The BJM, who were featured with The Dandy Warhols in the compelling rockumentary film, DiG!, was, by all accounts, and considering a history of brawling and drug and alcohol abuse, awesome. This is how you want to see BJM in concert.
Beck performing at Norway's Hove Festival 2008
Other favorite rock and indie artists and bands at the 2008 Hove Festival included Yeasayer, Foals, Flogging Molly, Les Savy Fav, The Cool Kids, Stars, Dinosaur Jr., Paramore, The Go Team and a dozen others. Access the full video playlist.
We've all seen enough low-quality, hand-held videos of music concerts and festivals on YouTube and other popular social media networks. But it is rare to find high-quality video and audio, not to mention full sets, from some of indie's biggest groups and artists for free.
The videos are hosted by NRKP3 in Norway. There is no information listed about how long the shows, complete with thrilling crowd shots, roaming camera cranes and top-notch production, will be available for unlimited, free viewing. See 'em while you can.
Michigan Becomes A Popular Indie Rock Festival Destination
Indie rockers Widespread Panic are one of dozens of bands at Rothbury
This year marks the beginning of more major music festivals than any year in recent memory - All Points West in New Jersey, Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco and the Rothbury Music Festival in the woods of Michigan, to name a few.
The Rothbury Festival kicked-off on Thursday and is wrapping up today in the woods of western Michigan. Highlights from the festival include performances from the Dave Matthews Band, 311, Widespread Panic, John Mayer, Modest Mouse, Of Montreal, Thievery Corporation, Sam Beam, Primus, STS9, Govt Mule and many others.
311 performing The Cure's "Love Song" at Rothbury
Chicagoians and folks in and around Michigan are festival-spoiled. In addition to Rothbury Festival, there is the Pitchfork Music Festival less than two weeks away and Lollapalooza the weekend of August 1-3.
The lineup for the Pitchfork Festival is impressive, featuring artists and groups like Animal Collective, Public Enemy, Sebadoh, Mission of Burma, The Hold Steady, M. Ward, Spoon, The Ruby Suns, Fleet Foxes, Elf Power, Spiritualized, Les Savy Fav, Apples in Stereo, Cut Copy, The Dodos and dozens more.
On Friday, the theme of the show is centered around performing highly acclaimed, entire albums performed by some of alternative and indie music's most cherished bands.
First up, Public Enemy will play It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back followed by Sebadoh performing Bubble and Scrape, and last but not at all the least, Mission of Burma will treat the festival crowds to the entire anthology from Vs.
The scheduled line-up for Saturday, July 16:
Animal Collective Jarvis Cocker The Hold Steady !!! Vampire Weekend Dizzee Rascal Fleet Foxes Caribou Elf Power - "Paralyzed" (MP3) Jay Reatard Titus Andronicus No Age Atlas Sound - "My Car" (MP3) Extra Golden The Ruby Suns Icy Demons A Hawk and a Hacksaw Occidental Brothers Dance Band International Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
This is an awesome line-up for only $30. While I have to admit I don't know all of the performers, $30 to see Animal Collective, The Hold Steady, !!!, No Age, Atlas Sound, Elf Power, The Ruby Suns and Caribou is a hell of a bargain.
Sunday, July 20 lineup is as follows:
Spoon Dinosaur Jr. Spiritualized M. Ward Ghostface and Raekwon Les Savy Fav The Apples in Stereo Boris Dirty Projectors Times New Viking Cut Copy Bon Iver The Dodos King Khan & His Shrines El Guincho Fuck Buttons HEALTH High Places Mahjongg
Sunday is another amazing line-up, including Spoon, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, M. Ward, The Apples in Stereo, Cut Copy, The Dodos and many others.
Interestingly enough, despite a sagging economy, high fuel prices and saturation of big, outdoor music festivals spanning two to five days in duration, the fact is that ticket sales for both the veteran fests like Coachella and Bonnaroo, and the 'newbies', have been overall successful so far for 2008.
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2008 Music Videos featuring Metallica and Battles
photo from the Associated Press
It's hard to believe there are only two days left in the four-day Bonnaroo Festival. So far, Bonnaroo fest goers have seen a variety of bands and musicians including Metallica, The Raconteurs, My Morning Jacket, Steve Marley, Battles, Jose Gonzales, Rilo Kiley, Willie Nelson, Tegan and Sara, MIA, The Swell Season, Les Claypool, Minus The Bear.
