hope so, haven’t seen you for ages!

Levellers, Al Stewart and Sam Kelly (seeing him tomorrow) all great. Fish = disaster or snoozetime.

I seem to remember that he finished too early and then did a further 20 minutes.
I didn't know a lot about his material, but I was down the front and found the first section no more than interesting. However in added time he was exceptional. I've no idea what the material was, but that seemed to be when he 'got' Cropredy, not just his fans.

As a side note I did once meet him in a Manchester hotel. Top bloke.

Fish also sang Solo with FC, which he recorded on an album of his.  In the sleeve notes he wrote this:

“My favourite track on Mirror was Solo. I'd heard it first of all on a long drive North to Fochabers in Morayshire to begin my job as forestry worker at Speymouth Forest. … It was Alan Freeman's last show on Radio One and he was playing all his favourite sessions one of which was Sandy Denny's. If I was to chose my all time favourite song then this would probably be it.

“It's the lyric I would have loved to have written myself and when we approached the song I was nervous because for a male voice to deal with a performance written for a female voice is extremely difficult. This is one of the performances in the studio I'm most pround of. The end result had me literally in tears during the playback and I still perform the song live occasionally sometimes with the same results. It was thought of for inclusion on the Vigil album and had to wait until 92 till it was realised.”

Ah!!! My new best friend Derek!!! I spent 15 mins talking to him , at the bar the next day, about the sciatica that had hit him half way through his set! Rock n roll!
I did explain that I had listened to the second half of his set lying down in the first aid tent, which , he felt, was the best place to listen to it from!!!

I've said this on fb yesterday but it really does all come round again, and for some turns it seems to come round every couple of years.
     I said last year would probably be my last and yesterdays reveal did absolutely nothing to change my mind.
     Still plenty of time to get some exciting turns, I loved Fish last time he was on, but i'm not really enthused. So far it looks like most of the recent non5 year anniversary Cropredies.

I'm with the dishonourable member for the north, not very inspiring at all. I thought I would give it a miss this year and that's still the plan.
and the fact that Digance is back, I thought he was gone for good. ......I'll go and have a lie down till the red mist passes.

Is it only me who’s happy with the line-up so far then? Levellers, Al Stewart, Sam Kelly...what’s not to like?

No, there are others of us too, Chris.

Nope, you are not alone.

I like, and have seen, everyone on the bill, however, I'm just a fickle Cropredy goer these days though so I'm awaiting the Thursday headliner before committing!

Bananarama are touring!

I'd have preferred Badly Drawn Boy, Chas & Dave, Joan Armatrading  but I guess this will do.

Bananarama - good shout ;)

Ralph mctell has just done a collaboration with Annie Lennox who is playing live for the first time in ten years in March next year.....

A wild guess but I reckon Travelling Band are going to be added.

Do I owe you a pint?  ;D

Bananarama would be fantastic great party band and who doesn't love a party?

 

Yes

I'm pretty sure there's a place somewhere on the bill for Half Man Half Biscuit.

Due to some unfortunate financial circumstances I was planning on pretty much sitting out Cropredy 2018 on the sidelines; not expecting much, bandwise; and just popping down for an extended session at The Fringe on the Saturday. However, with The Levellers announced to celebrate their 30th anniversary and Fish performing "Clutching at Straws" (I'll be seeing him perform that this weekend, but it's important to me that I also see him do so in that field in Oxfordshire with other people I hold close who will appreciate the same), then I suspect that I will come up with sufficient ticket and spending money in the new year to rub more than two coppers together.

Within our group, it's never really in doubt that, somehow or other, we'll always get together for Cropredy, and as soon as "Hiring Fair" or "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" rings out through the darkness at around 11:30pm on the Saturday night we always reflect that, whoever has played, we've always had a really good time together.

I'll be seeing Peggy next week (Dylan Project) and Simon (& Ashley) in the Christmas Albion band. I'll pass on the general thoughts
(BTW mine is yawn)

Whilst mine also is yawn, what would be the point of that?  It is what it is, and what they want it to be.  Not a lot of point saying so to their face, is there?  Then again, Simon, at least, probably sees it all online anyway...

I don't see the point in complaining about the line up. I know I will pass judgement on some I like and some I don't, but I think most people on this forum are Cropredy attendees regardless of the acts. It is more than just a music festival that people go to see the bands, they go to see their friends, for the atmosphere, because they go to Cropredy year after year. I have said I will give it a miss this year, regardless of who is on, just to have a break. There are plenty of other festivals I will look at for the acts, but its not like that with Cropredy.  

Just ordered our tickets and took about 5 minutes if that. Ticket have reached the 2100s and interested to see a camping ticket number - in the 570s - not sure if this is any indication of numbers of orders. Anticipating getting a car sticker  :)

Missed Fish last time round so pleased about that and always happy to see the Levellers, and become acquainted with some new bands in the company of family and friends.

A qualified yes to that, except that if lots of people politely express a desire for a certain thing, then the powers that be may take notice. Having said that Cropredy has always had regular acts, and if I really can't bear everybody on the bill I definitely won't come, but I don't see that happening for the reasons you also give.

Please could you all request that Alice Cooper, Steve Winwood and The Waterboys should return as soon as possible.

I see Tankus the Henge were at Skeggy - they'd go down well at Cropredy.

Saw them ... and they would.

No thanks! I really don't get them- I've tried twice now....All too theatrical and pompous for me...

I would love to see Tankus the Henge at Cropredy - great music and wonderful theatre!

My new favorite live band are The Leylines https://www.theleylinesmusic.co.uk/ who seem to be going down a storm where ever they play. Great fiddle driven tunes , they are a bit like the Leveller's younger siblings.  I am really hoping they may turn up on the list of bands playing. There first album Along the Old Straight Track is absolutely stonking!

Good friends of mine, would love to see them there. They would go down a storm at Cropredy.

Funny - it's the theatre that attracts me! I've never seen them live though...

Good shout - seen them a couple of times at other festivals and had a cracking time.

What about Ferocious Dog as well ,  Hobo Jones,  the Bimble Inn ????

I'd be up for Ferocious Dog , the live rendition of their song Slow Motion Suicide is absolutely mesmerising .

With regard to Tankus, I had their album before I ever saw them live - brilliant songs amazing piano playing . When I eventually saw them live I was stunned by their performance - leaping off smoking pianos etc really good all round entertainment .   A real spectacle for Cropredy.

Sorry I’ve led a sheltered life and never heard of Tankus the Henge! Can anyone supply a link to a decent site where I can see what they’re all about? Ta

3 seconds later, how about this http://tankusthehenge.com/ ?  ::) ;) ;D

They don't appear to gig a lot four shows in eight months.

I will have a brief stab that Trad Arrr and Iota (Sally Barker, Marion Fleetwood, Anna Ryder) will be on the lineup.)

I would love to see Tankus on the Main stage. They were the best act i've ever seen at the Brasenose when they played the fringe  in Alice Cooper year.
Been to see them twice when they have ventured up to the North East of Wales. Jez Delorean is truly an excellent pianist, and a really nice bloke too.

For those who dont know them try "Recurring Dream" on you tube.

why does the lead singer always take his shirt off?

Seems to be a yoof thing but none of them ever have any chest hair, so you'd think they would be too embarrassed ;D

On paper,  Tankus should be right up my street but they are just not hitting the spot for me.

 I thought the same. Have you seen them live at all?

I can see that watching someone jump off an upright piano once would be fun, but knowing what's coming the subsequent times might not be quite so interesting.

Thats it for me really....it all seems a bit forced and pretentious somehow...

'Organisers of the UK’s Ramblin’ Man Fair have announced that Fish will headline the Prog In The Park stage at next year’s event.

He’ll perform a set that will include material from his last album with Marillion – 1987’s Clutching At Straws.'

So hopefully, this will continue into August and I'll get to see Sugar Mice live, at last.

I would agree , but Tankus are much more than just some guy jumping off a piano (anyway he kind of walks off it!), great original songs and great musicianship. The smoke and antics just add to the fun and energy. Not everyone's cuppa tea obviously, but me and my lot all enjoy them and that's my measure of things.

Just listening to Clutching At Straws again.  I'll be there with you at the front if he does.

Deal !

Budge up lads, room for another?

Surely now less kikely at Cropredy as his ticket-selling ability will be diminished? Many of his fans will now have bought for the festival advertising his presence.

Tickets arrived this morning!! Everthing in order. Christmas card displayed in a place of honour. So all in all the new ticketing arrangements have worked very soomthly.

