How tickled I am.

Those saying "Who?" are just confirming their status as out of touch old farts. Unlike me, I'm hip to the beat daddy-oh. Blossoms are a decent band on an upward trajectory.

Good booking.

I'm just glad they didn't select George Ezra to perform....that would have been horrific !

I'd still prefer Barry Gibb to sing Tragedy because it has never been more appropriate, or perhaps Ray Davies could sing dead end street...

They are flavour if the month and radio 1 fern cotton and Nme types current crusty sick, but will disappear faster then either of Leighs spells in super league, alongside the likes if the kooks, razorlight, kean, snow patrol erc.

How about - McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone

Nah, let's have the Macc Lads.

A nice bit of Jazz ? Or alternatively some Death Metal ?

Sir Gregory Bird, one of the finest actors the game has ever seen !

Was Craig Charles in 2016.

Spot on, perhaps even generous to stay they’ll have the same length of some of those other bands.

Whilst they’re “current” their songs really aren’t suited to a 70,000 stadium sports event in the slightest even if loads of the people going knew who they were, but take into account they won’t then they’ll probably get the least response a band has had at the Grand Final.

It was Feeder in 2016, Charles did a dj set also just like Spoony in 2015.

Charlatans were in 2015, James 2014 and Razorlight 2017.

To be fair they've been at it a few years now, about 2 years commercially, but I agree with you on the disappearing thing. They'll have probably sunk without trace by the start of the next decade.

After the massive PR from super league all over social media about the massive announcement, I was expecting some one like, 30 seconds to mars, arcade fire or Kanye West. Why big something up so utterly underwhelming. Never heard of them and I know my music so I had to google them and they are obviously just another 3 chord wonder band like all the other flavour of the month indie bands that will end up in obscurity

Regards

King James

If you’re going to come up with alternative suggestions at least make them good ones.

He reminds me of Val Doonican, which is not very good when you are a young man like he is.

So they'll be headlining Cas v Wigan then.

Probably right. I couldn't name one of their songs but they're still better than Misteeq.

Sleaford Mods would be better

I enjoyed James a few years ago, familiar songs that the whole crowd could join in with and build an atmosphere.

They are rather naughty though ?

Feeder & James were good choices *to my tastes* , I am only surprised that the Really Feckless League haven't tried to get a reformed Hanson on the bill ...... Mmmm - Bop !

Get Johnny Rotten to do god save the Queen.

Love them to do "No-one's bothered" in the build up. They could do "Rupert's trousers" if they got a gig at Twickers.

Or Chubbs singing Living next door to Alice

Alice? WTF is Alice?