Dream Headliners For Leeds Festival 2009
The headliners are probably one of the biggest selling points of any festival. Leeds Festival 2008 boasted the three American guitar bands, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica and The Killers.
Just for a bit of fun, I thought I would ask you for your three dream headlining acts for Leeds Festival 2009.
The acts can be alive or dead, together or split.
My personal choices are as follows:
- Bob Dylan
- Pink Floyd
- Jimi Hendrix
50 Responses
September 7th, 2008 7:19 am
I no they can be alive or dead but i like to keep the death down to a minimum so i think i would have Aerosmith AC/DC and Led Zep
Unoriginal but you have to love it!!
September 7th, 2008 9:06 am
Heard Green Day are definites
September 7th, 2008 9:15 am
cool, cheers for the info. I’ll add it to the line-up page now
September 7th, 2008 10:51 am
Real dreamy headliners -
Pink Floyd
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zep
More realistic -
Kings of Leon
Arctic Monkeys
Oasis
September 8th, 2008 3:38 am
Come on guys, don’t you think the Beastie Boys would be awesome?
September 8th, 2008 5:23 am
yes they would!
thanks for the comments guys
September 8th, 2008 8:45 am
Greenday, Nickelback,Then some indie band to keep the mainstream happy
September 9th, 2008 5:41 am
Green Day & Nickelback???? - you are the mainstream!
(although I would love green day to play too!)
September 9th, 2008 1:39 pm
i didnt go to leeds in 2008 but im buying 2009 tickets soon i would love to see
METALLICA
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
VELVET REVOLVER
kirk hammett, synyster gates and slash are th 3 BEST GUITARISTS TO DATE NO DOUBT. (not including solo artists like joe satriarni)
hope Leeds 2009 will be as good as last year with the addition of VELVET REVOLVER
Jed
September 10th, 2008 1:50 pm
the strokes
the libertines (if they reformed by then)
oasis
kings of leon
the verve
the arctic monkeys
September 11th, 2008 12:18 am
Realistic Headliner’s
Friday Oasis
Saturday The Strokes
Sunday Arctic Monkeys
Dream Headliner’s
Friday The Beatles
Saturday Jimi Hendrix
Sunday Led Zepplin
September 11th, 2008 6:56 am
lol, i know but compared to alot of people i know, thats pretty extreme, dont get me wrong i’d love to see some more metal headlining but i just cant think of any.
September 11th, 2008 3:55 pm
They wont get there next year, but The Subways!!! they are amazing, refreshingly fiesty compared to some of the pretentious boring trilby-hat-dance-friendly-beat-fake local accent-not much guitar sound at all- formula.
MUSE anyday at any festival, pure unrivalled genius. I won’t be surprised if their next album unveils the secrets to eternal life, or is the first album to be broadcasted directly to the mind via an appropiately flamboyant satellite.
and Beck, for a more chilled out vibe and some interesting weird noises.
September 12th, 2008 6:23 am
friday - prodigy
saturday - machine head
sunday - radiohead
September 12th, 2008 9:04 am
sum 41
the hives
korn
these are not headline material does any one else think it would be quality if korn played
September 12th, 2008 5:13 pm
Hey Christian, good to see you back round the blog again
Towers - i’ve never really got into korn but i did used to like Freak on a leash ^_^
September 13th, 2008 11:58 am
headliners would have to be
Muse
Trivium
Disturbed
Dream headliners
System of a Down
Guns N Roses
Rammstein
Not an average selection but theyd be cool none the less
September 13th, 2008 1:54 pm
well obviously id have to say
the dream would be
FRIDAY -> JONAS BROTHERS (preferably an extra long set ;])
SATURDAY -> HANNAH MONTANA
SUNDAY -> BUSTED (cause they rock the year 3000)
well, its wishful thinkin aint it
lolz
nah
i dnt mind who headlines
hopefully no indie rubbish
cause then the ticket would be a waste of money
but good music all day would be nice
like
some AMY WINEHOUSE
LOSTPROPHETS
IRON MAIDEN
GLAMOUR OF THE KILL (OOFT)
DEVIL WEARS PRADA
BFMV
MOTORHEAD
idk, some good ones
oh yeah, and omg, KISS, cause they wer ace at download fest
they can headline cause theyre boss
September 14th, 2008 10:42 am
mettalica, greenday, chilli peppers.
enter shikari, kids in glass houses, artic monkeys, the wombats, foo fighters, you me at six, hadouken.
its a lot, but that would be amazing. x
September 15th, 2008 5:10 am
wombats is a good bet. Cheers for leaving a comment
September 17th, 2008 11:30 am
sorry guys not much cance of the foos theyre going on a long break but how about muse green day and kings of leon?