I am really happy with the line up so far. I was really hoping for the Levellers. Lets hope we get a great rock band for the Thursday night. Last time the Levellers played we had Alice Cooper so someone similar would hit the spot!!

 

Don't expect Leatherat next year then, as they are holdingbtheir farewell gig tonight in Oxford. They're splitting after, I think, 13 years of decdnt folk-rock.

Thanks guys, but I sispect you'll all end up still playing music!

Absolutely...come on down !

Leatherat announced on stage at the Fringe last year that they plan reforming for their traditional Saturday spot at the brasenose.

Peter Richards,  can you confirm you've got them booked for that ??

So that would be their own Annual Reunion? :-)

Correct . As Pete said from the stage,

"its not a new idea" Someone else has done it succesfully round here before".

Tickets received  :D

Hi Chris. I did a couple of Cropredies in the 80's and then 2004 to 2012 and 2015 and 16 . 2013 and 14 I was at the fringe but not on the main field. We went as a large group of friends. I always thought it would be that special place that I would always go back to. I can't define when I realised I could let it go. I didn't go last year ( lineups mean an awful lot to me) and it was a sad moment when I realised I didn't miss it..
I may be in the village Thursday and Fri, when I can say hello to friends but I am gigging on the Saturday so probably not.
I hope you really enjoy the fest.

We didn't go one year because of the line-up, but then realised how much we missed the whole caboodle and haven't missed a year since!  A lot of last year's line up didn't do it for us but we had a brilliant weekend and enjoyed all the music we heard, on the field and in the fringe.
I can't imagine not going  {:-)

Thanks hendo - fingers crossed I can make it.

Sorry Chris , that should have been 1995 to 2012!

Just seen the rumours about the Kinks for Thursday night. Cant say I trust them but would absolutely love it.

Would that be the Kast off Kinks do you think?

Not a chance in hell.  As stated many times over the years, The Kast Offs would be a great Sat pm band (I think).

We have the Kast Off Kinks at Witham Public Hall in Essex in March (capacity around 200) so they are on the road but a big step up from 200 to 20000. Mind you, they do have the experience  ::)

Kast Off Kinks would be excellent. Seem them a couple of times, and they did all the hits with aplomb.

just to make it clear, they are not a covers band, more like The Kinks' backline without the Davies brothers.

Paul

Like the Beautiful South’s rhythm section without Paul and Jacqui?

Brains of the outfit then - not?

See my post on Recent Gigs page dated 16 December!

Anybody have any idea when more acts for Cropredy will be announced? Had email conversation with Peggy a couple of weeks ago who said an announcement should be expected last week  :-\

I'm desperate to know (already have tickets BTW but trying to persuade others to go is easier if you can enthuse about the line-up....)

Absolutely I’ve also got my ticket but I like to show off about who is on!  ;D

Tickets  purchased!

I'll see what I can glean from the chaps this evening at Tewkesbury...

No basis to this comment at all but I have a feeling that The Cranberries (or Dolores new band The Dark) may have been booked and now there could be a scramble to find another act after the dreadful news last week...pure speculation on my part so don’ t read anything in this or berate me for thinking it

... or perhaps The Fall?!

Peggy said from the stage this evening that they expect to be able to confirm the full lineup very shortly.

If there is no basis to the comment why would you make it? We could all say the same after Mark e Smith's sad passing. Or anyone else, really.

You'd have to delete 80% of the stuff on here if that was in the rules!

I was just thinking out loud...sorry

From Peggy's pages in the 2018 Wintour programme "This year we will be remembering dear Sandy Denny, as it's forty years ago that she passed away. Some dear friends will guest with us to perform several of our favourite Sandy songs".

Yes Peggy confirmed this to me also

Yes but that will most likely to be part of FC's slot,

So Chris While, maybe Fish again and maybe Vikki C.

Julie July Band?

Vikki C singing Tam Lin. The campaign starts here.   :D

Yep, that's how I read it.

Just like 2008, the 30th anniversary of Sandy's passing, when Percy and Kristina Donahue performed "The Battle Of Evermore"

Was it that long ago that they sang The Battle of Evermore? Blimey tempus don't 'arf fugit  :-\

Not a great photo.

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It's on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP_iD1miEVQ&list=PLX0mGhiTyraggP16rHVoEDbtrC_WW5tzu&index=7

The suspense  :D

Anybody else sad enough to be following a few likely suspects Twitter feeds?

In 2013 the final line-up was announced on 31st Jan, so it isn't over-late yet.  But still, it would be good to hear some more!

The announcement is not unusually late.It just feels like it is.

It has the feel of a botched up job,and I know that's unfair.

We are seeing all the other festivals announce their headliners if not full bill and it seems like there is something wrong.

I am sure it will have a negative effect on ticket sales if the Thursday headliner is some introspective unexciting musicians , musician. Or a singer songwriting fish out of water. God save us from something cold and technical .

Oh perlease...  none of us knows how incredibly hard it is to organise a festival...

They are doing their job, you are being impatient, but why?  

It will all come together and if peeps don like the line up no one is forced to go.

All will be revealed when they are ready!

Agreed Jenny. But timing is everything. There is an impression of delay. It's not a true factor , but the impression does exist , you just need to look at the forums. Its like one of those false delays you get on reality TV when the envelope is opened and the presenter says ,"and the winner is ......... you know you've got time to put the kettle on ,or re-read "War and Peace". It only works if people are pleased when the announcement finally occurs.

What I mean is that it needs to be someone who creates a high tempo feel of being at a party (or who communicates as brilliantly as Alice Cooper did, making you feel he was directing the whole show at you personally).

Anyone watching the documentary series on channel BBC4 (Hits,Hype and Hustle) heard mega promoter John Giddings answer the question , What do bands have to do to be a success at a festival. His answer ," Play the hits".

If Divine Comedy had forgotten  the new Album just played the hits I am sure the field would have remained full and people would have gone home happy. Instead we got an hour of introspective soul searching before he roused up with National Express , Something for the weekend and We fly tonight. By then non fans had gone.

I have confidence in Gareth and Co , I am sure it will be ok. But like many others I just wish they would get on with it.

Patience is a virtue.

Using this logic, how do we explain that the field half empties for Fairport, then (most years at least)?

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Edward Young "Night Thoughts".

Not my experience. 2009(?) was the exception due to torrential rain.

Alice Cooper connected and enjoyed the festival , the would be Napoleon didn't.

Anyone who runs a festival according to forum feedback needs their head examining.

And speaking of forum feedback, is it just me, or has history been redefined in order to exclude the howls of anguish when Alice Cooper was/were announced as a headliner? I hadn’t seen that much outrage since The Levellers were booked.

Davidmjs.

You have said on here that you haven't been for a while so I expect you are talking about 2010 era? . I haven't noticed the field empty for Fairports in the past few years. I agree it happened a bit four or five years ago but not to my knowledge recently.It's been the biggest crowd of the weekend down front for Matty and Meet on the Ledge.

I am a football administrator and there are absurd social habits that people get into. At football we have people who pay for a ticket week on week and leave before the end. Some of the games greatest moments have been missed by people who left early. One of its greatest disasters (Ibrox) was caused when a goal was scored in added time and those leaving crushed into those leaving later after they turned on the stairwell.

I am sure there are those who leave Cropredy ahead of the end on Saturday for the same psychological factor as the people who leave football before the end. To beat the rush.

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
Mark Twain.

I’ll tell you who would do a great show but empty the field. Marc Almond.  [;-)

I think I'd prefer 70s jazz rockers Mark-Almond.

But I agree, Marc would put on a great show.

How about OMD playing their hits?

I think he would please the mob and have people stay and enjoy. I don't know about selling tickets though.

I’ve seen that, and it was one of the best hours of my life. They had to be dragged off due to the threat of over-running. You wouldn’t want to have to follow them onstage.

Palomar Faith was announced for a load of festivals recently. Think she'd go down well on the Thursday!

That would mean I'd get Friday and Saturday tickets and stay on at the fringe on Thursday after watching Merry Hell

It could be worse. One festival I sometimes go to-Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival (the festival Pete Seeger started) has since December had tickets for sale with not ONE act announced. Ok they do have people who perform every year- Guy Davis, Toshi Reagon, David Amram....but they have I think 4 stages and a Dance Tent. The festival is in mid-June. Don't you think they would give at least a teaser?

