Ideal Festival Line-Ups

Some sort of random festival 2014
White River Amphitheater, Auburn WA. July 25-27
All bands are current lineups except where noted

Friday the 25th (Thrash Day)
- 12:00- 1:00 Anthrax
- 1:20 -2:00 Anvil
- 2:20-3:20 Exodus
- 3:50-4:40 Slayer
- 5:00-5:50 Overkill
- 6:10-7:15 Machine Head
- 7:35-8:35 Megadeth
- 9:15-11:15 Metallica

Saturday the 26th (Slightly Progressive Day)
- 11:30-12:30 Opeth
- 12:50-1:50 Tool
- 2:10-3:00 Coheed and Cambria
- 3:30-4:40 Bruce Dickinson (The Chemical Wedding era lineup)
- 5:00-6:15 Queensryche (Todd Latorre) and also performs all of Operation Mindcrime
- 6:45-8:30 Roger Waters performs all of The Wall
- 8:50-10:20 Dream Theater
- 10:40-12:30 Rush

Sunday the 27th (Heavy Metal Day)
- 12:00-1:00 Sabaton
- 1:20-2:40 Iced Earth
- 3:00-3:40 Motorhead
- 4:00-5:10 Black Sabbath
- 5:30-6:30 Van Halen
- 6:50-8:00 Kiss
- 8:20-9:30 Judas Priest
- 10:00-1:00 Iron Maiden
 
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Good luck getting Bruce to perform for more than four hours across two days with two completely different setlists. :p
Yeh, ideal you say? I'm in my thirties & have other shit to do --I don't want to go to a three day festival! :p
You'd be organizing the festival.
Nickstock, some lake on a mountain in Germany, 29-30-31. December 2014
What kind of dates are those? Who the hell would go to a festival in the mountains in midwinter?:eek:
 
I should impose financial restrictions as well. You'd never be able to book Black Sabbath, Van Halen, KISS and Iron Maiden for one day. :lol:
 
What kind of an ideal fest is that? It has more restrictions that a U.S. military base. Mathematicians have no imagination... ::)
 
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Sure, but Thunder Express flights are only included for Wednesday and Sunday.
 
Alright I came up with something. Beware, it’s a bizarre mix of jazz, electronic music, black metal but of course it also features classic, huge names. For this occasion I tended to be dictatorial when it comes to line-ups and a certain setlist. I was too lazy on the time schedule, but I am sure it will be ready in time. The running order is decided though! Last but not least, it will be a busy festival for Adrian Smith. Here goes:

TFFF (The Fantastic Forostar Festival, also known by critics as The Final Forostar Festival)
Vlieland, the Netherlands, 16-18 May 2014

Day One
McCoy Tyner (featuring Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Roy Haynes)
Herbie Hancock (featuring Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Joe Chambers)
Primal Rock Rebellion
Mahavishnu Orchestra
(line-up of first two albums)
Wishbone Ash (the classic line-up featuring Ted Turner, Martin Turner, Andy Powell and Steve Upton)
Status Quo (playing solely material of the first half of the seventies)
Midnight Oil (this is the band I want to see most of all)

Day 2
Virgin Steele (Marriage of Heaven and Hell part II line-up)
Iron Savior (featuring Kai Hansen)
Iced Earth (Alive in Athens line-up)
Amorphis (Thousand Lakes line-up)
Tangerine Dream (combining the line-ups of the two greatest eras: Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmoelling)
Bruce Dickinson (Accident of Birth-era line-up)
Dire Straits (early line-up featuring the great Pick Withers on drums)

Day 3
Sear Bliss
Ancient
Gates of Ishtar
Killers
(playing their whole Murder One album)
Metallica (it’s about time I get to see them)
David Gilmour (featuring Mason and Waters, playing lots of awesome Floyd from every decade)
Iron Maiden, playing the following setlist:

01. Caught Somewhere in Time
02. Mother Russia
03. Sea of Madness
04. The Fugitive (*expects comments that this festival cannot take place with this song* ;-) )
05. Genghis Khan
06. Deja-Vu
07. Virus (with special guest Blaze Bayley)
08. The Duellists
09. Transylvania
10. Run Silent Run Deep
11. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
12. Infinite Dreams
13. To Tame a Land
14. Iron Maiden (with special guest Paul Di'Anno)
encore:
15. Alexander the Great
16. The Unbeliever (with once again special guest Blaze Bayley)
17. Only the Good Die Young
 
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Where's Judas Priest? o.o I thought they are your 2nd favorite band.
04. The Fugitive (*expects comments that this festival cannot take place with this song* ;-) )
With introduction by Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones? :p
 
Yes! That sounds like a cool intro indeed. :)

Correct on Priest, but I especially focused on bands that I still wanted to see. ;-)
And besides: I don't find Halford that good anymore, live. I also thought of Sabbath with Tony Martin but he isn't that superb either anymore, live.


@BW: I almost had Seventh Son in it instead of The Fugitive but then I realized that I'd seen that one this year. The Fugitive was next in line, honestly! :)
 
I don't think Iron Maiden will play one setlist for your festival, Foro, and a completely different one for mine.
 
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