![]() ![]() People aren’t stupid – there’s only so many times you can keep reselling them the same stuff until they get tired of it.Īnd even McDonald’s change their menus sometimes. This is a blatant attempt at profiteering from the festivals and it’s soon going to backfire on them. No matter which one of the big festivals you look at, the lineups are almost the same. Brilliant for the DJs on it who practically have a unionised, jobs for the boys arrangement – not so good for anyone hoping for something a little different or something they haven’t heard before. I apologise unreservedly for the smell – it’s the notably smug whiff of business techno that your noses also detect. A lucky few who like to be musically fed from the same menu of fast food DJs – they fulfill a short term craving, but you’re hungry again soon enough – get a two hour slot to themselves before the gates are opened to everyone later.īut just take one look at the lineup. In recent days, the Secret Project Festival has been advertising heavily on social media ahead of tickets being available from tomorrow. And two is the increasingly large DJ agencies – one of whom is rumoured to insist on a minimum number of their acts being booked for such events. One is festivals being on their knees financially and going all out to survive by just booking names they know will sell tickets. So what’s behind this? As far as I can tell, it’s mostly a combination of two things. But it’s not such good news for anyone who likes diversity in the music scene. ![]() This is great news if you’re a DJ due to the earning opportunities – if you’re on the radar of one of these festivals, many of the others are going to book you as well. Many of the big festivals essentially have the same lineups. I was commenting on what I was seeing as festivals started to come back during last year – and one thing was very noticeable. During the heights of the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival controversy last year, I described the event as being “like the McDonald’s of festivals”. ![]()
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