<![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:06:57 EDT Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:06:57 EDT http://idolator.com/384762/the-allure-of-the-british-festival-is-wearing-off-a-bit <![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit]]> http://idolator.com/384762/the-allure-of-the-british-festival-is-wearing-off-a-bit#c5419016 @recidivicious: Right on, my brother---too many festivals everywhere, be they music or film festival. Christ, there's a Newport friggin' Beach Film Festival! Make it stop...

Oldboy

]]> 33:384762:c5419016 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:06:57 EDT <![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit]]> http://idolator.com/384762/the-allure-of-the-british-festival-is-wearing-off-a-bit#c5417345 It's worth noting that the Ting Tings are much, much, much better than Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong.

…Goldfrapp and Leonard Cohen on the same bill. How odd. For the most part only the "Other Stage" bill seems really worth it.

Nunya B

]]> 33:384762:c5417345 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:59:34 EDT <![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit]]> http://idolator.com/384762/the-allure-of-the-british-festival-is-wearing-off-a-bit#c5413197 What a shame- I used to idolize the Reading/Leeds festival ads from Q to the point of putting them on my wall and wishing I lived in the UK. This list seriously saddens me.

Varina

]]> 33:384762:c5413197 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:47:59 EDT <![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit]]> http://idolator.com/384762/the-allure-of-the-british-festival-is-wearing-off-a-bit#c5411624 I'd maybe show up for sunday, but otherwise a very snoozeworthy lineup.

Dick Laurent is dead.

]]> 33:384762:c5411624 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:51:29 EDT <![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit]]> http://idolator.com/384762/the-allure-of-the-british-festival-is-wearing-off-a-bit#c5410781 I like British music festivals - they have 30 - 40 % more hooliganism than their American counterparts.

Clevertrousers

]]> 33:384762:c5410781 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:22:04 EDT <![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit]]> http://idolator.com/384762/the-allure-of-the-british-festival-is-wearing-off-a-bit#c5410699 Their problem is they have too damn many festivals, and unless you're just hardcore into one of the many bands making the rounds, the massive amount of lineup overlap gets dull.

recidivicious

]]> 33:384762:c5410699 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:18:49 EDT <![CDATA[The Allure Of The British Festival Is Wearing Off A Bit]]> http://idolator.com/384762/the-allure-of-the-british-festival-is-wearing-off-a-bit#c5410511 Gillbert O'Sullivan? Seriously? That's kind of awesome in a "As long as I don't actually have to see them" way.

But I'm more of a WOMAD guy anyway...

Clevertrousers

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