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  1. 01-13-2011, 12:57 AM #1
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    Default Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Every year seems to have one or two artists nobody was thinking of on the lineup, one notably absent from predictions and fake posters. You know, the ones where we go, "Holy shit!" when we see the name since nobody saw it coming. For example (IMO)...

    2010: Plastikman
    2009: Leonard Cohen, Throbbing Gristle, Beirut
    2008: Kraftwerk
    2007: Happy Mondays?
    2006: Daft Punk, Massive Attack

    Who will be the surprise artist(s) of 2011?
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  2. 01-13-2011, 12:59 AM #2
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Wouldn't be much a surprise if we knew
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    David Bowie
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    The Smiths playing all Led Zeppelin covers
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Chumbawamba
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Quote Originally Posted by TickleMeElmo View Post
    2007: Happy Mondays?
    Ummm... I think what you meant to write here was Rage Against The Machine. Also, The Jesus and Mary Chain.

    2003 also had The Stooges. I have heard that was a pretty big surprise.

    For 2011, Im hoping for Tom Waits.
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  7. 01-13-2011, 01:16 AM #7
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Tom Waits, Sparks, The Knife, Toadies, Sunset Rubdown, The Shins, Os Mutantes ?

    edit:
    Arcade Fire?

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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    The Cranberries, Violent Femmes, Blur, Pixies
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  9. 01-13-2011, 01:22 AM #9
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    i would've said Cake, but their tour dates say otherwise. oh well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rage patton View Post
    Ummm... I think what you meant to write here was Rage Against The Machine. Also, The Jesus and Mary Chain.
    You're right, JAMC was a surprise, forgot about that one. RATM sorta counts but I'm pretty sure rumors started surfacing a day or two before the lineup was released.
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    Uhh, Gil Scott-Heron is kinda dead, dude.
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    At The Drive-In



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    2011... THE AQUABATS!
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Pulp, The Flaming Lips or Bad Religion.
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    Uhh, Gil Scott-Heron is kinda dead, dude.
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    David Bowie, Dr. Dre, The Stone Roses, Tom Waits, XTC, TheThe, The Smiths
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Weezer performing Pinkerton
    Rammstein
    Pet Shop Boys
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Talking Heads
    White Stripes
    Jandek
    (Most of the)Velvet Underground
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boourns View Post
    Weezer performing Pinkerton
    Rammstein
    Pet Shop Boys
    I would see all 3.
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    And it's been long established that Chris hates fun.
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    Roxy Music
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    The Smoking Popes.....
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Tom Waits
    The Fugees
    Sade
    Failure
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    Any one of these would surprise the hell out of me.
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    Default Re: Who will be the surprise name of 2011?

    Al Green.
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    Radiohead.
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    BRANDON FLOWERS
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    The Postal Service!!
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    The Postal Service!!
    they don't have new songs
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    Quote Originally Posted by clumsy342 View Post
    edit:
    Arcade Fire?
    I have a feeling you are in luck.

    Quote Originally Posted by getbetter View Post
    Talking Heads
    I will buy my ticket the second i see Talking Heads on the bill. I would be very suprised and even more jubilated.

    edit:
    stevie wonder (im upset at all you glasto folks who missed this)
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    tom petty!
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    this is a nightmare,not a surprise
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    Aphex Twin
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