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Title: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: normz on 10 Dec 2007, 18:58

smashing pumpkins, duran duran, queens of the stoneage, the presets!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so there

so who else is in

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: Caspian on 10 Dec 2007, 19:02

Thinking of going because JAMC are going, but hate hte idea of watching Duran Duran and the presets. I also enjoy QOTSA a bit, not sure if it's worth i though.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: Inlander on 10 Dec 2007, 19:04

Quote from: normz on 10 Dec 2007, 18:58

duran duran

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, what?

So last year, the first time they had the festival here, they got out the Pixies, Jarvis Cocker, the New York Dolls, Beck, the Pet Shop Boys . . . and this year they're serving up this?

Way to blow your load early, V Festival.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: ViolentDove on 10 Dec 2007, 19:05

My bank account is increasingly festivalled out. Seriously, so many new festivals! I'm wondering how long they can keep coming up with new ones before some start failing. Also, someone should start a Duran Duran covers band called Durian Durian that re-writes their songs to be about smelly-yet-delicious fruit.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: Tom on 10 Dec 2007, 19:07

It's not looking terribly exciting for me.


Here's a list of everyone playing so far:
    * The Smashing Pumpkins
    * Duran Duran
    * Queens of the Stone Age
    * Mika (excluding Perth)
    * The Jesus and Mary Chain
    * The Presets
    * Air (excluding Perth)
    * Cansei de Ser Sexy
    * The Tough Alliance
    * Plug in City

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: normz on 10 Dec 2007, 19:30

i admit im only there for smashing pumpkins and queens of the stoneage (both of whom i was hoping would play big day out but oh well) but those 2 bands are worth my $130 ticket price and thats 2 more i can cross off my 'bands to see before i die' list

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: FireAarro on 10 Dec 2007, 20:24

Any sideshows for the JAMC? Are JAMC any good live nowadays?

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: est on 11 Dec 2007, 00:22

So far there is pretty much nothing getting me excited about this festival.  Air are pretty good, but I couldn't see myself going to a festival to see them.  CSS are ok.  The Presets are alright.  Mika are average.  Everything else with a big name seems like it would have been more exciting maybe 5 years ago.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: Tom on 11 Dec 2007, 01:15

Mika is average. All he is, is a filtered through third rate Freddie Mercury/Queen clone.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: Hat on 11 Dec 2007, 01:21

Quote from: est on 11 Dec 2007, 00:22

Everything else with a big name seems like it would have been more exciting maybe 5 years ago.

I am constantly haunted by this feeling about all music, all the time.

Also why do they always have festivals on the Gold Coast.  What the hell, people.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: Tom on 11 Dec 2007, 01:30

That's pretty stupid, schoolies is over by then.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: McTaggart on 11 Dec 2007, 03:00

It's so it's easier for the Sydneysiders to drive there.

I will go to a JAMC sideshow. I cannot be bothered with the rest of the festival.

[edit]Wait a minute, I almost failed geography...

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: october1983 on 11 Dec 2007, 09:29

Sounds like it's gone the way of the English V Festival pretty damn quickly. Over here, V tends towards sub-par line ups and a crappy atmosphere. No fun.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: TheFuriousWombat on 11 Dec 2007, 10:33

I'm actually grateful I don't live in Australia. Being that close to such a concentration of bad music sounds scary.

Title: Re: Aussie V Festival '08
Post by: Tom on 11 Dec 2007, 12:00

Quote from: McTaggart on 11 Dec 2007, 03:00

It's so it's easier for the Sydneysiders to drive there.

I will go to a JAMC sideshow. I cannot be bothered with the rest of the festival.

[edit]Wait a minute, I almost failed geography...

Yeah, you did. It's, at the most, a three day drive and it is far from easy due to the treacherous coastal highways.