In any event I think some are reading way too much into this delay. There will be surprises, there will be disappointments. There will be surprise disappointments, there will be surprise triumphs. There will be music. There will be food. There will be beer. There will be Fairport Convention. Grab a chair, sit towards the back without obstructions and a ground cloth the size of a building site, and a flag that can be seen in space and relax.

... and there will be friends... lots of friends!

What an odd comment - surely most bands tour to promote their new albums. And if you think Catherine the Great, Why Do You Leave Me, Generation Sex and Complete Banker (all played in the first half of the set) are introspective soul searching we have different ideas of what that means.

DW

I believe bands should tour to promote their album on their own time. At a festival you play the greatest hits and be done with it, maybe slip a couple “...from the new album” somewhere in the middle in case anyone needs to get to the bar and back.
I saw James a couple of years ago and they deigned to throw in ‘Sit Down’ because it was chucking it down and, as Tim Booth said - “You deserve it...”. I thought then, as I do now, that he was a pompous wanker who didn’t deserve my attention for a moment longer. And the new album was s**t.

For sheer audience participation and rousing ending to the night, you couldn't beat Trevor Horn and his band. Unfortunately they were not the last band of the night. This caused DC enormous problems because their style is very different. Any other follow up act would have struggled after TH.
Not announcing the acts is not a problem, but it does mean some people hold back from purchasing which has the knock on effect of seeing the slightly higher prices after the Christmas discount. I am sure they do this on purpose to allow die hard Cropredyites to buy a little cheaper, then cash in on the headline acts bringing in the more general punters.

YES famously played the whole of Topographic Oceans before it came out and the audience didn't understand it. They wanted Close to the Edge, Yours is no disgrace etc. Sometimes listening to a new album at home a few times helps 'get it'. Famously Queen won the hearts of the crowd at Live Aid because they understood that you just play hits and get off. I often wonder what the audience at Pink Floyd concerts made of Dark Side of The Moon before it was released!

Agreed - Paloma Faith? No thank you

Another case where if she bangs out the hits it would be fun.

The Brasenose fringe is so good this year, I am seriously considering turning up just for that...

What are the very local camping options?

I still don’t understand it! 😂😂

Bridge Meadow opposite the shop is a good bet.  We've stayed there last 2 or 3 years.  It's basic but fine. Quite a few people staying there seem to only do the fringe.  

Great fun - doubt she'll be at Cropredy but she is really entertaining, The Architect is a mighty fine album too....

Can someone tell me who is playing the Brasenose fringe or where I can get the info? Thanks

This is the time I'm dreading now, waiting for the big announcement, and I really am feeling pessimistic that for Friday night they're going to announce some soft bland Americana; or a slightly funky pop band with hits no one remembers but hey the bassist does funny things with his thumb; or a singer-songwriter dressed like a dinnerlady and just as exciting; or some bloke who doesn't really sing but has produced lots of stuff for other people; or a new experimental band formed by the ex-drummer from Marillion; or a Duran Duran tribute band; or a dizzy blonde/redhead poppy popstar who can't seem to sing without ramming her voice through a computer.

Sorry to sound so pessimistic (Maybe I'm a glass half empty and the bar just closed kind of guy  :P ) but it seems to alternate with the years, and as last year was so amazing I've got a feeling this one may be a dud, and my excitement at the setlist as a whole will plunge instead of sky-rocketing.

Please, please, let me be wrong  ::)

http://www.brasenosearms.com/event/fffestival-2018/

Many thanks...some good stuff there!

Divine Comedy worked well enough for me to buy the new album and some older ones and a couple of albums by his missus, and I only really knew one of the hits.

Just playing the hits is a big problem for those acts on the bill that haven't ever had any, or are newish bands that fall into the 'never heard of 'em' category.

Having said that, Dixie Bee Liners went down pretty damn well, despite being completely unknown to the vast majority of the crowd, if not all of them,...as did those Aussie fellers.

I'm still stumped how anybody ever gets to the 'Oooh - I know this one !' stage, if they only ever listen to stuff they are familiar with already. They've got to have heard those songs for the first time, and what better time to hear new stuff than at a festival ? Plonk yourself down, down some plonk, and listen to the music (all the tiiiiiiime), you'll like some, love some, some will be meh! you might even loathe some, but what the hey ??

 

Daylight hours are for discoveries. If you’re on after dark you’d better have a back catalogue that justifies it.

As succinct a precis of festival sets as one could want. Bravo, Skirky!

Yeah Skirky, that's a good plan.
But you can still have a headline band that the majority of the audience haven't been aware of because they've had no hits, but they can still go down well because they can still have a strong back catalogue of quality music, performed well, hit single or not.

Case in point is The Waterboys - four top forty ‘hits’, so not exactly troubling the Guinness Book of Hit Singles’ compilers overly much, whatever you think of their track record artistically. On their own tour they played pretty much all of their new (double) album with a few choice cuts thrown in. At the Summer festivals, it was exactly the reverse - solid back catalogue with a couple of newies dropped in mid set. Textbook.  8)

"Daylight hours are for discoveries. If you’re on after dark you’d better have a back catalogue that justifies it."

I certainly agree with the first part of this, maybe not the second. I want to look forward to Cropredy knowing that I'll enjoy some things, and especially knowing I'll enjoy the last acts and stumble back to tent with a warm glow. There's plenty of time in the afternoons for surprise discoveries, and I've had many very pleasant ones over the years. But I don't want to hope that the last act of the night is surprisingly good. I want to know I'll enjoy them. And that's not necessarily to do with back catalogue or recognisable hits - it's about it being the kind of band I want to hear. And the list I gave (some a historical reality, others an extension of this trend) is the kind of stuff I don't want to hear. And I just hope they're not what's announced in the near future....

I see The Decemberists have got a new album coming out and are touring (in the US at least.) Come on, Gareth, make it so! For good measure, an Offa Rex double-header would do nicely.

Vikki is in England, touring during Cropredy

She's in the Brasenose on Cropredy Wednesday. I'll be there.

Vikki will be with us at Farnsfield Acoustic on May 19th.  :) :)

Still nothing  :(

Getting impatient  :-\

On a brighter note, I've been checking out Vent du Nord and they look fab! :)

You’re not wrong, they are superb!

This Thursday is a special day.

It will be exactly halfway between last years Cropredy and next years one.

It might be a good day for the announcement.

yes indeedy! ;D ;D

See you down the front in Le Mosh (see what I did there  ;) ) for them :)

Just about every other festival has published its full line up. Purbeck announcing Richard Thompson yesterday.

Cropredy; well it's the sound of silence, and its not very Golden.

Are we experiencing one of those annoyingly planned pauses, like on reality TV, or is there a real problem? I'm beginning to wonder.

I will be there whatever happens and the line up at the Brasenose is a festival in itself, but ....................

I doubt if there's anything sinister going on - they're probably still negotiating "The Big Star", but they usually tell us a few more at this stage  :-\

 


Have to confess, the enforced waiting is very annoying, they must have at least 2 or 3 names they could tease us with.
I made the decision after last year's Big One that I would give the fringe a go on its own this year. OK, so I may miss one big name, but by and large the Brasenose has pulled out all the stops for this year. Well done them!

Having visited the brase earlier I understand that it’s just a matter of a contract waiting to be signed...
I won’t mention anything as I don’t want to betray a confidence but if they get this band signed up I’d guess the mcbastards would be happy......

You can't torment us with this!  :o  :o

I'd be very happy if it was Deacon Blue or Primal Scream....  ;)

Simple Minds or Runrig?

The White Heather Club dancers. Even better, the Grit Orchestra as showing on BBC iplayer at the moment... MARVELLOUS!

Aaaaah! This is driving me mad  :o would be ecstatic if it was Runrig but I doubt it is them but would also be very happy if it was Deacon Blue...probably none of these...could be The Skids (have they reformed?)

Skids aren't headline material, surely...they're playing round the corner from me in June, mind and I do have a ticket?!  It won't be Runrig.  I suspect Simple Minds or Deacon Blue is a pretty good call....

Yeah you’re probably right but it’s a very long time since I’ve seen either Simple Minds or Deacon Blue so wouldn’t mind either...still we could all be wrong. Let’s hope the speculation/frustration ends very soon

Travis?

Del Amitri, Big Country, Bay City Rollers ;)?

well...... Simple Minds are busy on the Friday 10th and Saturday 11th of August  ::)

And Big Country already played Cropredy

As half of the Skids are also in Big Country it is more likely to be Big Country, as they are playing the Rewind festival in Cheshire on the 4th of August and Skids play Rewind in Scotland on the 21st of July and then are on a break until December. Big Country also have further dates after Cropredy.

