Your Ultimate Festival

[matty_f]

I'm horrendous at getting into new music so my teenage daughter and I will make Spotify playlists for each other. She gets landed with Britpop indie while I'm finding out about the songs of Ethel Caine and Nessa Barrett.

One of the playlists we did was to do our dream festival - 5 bands a day for two days playing four songs each. Final band each day is your headliner set.

I went for:
Day one: Belle & Sebastian, The Charlatans, Pulp, Blur, Radiohead

Day two: Supergrass, James, Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, Oasis

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Y...=JgXLgX9QRM6jZ

Who would make it into your festival?

[Greenbeard]

On the basis that they can be resurrected or tele-transported from the past, then:
Day 1: Ray Charles, The Beatles, Otis Rush, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cream (as was, not Clapton as is)
Day 2: Big Bill Broonzy, Hendrix, Prince, Rory Gallagher, The Proclaimers (for the obvious closing number)

[Hibspur]

Day One: Ramones, Talking Heads, Specials, Blondie, The Clash.

On standby: Stiff Little Fingers (77-82 incarnation).

Day Two: Tom Waits, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, The Pogues, Dolly Parton.

I'm not a fan in the sense that I seek out their music, but any festival would benefit from the presence of two unparalleled live artists, Queen and Springsteen.

[Hibby70]

I'm going for acts that I have seen live already.

Day 1: The Rifles, The Enemy, Spear of Destiny, The Alarm, SLF
Day 2: Lemonheads, Shed Seven, Public Service Broadcasting, idles ,Prince

[CropleyWasGod]

Hate these things... I know I'll have a different list in an hour

Day 1

Free, Rory Gallagher, Warren Zevon (with Jackson Browne and David Lindley), Alabama 3, the Faces (as was, not the proposed reboot, which gives me the fear )

Day 2

Linda Ronstadt , Steve Earle, Faithless, Southside Johnny (with Bruce as guest ), Otis Redding (with Booker T and the MG's backing).


And there you go.... looking over others, I have missed Talking Heads and Aretha. And my 2nd favourite band ever, Little Feat. Can we have a Day 3?

[Pretty Boy]

Great thread. I'll go for an eclectic mix that as a collective would appeal to absolutely nobody but me

Day 1 - White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Rage Against The Machine, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys
Day 2 - Stone Temple Pilots, The Strokes, Audioslave, The Libertines, Oasis

[Bridge hibs]

Day 1

James, The Cure, Blitz, the Silencers, the Business

Day 2

Couldnt make it, ****ing stonkin hangover 🤢

[Sylar]

Day 1: Thornhill, Imminence, Architects, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin
Day 2: Balance & Composure, Real Friends, Mayday Parade, Spanish Love Songs, Death Cab for Cutie

I might steal your theme - my wife and I make each other playlists every month, often with a theme attached. We're off to a festival together end of May, so this is a cracking idea.

[The Tubs]

I don’t like festivals but, assuming no sleep:

Day 1: Duke Ellington Orchestra, Gil Scott Heron, The Miracles, Prince, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Fania Allstars
Day 2: Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, DJ Funk, Jeff Mills, (sunrise) Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Jorge Ben, Chuck Berry, The Supremes, The Trammps, Fela Kuti, (3am Monday morning) Billie Holiday

[YehButNoBut]

Day 1
Stone Temple Pilots
Alice in Chains
Faith No More
Pearl Jam
Rammstein

Day 2
Sex Pistols
The Jam
The Clash
The Specials
IDLES

[BarneyBreslin]

Based on people still being alive:

Day1
The Charlatans
Massive Attack
Leftfield
Optimo
Chemical Brothers

Day2
Super Furry Animals
Orbital
Young Fathers
Underworld
LCD Soundsystem