Sunday 6th July, Kent

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Sunday 6th July, Kent

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Hop farm was quite a big festival at one point with some big hitting headliners. Twenty thousand people in a field.
Cancelled last year due to poor ticket sales.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hop_Farm_Festival

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

That doesn't bode well for this year.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Pretty sure it will happen this year. Suspect rats won't be headlining. Should be a better line up than chilfest and rewind.

suss · In the Long Grass

Any suggestion of day tickets only? I could only see weekend options.

Hope they are (close to) headlining. Hell of a long haul from Whitehaven to be there for an early afternoon slot smile

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

My guess is when they announce all the acts in March. This seems to have been the pattern with other festivals.

They will be dead on their feet if they have to do an afternoon slot lol, so will anyone else following them

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

I have sent tweeted them to see when and if they will be offering one day passes, will let you know.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
Hop farm was quite a big festival at one point with some big hitting headliners. Twenty thousand people in a field.
Cancelled last year due to poor ticket sales.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hop_Farm_Festival

Those past line ups look pretty impressive-loads of heavy hitters. Not sure why the festival did not go ahead last year as the previous ones were top drawer attractions?

As Bob is an honorary man of kent maybe he will be well placed to help out and get the festival on this year. Would like to see the Rats well up the bill, can't be bothered with an afternoon slot, but sounds generally better than a lot of the other Rats appearances this year, in that the Hop Festival is not an eighties nostalgia fest, and more a proper festival with well though out line up's .

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Day passes available from early March.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
ArrGee wrote:
Hop farm was quite a big festival at one point with some big hitting headliners. Twenty thousand people in a field.
Cancelled last year due to poor ticket sales.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hop_Farm_Festival
Those past line ups look pretty impressive-loads of heavy hitters. Not sure why the festival did not go ahead last year as the previous ones were top drawer attractions?
As Bob is an honorary man of kent maybe he will be well placed to help out and get the festival on this year. Would like to see the Rats well up the bill, can't be bothered with an afternoon slot, but sounds generally better than a lot of the other Rats appearances this year, in that the Hop Festival is not an eighties nostalgia fest, and more a proper festival with well though out line up's .

Last years was the return of my bloody valentine, but I suspect the appeal was limited. Rats may be second billing or headline the second stage, so they will be late on stage rather than early afternoon, but given iggy and the stooges were only third on the bill one year, it's a prestigious slot. Should even play fullish set, possibly sans encore, which may not be that bad. On the face of it, could be the biggest date this summer, though I still think they may pitch up at Glastonbury or somewhere where cameras will be around.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Prices for day tickets likely to be around £75 including fees if last years prices are anything to go by. Will wait and see line up before deciding.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
noelindublin wrote:
ArrGee wrote:
Hop farm was quite a big festival at one point with some big hitting headliners. Twenty thousand people in a field.
Cancelled last year due to poor ticket sales.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hop_Farm_Festival
Those past line ups look pretty impressive-loads of heavy hitters. Not sure why the festival did not go ahead last year as the previous ones were top drawer attractions?
As Bob is an honorary man of kent maybe he will be well placed to help out and get the festival on this year. Would like to see the Rats well up the bill, can't be bothered with an afternoon slot, but sounds generally better than a lot of the other Rats appearances this year, in that the Hop Festival is not an eighties nostalgia fest, and more a proper festival with well though out line up's .
Last years was the return of my bloody valentine, but I suspect the appeal was limited. Rats may be second billing or headline the second stage, so they will be late on stage rather than early afternoon, but given iggy and the stooges were only third on the bill one year, it's a prestigious slot. Should even play fullish set, possibly sans encore, which may not be that bad. On the face of it, could be the biggest date this summer, though I still think they may pitch up at Glastonbury or somewhere where cameras will be around.

Last years cancelled bill was a bit over ambitious. However worthy MBV are, and also Edwyn Collins and Dinasor Jr they are unlikely to sell out a venue holding 20,000. Vince Power blamed the 'economy', but I suspect if the previous years line ups are compared to the cancelled one of last year the chosen bands might be partly responsible. Maybe there are just too many competing festivals, and getting a great line is not that easy.

It still seems like the most promosing Rats appearance of the summer(so far anyway) and barring England being completely under water by July I hope it goes ahead.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

good line up so far...

Maximo Park headline second stage plus The Full English, winners of two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

They join the previously announced Brian Wilson, Tony Joe White, James Blunt, Caro Emerald, Paul Carrack, Squeeze and err The Feeling (well you can't have everything).

suss · In the Long Grass

Day tickets are on sale now for this if anyone is interested, but I'm holding off until Rats confirmed by festival site as well as their own, just in case...

http://www.thehopfarmmusicfestival.com/lineup.html

suss · In the Long Grass

Hop Farm not on Rats site now, Assume a non-starter

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

I've tweeted the organisers, see what they say. Will let you know.

suss · In the Long Grass

Rats are definitely not playing Kent

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Thanks, will take off the info from FB.