High Voltage Festival,Victoria Park, London July10

The Runaway wrote: I think they'll have Gong. Maybe a Genesis/GG reunion, hopefully. Roger Waters, I believe! Porcupine Tree, no doubt, probably DT too. Maybe Oceansize, I think Phideaux? I'm sure Hawkwind will do something! Them Crooked Vultures? Maybe Yes? I'm 70% they'll come! Keith Emerson at the Eagle Vision cinema, I hope.  In the end, we'll just have to wait and see

^^ Agreed. With a couple of albums under their belt, some fairly big gigs, a very high quality DVD etc, Tinyfish are certainly sufficient in stature to open on the prog stage.

I'd like to see Porcupine Tree on the bill too, maybe VDGG. I reckon Rush or King Crimson should headline the main stage!

I dont think I've heard any Mastadon. Do you think they would be as appropriate for the Metal Hammer stage as Opeth were? I think the organisors got the choice of stage right for Opeth.

Another really interesting one for me would be The Mars Volta.Any chance??!

Rush no chance.The tickets were set at a maximum of 30,000 per day apparently (although there is a suggestion that the police would only allow 25,000) so the potential demand would far outstrip the actual tickets available. The festival has to be pitched at the right level assuming its stays at Victoria Park.

My hopes if there is a High Voltage 2011:

Jethro Tull
Hawkwind
Touchstone (having missed them this year)
Porcupine Tree
Arthur Brown and Kingdom Come. Okay a long shot and I'm not sure how many of them are still alive apart from Arthur but it would be great.
Deep Purple
The original King Crimson. Why the heck not, they're all still around, it's where prog started after all and Greg Lake's voice sounded the best it has in years in ELP's set. Pete Sinfield could come along and do some 'lllumination'.

Another idea - how about another smaller Prog stage for acts who might not be such a big draw but would still interest proggers: bands like Circulus, Gryphon and Comus come to mind.

Does anyone know what the attendance was for this year's event? I went on the Sunday and it looked reasonably busy though not heaving. If the capacity was 30,000 I would have guessed at around 20,000 punters.

Cactus Choir wrote: . Does anyone know what the attendance was for this year's event? I went on the Sunday and it looked reasonably busy though not heaving. If the capacity was 30,000 I would have guessed at around 20,000 punters.

20,000 was my guess as well. Someone on the High Voltage message board (not anyone official) said that the attendance was 17,000 approx on the Sunday.

Dellinger wrote: richardh wrote: Cactus Choir wrote: My hopes if there is a High Voltage 2011:Jethro TullHawkwindTouchstone (having missed them this year)Porcupine TreeArthur Brown and Kingdom Come. Okay a long shot and I'm not sure how many of them are still alive apart from Arthur but it would be great.Deep PurpleThe original King Crimson. Why the heck not, they're all still around, it's where prog started after all and Greg Lake's voice sounded the best it has in years in ELP's set. Pete Sinfield could come along and do some 'lllumination'.Another idea - how about another smaller Prog stage for acts who might not be such a big draw but would still interest proggers: bands like Circulus, Gryphon and Comus come to mind.Does anyone know what the attendance was for this year's event? I went on the Sunday and it looked reasonably busy though not heaving. If the capacity was 30,000 I would have guessed at around 20,000 punters. ''The orginal KIng Crimson'' is a great shout although Fripp and Lake on the same stage at the same time is a long shot! Lake with Emerson and Palmer was hard enough as it was I'm not sure I would like to hear Lake singing with King Crimson now, he beautiful voice he used to have on "Court" and "Wake" are compeltley gone... I can't imagine him trying to sing "Epitaph" now.

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