They have both played on the same bill but that tends to be to a hometown crowd in Scotland. But both on the bill would surely please the McBastards. I would be delighted if that was the case.

Is that reason why it won't be Big Country or a reason why it could be?

Playing once is not an opt-out for playing future years?

The Proclaimers or Lulu?  ;D

Don’t laugh! Lulu could be a good shout following on from Peculiar Clark last year....maybe the start of a new Cropredy tradition - a legends type spot like at Glastonbury  :-[

She's played already with Jools a few years ago. Mind you as this year seems to be "welcome back" it could well be.

The reformed Del Amitri are ending a big tour at Barrowlands the week before Cropredy.

Timing is everything and that makes them odds on favourites.

I would be happy, Nothing ever happens, great song.

We won't be lonely thursday night and or lonely tomorrow

I saw what you did there!! ;D

Glad somebody got it  ;D

Lulu was interviewed by Whispering Bob and clearly had no idea what county she was in, let alone what festival, nor did she care.

Why does it always rain on them?

They would be a wonderful choice.

I think this is probably it.  Good call.

I like Del Amitri a lot, but, ultimately, I think Justin creates better music as a solo artist than within the band, although I recognise he can't play the SSE Hydro on his own (sadly).  I suspect there may be at least one other person on here that agrees with this statement, but I could be wrong.

A decent mid bill band but surely not a headliner.

More of a headliner than last year's!!

If they can sell out the Hydro (and they can), they're a headliner.

Biffy Clyro are touring, but would probably be too expensive!

Interesting comment from Peggy last night saying that before they can announce the acts, they need to have signed contracts returned ::). Be patient, was his comment...sounding frustrated

I see Derek Smalls has a new album out..?

He's already played!😁😁

Did he have a new album out then as well?

As long as he brings Lee Sklar back with him  :)

Lee Sklar is not fit to grace the same stage as such a fine bassist as Derek Smalls.
Did Lee Sklar write A Jazz Odyssey ?
No he did not.
Shame on you Bridge.
 :P

They should never have gone in that direction. What was Derek thinking?  :o

I like Lee as he debunks the myth that the low vibrations of a bass guitar make you lose your hair early...  ;D

A Mr Pegg (c/o Mrs Trellis) writes... "Myth, what myth?"

She left, in a big chauffeur driven car seconds after she got off stage.

She didn’t stay for a Goan fish curry and browse the merch stalls then?

Scottish? How about Ami McDonald?  :)

Yep could be very enjoyable but as a headliner....?

Or K T Tunstall. She'd be excellent  :)

If it's her, I hope she brings Johnny Pictish Trail with her.  Now that I'd pay good money to see.

Battlefield Band?  Capercaillie? Julie Fowlis?  Peatbogs?

They'd all do it for me.

At last some names I've herard of  :). Mark Knopfler would be my dream (or Caravan, Curved air or any of them doing the rounds...)

Fairport's Jockredy Convention?

Mark Knopfler would be excellent!

TBH I don’t care who is on the bill, I just wish they’d announce something!

Saw him once... he was!

It’s a case of how longs a bit of string I guess.
It’s obvious that they’ve had a couple of setbacks and the current target are the third I’d heard and that’s without the kinks rumour that surfaced sometime ago.
Whose to say who will headline Thursday...
One things for sure it won’t be for the lack of trying.....

Just spotted that Pierre Moerlen is getting the jazz rock version of Gong back together. And of course, the "real" Gong are active. Nightmare for Jules, great for me, on both counts...

Jazz rock. Just what Cropredy needs on a sunny afternoon!  :D

And some Country and Irish, and some hip hop and some grunge ... oh, and a boy band maybe...
 :o   ;)

I really am dreading it the longer it goes on...

On the up side, this seems to be generating more interest than if the lineup had actually been announced.  :-\

Peggy’s comment at Tuesday’s gig was ‘be patient’. Apparently they are waiting for signed contracts to be returned. He sounded frustrated.

There's no reason to wait for all the contracts to be signed, just announce those who have.

Doesn't work like that these days, though does it - it's all Headliner led marketing....

But by not announcing anything since the first acts announcement means lower ticket sales doesn’t it? At least until the next announcement and if that fails to excite then the disillusioned may decide not to bother. As you say it’s all to do with marketing which seems to have gone awry short term. Never mind got my ticket so I’ll be there anyway

I actually think the Brasenose are going to get into trouble this year.  That lineup is just too good.  There isn't enough space around the pub to deal with the crowds who will want to see (for instance) Merry Hell.  I don't think.

I agree with m’learned friend. I would suggest that there are more waverers interested in the undercard than in who will be their soundtrack to the queue for the footbridge.

Wickham festival now fully announced. There is normally a cross pollination from there to Croppers. Watch out for Squeeze, Kate Rusby or some bloke who used to be in Dire straits. Sadly Steve Harley headlines Thursday so it wont be him.

There’s something to be said for getting in first.

It's gotta be Rod the mod

Robert Plant is on tour in Europe in the late summer, with no plans after August 1.  Just sayin'...

Said nobody... Ever!

Here's a perspective.
Talking to Lucy (daughter of YaBB). She's been coming to Cropredy for 20 years. There are an awful lot of the potential audience who are in that age group, because that's how Cropredy works. So who would convince them to come along, but would also delight the old folkies?

Paloma Faith  :D

The Troggs ?

Rotflmao  ;D

That would be most interesting given that Pierre croaked back in 2005.  :o

Lol.  There is some kind of a French version of the band doing the rounds though, I think...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b38pOQJQ93g etc

Ah, sans Pierre, bien sur.  :)

I thought Pierre was no longer with us. But the recent article was so definite, I thought I must be wrong. Sadly I wasn't.

Back on topic, if Mr Gabriel isn't being booked, and there's a vacant prog slot, Steve Hackett would be most welcome to return.

For goodness sake!! >:(

Are there no young folkies then?

I’m with you on that...definitely going elsewhere if she’s on stage!  :(

Never heard her sing. Emeli Sandé is well regarded, though, and of that ilk.

Bring back Rod,Jane and Freddie.

Really? Think Ms Sandé has a bit more class

Under thirty and female?  ::)

Alynda Lee Segarra (Hurray for the Riff Raff) or Nadine Shah would keep me on the field in the afternoon.

Try them both. Both folkie but modern and young.

If its someone further up the bill why not Laura Marling or Amy McDonald (who is 30 this year).

To Youth up the bill why not, Cattle and Cain , Patch and the Giant or the Hawthorns, all bands i've really enjoyed last year.

Id also love to see Skinny Lister back.

I think she'll empty the field as successfully as The Divine Comedy. Dull, one-paced, no life whatsoever, no memorable tunes.

Skinny Lister are a good shout though for mid-afternoonish, a band that really know how to entertain a festival crowd.

With about 11 more acts still to be announced (!) there remain plenty of options

Dan Auerbach & the Easy Eye Sound Revue

I’m with you there. She’s horrendous

I guess you mean Paloma, not Lucy!  :o

Agree btw, not a fan of Paloma. Some of the songs are ok, but it's her "kooky" persona that grates.

I'd be happy to see Imelda May at Cropredy, though...

Absolutely! Agree on all counts

I like Paloma and I like Imelda, Id be happy to see either.
Imelda has changed her rockabilly thing though, so it looks as if I missed that opportunity.
I'd also be happy with Simple Minds, Del Amitri, Deacon Blue, KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic is playing in my car this week - or at this point, anybody at all. I'm a little concerned that the delay might affect ticket sales and, as a knock on affect, kill off the festival.
Meanwhile, Ramblin Man Fair have announced the Bender/Fisher line up of Mott The Hoople as headliners with The Cult on the other day.

My sentiments entirely as I said earlier

I’ve often thought that there should be a Mott the Hoople tribute band called Not the Hoople.

There is!!

Ah! I’ll have to stop making that joke then!

Surely they wouldn’t let that happen...  :-\

I desperately hope not and I hope this is just my pessimistic nature coming through   ???

Posts removed, because I don't want search engines coming here from those names.  :P

Fairport's Facebook page says more acts to be announced this afternoon.

Woo-hoo!!! Let’s hope so....the wait has built up the tension and, while it’s been very frustrating, it has increased excitement and expectation levels

Not amongst very many.....

Just me then...oh well

I think your initial comment was right.

two is not very many - Cropredy is 10,000+....

