Idolator

That's the word from Jeff Leeds at the New York Times, who penned a story on the fact that there may be something of a summer-rockfest glut hitting the U.S. over the coming months. With the lousy economy putting the hurt on potential cabana sales and the overlapping lineups making each festival less of a destination, can America handle "more than a dozen" parties based around the consumption of music? The answer seems to be "it depends on the lineup"—apparently the jam-band-heavy Mile High Festival is selling like gangbusters, while the promise of two Radiohead shows isn't helping tickets to the New York-adjacent All Points West festival move as quickly as one might have hoped. More »