ACL Fest 2022 - It Warrants a Thread

[Pato del Muerto 52,485]

The dates and days don’t line up either. 

[Chad Fuck 17,659]

So I got this from my morning’s Facebook feed (first mistake), and the thought has occurred to me that maybe this is the lineup from a prior year.
I’ll GTFO.

Pre coffee Saturday morning posts: all is forgiven.

[South Austin 52,454]

You people and your close reading skills bother me.

[CooterBrown 18,004]

Look at Coachella and remove everyone cool
and that’s a solid bet for the ACL under bill. Find some milquetoast inoffensive headliners and you’re good to go.

[Surly Bevo 24,908]

3 hours ago, South Austin said:

You people and your close reading skills bother me.

Jesus Christ South Austin you're a lawyer for crying out loud.

[South Austin 52,454]

8 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Jesus Christ South Austin you're a lawyer for crying out loud.

[52-80 19,147]

8 hours ago, South Austin said:

Not sure if it’s any indication of who’s coming to ACL Fest, but the Coachella line up is pretty good.

Franz Ferdinand....Conor Obert..Beirut... what is this, April 17 2005?

[C-Man 27,191]

Look at Coachella and remove everyone cool
and that’s a solid bet for the ACL under bill. Find some milquetoast inoffensive headliners and you’re good to go.

Coachella’s lineup was pretty shit-tastic this year.

[Footballpants 121]

Should have an announcement in the next two weeks. Stevie Nicks is a virtual lock. Spoon looks fairly certain as well.

[Austinvines 316]

Have regular 3day tickets been sold yet? I missed presale but figured the unwashed masses still had a chance to get a pass.

[4th&Five 41,514]

They’ll sell the rest when the lineup is announced, probably in the next 2-3 weeks. 

[nolongerU2horn 761]

Quote

When does the lineup for 2022 ACL Fest (Austin City Limits Music Festival) get announced?

• • The full Lineup for the 2022 Austin City Limits Festival is likely announced around the end of May.

https://www.acl-radio.com/frequently-asked-questions-faq/

[4th&Five 41,514]

 

[nolongerU2horn 761]

My Morning Jacket is 95% guaranteed

[4th&Five 41,514]

Thought so last year…

[nolongerU2horn 761]

4 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

Thought so last year…

Did you hear what Jim said at the end of the show?

 

”good night Austin, we may just see you again soon”

 

or words to that effect 

[4th&Five 41,514]

Ahhh. Must’ve missed that. Would obviously be pumped. 

[South Austin 52,454]

It can't be anywhere close to being as shitty as last year's lineup, can it? 

[Chad Fuck 17,659]

It can't be anywhere close to being as shitty as last year's lineup, can it? 

I’m hopeful this year as everybody seems to be on tour trying to make up for lost time since covid. So many good acts on the road right now.

[CooterBrown 18,004]

It can't be anywhere close to being as shitty as last year's lineup, can it? 

ACL:

[MirrOlure 14,760]

AmEx cardholders that are inclined to “buy blind” before Tuesday can do so now.

I went ahead and pulled the trigger because I’ll be tied up Tuesday and seems like they sold out within hours last year?

[South Austin 52,454]

[South Austin 52,454]

Asleep at the Wheel is only Weekend One.  So the choice is simple.

[CooterBrown 18,004]

Jesus. Does their booking team even give a shit any longer?  You know it's bad when Asleep at the Wheel is in the middle of the bill instead of the fucking bottom with the gospel choirs and children acts.

All of the ticket reseller sites are about to be flooded with tickets.  You might as well wait until the morning of and pay 50% of face value.

 

Edited May 10, 2022 by CooterBrown

[Red Five 40,845]

3 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Asleep at the Wheel is only Weekend One.  So the choice is simple.

Texas/OU?

That lineup is awful.

[South Austin 52,454]

On 5/3/2022 at 2:21 PM, nolongerU2horn said:

My Morning Jacket is 95% guaranteed

Welp.

On 5/4/2022 at 7:06 AM, South Austin said:

It can't be anywhere close to being as shitty as last year's lineup, can it? 

Closer than I would have guessed.

[ConferenceRoom 6,141]

[nolongerU2horn 761]

shit

[4th&Five 41,514]

Glad my expectations were low. 