Here are some of the best YouTube videos from Bonnaroo from Thursday and Friday. Surprisingly, there are very few videos from Bonnaroo, unless you want to watch slices taped off a computer of the webcast.
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2008 Kicks Off Thursday with Superdrag, Vampire Weekend, Battles and MGMT
Jack Johnson performing at the second annual Bonnaroo (2003). Photo courtesy of evilvince.com
Thousands of music and arts enthusiasts are gathering in the beautiful foothills of Tennessee to enjoy four days of music, arts and plenty more. Bonnaroo is one of the largest festivals in the United States and the first major festival of the 2008 summer season.
In recent years, Bonnaroo has become as well known as other big music and arts festivals like Lollapalooza, Coachella and Austin City Limits.
But Bonnaroo does not start of with a bang. The line up for the first day of the festival pales in comparison to the artists and bands set to perform this weekend.
For the Thursday kick-off, bands like Vampire Weekend, Superdrag, Battles, and MGMT are scheduled to play - all of these in the so-called "This Tent". The other 'stages', or tents, feature lesser known artists, or bands and musicians that have a comparably small or local following, such as Lez Zeppelin, Dark Star Orchestra, Grand Ole Party and The Felice Brothers.
For music fans that have never heard The Battles, check out this driving electronic rock video titled "Atlas". It has been viewed over one million times.
It's not much of a surprise that the first day of the festival, being that it is a Thursday, is not loaded up with must-see bands. Furthermore, the music doesn't even get started until early evening.
Nevertheless, on Friday, June 13, Bonnaroo becomes the epicenter of a wide array of impressive bands and artists, including The Raconteurs, Metallica, My Morning Jacket, Drive-By Truckers, Steve Marley, Jose Gonzales, Rilo Kiley, Willie Nelson, Tegan and Sara, MIA, The Swell Season, !!!, MSTRKRFT, Tiesto, Les Claypool, Minus The Bear and almost a dozen others.
Tegan and Sara performing "Back In Your Head" (YouTube video)
The only problem, and this is the problem with most festivals that have multiple stages, is that you are almost guaranteed to miss some of your favorite artists or bands because they perform simultaneously in different locations. That's why pouring over the schedule in advance and mapping where you want to be and when is so important to maximizing your musical experience.
With that said, and to the credit of the organizers, Bonnaroo is one of the top music festivals at which who plays where and when has been scheduled in such a way that most festival goers will have the opportunity to see most of the 'big name' performers in their genre (i.e. indie rock) without too much overlap.
Another cool thing about Bonnaroo is that headliners play very long sets (Metallica is playing for 2 1/2 hours and My Morning Jacket is playing for three hours) and the music goes well into the wee hour mornings, when the summer sky is full of stars and the cooler night time air makes for a wonderful experience.
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Music Video Highlights from Live 105 BFD Fest 2008 in Mt. View
This year's Live 105 BFD Festival was a completely different gig than last year's fest. For one, tickets sold out fairly fast (being that they were only $10.53 base price; one-third the cost of last year's tickets), whereas in 2007, they were still available on the day of the event, and not only that, but they were giving out free tickets.
Another change to this year's BFD was the fact that the venue was slightly moved around with the stages being set up in the parking lot area. There is still no official explanation for this, but it may have limited the number of tickets sold over last year.
On top of all of that, the 2007 BFD had a better line-up than this year's show, as many fans and reviewers have pointed out (including the San Jose Mercury News): Interpol, Social Distortion, AFI, Bloc Party, The National, Kings of Leon, CSS, Queens of the Stone Age and many others.
But again, for only $10 a pop, it's no wonder this year's BFD sold out, but it would have been a much better festival if they had anywhere near the same amazing line-ups as years past; and people would have paid the $30 or more for more headlining acts - that is pretty apparent from what so many are saying.
Based on the number of new festivals this year, it is not a stretch to conclude that BFD organizers had a hard time filling the line-up with 'top name' bands and artists for this year's event, and thus, the lower price for tickets.
Additionally, they make more money from advertising and vendors than the tickets anyways. Therefore, as one very disappointed past-BFD fan wrote, it's not like the festival-goer is really getting a break, especially if the line-up is such a drag compared to previous BFDs.
