I like the pre-cruise events, and they're not bullshit at all. Sorry you're having a bad day.
I like the pre-cruise events, and they're not bullshit at all. Sorry you're having a bad day.
Agreed :'(Captain Alex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:13 pm I want to have time to listen at the announced bands, I dont wanna see 5 announcements per day the week before the cruise... I've been on the cruise 6 times and the communication about this year is really a total bullshit
I actually thought I would be wrong when I said earlier in the week that we wouldn't get any announcements this week.Danny24601 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:50 pm Yeah, this week was the week I was really feeling it coming, and I am a bit surprised that we've heard nothing yet. It's frustrating cause I just wanna keep this hype train going, and its confusing cause each day it gets harder to sell those last few cabins.
But we do have the first ever headline tour of North America by Swallow the Sun which was just announced, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
The way UMC is running things this year is putting a HUGE damper on the cruise for me. Andy said he wanted a lot of newbees to have a chance to be onbroad? Well, I think that in 2021 he'll get his wish. Way sick of this bullshit.cowboy71 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:47 pmI actually thought I would be wrong when I said earlier in the week that we wouldn't get any announcements this week.Danny24601 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:50 pm Yeah, this week was the week I was really feeling it coming, and I am a bit surprised that we've heard nothing yet. It's frustrating cause I just wanna keep this hype train going, and its confusing cause each day it gets harder to sell those last few cabins.
But we do have the first ever headline tour of North America by Swallow the Sun which was just announced, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Really cannot BELIEVE that we have in fact gone another full week with radio silence.
Do u have some rumors or stats about what will be announced or anything that gonna happen? .. This is weird cause Ive never came to this dates so near the flight with so few informationcowboy71 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:47 pmI actually thought I would be wrong when I said earlier in the week that we wouldn't get any announcements this week.Danny24601 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:50 pm Yeah, this week was the week I was really feeling it coming, and I am a bit surprised that we've heard nothing yet. It's frustrating cause I just wanna keep this hype train going, and its confusing cause each day it gets harder to sell those last few cabins.
But we do have the first ever headline tour of North America by Swallow the Sun which was just announced, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Really cannot BELIEVE that we have in fact gone another full week with radio silence.
Nah. I heard a lot of names of bands earlier in the year via my sources that were "sure to be on board" this year. Some of those have been added, some have not.Captain Alex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:12 pmDo u have some rumors or stats about what will be announced or anything that gonna happen? .. This is weird cause Ive never came to this dates so near the flight with so few informationcowboy71 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:47 pmI actually thought I would be wrong when I said earlier in the week that we wouldn't get any announcements this week.Danny24601 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:50 pm Yeah, this week was the week I was really feeling it coming, and I am a bit surprised that we've heard nothing yet. It's frustrating cause I just wanna keep this hype train going, and its confusing cause each day it gets harder to sell those last few cabins.
But we do have the first ever headline tour of North America by Swallow the Sun which was just announced, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Really cannot BELIEVE that we have in fact gone another full week with radio silence.
It's weird, I'm sure we'll get some cool names in the last 24, but it would be bizarre for Andy to be sitting on cabin-sellers this late in the game.cowboy71 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:32 pmNah. I heard a lot of names of bands earlier in the year via my sources that were "sure to be on board" this year. Some of those have been added, some have not.Captain Alex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:12 pmDo u have some rumors or stats about what will be announced or anything that gonna happen? .. This is weird cause Ive never came to this dates so near the flight with so few information
As far as the ones that have not, did they fall through due to Andy going missing for so many months? Are they still coming and for some unfathomable reason they are among the 24 WE ARE STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT? Are they on fence and Andy is busy scrambling tp try to win them back?
Who knows. Andy. And he is never gonna tell.
I also fully agree!Captain Alex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:13 pm I want to have time to listen at the announced bands, I dont wanna see 5 announcements per day the week before the cruise... I've been on the cruise 6 times and the communication about this year is really a total bullshit
I've said this many times in this forum. I want time to listen to bands that I either haven't listened to in a while or haven't heard before. If we average a band a day (hopeful) that's really not enough time, especially because I'm guessing multiple bands will be announced on my flight to florida the day before. This is such a dumb way to run things. I don't know how you expect to make money without announcing bands. You can't rely on reputation and a "good time" to sell cabins.Cardest wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:39 pmI also fully agree!Captain Alex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:13 pm I want to have time to listen at the announced bands, I dont wanna see 5 announcements per day the week before the cruise... I've been on the cruise 6 times and the communication about this year is really a total bullshit
What is the hold up?
Seriously!
I leave for the US in 9 days and I should have had a stack more bands under my ears by now, so I can get used to their
songs etc.
Hard to keep up with bands announced once I hit the road. Only spending a limited time in hotels to sleep and unpack
and barely time to sit down and play bandcamp songs/youtube clips etc. On my feet sight seeing all day until my feet can't cope!
I still hold a strong belief that 2021 will either be no cruise, or it's given away to someone else!