Elbow. Or their tribute band @rse. ;)

The cheek of it!

I'm not sure I could tell one from the other !

Afternoon is now turning into evening and......?

Announced at 5pm:

Kate Rusby – Friday 10 August
2018 marks Kate Rusby’s first visit to Cropredy and we welcome BBC Radio 2’s most played (and certainly our most requested) female folk artist. Forever proud to call herself a folk singer, Kate’s beautiful, expressive vocals never fail to connect the emotional heart of a song to that of her audience. The crossover appeal Kate enjoys is unprecedented for a folk singer and has been achieved without resort to compromise.

Oysterband – Thursday 9 August
It’s 14 years since the fabulous Oysterband graced the stage at Cropredy and we are delighted to see them back. Embarking on their 5th decade together, Oysterband still play with that spirit of the punk ceilidh band that roared through people’s lives all those years ago. Hopefully it won’t be quite so long until their next visit.

Afro Celt Sound System – Saturday 11 August
We are delighted to announce that the stunning Afro Celt Sound System will be making their first appearance at Cropredy this August. Formed by Grammy-nominated musician and record producer Simon Emmerson and with album sales now topping one and a half million, Afro Celt Sound System are a European and African based collective who’ve been a ground-breaking force in music ever since they started. Welcome to Cropredy!

Will Varley – Saturday 11 August
We’ve been tracking the steady, and well-deserved, rise to fame of Will Varley for quite some time – our mutual friends Skinny Lister pointed us in his direction! And with a fabulous new album out (his 5th) – “Spirit of Minnie” - plus a great band behind him, now is definitely the time for Will’s first trip to Cropredy. And we’re pretty sure it won’t be his last!

Midnight Skyracer – Friday 10 August
Also Cropredy first timers, Midnight Skyracer is a new, all-female 5 piece bluegrass band playing hard driving traditional and modern classics, lesser known songs and finely crafted originals. Featuring an all-star lineup of some of the UK’s top instrumentalists and singers, the band takes inspiration from the likes of other great female artists such as Rhonda Vincent and Alison Krauss. Formed in early 2017, the band managed to squeeze in a mini tour and several festivals over their first summer, the highlight of which was performing to an overflowing Club Tent at Cambridge Folk Festival.

 These are in addition to the previously announced artistes -

Levellers - Friday 10 August

Fish - Friday 10 August

Le Vent Du Nord - Saturday 11 August

Al Stewart - Saturday 11 August

Richard Digance - Saturday 11 August

Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys - Saturday 11 August

More to come, apparently.

It's quite a strong line-up.....

Still no Thursday headliner then?

Oysterband with luck - it is their 40th anniversary year.

By my calculation there's 4 slots left to fill. Potentially, Thursday's headliner(s) amongst them.

Saw Afro Celt Sound System at BBC Folk Awards - superb performers, more than happy to see Kate Rusby and Oyster and and there must still be another 5-6 bands yet to be announced...where is the big headliner though?

Patience is a virtue.

This is a strong lineup, nevertheless.

Im very,very,very happy. Two of my favourite Bands at one festival.

I love oysterband and am so pleased. (The levellers we already knew about.)

Hope John Jones and the boys are headlining as anyone having to follow them is on a sticky wicket.

As I said happy with this line up so far. Hopefully will know the full line up before I meet up with friends to see FC at the Union Chapel on Saturday

Shaping up nicely!

Apart from Oysterband looking pretty good. Especially pleased to see Midnight Skyracer as I booked them for one of their very first gigs.

That will do very nicely, thank you. I'm liking the absence of prog and cover bands.

Afro-Celts? Fantabulous.

Where's the 'like' button? :-)

If Folk Rock had a Premier League that's five of the top eight at one event .
Levellers,Oysterband,Fairports Merry Hell and TradArr.

Very impressed, what a week it will be.

Rather stretching the 'one event' a bit, but, yeah...

A very decent line up with lots of variety.
Be interesting to see who will be announced as the thurs headliner as that is basically a big ticket seller.
If the thurs headliners a top act they’ve basically nailed it as the undercard so to speak is one of the strongest in recent years both in terms of quality and variation.

That looks very good. I admit to thinking they would take it a bit each this year after the big celebration last year, but this doesn't look like that to me.

Just need Camel, and Mark Knopfler as the Thurs headliner, for my cup to truly overflow!

Unlikely but you never know

Shock! Horror! Young children look away! Long running Festival surprises with a strong lineup! Naysayers aghast at organizer's ability to pull some surprises out of the hat! Such a sad state of the world these days when things like that happen  :D

Happy here!

Congrats, chaps.
Really well done.

At least we have Fish covering his old prog band's album, for those of us who have a different point of view.  :P

Brilliant! Will Varley is one of my absolute favourites. Really great singer-songwriter that I’ve followed for a few years now. If you haven’t heard him, give him a spin - you’re in for a treat!

Surely oyster band Thursday headliners?

So if true our collective assumption that it would be a ’big’’ Scottish Band (as hinted at by some) was misplaced?

They were the Thursday headliners in 2004, and they are big in the folk-rock sphere..we shall have to see.

I'm pleased about Kate Rusby - she's one of my 'who would you like to see' acts most years.
Every time she's played near me, I've had tickets for another gig the same night, or playing a gig of my own.
We even played at the same festival once, and we were on different stages at the same time.

With the greatest respect I’d never heard of them.
Looked on YouTube and they are good but we are in 2018 im mid forties and couldn’t tell you one of their songs.
They are not a big ticket seller in this day and age,have they had chart hits,I really don’t know.
As a support act to a well known band they will be very good but I can’t see anyone under 40 saying the oyster band are headlining let’s go...
As I often point out the younger generation are the future of the festival and a headline band that is well known is what’s required to pull in crowds for a Thursday night.
Having been told of three acts that were approached I can assure you they were all higher profile than oyster band
1) a well known American rock band
2) a superstar singer known around the world
3) a Scottish rock band

Now it may be none of these end up headlining but I can assure you they are all high profile.

Anyway il enjoy listening to the oysterband from what I’ve heard online and then look forward to a top notch headliner with any luck.
We can safely assume the headliner is to be announced as it usually announced as we are thrilled to announce the thurday headliner........

Oysterband are as big as it gets in folk Rock.
If you've never heard of them and want some Pop superstar or Indie rock scotts instead are you on the right web forum?

My daughter is in her early twenties and a Cropredy veteran, when told it was to be the Oysterband she reacted with OMG texts to everyone she knows. Maybe no hits in the pop charts, but a back catalog of folk rock classics as impressive as anyone except Fairports . My favourite tracks in no particular order;

When I'm Up I Can't Get Down
Native Son
Another Quiet Night In England
Voices
The Road to Santiago
A River Runs
Put Out The Lights

Classics all. Brilliant live band too.

I’ve liked what I’ve heard but imo not a headline band that will sell tickets in their own right.
I’m willing to bet you a pint that they won’t headline Thursday if you’d like to accept
We can settle up at the bar thurs night.
Just because they are folk rock doesn’t mean they are a headline act.
Alice cooper
Madness
Both nights as busy as I’ve seen the field on a Thursday.
I think like the rest of the festival we need a variety of music(the undercard is certainly very varied)
With the levellers and obviously fairport headlining I think balance is needed in the thurs headliner in the same way that madness and Alice cooper made for a more rounded festival

It's been a while since I've been and I can't remember how the wristbands works so quick question. I have a friend coming down Thursday in his car but his wife isn't coming down on the train till Friday so she's getting a Fri/Sat ticket only. I presume her camping will be covered his one vehicle pass, yes?

Yes, that would be fine, I think.  Assuming they are sharing the same tent, I can't see how there would be any issue.  If you had a friend who wanted to erect another tent next to yours, that would probably be another question.

You have a point Wandering Steve. Three Folk Rock headliners is a bit greedy.

But remember when 10cc had to follow the levellers. They couldn't because them Brighton boys had got everyone so high that nothing or no one could.

If someone is going on after Oysterband they'd better be high energy and very good. Saxon,Kaiser Chiefs etc.

Clever songs,great musicianship and good pop just won't do it.

 
With the greatest respect I’d never heard of them.

I remember seeing the Oyster Band at Cropredy probably 15 or so years ago. I said at the time if Fairport ever retired The Oyster Band would be suitable replacements for the Saturday evening. I think they are likely to be the main Thursday headliner. Probably more people have heard of them than those who haven't.

