as far as hiphop goes i don't care about seeing drake, but i am going to go see run the jewels <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/odBpBp3j1tI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
gotta wait to see the setlist. Buying and going for 3 days is too damn tiring. Single day tickets FTW
line-up is ok but one of their weaker ones. but foo fighters, drake, and the strokes would make a solid 3 headliners for me considering ive never seen any of them. def would go weekend 1. the strokes would be maybe the biggest draw for me (might get a one day for them) plus i like the smaller names better for weekend one. weekend 2 does have modest mouse but i didnt particularly care for them live what I saw at FFF (ditched it for King Diamond a few songs in, great decision) might go. not sure. might be getting into spending too much on fests territory though, with austin psych fest this weekend, bonnaroo next month, and fun fun fun fest in november (would never ever skip FFF for ACL, and i recommend the same to everyone, FFF is the best)
To the complaints about live hip-hop, you dudes are going to the wrong shows. Most of the hip-hop artists ive seen have been pretty good. Kanye West is fantastic live and tons of fun (also his tour with Jay-Z was also fantastic). Run the Jewels is one of my favorite live acts around right now. I also had a lot of fun with Nas at Fun Fun Fun Fest last year. granted i have seen some bad hip-hop acts, but there's plenty of great ones. As far as this fest goes, never seen Drake, hoping he's alright, I heard his Coachella set was fun albeit nothing great (general gist i heard was its worth seeing, though not necessarily good enough to be headlining). Also never seen ASAP Rocky, haven't heard good things about his live show but hoping he's improved. I've heard really good things about Chance the Rapper live though so I hope that one's great. And Run the Jewels is one of the best live acts around as I mentioned
Can we put FFF festival-goers in the same legion with vegans and Crossfitters? Yes, we get it, you like FFF better.
i got weekend 1 tickets. pretty solid all-around lineup this year, although i prefer last year's headliners since i don't care about drake at all.
I still wouldn't go to a live hip-hop event but this sounds like a good explanation, never thought of it like that.
Not a giant fan of the headliners, but all festivals are so similar now that this lineup shouldn't come as a surprise. I went last year specifically for The Replacements. There isn't a transcendent band for me, personally, this year so I doubt I'll go. Am I getting old? Last year I just had no patience for waiting 2+ hours near a stage to eventually see a band I liked on one stage before repeating the process for the next one. The set-up time between acts, and the amount of time you have to see the preceding band if you want to be anywhere near the band you care about, is just way too long. Combined with the price increase, ACL is just not my bag anymore. They've stopped doing this in recent years, but Fun Fun Fun Fest three years ago had one of the better stage set up processes I've seen: the stages were split into two sides and while one band performed, the crew would set up the other side of the stage for the next act. This cut down the amount of waiting between sets to mere minutes instead of over an hour. It was wonderful to not have that forced downtime.
If they did that at ACL, they'd have to cut down on the number of stages. Some of them are too close to have two bands going at the same time, both for sound and just logistical reasons with the number of people.
Utopia Fest is the best I've been to. 2 stages and capped at 2000 people. It's a drive (out by Garner State Park) and this year is going to be over Labor Day weekend so it'll be hot. But it's one of the best there is because it's very laid back, not at all crowded, and you can bring your own food, drink, and etc...
Oh no, I didn't mean two bands going at once. It's just that each stage's total space was only being used at half-capacity while, on the other side, roadies were setting up the gear for the next band. When the performing act would finish, attention would shift to the other side of the stage where the next act came on in about 10 minutes.
What he's saying is there has to be a reasonably lengthy break on many of the stages so that bands can play on other, nearby stages without having just a muddled mess of simultaneously competing music.
Got lucky last year. A cold front blew through on the Friday and made the rest of the weekend perfect (with the exception of a lot of mud). You can do an RV with a quiet generator. Thought about going this year with the new pop-up but I doubt we're going to do it.