Edited May 10, 2022 by 4th&Five

[BrazilHorn 6,586]

That list of headliners is very underwhelming 

[Radical Larry 28,561]

[Buzzrock 14,902]

My Morning Jacket is 95% guaranteed

Never tell me the odds

[Chad Fuck 17,659]

There's plenty of decent stuff there.  I'm keen to see Kacey Musgraves as a headliner.  She's having a moment right now and the one hour slot last time was just not enough.  Still, this is me:

[CooterBrown 18,004]

I'm going through the list of artists I've never heard of on Spotify...most of them have 10M+ listens with many with over 50M+ listens. WTF.  Who are these bands? They don't seem to tour, release albums, or get played anywhere other Spotify and social media.  They do all sound the same...programmed "real" instruments, auto tuned Billie Eilish style mumble vocals.   I guess this is a TikTok lineup fest?

 

[Viper 12,103]

Maybe a one day ticket if Billy Strings, The War on Drugs and Phoenix are playing on the same days as Kacey or Flume. 

[Queen Bitch 1,692]

Who's Flume?

[C-Man 27,191]

47 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

That list of headliners is very underwhelming 

Not a single one I would care to see.

[Bottlecap 1,523]

Musgraves is an absolute icon. She belongs at the top of that shitheap. I cannot think of a band i'd like to see any less than RHCP, what absolute drivel. I hope James Blake does a midweek show. Or at least Phoenix. Both are only doing a single weekend, I can't remember if single weekend acts end up doing an ACL Nights gig. Hope so.

[UrbanAchiever 277]

There are a couple acts that are poised to break out soon like Wet Leg and MUNA. Pleased with some of the other undercards too, primarily Japanese Breakfast and Arlo Parks. 

[C-Man 27,191]

13 minutes ago, Bottlecap said:

Musgraves is an absolute icon. She belongs at the top of that shitheap. I cannot think of a band i'd like to see any less than RHCP, what absolute drivel. I hope James Blake does a midweek show. Or at least Phoenix. Both are only doing a single weekend, I can't remember if single weekend acts end up doing an ACL Nights gig. Hope so.

I've hated RHCP with a passion for years and years and years. Absolute hot garbage. Happened across their performance of a new song when Fallon and Kimmel swapped shows on April Fool's and they're as bad as ever. Kiedis has always been bad. He's even worse now.

[MirrOlure 14,760]

Question that I should know the answer to, but don't....if I buy a 3 day pass, can I sell one day and keep the other two?

[Chad Fuck 17,659]

1 minute ago, MirrOlure said:

Question that I should know the answer to, but don't....if I buy a 3 day pass, can I sell one day and keep the other two?

No.  You buy a wristband with a unique code.  You can let someone borrow it for two days, I guess a rental.  But I'd only do that with a trusted friend.

[Eljefeweizen 34]

I see a lot of time, effort, and money just freed up for me. I bet you can get single day passes on the "day of" for a fiver.

[4th&Five 41,514]

Spoon, Wilderado and Jake Bugg on the same day would be great for me otherwise I'll probably hope for a couple good late night shows.

[Homercles 10,205]

48 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I've hated RHCP with a passion for years and years and years. Absolute hot garbage. Happened across their performance of a new song when Fallon and Kimmel swapped shows on April Fool's and they're as bad as ever. Kiedis has always been bad. He's even worse now.

This.  Didn’t help that there was a good five year period where every single mother luvin, dog fuckin time I turned on 101x it was an RHCP song on.  Became a running joke with my wife.  Then I got a modern car with Bluetooth and the problem went away. 
 

Isn’t this like #3 that they’ve headlined?  

[Viper 12,103]

2 minutes ago, Homercles said:

This.  Didn’t help that there was a good five year period where every single mother luvin, dog fuckin time I turned on 101x it was an RHCP song on.  Became a running joke with my wife.  Then I got a modern car with Bluetooth and the problem went away. 
 

Isn’t this like #3 that they’ve headlined?  

At least. 2017 was their last one

[tx 3 putt 76,871]

[Chad Fuck 17,659]

1 minute ago, Viper said:

At least. 2017 was their last one

I'm interested in hearing them with John Frusciante on guitar.  That's their peak line up.  

[South Austin 52,454]

2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

There's plenty of decent stuff there.  I'm keen to see Kacey Musgraves as a headliner.  She's having a moment right now and the one hour slot last time was just not enough.  Still, this is me:

Unfortunately this is me today.  But I swear this is the last time!!!

[Tonesky 932]

I can't say I'm disappointed, because that would have required higher expectations.

Edited May 10, 2022 by Tonesky