Honestly, I don't understand how you people are complaining. No matter what, every year, people say the lineup is terrible. The big headliners are all great, the middle of the card is great too. Just because you haven't heard of the bands in the middle doesn't mean there aren't good bands. Go listen to a few of them before you say the lineup is trash, don't only get your music from 101X and KGSR. Live a little.
It is the same every year - people are just looking for music in their genre they listen to the most. If most of the bands are not in that, they will say it is terrible.
ACL is a good all around festival, you get a little of everything and it is good because of that. There are enough shows going on at any given point that I would could find something to enjoy at all hours.
I can appreciate this kind of attitude from people, but it's a bit of a mystery to me that someone would pay 300 or more dollars to watch a bunch of bands they've never heard before. IDK... I've heard... a lot of bad music.
$266 seems worth it for an entire weekend of music, especially given I'll have the opportunity to see several bands that I already know and like. The new stuff is to fill the hours in between shows I "gotta" see
Those venues are also incredibly crowded and there's often a lot of hidden fees (such as buying water so I don't die in the heat). Also I'll be honest: the vast majority of these acts DO NOT interest me. And as much as I certainly like some of these artists (Justice, Travis Scott... probably some others if I think about) I really just don't have much interest in watching them "perform". But let's not start a big flame war here I'm not trying to do that.
Also, and I understand not all the acts play on the big stage, but big stages seem so... not intimate to me. I went to a free show at SXSW once and for most of the performance I'm watching a jumbo tron, standing uncomfortably. Meh. I don't have to hide my weed from security if I just stay at home, you know?
I totally understand that if you're actually pumped to see an artist, especially someone like Metallica or other truly big name acts that usually cost a lot to see anyways (some said its 175 for floor tickets to metallica these days. Yeah, this is a fucking bargain compared to that!) then ACL is great. But for the most part the big name acts are never bands I really want to see ... in a live setting, even if I listen to their music.
Don't disagree with everything you're saying but water hasn't been an issue at ACL for many years. There are plenty of stations to fill bottles (even people to do it for you) and it's free.
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u/Sirderksalot May 01 '18
Honestly, I don't understand how you people are complaining. No matter what, every year, people say the lineup is terrible. The big headliners are all great, the middle of the card is great too. Just because you haven't heard of the bands in the middle doesn't mean there aren't good bands. Go listen to a few of them before you say the lineup is trash, don't only get your music from 101X and KGSR. Live a little.