So far, there is not a very good selection of YouTube videos to show - which is amazing considering the Bay Area is a major tech and music center of the world. Perhaps, more videos of BFD 2008 will surface later on, but for now, here's the IRC picks:
Alkaline Trio - "Help Me"
Alkaline Trio was one of the best bands in the lineup for BFD 08, so here's another clip - "Radio"
Here's another view of Alkaline Trio playing "Radio"
MSTRKRFT performing with lightshow at 2008 BFD:
More from MSTRKRFT's BFD set:
MGMT serves up "Of Moons, Birds & Monsters"
Airborne Toxic Event bangs out "Sometime Around Midnight"
LoveLikeFire performing "Signs"
The Kooks performing short clip of "Naive"
PlayRadioPlay performing "I'm The Pirate, You're The Princess" at BFD 08
Magic Bullets performing "Yesterday's Seen Better Days"
Thought this was cute; little kid dancing to Cypress Hill
AntiFlag - Song title? (short clip, not best quality)
Santogold performing "You'll Find A Way"
From inside the tent: Cover version of Daft Punk's "One More Time" by (anyone know? Bueller? Bueller...)
YouTuber OHteenhearts offers a bunch of videos from BFD, but they are fairly low quality and short. Yet if you are a crazy Kooks or MGMT fan, and you just must see no matter what, check them out.
SF's Live 105 BFD Festival Next Saturday Featuring Cypress Hill, The Kills, The Kooks, Alkaline Trio, Moby, Everlast and More
Originally known as Management, the band MGMT will perform at the Live 105 BFD
San Francisco rock radio station Live 105 kicks off its annual all-day music festival next week, Saturday, June 7, 2008 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mt. View, California.
This is one of the best day-long music festivals in the United States considering the ticket price - a mere $10 - and the range of popular indie artists playing at the 10-hour festival. Talk about bang for the buck!
Tickets are on sale now. IRC does not endorse any ticketing outlets, but you can click BFD ticketing (links to Google results) to find tickets.
If it is like it was last year, you can also take a chance and show up to get free tickets. People in blue coats were handing out free tickets at the gate shortly after 1 pm.
If that doesn't happen, you'll probably still be able to buy tickets at the box office, or if worse comes to worse, find one a scalper. Gates open at 11:30am, festival starts at 12:00pm .BFD Line-up for the BudLight Festival Stage (12:00pm-8:30pm) with links to MySpace pages:
Summerfest 2008 Adds New Artists Blondie, Three Dog Night, CCR, Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick and More
Hailed as the 'world's largest music festival', Summerfest 2008 organizers have announced the line-up for the 'classic rock' stage which will be located at the south end of Henry Maier Festival Park and sponsored by Milwaukee FM radio stations 97.3 The Brew and My 95.7.
Here is the line-up of artists set to headline the M&I Classic Rock Stage during late June and early July:
June 26 - 9:00 pm - Three Dog Night June 27 - 10:00 pm - Think Floyd June 28 - 5:30 pm - Daryl Stuermer June 28 - 10:00 pm - Blondie (see video below) June 29 - 10:00 pm - Dickey Betts June 30 - 8:30 pm - A Tribute to James Brown featuring Bootsy Collins along with The Original James Brown Horn Section & Long Wilson, Bobby Byrd Band (featuring Mrs. Vicky Anderson Byrd), Escapism (featuring Venisha Brown), iCandi, Freekbass, Djizzle, ZienPlanet10 July 1 - 8:30 pm - Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo July 2 - 9:00 pm - Creedence Clearwater Revisited July 3 - 10:00 pm - Kansas July 4 - 10:00 pm - Mountain July 5 - 3:00 pm - The Zombies July 5 - 10:00 pm - Cheap Trick July 6 - 9:00 pm - Earth Wind and Fire
This is the official music video for Blondie's 1979 smash hit "Heart of Glass":
10,000 Lakes Festival Adds More Artists to 2008 Line-Up
The above video is a promotional vid for the 2008 10K Lakes Festival in Minnesota.