Whilst I agree, I think the point made earlier that 3 folk rock bands headlining would be overdoing it a bit and for the sake of musical diversity we need an Alice Cooper or someone similar to provide it

It looks quite good to me.
I said I wouldn't come again after last year being so spiffing and impossible to equal, but am tempted.
Shame about Digance but I can always go down the pub or spend longer at the car boot I suppose.

Very happy with Oyster Band.

I like what I’ve heard and will enjoy them but a madness,Alice cooper to follow would be magic
I know neither will(and it’s too early for a return imo)
I’d personally love to see the specials who are a great live act and I see they are playing boomtown that weekend.
Given how well madness went down another ska act may be possible.

I love cropredy festival,I don’t live far away and visit the village two or three times a week.
This year will be my tenth and I can honestly say that I didn’t know one fairport song when I first visited!!
To be honest the first year I felt a bit let down by them as an act(hows that for honesty)
The next couple of years I stayed to listen to them more out of respect for them for putting on a really good festival.
After about five years I found myself really appreciating them and really get the music,it certainly wasn’t an instant attraction
I don’t profess to know every song they play but can sing along to a dozen or more and enjoy ones I hear less frequently.
I’ve heard so many bands I’ve never listened to before and have ended up buying a couple of cds each year.

I like the festival because it has varied music with a folk bias
I’ve heard blockheads(punk?)
Alice cooper(hard rock)
Loads of folk(waterboys a fave)
Really good reggae bands
Great solo artists
Prog rock(not really me but I can appreciate it)
Bands I’d never heard but love Willie and the bandits,peatbog faeries,skinny lister(I also loved Ellen and the escapades who are sadly no more)
Each year there’s a new surprise
I may not remember the good old days(I’m sure they were and wish I’d been there) but I enjoy the festival for what it is now,what I know.

Here’s to another good one this year
Top music
Great food
Proper bar

Life’s not so bad!!

Hmmm. Definitely need more prog....

... but I'd really like to see Mr Plant and his Space Shifters  :D   pretty please!

It's called a camping ticket, but it's really a parking ticket. You can have four people in a car with a tent each and only need one 'camping' ticket/sticker on your vehicle. The wife will essentially be a back packer and she will be able to camp for free, anyway. So she's covered either way, and as Will says, she'll most likely be sharing with hubby so jobs a good un.

edit: I'm, of course, with you on that, Bridg.

No longer a headliner imo but think The Stranglers would be great addition to the line up. First saw them in 1978 and they were awesome then (mind you I was only 16)...would fill the Buzzcocks/Blockheads spot methinks

Thanks, just checking nothing had changed in my absence.

As long as she doesn't bring her own car or a tent the size of a marquee, she'll be fine

Really hasn't done it for me this year I'm afraid, seen the Oysters plenty and apart from them I really do not like Kate Rusby, Al Stewart, The Levellers, Fish or Digance and am not keen of the current FC lineup simply knocking out their current tour set with a few extras. I am fully aware it is horses for courses and that others will - and clearly do - see this as a great line up but for me there is simply not enough I actually like to spend my hard earned on.

Have fun.

DW

What's not to like about Kate Rusby.

There are not that many God given naturally great Female Folk voices, Sandy had one , June Tabor has one and so does Kate.

Is it the Yorkshire Nationalism, Gods own country stuff?
Cause the voice is lovely , the band are good and the songs varied from self written to traditional and some with humour.

She'll do fine for me.

I'll wait until I see the full line-up/provisional running order, but at present, it looks like Saturday only for me.  Whoever follows the AfroCelts is going to have a tough time, I reckon.

Horses for courses, Trev - some you like, others you don't.

Don't go querying other's opinions, they're entitled to them. By all means ask what they don't like about them, but don't tell or intimate that they're wrong.

Great music but talks way way too much, a bit like Donovan (except that the bullshit factor is much lower)

No ones wrong about music. Some you like, some you don't.

I grew up in a Jazz musicians household ,I know just how good you have to be, one of my schoolmates and a regular alongside our dads at the Pinecliff Pub on a Sunday was Bob Jenkins Jr, now he is as good a drummer as exists, having played with Syd Lawrence, Elton John, Sheena Easton, Gordon Haskell, Van Morrison, etc. and he always loved the dance band jazz (as well as being a big Hendrix fan), but I just don't like the music, perhaps it's because I dont play and just listen.

I would never presume to go onto a Jazz web forum and libel their favourite Art Form.

I hope that simply saying one doesn't like a performers musical output doesn't count as libel m'lud!!  ;)

DW

Classic Cropredy line up. Yes there are much seen bands but I would go just for Afro Celts and Vent Du Nord .
Sadly I can't be there this year.
I do find it strange that Vikki Clayton is playing the fringe but isn't on the stage Saturday night.

They don't advertise their guests in advance, do they?

She's playing another festival on the Saturday.

Which one'sthat? Nothing yet on her website

Hi Chris, Vikki has a ' Back to Blighty Tour' in May, June , July , August this year.
She has put it on her f book page but as you say it is not showing on her website
The festival is Woodfest in Northants.

Not to far away if she was on in the afternoon at Woodfest to make it to Cropredy for the evening...

It's the talking bits I like best, she always makes me laugh. The music is nice, although a bit unmemorable in my opinion (but the voice is lovely).
I always enjoy seeing her, but can't remember any tunes afterwards.
Perfectly happy with her on the line-up though, and I hope she talks plenty.  :D

I'm afraid, personally, and speaking as a proud Yorkshireman, Kate is just too far over the 'twee' line, although there's a couple of songs I adore.  I'm always surprised and amazed by the Marmite reaction the Unthanks produce.  I strongly believe them to be amongst the finest British artists working in any musical medium today.  There really is no accounting for taste..and trying to rationalise it just makes it even more complicated!  I do find it odd that the Unthanks haven't played at Cropredy though...they can do large festival performances to seemingly disinterested audiences, and win them over.  I saw them on the main stage at Green Man a couple of years back and they were top class.  Many people I spoke to who would never consider themselves folk fans were won over.

I saw them at Shrewsbury in 2017 and it was dirgelike , we fled quite early on. Not my thing at all. Rusby I quite like when she's not yatting.

I really want to like the Unthanks, but I just don't. I've seen them several times and always get uncomfortably bored. Lovely voices, fun personality, but...

Hello everyone. Hope I'm posting in the right section? I'm new to the forum and never been to Cropredy. I'm considering this years and noticed that Richard Thompson is doing festivals on the weekends either side of this years cropredy. Based on previous years, if he's in the UK at the time is it most likely he'll join Fairport on the stage for at least one set or would he be on the Fairport website as a confirmed act if he was going to be there at all? Both Fairport and Thompson are still on my list of acts I've yet to see live. With Cropredy also on my to do list it would be good to kill several birds!

If he's around it's possible that he will guest for a few tunes, as FC do bring on ex members and other surprises at Cropredy, though it's not always announced in advance.

Possibly but you really should have been at Cropredy last year for their 50th celebrations when RT played a set and also guested heavily with FC

I know. I realised that when I seen last years setlist! My trouble is that my "must see" list is that big I need to live to about 150 to see them all. By which time all of the acts will be long dead and....erm.... you get what I mean!?!

I have seen far more acts by attending Cropredy than I would ever have seen individually. The good thing about Cropredy is the one's you have not heard of or wouldn't consider seeing on their own but really surprise you. Over the years acts like Dread Zone, Larkin Poe or the Buzzcocks have been big surprises. The added bonus of surprises like Cat Stevens or a single turn by Tom Robinson have been highlights.  I hope for your sake RT does turn up, as you said, he is at Wickham the week before so it would be strange if he didn't come along to see his old mates!

I completed my bucket list in 2013, and a lot of those names were ticked off by just going to Cropredy anyway, and letting them come to me, in a way. Plus, there's a chance you'll get to meet them too - Little Feat being a good example for me, albeit minus Lowell and Ritchie (who sadly passed away that day  :'( ). Come to Cropredy anyway.  

Never announce you finished your bucket list - just in case him upstairs is listening. I choose to extend mine just before I get to the last few acts. I'm going to do Cropredy based on what ive heard about it so far and because my son is living near London on a narrowboat and I've just spotted whilst doing my research that it's accessible by boat! If RT wants to turn up and tick another off my list then that's a bonus. The whole thing sounds great, albeit slightly bonkers (my sons just sent a YouTube clip of morris dancers rocking it?!)
I'M IN 👍

Go early if planning on staying in the boat, it gets very busy. Most people arrive a few days early to get a mooring. They do double park though which is nice. there is a new marina but I don't know how you go about booking in there. Don't just arrive on the day and be disappointed!

