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A chicken in every pot, and a festival in every state: Live Nation is looking to bring a three-day music festival featuring "family-friendly" acts to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in lieu of the area's annual Fort Lauderdale Air & Sea Show. They're even paying for extra police! Given recent touring conditions and the fact that last November, a festival in just-down-the-coast Miami was canceled the day before it was set to begin, you might think that Live Nation would be cautious, but I guess a "Kidzapalooza of Florida"-type deal could be different enough to skirt the Radiohead/Jack Johnson malaise that's hovering over the summer of '08. [Miami Herald via Coolfer]

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Looking for another summer festival to hit, but not wanting to go much farther than say...Jackson Hole, Wyoming? Well get psyched for the weekend of August 16th, when the Black Crowes, Medeski Martin and Wood, Kaki King, Wilco AND Son Volt entertain folks at the inaugural two-day Jackson Hole Music Festival. Wilco and Son Volt, people. Wilco and Son Volt. I smell the unthinkable. [Jackson Hole Music Festival]

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lineups

Not Even The Presence Of Soul Asylum Can Prevent Us From Asking "Another Festival? Really?"

Sure, Coachella attendance was soft, the Vegoose festival went under, and San Diego's Street Scene festival is scaling down, but the city of West Hollywood believes that this is the perfect moment to announce a new festival. Not only will does the initial lineup of the Sunset Strip Music Festival include Soul Asylum, Everclear, and something called "L.A. Guns featuring Jani Lane of Warrant," it'll feature a kickoff event hosted by Mark McGrath and a roundtable hosted by Larry King. What more could you ask for? Mark your calendars now! More »

1:30 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Dan Gibson
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Latest by Defenestrated: Seriously? Sometimes this city makes me sad. more »

by the numbers

Coachella: The Canary In The Increasingly Crowded Festival Coal Mine?

A statistic that I probably could have ballparked solely from my personal observations of this year's Coachella Music & Arts Festival: Year-to-year ticket sales were down by 30,000, with 150,000 people attending the three-day sweatfest, according to promotion company Goldenvoice. The last-minute addition of Prince to Saturday's bill reportedly helped swell that day's attendance to 60,000, and Goldenvoice founder Paul Tollett claimed that Roger Waters' litter-filled set was one of the festival's "best ever," so I'm guessing that the tumbleweeds rolling through the Empire Polo Field on Friday (headlined by Jack Johnson) were not, in fact, desert mirages. All this number-crunching brings up the whole question of sustainability in the festival market once again, since "oh, why don't we just book Prince one more time" is not a viable long-term plan if only for reasons of crippling cost. (Just ask the people who book the Super Bowl!) [The Desert Sun]

8:45 AM on Tue May 20 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by catdirt: first of all, palm springs desert sun, holla! best rss feed in the so cal region! second of all, i've been going to coachella since the second edition and i think alot of the decline this year was due to the more »

Two music festivals slated for Farwell, Mich., this summer have been canceled "to restructure and reorganize debt, while continuing to look for new investors." The Mountain Country and Rock Music Festivals had an uneven slate of headliners—the rock fest was going to have the Yardbirds and Starship atop its bill, while the country concerts were to be headlined by bigger names like Miranda Lambert, Trace Adkins, and Dierks Bentley—which probably contributed to the chaos. Last year's country fest, which had Carrie Underwood leading the bill, attracted 12,000 people. [MLive.com]

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tinging in my ears

Would You Like To Know What "The Ting Tings" Are?