With two months and three weeks left until the festival gates open for the 2008 10,000 Lakes Festival. The following artists have just been added:
Deep Banana Blackout Lotus Extra Golden Papa Mali New Primitives God Johnson Lynx Ultraviolet Hippopotamus
You can purchase your tickets now before the May 15 price increase. Get the full details on camping tickets. Tickets for the four-day general admission and camping fee are now selling for $130.
The festival takes place on five stages starting Wednesday, July 23 through Saturday, July 26 at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
The 10,000 Lakes Festival official line-up features:
Phil Lesh and Friends The Flaming Lips Michael Franti and Spearhead Leftover Salmon Mickey Hart Band feat. Kimock & Porter George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic [Late Night] Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood Slightly Stoopid Dark Star Orchestra WookieFoot TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds The Bad Plus JJ Grey & MOFRO Deep Banana Blackout [Late Night] Lotus [Late Night] Extra Golden Bonerama Papa Mali EOTO Panjea with Michael Kang Everyone Orchestra The Waybacks Secret Chiefs 3 The New Mastersounds Dub Trio The Wood Brothers Cornmeal God Johnson Family Groove Company U-Melt One Under New Primitives Kinetix Redux Lynx Pert' Near Sandstone The Rhinestone Diplomats WBPN Ultraviolet Hippopotamus The Hue
After much anticipation, the official line-up for the 2008 Virgin Mobile Festival has been announced (see below).
Tickets for the two-day festival sponsored by billionaire Richard Branson start at $175 for the full two days, however, single day tickets have not been released, which is the norm when festivals first announce the official line-up.
This year marks the third year of the Virgin Mobile Festival held August 9-10 at Pimilco Race Course in Baltimore, MD.
Here is the official VMF line-up:
August 9 Main Stage
Bloc Party Cat Power Chuck Berry and The Silver Beats Citizen Cope Duffy Foo Fighters Gogol Bordello Jack Johnson KT Tunstall Lupe Fiasco The Offspring Paramore Rodrigo y Gabriela Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings The Swell Season Wilco
Dance Tent
DJ Dan & Donald Glaude Erol Alkan Ferry Corsten Soul Wax Steve Lawler Underworld
August 10 Main Stage
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire The Black Keys Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Bob Dylan The Go! Team Iggy & The Stooges Kanye West Lil Wayne Nine Inch Nails She & Him Shudder to Think Stone Temple Pilots Taking Back Sunday
Coachella 2008 Video Performances and Weekend Line-up
Coachellians poured in to the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California today in the hot sun to see artists like Portishead, Prince, DCFC, Hot Chip, Rilo Kiley and others. Check out the lineup for Saturday and Sunday below.
The YouTube videos from Friday's Coachella performances are already being posted. Sifting through them, here are some of the best, including The Black Kids, The Raconteurs, Aphex Twins and Fatboy Slim.
The Black Kids performing "I'm Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend" at Coachella on Friday, April 25:
The Raconteurs - "Consolers of the Lonely" - Friday Coachella show
The Raconteurs - "Attention" - from AT&T BlueRoom Broadcast (FYI: This may be deleted by YouTube)
Aphex Twins - Live set at Coachella, Friday, April 25, 2008 (song title anyone?)
The following is the line-up for artists and bands playing Coachella Saturday and Sunday. Check out the stage and set times for more information.
Saturday
Portishead, Prince, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Cafe Tacvba, Sasha & John Digweed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Animal Collective, Kate Nash, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, DeVotchKa, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Turbonegro, Scars on Broadway, Islands, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Above & Beyond, Enter Shikari, Calvin Harris, Boys Noize, Junkie XL, Cinematic Orchestra, The Teenagers, VHS or Beta, CarbonSilicon, Erol Alkan, Man Man, Yo! Majesty, Little Brother, Bonde Do Role, St. Vincent, AkronFamily, MGMT, Surkin, Curses!, Para One, Orgasmic, James Zabiela, SebAstian, Kavinsky, Minus the Bear, Dredg, The Bird and the Bee, 120 Days, Yoav, Electric Touch, Yelle, Uffie featuring DJ Mehdi
Sunday
Roger Waters, Love and Rockets, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Justice, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, Metric, Danny Tenaglia, Simian Mobile Disco, Booka Shade, Murs, Dimitri from Paris, Autolux, Stars, The Field, Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Cool Kids, Sons & Daughters, Sia, Holy F*ck, Black Mountain, Annuals, Kid Sister with A-Trak, Modeselektor, Duffy, I'm from Barcelona, Manchester Orchestra, Deadmau5, AUSTIN TV, Grand Ole Party, Shout Out Louds, Plasticines, Brett Dennen
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Coachella 2008 - April 25-26 - kicks off tomorrow in the desert of southern California. Here's the full skinny on the event, with stages, maps, artists and performance times.
