Seeing as it’s music festival season, I’ve been giving thought to my fantasy festival line-up. It’s comprised of bands that I have seen or heard (live, tv or radio), not necessarily my fave bands of all time, just ones that I think would make for a fooking awesome time.
2 days, 7 current bands per day. Pick a couple of low profile-ish bands, 2 or 3 medium/older bands and 2 or 3 high profile headliners. Any particular style of music you like

Day one: (appearing first through to headliners)
Lightspeed Champion
Peter, Bjorn & John
The Wombats
The Futureheads
Teenage Fanclub
The Flaming Lips
Pixies

Day two:
Alabama 3
British Sea Power
Supergrass
Flogging Molly
Arcade Fire
The Prodigy
Green Day

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A normal person would have done that and kept quiet, I didn't do it and told people.

"I stayed calm and panicked like everyone else"

Day One (starting with support)
Mogwai
Butthole Surfers
The Cardigans
Filter (especially reunited just for me)
Lacuna Coil
Portishead
Rammstein

Day Two
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Killswitch Engage
The Dresden Dolls
Opeth
The Cardigans
Apocalyptica
36 Crazyfists.

A nice musical mix each day

you must like the cardigans

Oops didnt realise that, but they'd probably cancel one day anyway. In that case I'd like to replace The Cardigans from day 2 with mmmm Incubus please.

All about just doing it on one day just with headliners:


In no particular order:

Oasis
Bon Jovi
Grand Funk Railroad
Dr John + friends
Santana
No Doubt
Counting Crows
The White Stripes

Hmmm my festival heaven would have to be (as SC) 1 day as getting too old for a 2 dayer

Levellers
Verve
Oasis
Arcade Fire
Doves
Manics
Radiohead
Muse
Pink Floyd

Would be heaven for a day

As it is fantasy, I am picking all these as they were in their hey-day.

Day 1

Arlo Guthrie
Greenslade
Jethro Tull
Billy Bragg
Neil Young
The Only Ones
The Buzzcocks

Day 2

Martha and the Muffins
Spizzi Energy
The Damned
Elvis Costello
Visage
Talk Talk
Gary Numan

Day 3
Alan Parsons Project
Yes
ELO
Boston
The Enid
Hawkwind
King Crimson
Joe Satriani
Kate Bush
Pink Floyd

Cheers,
Nick

I want multi stages, not multi days. The big mega stage has back to back acts like Muse, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers etc. The small stage stage has back to back bands like Wilco, The National, Marah, Andrew Bird, Teenage Fanclub etc. All the peasants, party people and clueless will be drawn to the mega stage, whilst I and the other sad rock snobs get to enjoy the good stuff on the small stage in peace!

I'd be there with you, probably crying at the beauty of the Fannies! (that's Teenage Fanclub, PERVERTS!)

My quick pick would be:

Kubus (Swiss electronic jazz, not sure if they are still making music)
Alina Orlova
Antony and the Johnsons (although he would probably refuse to play that early)
The National
Madrugada
P.J. Harvey
Nick Cave with The Bad Seeds



7 dollar taxi (Once again let's start from Swiss music scene - these lözärner are fun )
Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa (and once again someone from Central/East Europe)
Yo la tengo (a perfect live band)
Melt Banana
Battles
Mono (need to think something about the order of the bands, Melt Banana - Battles - Mono sequence would sound weird)
The Cure

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Still I would happily attend Mikebroomers' festival

Day 1
Demian Rice
Venice Maki
Led Zeppelin (Can I use a disbanded band?)
Jane's Addiction (same)
X
The Cramps
Poi Dog Pondering

Day II

Joseph Arthur
Keane
Butthole Surfers
Talking Heads
Patti Smith
Jeff Buckley (dead guy...hope he shows up!)
and to mellow out at the end: Van Morrison

How 'bout a two day Punk/Punk Rock/Psychobilly fest:

Day 1:
Tight Finks (Swiss '77 punk)
The Accidents
Deadline
Uk Subs
Dropkick Murphys
Social Distortion

Day 2:
Los Twang! Marvels
The Legendary Kid Combo
Demented Are Go
Frenzy
The Kings of Nuthin'
The Monsters

Female Angst Stage
* Ani Di Franco
* Alison Krauss
* Kate Bush
* Innocence
* PJ Harvey

Bath and Razor Blades Stage
* Leonard Cohen
* Jeff Buckley

"Pick me back up" Stage
* THe Cat Empire
* G-Love and Special Sauce
* Hot Chip
* The Bamboos

A Little Later Stage
* Gilles Peterson
* Russ Dewbery
* Groove Armada in the good old Days
* Rephrase
* K-Os
* Breakestra

Annebriated Stage
* Jeff Mills
* Vintage Beastie Boys
* Jurassic 5

This old thread appeared in a search for something else. I wonder if the people who posted previously would have different choices now.

Here is my fantasy list.

Day One
Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Paul Simon
Jethro Tull
Wishbone Ash
Barclay James Harvest
Bat For Lashes

Day Two
The Who
Status Quo
Deep Purple
Bad Company
Primal Scream
John Otway & Willie Barratt
Band of Horses

Here's mine -

Day 1

Bob Dylan
Dory Previn
Pink Floyd
Mozart ( loved to know what he would think about the Floyd)
Neil Young
Oasis


Day 2

Stephen Stills
Mamas & Papas
Harry Niellson
Melanie
Sam Cooke
Shania Twain