If you've scrolled through the festival line-ups we've been posting of late, you may have noticed the words "The Ting Tings" a few times and said to yourself, "my, I wonder what kind of people would think to name themselves The Ting Tings?" only to be distracted by a leak from some popular band you don't even like. I know have! The Ting Tings are a male-drummer/female-everything else duo from England that may be the next big iPod ad sensation or Britain's very own Boomkat. More »

3:30 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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Latest by Clevertrousers: @Al Shipley: That sounds like the opening sentance of roughly half the emails I get from publicists. I think it's a template that publicists use: "In case you've been living under a rock for the past year, I want to introduce more »

sexy grandpas, every one

Virgin Fest Just Got A Whole Lot More Old

Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry and The Stooges have been added to the line-up for Baltimore's Virgin Fest, to be held on August 9-10. The Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots have already been announced as headliners, so it looks like new parents as well as new grandparents will have acts they enjoy. For the kids, there's Paramore and Lil Wayne, and a dance tent featuring Moby, Underworld and Richie Hawtin! Actually, that dance tent's probably for the parents too. Full line up after the jump. More »

10:45 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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Latest by ObtuseIntolerant: Yes, this is awesome. Really just for a a chance to go with my mother to see Bob & Iggy and Kanye again on my break from an otherwise nonstop-Jonas-Brothers summer tour schedule. more »

holy crap

My Bloody Valentine To Play Stateside, Curate Best North American Festival Of 2008

Not only is My Bloody Valentine playing the just-announced All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Monticello, N.Y., this fall, they're curating the damn thing, and among the bands they've hand-picked to play include Built To Spill (performing Perfect From Now On), Polvo, the Meat Puppets (playing Meat Puppets II), and Low. And there's more to come! Tickets are limited to 3,000 and go on sale Friday, a.k.a. the first day of Coachella, which should make the festival-junkie action on Craigslist very interesting over the coming months. The announced lineup after the jump. More »

9:20 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by SuperUnison: @exposition: Damn, you have it easy, I'm notsalgiac for things that never happened. more »

The line-up for the Calgary edition of the Virgin Festival has been announced, and I recognize the names of a whopping eight out of the 19 bands listed on the official website, including Americans Stone Temple Pilots, the Flaming Lips, and Face To Face. (Didn't even know they were still together when I played "Disconnected" on the jukebox this weekend.) Canadians (or border-dwelling Americans) can get the rest of line-up by clicking on the logo to the left. [Virgin Festival Calgary/HT: Matt Learoyd]

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no jack johnson either (yet)

Bent Festival To Feature Home-Made Electronics, Workshops, Kanye?


Sorry, no Kanye. But the Bent Festival will be hitting LA, New York, and Minneapolis over the next month, showcasing the finest in circuit-bending musical acts, as well as workshops that will let you try it for yourself. "The term circuit bending refers to the act of modifying the circuitry of battery-powered children's toys to create strange, new, and unintended sounds for creative purposes. Instead of merely watching a person's face glowing in the screen of a laptop, the audience can watch performers wrangle squelches, bleeps, groans, and blips out of everyday childhood toys. This is fun to watch, and fun to do." Sure looks like it! More »

5:00 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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Latest by Tenno: Oh that lady dancing... heaven help us all. Circuit bending is awesome though. more »

Now that venerable indie label Sub Pop is 20 years old, might it possibly be celebrating that fact with some kinda summertime festival thingee in the greater Seattle area? Mum's the word on the details for the moment, though the line-up is already rumored to include Green River and Fluid. No way I'm hitting Travelocity until I see the words "Cat Butt" on an official flyer, however. [Seattle Sound via Daily Swarm]

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Add another music festival to the pile of multi-band shows coming to an open-air space near you this summer: This year's installment of the sweaty Village Voice-sponsored Siren Music Festival will take over Coney Island on Saturday, July 19—the same weekend as both the Pitchfork Music Festival and the jammy Mile High Festival. I guess when you're throwing a free festival, you don't have to worry about sagging ticket sales, but that seems like some odd counterprogramming to me. [Brooklyn Vegan]

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turns out sitka is not at all like that michael chabon book said

