I've just read both those 'highlights'
and whilst I consider myself a music fan with a varied and eclectic taste the only acts on that list that I would get out of bed for are Paul Simon and Queens of the Stoneage and that at a push.
( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:59, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Imelda May is awesome.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:02, Reply)

I saw QOTSA in Denmark
and they were fucking dreadful. I hope it was a lapse on their part.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:03, Reply)

As I said above
it's everything Josh Homme touches.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:05, Reply)

Horses for courses dude.
People are allowed like music that you don't.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:04, Reply)

Luggage, Wormulus. Wormulus, Luggage.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Ummm... hi?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Nah mate, just run

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:16, Reply)

Oh.
Where to?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, Reply)

Hello.

( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, Reply)

It looks to me like a pick and mix of bands that fall into the 'yeah they're pretty good but I wouldn't deliberately pay to see them if they were the only act on the lineup' category
with a couple of genuinely shit bands throw in for good measure.

Just picture the crowd that are liekly to turn up for an Elbow, U2, Coldplay marathon. Fucking hell.
( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:19, Reply)

you've hit the nail on the head with that category

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:20, Reply)

I like Elbow.
The other two are dull as dishwater. Oh Gods, I'd die of boredom. Only Piston's standup would be worse.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:20, Reply)

Elbow are almost really good
but they fall short of the mark. Partly because the guy has a fucking terrible voice for the sort of music they are trying to do.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:21, Reply)

Really?
It always worked for me. Asleep in the Back is a good album, I thought.

But what do I know, I work in IT.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:25, Reply)

It's a personal thing with Elbow
I don't think they are bad (not like U2) but it doesn't do it for me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:28, Reply)

Yeah
I feel the same about QOTSA or New Found Glory.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:33, Reply)

My Friends Over You is a fucking great track
*scurries off to download*

Otherwise, yes
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:34, Reply)

Yes but you like Asia and this renders your musical opinions instantly null and void.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:18, Reply)

I'm not ashamed
They provide a specific need in my playlist.
( WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:24, Reply)

Fair enough.
Of the list above I'd like to see BB King before he croaks but I fear I've missed him at his peak, by about 40 years.

Wu Tang Clan are entertaining live but I've been to see them twice - and again they've been shit for at least ten years.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:26, Reply)

WOOOOO I saw BB King at his European farewell concert at Wembley Arena a few years back, it was exceptionally good
and his banter between tracks was some of the best I've ever heard.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:30, Reply)

I saw him busking on Beale Street
next to his own statue. He just had Lucille plugged into a portable amp and he was chatting away to people.

A true gent.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:35, Reply)

Really nice guy it seems, good chatter.
Also chucked fuckloads of gold and silver bracelets at the crowds in the front seats at the end of the show.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:36, Reply)

I was going to see him in Manchester last year but had no-one to go with : (

( girlinthehole, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:38, Reply)

I'm sure he wrote a song that went something like that
I woke up this morning
Der ner ner na
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:41, Reply)

Do you need rains in Africa?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:42, Reply)

I'm not sure.
But I know that every time Bono clicks his fingers, a child in Africa dies.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:44, Reply)