Him upstairs has taken a different approach...
'Think you've finished do you ?' Have some Kate Bush then....
On the way to see Kate, I was talking to the bloke I met at work, who, by coincidence, had also been to the last few gigs that were on my list, and couldn't get a Kate ticket. As I had two, I offered to sell him one. He offered to drive.
On the way, we talked about Kate, Sandy, Fairport and Cropredy.
He said he'd been thinking about going that year.
I told him why he should go, including meeting your fave artists - except I'd missed meeting Steve Hackett that year.
At this point he pulled into a service station for a pee break.
I had a ciggy first, then went in.
On his way out of the gents as I was walking in ?
Steve Hackett.
Yay !

 That's a rock'n'roll life, Mike!  :D

I bumped into Ritchie Sambora (Bon Jovi) coming out of the gents at a Holiday Inn near Watford. They had just returned from playing an ad hoc performance at Covent Garden to passers by. Hope he had washed his hands! Best thing about Cropredy is bumping into the 'stars' around the village when they are just normal human beings. I once chatted to Maddie Prior at the car boot fair thumbing through an old clothes rail.

Does the cricket match still take place on Sunday?

After working over 35 years in London including the West End, I’m sure I must have seen loads of ‘famous’ people but I can never recognise anybody out of their familiar setting!  8)

I think we'll be extremely lucky if RT shows at all this year, after the RT fest we got last year.

Yes, the cricket match on Sunday pm still happens, subject to weather.

RT electric trio at Shrewsbury folk fest.

And Towersey I think

And Wickham!

Just spotted that date on her website is Wednesday July 11 - so its there, just with the wrong date!

The marina checks in advance which moorers will not be there, and then let out their berths. It should be advertised on their website.
https://www.cropredymarina.com/

Paul

Yeah. There are quite a few days between the listed dates. I wonder if we can hope for more gigs to be announced?

To sum up Cropredy 2018 to date....not including the usual FC Saturday night set or FC Acoustic or the YFA winners, we have just 1 act announced for the Thursday, 4 acts announced for Friday and 6 acts announced for Saturday so still plenty to come and I hope we find out soon!!!

hear, hear!

It’s actually financial suicide.
We are approaching March and as I understand it you can’t buy tickets at the present time.
If there are casual attendees I’d hazard a guess they will be looking to buy tickets for other festivals that are currently on sale with the line ups announced.
I hate to say it but we are nearing the point where the main ticket selling slot( the Thursday headliner) will actually need to be stellar to avoid poor sales this year.
Not that I think the acts announced so far are poor,far from it but I do know of two regular attendees who have spent their cash elsewhere this year as they were tempted by another festival instead.

You understand wrong - earlybird tickets are not available now but full price tickets are readily available.

DW

Yeah but Steve’s point is very valid in this day and age. Money’s tight and if you know who you are going to see, you’re more likely to spend your cash for that festival rather than take a punt on a festival where you could end up seeing acts you can’t stand....just saying

We bought ours before Christmas but had we left it until now we would be seriously tempted to look at other festivals. There are a few with brilliant line-ups this year - and they've announced their full line-ups. Come on FC! GET ON WITH IT!  ;D

i rather get the feeling that the boat is not being pushed out for this years Cropredy.
Unless an Alice Cooper type megastar is being difficult, it looks to me like the headliners for all 3 nights are done, dusted and already announced

Hope that’s not right...when they announced the Levellers, they said they would be headlining Friday but the next announcement had no mention of who was headlining Thursday although there is an assumption that it will be Oysterband. Good as they are, I’m hoping for a slightly bigger name to add diversity to the line-up

But he is wrong to suggest tickets are not available - they are, simples  ;)

Maybe we are getting Van Morrison who has just announced that he and the Waterboys are playing in Bedfordshire on 31 August?

More likely to be JAMES Morrison I’m afraid.

Deffo not JIM!

Pity it's not just Morris...on

But I'm ok as long as it's not Morrissey :-\

Unlikely to be any of:

Simple Minds / Pretenders or K T Tunstall as they are touring together:

https://www.simpleminds.com/2017/12/11/grandslam-2018-14-uk-dates-just-announced/

DW

That makes it more likely, unless they actually have a gig on 9th August, because personnel , kit and logistics are already with them..

And, as of yet, its a free night on the "Grand Slam Tour".

Two day tickets aren't, that's not normal is it?

I know of four people who went on site to buy fri/sat tickets and were stunned to find they couldn’t do so and were more stunned to find out the line up wasn’t finalised.
The tickets were always purchased as a birthday present (15th Feb) but the money has been spent elsewhere now.
They were customers for the last six years and when I asked them about the situation they said having visited the website they were worried that it might not take place this year given they couldn’t buy tickets and only half the line up was announced!!
I hope not too many others have been put off in the same way.
Whatever the situation it can’t be good when customers are having their heads turned and spending money elsewhere....

Really good point about two and one day tickets - I hadn't clocked that so apologies. Maybe this should be flagged up to Fairport towers as it seems a dreadful commercial decision or even just a cock up!!

DW

I’m not going, but I was intrigued by this situation.
If you go on the “pay by cheque” page, as opposed to credit card payments, then there is a form to order 1 and 2 day tickets.

From the Towers:

Hello David

The 1 & 2 day tickets will go on sale once we have announced the complete line up, which will hopefully be very soon.

Best regards

Gareth

DW

Very soon meaning when exactly? Hopefully before the weekend?

When they get a suitable contract is my guess.

That could be never!

then they'll have a reserve in mind!

But they must make a decision soon whether to hang on for the main event or announce the reserve because they must be losing ticket sales the longer it drags on! There must be a time limit surely :-\

A couple of dozen maybe....depending on the act announced, they'll attract other fans of that act, surely

You may be right and it can easily be solved by Gareth and the boys

But if it's a big name who's already announced other dates and waverers could have been persuaded, the serious money will already have followed them by now surely?

And if they’d just get on with it, we wouldn’t be having these round-the-houses discussions  ???

Towersey are still waiting to announce their Monday headliner, so Cropredy isn't alone.

They are probably trying to get a deal done to announce fairport convention but they are having trouble finalising it as they have issues of their own which need addressing. ::) ;D

Most of the festivals I'm going to this summer have yet to announce their line-ups.

Wood, in May, has not announced a single band. It is close to being a sell-out mind, and most who go there go for the atmosphere rather than any specific band.

Bluedot, in July, has announced some of its line-up, though I've had tickets for that since October (wasn't sure I wanted to go again this year, but was outvoted by my son...)

Beautiful Days in August, has not announced anyone yet, apart from the Levellers who organise it.

Y'know what? I would suggest just relaxing and not worrying too much about line-up announcements and whatnot. It'll be fine.

Cheers

Nick

We have booked two festivals for the summer and, wait for it, haven't even been told where they are let alone who is playing. Living life on the edge!

Sometimes people come to Cropredy for CROPREDY.

Okay, I know, the revenue from ticket sales for popular acts is needed.

Nevertheless, being swamped by obviously act-specific fans who spirit themselves in and out with no real feel for what Cropredy is about can have its down sides, as well as upsides. (Yes, that is a fence on which I am carefully sitting so that I don’t offend anyone.  ;D)

Discuss, or shoot me down ...maybe?

I agree, Cropredy has grown to the extent that I now feel it is losing its identity and becoming Just Another Festival. That's a shame because it does affect the loyalty of FC fans, me included after 17 years!

Two points:

This delay has generated a far more interesting and extensive discussion that if the full lineup had been announced. Once it is announced I expect it will get even livelier.

I rather like the star headliners and unusual choices, but yes sometimes they don't get the Cropredy vibe and disappoint. Other times they're Alice Cooper.

Agreed wasn't that performance,his enthusiasm and its audience participation a pleasure (and a bit of a surprise).

Only Frank Turner and the sleeping Souls (at the Eden Project) have done it as well in all forty five years of my gigging.


Cropredy is different because of little things not affected by the main stage much. The Villages involvement. Breakfasts , scarecrows etc.

The Beer festival at the Pavillion, the Fringe, its all part of an ambience that is different to any other.

Sensible post alert!!!  ::)

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I tell you what, there isn’t a single person on here that would argue with him!  ;D

Absolutely! How about the 'Thompson Twins' again as a headliner then? Does it for me!