One of the big reasons we came back for "one last ride" this year is because we expected the 10th anniversary to be something amazing. While I'm happy with the lineup so far, the way it's all happened (or hasn't, more accurately) is certainly disappointing.
Yep, Im playing video games with the music of the announced bands and just the effects of the game so that I can knownthe songs on record time.. I realize many years ago that knowing the bands before the cruise give you a much better experience 'cause at the end some bands you didn't know are pretty good ones and have them accompanying you through all the year makes the final experience very epic, seeing the bands you were listen at live on the cruise.. Actually that was a kind of change of life for me; that + the excitement of the announcements give me a good activity for all the year and not only the week of the cruise.. This year wasn't possible at all.. Its lasting just 2 monthsCardest wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:39 pmI also fully agree!Captain Alex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:13 pm I want to have time to listen at the announced bands, I dont wanna see 5 announcements per day the week before the cruise... I've been on the cruise 6 times and the communication about this year is really a total bullshit
What is the hold up?
Seriously!
I leave for the US in 9 days and I should have had a stack more bands under my ears by now, so I can get used to their
songs etc.
Hard to keep up with bands announced once I hit the road. Only spending a limited time in hotels to sleep and unpack
and barely time to sit down and play bandcamp songs/youtube clips etc. On my feet sight seeing all day until my feet can't cope!
I still hold a strong belief that 2021 will either be no cruise, or it's given away to someone else!
Please noooooooooooooooo to both bands , would be going from bad to worse , LOL!!!!!!!!!!!Gratch wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:29 pm Someone in the FB group linked to an ad in a French magazine that had logos for Edenbridge and Havok, so those are likely next two up.
Of course, we saw that same thing with Candlemass a couple years ago (they were in a magazine ad, but were never announced), so YMMV.
Easy haha not all should be bad news.. In stat average of past years it should remain at least 1.5 big good news for anyone in the cruise no matter which genders you like.. And as I know your taste is pretty similar to mine I think we also will get a awesome name more.. and a very good one more.. I dont know when haha but I can tell in less than 2 months
Me either.cowboy71 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:47 pmI actually thought I would be wrong when I said earlier in the week that we wouldn't get any announcements this week.Danny24601 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:50 pm Yeah, this week was the week I was really feeling it coming, and I am a bit surprised that we've heard nothing yet. It's frustrating cause I just wanna keep this hype train going, and its confusing cause each day it gets harder to sell those last few cabins.
But we do have the first ever headline tour of North America by Swallow the Sun which was just announced, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Really cannot BELIEVE that we have in fact gone another full week with radio silence.
That's literally half of the last batch of bands every year. As has been confirmed over and over again, about half of the final batch of 20ish bands that gets faceblasted in the last month before sailing are last minute requests.Pellaz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:11 pmMe either.cowboy71 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:47 pmI actually thought I would be wrong when I said earlier in the week that we wouldn't get any announcements this week.Danny24601 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:50 pm Yeah, this week was the week I was really feeling it coming, and I am a bit surprised that we've heard nothing yet. It's frustrating cause I just wanna keep this hype train going, and its confusing cause each day it gets harder to sell those last few cabins.
But we do have the first ever headline tour of North America by Swallow the Sun which was just announced, so I've got that going for me, which is nice.
Really cannot BELIEVE that we have in fact gone another full week with radio silence.
Makes you wonder... What if Something Has Happened and they actually CAN'T confirm 60 bands before sailing? I don't expect that to happen, but the legal ramifications are intriguing.
We're not promised 60 "amazing world-renowned" bands or anything, so in a pinch 70K could just start calling up random bands from the Southeast U.S. "Hey, y'all got anything planned for early January? Wanna go on a vacation? Can you fill 45 minutes with at least one original song and maybe a slew of Misfits and Motorhead covers?"
Yeah, the complete radio silence has me more than a little nervous, tbh. There's a part of me that wouldn't be surprised one bit to see some sort of "Due to circumstances beyond our control/Andy's health/etc., we regret to inform you that this year's 70K will be cancelled" message.
I'm more disgusted than mad. After 8 years of 70K, this will most likely be our last. Tired of the bullshit.
I'm feeling the same way. I got two wishlist in Wintersun and Haggard, happy about that. I'm not a huge fan but Emperor will be cool to see. Other than that there is nothing here I really give a fuck about. Sure there are some bands I like but nothing here is must see, I've seen all this shit many times and have no difficulty seeing.
I notice that you have Vastum on your wish list , those guys are great , this is a link to a show they did in Oakland.Cardest wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 6:15 pm Sailors!
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is 3 weeks to sailing!
We've been uh....calm, sorta, these last few weeks. Ha ha
But seriously starting to worry now.
Not sweating bullets yet, but geez...
E - elimination!
E - give us the band now!
E - eliminate this radio silence!
E - Eliminate, Eliminate!
C'mon Skipper!
Prrrrronto!
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