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. MORE »
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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 »
Cancellations
Two music festivals slated for Farwell, Mich., this summer have been canceled “to restructure and reorganize debt, while continuing to look for new investors.” MORE »
Cancellations
Two music festivals slated for Farwell, Mich., this summer have been canceled “to restructure and reorganize debt, while continuing to look for new investors.” MORE »
Cancellations
Two music festivals slated for Farwell, Mich., this summer have been canceled “to restructure and reorganize debt, while continuing to look for new investors.” MORE »
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 »
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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 »
Lineups
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 »
Lineups
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] MORE »
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 »