The Sitka Summer Music Festival May Be As Disappointing As Coachella

I already canceled my hotel reservations for Indio after the "Let's Book Roger Waters" Coachella fiasco; now my trip to Alaska's Sitka Summer Music Festival might be ruined as well. The month-long celebration of chamber music is traditionally capped with an all-you-can-eat crab fest—truly, as all classical music festivals ought to be—but sadly, according to the Anchorage Daily News, the previous sponsor decided not to foot the bill this year. The Daily News was too delicate to mention the cheapskates unwilling to cough up the paltry $5,000 for the people of Sitka and classical music lovers with access to a sea plane to enjoy some crab on the house, but Idolator isn't afraid of stepping on some toes. More »

1:00 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Dan Gibson
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Coachella line-up update! Hot shit! Five-words-or-less take on each new addition: Aphex Twin (ooh), Goldfrapp (yay), Kate Nash (ugh no), Serj Tankian (iffy on the solo stuff), Redd Kross (!), and Adele (eh). Okay, I'm not actually going so this news affects me not a whit, but perhaps you are and are now more excited than before? Or less? Or middling? [Billboard]

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lineups

Bret Michaels And His Sweaty Bandanas To Headline Rocklahoma

The initial lineup for Rocklahoma, the festival of Headbanger's Ball darlings of yore taking place in Pryor, Okla., this July 10-13, was just announced at a press conference helmed by radio host and personal Mike Piazza fan Eddie Trunk, who called the bands playing the festival "a new generation's classic rock" who are currently handing the baton to bands currently making their way up the ranks (cough, cough). I listened to the whole press conference—from fakeout involving a pre-conference spin of Faith No More's "Epic" to the revelation that Black N' Blue is reuniting because the lead singer needs a gig to the "WE NEED BIG BANDS" proclamations from those gathered in the press conference's attached chat room—so I could bring you the lineup as it stands now. It's after the jump. (Don't say I don't care.) More »

5:40 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by zibby: I was going to make a wiseass crack like, "What, no Trixter? Forget it." But nope, they've got Trixter. more »

Rocklahoma—the Oklahoma hard-rock fest taking place July 10-13, which I am totally attending this year come hell, high water, or my lack of a driver's license—is announcing its 2008 lineup at an Eddie Trunk-helmed press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles. Confirmed so far: Bret Michaels, Tora Tora, Warrant (with Jani Lane), Vixen, and the version of LA Guns that doesn't have its best-known lead singer Phil Lewis, but does have guitarist/namesake Tracii Guns. If only Kelly Nickels would come back to music and rejoin one of the bands so I could figure out which side to take in this conflict! [Blabbermouth]

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scheduling

The Virgin Festival: Finally, A Music Fest Without Jack Johnson On Its Bill (Maybe)

Last year, the Virgin Festival—Richard Branson's Baltimore concert that featured the Police and the Smashing Pumpkins as headliners, as well as a few talking gnomes—overlapped with Perry Farrell's slimmed-down-to-one-weekend Lollapalooza*. Virgin announced on Friday that this year's fest would take place Aug. 9 and 10, which also happens to be the same weekend as Jersey City's All Points West Festival. Which means that Virgin will have one distinction from most of this year's multi-day music sweatfests: More »

8:57 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Maura Johnston
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on to michigan

The Rothbury Festival: Finally, The Disco Biscuits And The Juan Maclean Will Share A Bill

The summer of 2008 seems to be drowning in music festivals, but that hasn't stopped the organizers of Rothbury, a spanking-new festival that plans to gather liberal-arts-educated kids of America together to think about climate change while they're blissing out to the music of 311. Rothbury, which will be held in western Michigan over Fourth of July weekend, has a lineup that takes the jam-band-and-indie-rock stew of Coachella to another level: Headlining the festival are Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, and failed blogger John Mayer, while the lower half of the bill is rounded out by the likes of Of Montreal, Medeski Martin & Wood, the Dresden Dolls, Slightly Stoopid, Diplo, Colbie Caillat, and—Primus! (What year is this again?) Full college-arts-board-inspired lineup is after the jump. More »

9:40 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by n/a: Man, I really love me some Dresden Dolls but they seem a tad out of place on such an otherwise congruous lineup. more »