September 17th, 2008 11:31 am
R.I.P Richard Wright
September 17th, 2008 12:01 pm
yeah RIP indeed mate!
I think the kings of leon have a really big chance of playing. they have played a few times before and have new material that radio 1 just can’t seem to get enough of…
Personally I think they were so much better when they first came out, much rawer and I loved their country feel.
its just gone now
September 17th, 2008 1:55 pm
i love the kings of leon. ive heard some of their new songs, sex on fire, crawl, notion and use somebody. all fantastic but i have to say… its not Spiral Staircase or Trani… Youth and young Manhood is my Fav album
next up Chili Peppers… John Frusciante is like the male equivalent of Jessica Alba for me… perfect. i dont care what they were like in ‘07 i was there and ive seen em 4 times before. they were on an off day haha.
and obviously someone like AC/DC because they have a new album coming out and its been said for years that theyre gunna play. although i’d put my money on them playing Download over Reading and Leeds. knowing that they’ll only do one. like Kiss did.
Friday - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Saturday - Kings of Leon
Sunday - AC/DC
Ultimate…
JB
September 18th, 2008 12:17 am
I do wonder if the Chilies will make another appearance. to be honest I really didn’t rate them the last time they played. I heard they were going to split up too?
September 18th, 2008 12:20 pm
Wish
Friday-Rolling Stones
Saturday-Led Zepplin
Sunday-AC/DC
My other 1 that i would love and proberly more likelier is
Friday-Arctic Monkeys
Followed by Oasis
Saturday-Prodigy
Followed by Muse
Sunday-Kings Of Leon
Followed by The Strokes
September 19th, 2008 12:19 am
Rolling Stones would be class. Would love to see them live without paying a stupid amount for the tickets
I’m pretty sure tickets started at £100 on their last tour.
September 21st, 2008 11:29 am
I heard this from rockstart music .com;
Friday: Steps, Gareth Gates, S Club 7 and headlining ‘CHICO’.
Saturday: BeWitched, Five, Enter Shikari, S Club Juniors, and joint headliners ‘RIK WALLER AND MICHELLE MCMANUS.’
Sunday: Lostprophets, Boyzone, Victoria Beckham and headlining ‘VENGABOYS.’
September 21st, 2008 12:07 pm
It will be interesting to see how many tickets sell then!
September 23rd, 2008 7:08 am
“kirk hammett, synyster gates and slash are th 3 BEST GUITARISTS TO DATE NO DOUBT. (not including solo artists like joe satriarni)”
What about Herman Li, Alexi Laiho(sp), Paul Gilbert?
Hell, technically G3 (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and guest guitarist) are a band. What about guitarists who used to be in bands? Batio, Buckethead, Yngwie?
September 28th, 2008 2:32 am
Friday- System of a down
Saturday- sublime
Sunday- Muse
I would also like to see the fratellis out there, And thomas Tantrum who played the radio 1 tent were awesome.
September 30th, 2008 12:23 pm
the killers were amazing last year, we were so lucky we got them on the sunday!
not big fans of RATM or metallica but they were fun to watch all the same
dream line up for next year
Fri- Headlining- arctic monkeys
bit of fallout boy?
sat- Headlining- oasis
bit of linkin park?
sun- the verve or kings of leon. OR BOTH!! that would be THE SEX!
also i hope vampire weeknd and MGMT come again, they were good.