Survival Guide for Coachella festival-goers (Press-Enterprise) - Summarized information on how to stay cool and hydrated, protecting yourself from the sun by wearing hats and sunscreen (there is almost no shaded areas at Empire Fields), what you can and cannot bring and food options (plastic not accepted, so bring cash because ATM lines are usually very long).
Crave Online has released a Music Guide to Coachella 2008 with a detailed line-up of artists not to miss and in-depth review of performers and other events.
And of course, check out the Coachella website for all the latest. You may want to watch the AT&T BlueRoom telecast which really needs to step it up this year, especially after the huge controversy from Lollapalooza 2007 when Eddie Vedder's anti-Bush statements were censored by AT&T, although the company says it was an accident. Yeah, and I'm King Tut.
However, perhaps to AT&T's horror, rumors are flying around that Eddie Vedder may make a surprise appearance at Coachella this weekend. You can almost bet that if he does, he will say something to irk AT&T, so don't be surprised if they pull the plug on him again, should he make the rumored surprise appearance.
The line-up for the 2008 Austin City Limits Festival has just been released.
Headliners for the famous, three-day musical festival in Austin, Texas include Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Beck, Foo Fighters, Gnarls Barkley, N.E.R.D., The Mars Volta, David Byrne, Gnarls Barkley, The Raconteurs, Vampire Weekend, The Black Keys, Band of Horses, Iron & Wine, Hot Chip, Okkervil River, Jamie Lidell, Jenny Lewis, CSS and Spiritualized.
Other musicians and bands set to play in the ACL Festival 2008 line-up include:
Jamie Lidell, Man Man, Jenny Lewis, Stars, M. Ward, Drive-By Truckers, Neko Case, John Fogerty, Roky Erickson, Del the Funky Homosapien, Silversun Pickups, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Swell Season, José González, Yeasayer, Octopus Project, Against Me!, Erykah Badu, MGMT, Manu Chao, Tegan and Sara, The Kills, Mates of State, Antibalas, Gogol Bordello, What Made Milwaukee Famous, and White Denim.
What do you think of the line-up? Who else would you like to see play Austin City Limits in 2008?
The Isle of Skye Music Festival has been canceled by organizers for running out of money. Festival organizers reportedly fell into the red by $500,000 Pounds. I'd love to know how and who screwed this up, especially in a year when music festivals are raking in cash. The Reading and Leeds festivals' sold out in just days.
That's bad news for all the rock fans in Scotland who planned to attend this year's festival - which was considered the most "fan-friendly" of all festivals in Europe in 2006.
So, for the memories, here's some audio and video from past Isle of Skye Music festivals.
Here's some memories:
A six-minute set from Kasabian performing at the 2007 Skye Festival:
Video of Echo and the Bunnymen (post punk icons) performing "Lips Like Sugar" at Skye Fest 07:
2008 Music Festival Round-Up Report: Bamboozle Left, V Fest Australia, Lollapalooza and More SxSW
Today's Music Festival Round Up Report, Part One:
- Bamboozle Left is on this weekend in Irvine, Califronia. Get a report, see the lineup and sample some of the fest performers' MP3s. Read more...
- The V Festival in Australia is losing money, according to billionaire tycoon Richard Branson, but he says in the long-run it will be worth it. Nevertheless, tens of thousands have turned out for the second years of the Down Under's traveling festival, which continues this weekend. Read more...
- The official line-up for Lollapalooza 2008 will be announced only hours from now and there will be a full guide to Lollapalooza posted here when it does, including the full line up of artists, videos and MP3s of the best Lolla performances and artists of last year's event. In the meantime, here's all the news for Lollapalooza 2008, including rumored headliners, ticket sales and the wait game. Read more...
- South by Southwest 2008 was another resounding success, proving once again that it is the king of all festivals for just about everything currently hot, and up and coming, in the world we call indie rock music, film and art.
