The inaugural Pemberton Music Festival, which went down last weekend and featured headlining sets by Coldplay, Tom Petty, and Jay-Z, was not without its problems: dust clouds that caused much respiratory distress on days one and two; the threat of rain on day three; members of N.E.R.D. reportedly getting stuck in traffic long enough to delay their sets; and bathrooms that one reporter described as "grim beyond description," which kind of makes the "well, at least they had poutine at the food stands" argument a little less appealing. [
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Canada adds another giant outdoor music festival thingee to 2008's pile; running from July 25 to 27, the British Columbia-area Pemberton Festival will feature "bands such as Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails and the Tragically Hip." Curse you, CanCon guidelines. (Also in about 10 years I'm totally going to look like the lead singer from the Tragically Hip. If by 10 years, I mean "pretty much now.") [
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While this site previously reported that there were troubles at the inaugural Pemberton Festival this weekend, including dust storms, traffic issues, and horrific bathrooms, Live Nation would like you, and any of the company's stockholders, to know that the British Columbian music festival was a "triumphant success," and that they've still got it going on when it comes to putting on multi-day concerts.
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