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The latest festival-lineup announcement comes from the Sasquatch! Festival–held at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Wash., and yes, the exclamation point’s theirs–which will have R.E.M. and The Cure as its headliners, a one-two punch that will surely get the wallets of nostalgia-crazed twenty-, thirty-, and fortysomethings aflutter. The roster for the three-day fest, which takes place over Memorial Day weekend, also includes R.E.M. tourmates Modest Mouse and the National, the Flaming Lips doing a “UFO Show” that features a replica of a flying saucer and premiering their long-in-the-works film Christmas on Mars, the Breeders, and a new collaboration between Mike Patton and Dan the Automator called Crudo. I don’t know why, but for some reason this fest’s lineup seems like the most interesting one to me yet. (Perhaps it’s the lack of Slightly Stoopid and Jack Johnson?) Full lineup (via Billboard) after the jump.
R.E.M.
The Cure
The Flaming Lips (”U.F.O. show”)
Death Cab For Cutie
Modest Mouse
M.I.A.
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Flight of the Conchords
The New Pornographers
The Presidents
The National
Tegan & Sara
Built To Spill
The Hives
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Ozomatli
Cold War Kids
The Breeders
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Okkervil River
Dengue Fever
Jamie Lidell
Crudo
Mates Of State
Destroyer
Rogue Wave
Battles
Fleet Foxes
White Rabbits
The Cave Singers
Pela
Grand Archives
The Little Ones
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down
Dead Confederate
65Daysofstatic
The Heavenly States
Kinski
David Bazan
Dyme Def
Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio
Sera Cahoone
Joshua Morrison
The Blakes
Siberian
Throw Me The Statue
The Cops
Say Hi
The Shaky Hands
J. Tillman
Sasquatch! Festival [Official site]
Oh wow, R.E.M. and The Cure were my two favorite bands growing up. I never expected to see them on the same billing. If Depeche Mode was playing that fest too, I might actually shit myself.
@extracrispy: From your lips to god’s ears. (About DM, not you shitting yourself, although that’s a sacrifice I’d be willing to make.)
The reason you should be most interested in this one is that the Gorge, where it takes place, is absolutely beautiful; the backdrop is sometimes more interesting than the show itself.
@Michaelangelo Matos: yeah, beacause the sound there isn’t as good as the view, unfortunately.
the amusing thing about the Cure headlining is that the last time the Cure were supposed to headline at the Gorge, it was right before the Cure ditched their remaining tour dates because of Smith’s family emergency or whatever it was.
@taylorklong: true dat. the overhead hanging speakers last Sasquatch were a problem when the winds picked up–swaying and swinging HARD during the Polyphonic Spree set. they had to stop the show to fix them, delaying things by a couple hours. I was relieved no one got hurt.
I love the poster - it brings me back to 1995.
@Cam/ron: That poster makes me think of Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends.