The Wildhearts

If you want to see The Wildhearts play at any UK festivals - or European for that matter - there is something you can do. Festival organizers like to hear from their audiences what bands they like so they know who to invite, not just business managers. Fans' words carry more weight. Why don't you use this thread and figure out amongst yourselves which festivals realistically would fit the Wildhearts for sound and size then organize some kind of contact by all of you to that festival. I also noticed - and I know you don't like them much - NME is having the same sort of thing on their website right now, asking the top requested bands by fans and passing the info on to festival organizers. You don't have to go through them, you can do this yourselves, but if you want to see the Wildhearts, you have to TELL the bookers that. The more requests by you they get, the better the chance of a booking, and if enough fans of one band contact them, they'll get a high(er) position/timeslot. There's a lot you can do to help besides post to each other. While you're at it, you can also think about what other outlets you'd like to see the band and/or their music and do the same thing. Fans have a lot more say in the business than anyone tells you. Festival bookers especially ARE listening.

Well, it's gotta be a toss-up between Reading & Download, preferrably both!

i am more of a reading man myself

but i think the wildhearts at download headlining the 3rd stage on the saturday or sunday would be supreme!

You all need a kick start. Someone who cares, please post a list of ALL festivals the Wildhearts could play. I'm not in Britain OR Europe, so I have no idea what's going on over there. Once you guys post a list of all festivals that might take WH, you need to find the websites for those festivals. I did that a year or two ago; it can't be that hard to do. There's always a "Contact us" button somewhere. It'll help if you can copy down a list and post here in this thread what the festivals are and what their websites and/or contact information is. Then those of you reading this who want to help the band can easily email or contact EVERY FESTIVAL to ensure the highest chance of a WH booking and the highest slot they can get. What they get booked for is actually up to you all. If you don't make noise, the bookers won't see the band has a following who cares. If they know a band is backed, they assume you all will spend you money at THEIR festival to see the band you think is worth enough to make noise for. I'll be back with the only list I have.

Not all of these will fit the Wildhearts; I'm only copying the article which is, of course, old. This is from an industry inside newsletter. You need to find festivals of all sizes and list them here with contact info so the rest of you can contact them all. As I said, if you love the band enough to DO something, the festival bookers count that. If the band's following isn't visible, the chances are much smaller they'll be booked, and not in a good slot. It's up to you all; I'm not doing this alone.

Here's the article.
Encore Magazine - A CelebrityAccess Weekly Publication
UK Festival Awards Nominations

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Posted: October 10, 2006

LONDON (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) -- UK Festival Forum Virtual Festivals, an online resource for festival promoters and fans is staging it's 3rd UK Festival Awards. The public can casts votes on their website festivalawards.com. Public participation has skyrocketed since the awards started in 2004. Growing from an initial vote of 30,000, voters jumped to 600,000 in 2005 and this year has been proclaimed to be the best festival season yet. The awards will take place on October 19th at the Carling Islington Academy in London. - CelebrityAccess Staff Writers
The nominees are:

Best Major Festival
Creamfields
Download
Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival
Carling Weekend: Reading Festival
Global Gathering
Nokia Isle of Wight Festival
T in the Park
V Festival: Chelmsford
V Festival: Staffordshire
O2 Wireless Festival

Best Medium-To-Large Festival
Bestival
Bulldog Bash
Get Loaded in the Park (London)
Glade
Guilfest
Latitude
Lovebox Weekender
Escape Into The Park
The Big Chill
WOMAD

Best Small Festival
Beautiful Days
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
Bloodstock Open Air
Cambridge Folk Festival
Isle of Skye Festival
Jersey Live
Secret Garden Party
The Summer Sundae Weekender
Truck
Wakestock

Playmusic New Festival Award
Bloom
Electric Gardens
End Of The Road Festival
Get Loaded Presents "Cardiff Calling"
Hi:Fi
Hyde Park Calling
Latitude
Rhythm Festival
Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration
SW4 (Cardiff)

Party People Award For Dance Music
Bestival
Creamfields
Escape Into The Park
Glade
Global Gathering
Hi:Fi
Lovebox
SW4 (London)
The Slam Tent at T In The Park
The Big Chill

Grass Roots Festival Award
Beautiful Days
Cornbury Festival
End of the Road Festival
Green Man Festival
Larmer Tree Festival
Rhythm Festival
Solfest
Sunrise Summer Solstice Festival
Wickerman Festival
Wychwood Festival

Family Festival Award
Beautiful Days
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
Ben & Jerry's Sundae
Cambridge Folk Festival
Guilfest
Solfest
The Summer Sundae Weekender
The Big Session
Wychwood
WOMAD

Best One Day Festival
Creamfields
Escape Into The Park
Get Loaded Presents "Cardiff Calling"
Get Loaded In The Park (London)
Hi:Fi North
Monsters Of Rock
T4 On The Beach
Tin Pan Alley
SW4 (Cardiff)
SW4 (London)

Fan-Friendly Festival Award
Going that extra mile to put the fans first.
Ben & Jerry's Sundae
Cambridge Folk Festival
Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds
Download
Escape Into The Park
Global Gathering
Isle Of Skye Festival
Latitude
Solfest
The Summer Sundae Weekender

GREAT NEWS! Virtual Festivals' website is back up and running! http://www.virtualfestivals.com/ If you love outdoor shows, give it a look!

This is a chance to help The Wildhearts (or other band of your liking) get great fest gigs! That's big for an artist, and fans can help!

The Wildhearts aren't even listed. http://www.virtualfestivals.com/index.cfm?section=artists.az&filter=w&keywords=&page=25

i'd love to see them @ Graspop in Belgium .... ( ww.graspop.be )



i did hear a birdy the other day tho , twas saying summit about bulldogs ...