Folkeast is on the weekend after Cropredy and they’ve only announced 8 acts so far...Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes, Oysterband, Irish Mythen, Wild Willy Barrett & The French Connection, Tim Edey, Rodney Branigan, The Magnicent AK47, The Gigspanner Big Band

I'm off to Underneath The Stars Festival and I've not got a clue who's in the line-up yet.

Kate Rusby, I'm sure....

and damien O'Kane too i'll be bound...

My first visit to Cropredy was as an act specific fan to see Squeeze in 2012. My wife and I have been back every year since. Now we go just because we love the whole vibe. So maybe fan specific first timers should be encouraged.

I have subsequently seen bands who I have really enjoyed who I wouldn't have bothered to go and see otherwise. This includes Level 42 and The Proclaimers,

Regarding this years line up, the acts all ready announced are great and the rest will just be a bonus. I love the Levellers and Fairport  of course.

 I am really looking forward to seeing the Oyster Band and will try and stay awake for Fish this time. I will have to lay off Fairport Five!!
 

Limited line-up now released - Steve Earle (thank you), LAU, Ukulele Orchestra of GB among others.  

Panic...mis read that post, thought it was the final line up for Cropredy!

And me!

Another Monday and still no news.

But just think how boring your life will be when you no longer have this announcement to look forward to!

Not been to Cropredy for a few years but announcement of Ms R and Oysterband is making me have positive thoughts...and I can definitely go along with Steve Earle and the Dukes (as mentioned elsewhere) .
We saw Little Feat at Cropredy, and if not a return for them, how about Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett doing their acoustic duo? While on a Transatlantic theme,  Poco are treading the boards again. It is unlikely that you could persuade Pure Prairie League or the Lonesome River Band to leave the USA but...

Think everybody has given up on speculating and the excitement has gone about who will be playing Cropredy this year. Maybe we’ll get an announcement on the final line-up by the end of March? It was all done and dusted on 31 January last year!

I do hope this is cock up or accident.

If its a marketing ploy its one from the Gerald Ratner school of business.

At least we should have lots more room on the field this year.

A watched kettle never boils!

It always does....eventually but, in this case, I’m hoping it’s before June!!!

Yet another Monday and still no news.

Do we think they have been knocked back by their first choice Thursday headliner and are now scrabbling around for a big enough name to fill the slot at relatively short notice?

DW

Possibly, but they must have SOME band names they can release?

The main site is down. Could an announcement be pending?

FC site up & running, nowt on there/fb/twitter...

Day 92 (since tickets first went on sale) and still no sign of a final line-up   ???

What will we do?    :(  What will we do?  :'(  Will nobody think of the children  :o

 "Will nobody think of the children  "

Well they'd be better than nothing at this stage.  Can they sing?
 ::)

Oh dear it's starting to sound like a never ending series of Celebrity Big Brother...

For no apparent reason I just got an email from the Spooky Men. Now there's a top idea.

Is Barbara Dickson in the frame yet?  [;-)
https://youtu.be/QdVyb7a2wug

Beautiful Days tickets have been on sale for a month now and they haven’t announced a single act.

Having read that John Fogerty is gigging with the Steve Miller Band, and Peter Frampton has been/will be sharing dates with SMB... that'd be a helluva "classic rock" slot for Thursday evening. If of course those guys float yer boat.

NEWSFLASH

Having failed to find a headline Act for Thursday ,  Gareth Malone has been hired to turn the crowd into a gigantic choir.

Inspired by the mass hanky waving this spectacular Performance Art will be announced in a press conference  on the morning of April 1st.

Blues and Bayous tour just announced with ZZ Top - would be interesting!

www.johnfogerty.com/news

I agree, but they only come over every two years so it would have to be a 2019 booking. Saw them a Towersey last year and they were terrific.

That would actually be brilliant!

Indeed, although the line-up would have been announced by now, but events have transpired.  :(

I'm usually happy to buy tickets for a festival I know I like without seeing the line-up (Bearded, Beaut Days, Salop and a few others) because I trust the organisers to get it mostly right and to be in tune with my tastes, and because there are so many different stages to choose from if the headliners are duff. Cropredy is an exception, it's line-up dependent for me, mostly because of the one stage thing, and the cost.

Well, now Wychwood have just announced its full line up. Getting really bored waiting now and thinking seriously not bothering next year (but got ticket for this year so still going)

Now that's an underwhelming line-up.

I agree but I didn’t say it was brilliant  ;)

Baxter's good, but really...!

God help us, that's a poor line up. Not sure I would be delighted if I had bought tickets before hand. Even Sat only tickets are £60. Cropredy at least meets minimum standards regardless of who is on.

Hollie Cook's good! I'd like to see her at Cropredy.

She is.  She should bring her old man too...I see the Professionals are in active mode.

Bryan Ferry is touring this year and doing a couple of festivals in July.....just a thought

Oohhhh! If only!

FC website updated today (11/03): "We shall be announcing the complete 2018 line-up shortly!"

"Stop calling me Shortly!"

Wasn't that statement on there already?

I think so too. It was on there when the announcement was made. There’s nothing new on the Fairport Facebook page but you never know....hopefully we’ll get news of the line up this week?

Tickets are on sale now and I’ve got mine to see John Fogerty and the Steve Miller Band at the O2 in October...well pleased  ;D

New announcement on FC website. They’ve confirmed the Thursday headliner and are all very excited. Think we’ll find out the full line up later this week! Yippee  ;D

All that's changed is the date the page was updated.

Doesn’t matter now...see today’s announcement on the website

On the website today:

Cropredy News  
Updated: 12-03-2018

Well this is taking a while isn't it? We're very sorry about the delay folks but this happens from time to time. Bands are available - then they're not etc.

Anyway, the upshot is that we have now confirmed our Thursday headliner and hope to be announcing the FULL line-up very soon indeed. 'I's being dotted, 'T's being crossed and ink being dried etc. We are all extremely excited with the news by the way. We have some fabulous acts to announce - and the Thursday headliner? WOW!

We shall be sending out an e-newsletter with the news to all who have signed up. If you haven't signed up yet and wish to be kept in touch with all things Fairport, please click on the contact button and fill in your email address.
 

To finish with...WOW..Could be the Rolling Stones! You never know!

WOW ? Kate !! Kate !!!! What's all this about a restraining order?....Kaaaaaaaate !!!!!!!!!!!

 ;D

Or a preview of Jeff Wayne's War Of the Worlds!

Turn the W's anticlockwise by 90^o and you get... BOB !! :o

Don't go too far or you get MOM.

Another 90 degrees and it could be a prog band from Crete...

Not a chance...she would have no control over people filming it on their phones. You know how protective she is.

WOW!  Never heard of them.  Not a Wham tribute, are they?  ;D

That would be interesting.... it would please Mr Bridgwit anyway...  ::)

I told you who one of the bands is, about a month ago - Del Amitri.

Would that count as a WOW?

Certainly would.

No. Nice but no cigar.

Agreed...would be OK but not a WOW for me

I'm seriously afraid Fairport's version of WOW might be another Level 42, Joan Arma trading or Petula Clarke.
Might be not so much WOW as WTF?  😕

That sounds like a company.

Roger Daltrey is doing solo shows nowadays. That would be a Wow, wouldn't it?

More a WOW than some options suggested!

She did.

Del Amitri an absolute wow for me.

Come on FC announce and let's "Kiss This Thing Goodbye"

I'd be more than happy with that too.

Oh yes!

Roger Daltrey definitely would be a WOW for me. Having seen The Who a number of times, he is an absolute showman

Saw him do a solo show a few years back at the Wolves Civic, it didn't even sell out  :-\  It was great though, very relaxed and laid back kind of gig.

Does that mean he really does need Pete Townsend? Sorry gone off topic  :o

Aswad headlining Weyfest! Only the week after Croppers!

Surely not.

Aswad were on my list under the other Remaining Turns thread along with The Stranglers, Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter (who I’m now seeing at the Barbican Hall in May) and Van Morrison  :)

If I remember right, the one date in Warwick was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. He did have Simon Townshend on guitar though.

I know there's not a chance...for more than just phone filming reasons. I'd be very happy with Del Amitri, though I doubt they would be the WOW act.

Wow could be one of... Ringo, Elton, Dweezil, Sir Macca, Fogerty /ZZTop, Dead & Co, Planty,

You really think so? I doubt it tbh

Only Plant from that list would be a possibility.  Dweezil too, economically, but far far too divisive musically.  Everybody else, not a chance...