Here are a series of articles about SxSW, and just in case you didn't get enough of the popular music festival, the following links provide more from SxSW:
- http://stereogum.com/tag/sxsw - Stereogum's full coverage of SouthBy is worth checking out for South by Southwest fans and those curious about what SxSW is all about.
Check back or get the feed; more festival news coming throughout the next week to keep you completely briefed on everything that's going on (with focus on the major music festivals for practical reasons) for 2008 music festivals around the world.
Bamboozle Left Festival Kicks Off Today in Irvine, California
The Bamboozle Left Fesival kicks off today, April 5th in Irvine, California and extends through the end of Sunday, April 6th.
Check back regularly for updates from Bamboozle Left's weekend festival and get blog and media reports, photographs and videos, plus MP3s and streams of profiled artists.
Performing today on one of six stages at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (I hate how so many of our music, sporting and other venues and events have surrendered their namesakes to brands of capitalism; it really takes the 'organic' feel out of the event and makes you wonder why you still pay so much for tickets) include:
- All American Rejects [mp3: It Ends Tonight], Josephine Collective, Alkaline Trio [mp3: Radio], Daphne Love Derby, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore [mp3: Pressure], New Found Glory, The Bouncing Souls, The Starting Line and Valencia to name a few.
But there really are no 'big headliners' at Bamboozle Left that other music fests for 2008 can brag about.
Then again, the full line-up is not all that bad for the $45 single day tickets at the door, but with the dragging economy, fears of a recession and rip-off gas prices, the single day ticket price is still a bit pricey. Why not $70 for a two-day pass?
If you're in the Irvine area and decide to go the festival last through the end of Sunday. Check back for more lineup information, performances, music, videos, blog and media reports.
Lollapalooza's 2008 Line-up Rumors, Fakes and Speculation
(Above: This is a fake that has been circulating the Internets for the past month; it is not the official Lollapalooza lineup poster for 2008 - notice the poor Photoshop work on the "8" - somebody couldn't find the correct font match.)
Festival organizers for Lollapalooza have yet to officially announce one artist for the August 1-3 annual rock fest in Chicago's Grant Park.
But that hasn't stopped the rumors, speculation, "wish lists" and flat out fabrications for Lollapalooza's 2008 lineup.
Just this past week, the amps were turned up on the rumor machine with magazines like Paste and Rolling Stone newspapers like the Los Angeles Times and the The Grand Rapids Press announcing that artists and bands like Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are 'rumored' to be headliners for Lolla 08.
The Lollapalooza message boards have been lit up for weeks containing topic threads and replies for "Wanna Make a Band Suggestion?" and various other messages of "hopefuls" that are updated almost hourly with eager fans pumping out some enticing, but again totally wishful, line up schedules.
Stream Rage Against The Machine Now: Listen in real time to tracks "Testify", "Bulls on Parade" [mp3], "Bombtrack" and "Killing in the Name". Here are a couple of tracks from the 'best-bet' rumored artists set to perform at Lolla 2008:
In the meantime, flashback to approximately 18 months ago: Wilco playing "Heavy Metal Drummer" at Lolla 06. Enjoy. If you are waiting for the lineup to be announced before buying your tickets, please use the comments section below to say so and why. (I'm curious.)
Lollapalooza 2008 line-up announcement: Check back or sign up for the site feed to get the actual and confirmed lineup when it is announced (almost certain this will be among the first blogs to delineate the actual and official lineup and schedule for Lolla 08).
Bonnaroo Organizers Pre-Ticket Sales Rhymes Both Annoy and Entertain
Promoters for major music festivals realize that beating the others to the punch as far as announcing lineup and ticket sale dates could mean the difference in tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Many fest heads need to plan early which festivals they want to go to, so the sooner a lineup is announced, the better the odds (if the lineup is good) are in favor of that festival - like Coachella, partly because it's so early, usually April.
Therefore, fest promoters rush to get the lineup out with the hopes that many people will plan to go to their festival rather than a competing festival. Unless you are geographically close to many festivals - say if you live in the northeast or mid-Atlantic - or happen to have a lot of time and money, many festival lovers have to pick and choose. So, getting out a killer lineup means the difference between a profitable fest and a very profitable festival.