p.s the cribs, but only if they bring kate nash along =] xxxxx
October 3rd, 2008 3:22 pm
Dream line up
Friday: The Prodgidy/ Pendulm
Sataday: Green Day
Sunday: Red Hot chillie Peppers
with:
Muse
steophonics
Amy whinehous
System of a Down
Guns N Roses
nickelback
oasis
some wehre in between them (Y)
sounds good to me xD
October 4th, 2008 4:13 pm
Arctic Monkeys
The Strokes
Iron Maiden
October 7th, 2008 12:32 pm
Rise Against
Pendulum
System of a Down
Enter Shikari
Tiesto
Faithless
Feeder
Newton Faulkner
The Prodogy
R.E.M
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
October 8th, 2008 11:55 am
Friday - Pendulum
Saturday - Muse
Sunday - Oasis
October 15th, 2008 7:23 am
It would be great if leeds festival went back to its roots of metal, even though it definatly wont because music has sadly taken a turn for the worse in recent years, i blame the internet, and little girls who like bands because the lead singer is ‘fit’ and not because they are good musicians.
My dream headline would be
Friday - Beneath the massacre
Saturday - Whitechapel
Sunday - Necrophagist
doubt anyone on here would have heard of any of those lol, but these lads are what you call talent, death metal ftw!
October 18th, 2008 1:35 pm
muse
foo figheters
the offspring
October 23rd, 2008 12:55 pm
Friday- linkin park
Saturday- green day
Sunday- arctic monkeys
With oasis +44 pendulum air traffic the cribs
enter shikari and the maccabees
November 10th, 2008 10:54 am
Radiohead
Muse
AC/DC
Or Foo Fighters
November 10th, 2008 11:39 am
They would be cool headliners. I would love to see Radiohead at leeds but i don’t think its going to be that likely
November 11th, 2008 12:30 pm
Sorry to tell all those Oasis fans out there, that they said they weren’t going to do any festivals because they always screw them up.
I’d love to King’s Of Leon as a headlining act probably on the sunday. Arctic Monkeys are likely to play because they are releasing a new album next year. But I would really like to see an headliner that isn’t rock for once, Wu Tang Clan wouldn’t go a miss = ] but The Prodigy are doing a tour so they could be a possibility. AC/DC would be a good. Alice In Chains would be nice, but not for a headliner. So would Audioslave, I’ve been dying to see them for ages, and was devastated after they cancelled as the opening act for pearl jam in 2006. But on an unrealistic note, I’d love to see BLUR or maybe The Offspring headline the friday night
November 20th, 2008 1:59 pm
Friday: Arctic Monkeys
Saturday: The Strokes
Sunday: Kings of Leon
December 8th, 2008 5:21 pm
Id like to see:-
Friday - Korn/SOAD
Saturday - Black Sabbath/Ozzy
Sunday - Guns ‘n’ Roses/Skid Row
THE SMITHS! Every day headlining =)
Others I’d like to see: MSI, A7X, Mr Bungle, Murderdolls, Blessed By A Broken Heart, The Courteeners
December 12th, 2008 10:53 am
Friday - Bo Burnham
Saturday - Flight Of The Concords
Sunday - Muse
December 13th, 2008 3:48 pm
david bowie, hendrix and the libertines!
would be awesome
Crommy
September 8th, 2008 8:45 am
Greenday, Nickelback,Then some indie band to keep the mainstream happy
what the hell?
hahah
December 13th, 2008 9:21 pm
Ryt then
then kings of leon, the killers, blink 182, the smiths
Friday - AC/DC then joe satriani, dropkick murphys againnn plzzzz, deathcab fpr cutie and bulllet!!!
Saturday - Led Zep
Sunday - THE MANDIGANSSS then counting crows , the fratellis, jack johnson
December 25th, 2008 11:01 am
hmmm..
i think it’d have to be
Pendulum
Lostprophets
& Foo Fighters : D
with some korn & mindless self indulgence in there too.. (:
January 5th, 2009 1:06 am
Firstly we have played with Glamour of the Kill, Dir en Grey, Beat Union Ted Maul, Rolotomassi and they are pretty sick bands anyway my line up would be dead or alive =]
SOAD or Metallica or Prodigy (just cause i haven’t seen them) or RATM
Jimmy Hendrix
Pink Floyd
Its a shame some of the artists playing in Creamfields like DJ Tiesto, Gorilaz, Underworld, Sasha.
They should have a gig where Rock vs Dance/DnB/Dub step just everyone in one gig less money to pay =]
January 5th, 2009 9:05 am
Hendrix would have been so good to see live
Cheers for the comment!