In what was a bizarre, and quite frankly annoying effort to some (entertaining to some less) people, Bonnaroo organizers teased fans with a list of riddles and rhythms about the Bonnaroo 2008 lineup.
Clues on Radio Roo. « Thread Started on Feb 1, 2008, 2:14pm »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I posted this on another thread but I think it deserves its own. The DJ just came on and said
Clue #1 "For all you lineup lookers....here is a clue: There is more than one Manchester."
Manchester Orchestra Man Man Oasis Verve
Clue #2 20 minutes later she said " Memphis isnt Albany" Changed to "Memphis ain't Illbany"
"There is more than one Memphis. This is not a clue just an observation."
BB King Beastie Boys
Clue #3 "Clouds taste this way"
Metallica Beastie Boys
Clue #4 "Some Herrings are red, Jimmy"
Widespread Panic Led Zep Metallica
Clue #5 "Hard Substance, Soft Substance"
Iron and Wine Mars Volta Carbon Silicon
Clue #6 "Janis Joplin's preserves will be served"
Pearl Jam
Clue #7 "Rumors are just rumors, but twist them sideways, grow your humor hair and they become a more yen reality. No, this is not about Fleetwood Mac"
Dread Zep Whigs
Clue #8 "it's not sour, what is sowed in the earth"
Plant and Krauss Sigur Ros
"Three certain birds, add one"
Counting Crows Black Crowes maybe with Page All the Crows including Old Crow Andrew Bird Ryan Adams and the Cardinals The Band plus Dylan (use to be the Hawks)
Clue #9 "look to the center of Europe to get the sound, but the band comes form all around."
Beirut Gogol Bordelo JUI Daft Punk Russian Circles
Clue 10 Here is another clue for you message board people. Open up the church and you will see the steeple. Some of your guesses have been way off but correct for the wrong clues. Now I must cough.
Ani DiFranco REM lyric from Bad Day
Clue 11 (Feb 4th Monday at 12:20) "Message board chatter? Yes it does matter. We hear your song requests. So Listen High Listen Low Don't Look Too Hard This Is New Radio Bonnaroo"
1:30 Low of the Hour Daft Punk 2:00 High Hour Ween 2:30 Drive By Truckers Nadasurf
Clue 12 Charlies imaginary band will not be playing and what he wrote on his hand the last few things he was not saying.
Oasis not Playing ? Paul McCartney
Clue 13 The Walrus ain't Paul Sean Lennon Ringo
Clue 14 alternative language clue Sufjan Stevens
Clue 15 What rhymes with orange
Nothing NADASURF
Clue 16 Arizona in Manchester
Tom Petty Cheryl Crowe Alicia Keys Counting Crows Ludacris
Clue 17
What is in the dessert isn't.
Oasis Any of the super bowl bands
Clue 18 "The Chairman of the board, after the Birthday Party"
Cake Nick Cave
« Last Edit: Feb 5, 2008, 2:00pm by zoey
The following is the first list of rhymes (without guesses) that was posted on the Bonnaroo official message boards (and started the flack):
1. "There is more than one Manchester"
2. "Memphis isn't Albany"
3. "Clouds taste this way"
4. "Some Herrings are red, Jimmy"
5. "Hard Substance, Soft Substance"
6. "Janis Joplin's reserves will be preserved"
7. "Rumors are just rumors, but twist them sideways, grow your humor hair and they become a more yen reality. No, this is not about Fleetwood Mac"
8. "It's not sour, what is sowed in the earth"
9. "Three certain birds, add one"
10. "Look to the center of Europe to get the sound, but the band comes form all around."
11. "Here is another clue for you message board people. Open up the church and you will see the steeple. Some of your guesses have been way off but correct for the wrong clues. Now I must cough."
Tip to Bonnaroo promoters: Check out some marketing 101 tips for next year and do the shrooms at the festival, not while your planning and promoting it. : p
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Norway's Hove Festival was held a few weeks ago featuring a powerful three-day line-up of musical acts, including Panic at the Disco, Beck, Foals, The Kooks, MGMT (formerly Management), The Raconteurs, and a rare performance by indie rock legends the Brian Jonestown Massacre (photo, above).
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However, perhaps to AT&T's horror, rumors are flying around that Eddie Vedder may make a surprise appearance at 
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