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Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: MilkmanDan on 26 Apr 2005, 13:36
Right. Summer approaches. This means music festivals. Who is going to what?

I will be representing the QC Massive at:
Glade
Truck
The Big Chill

And you?
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: a pack of wolves on 26 Apr 2005, 14:37
I'm tempted by Summerslam and Thrashfest but I'm not sure I'll be able to afford the travel costs. But I'll definitely be at the mighty Chinchillafest.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Robbo on 26 Apr 2005, 14:47
Hopefully the first Bloodstock Open Air.

My lucky (and richer) sod of mate is going to Waken, Earthshaker, Download, Reading, Bloodstock.

Earthshaker.....Manowar with a full Orchestra & Choir plus Christopher fucking Lee doing the spoken sections. So so love to see that.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Tinjessla on 26 Apr 2005, 15:18
I'm trying to persuade my friends/boyfriend/sister to come with me to the Isle of Wight Festival but revison and exams are winning the fight.

If that fails, i wouldn't mind going to The Eden Sessions at the Eden Project, but trying to find somewhere to stay in Cornwall for August now is going to be tricky and muchos pricey.

But i am going to the Edinburgh Fringe. Hoorah!
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: devils_daughter on 26 Apr 2005, 15:21
No festivals this year :( went to Reading for the last two years so it'll be wierd not going this time
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: muffy on 26 Apr 2005, 15:21
None.

Skint.

My friend's band's playing Glastonbury though.

Jealous.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: FruitKat on 26 Apr 2005, 15:50
Its actually coming into winter... So no music festival goodness.... Plus I live in a country that's too small to have GOOD music festivals...
Now I feel stink.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: KharBevNor on 27 Apr 2005, 00:10
Might go to the Isle of Wight festival for a day (it's literally a mile down the road) just to see Morrisey and a few others, to say I have if nothing else. All decent festivals either fall on exams or my parents are being bitchy about. Possibly Reading, though I really want to go to Graspop.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: trickster on 27 Apr 2005, 02:55
Glastonbury and T in the Park. With Bright Eyes playing both. <3  

Will I see anyone there?
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: mikemike on 27 Apr 2005, 07:12
I'm off to Reading this year, and maybe Benicassim in Spain too if tickets don't sell out by the time I get confirmation that people can go.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Praeserpium Machinarum on 27 Apr 2005, 07:24
Some day I am going to Roskilde and Hultsfred the same year, but the problem is that is pretty expensive...
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Tinjessla on 27 Apr 2005, 07:33
Quote from: trickster
Glastonbury and T in the Park. With Bright Eyes playing both. <3  



Aw man, take meeeeee!
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Robbo on 27 Apr 2005, 07:38
Going to Reading mikemike? Now I have someone to hunt down and kill...I mean say hello to if they wonder into Reading now.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: LightThievesAll on 27 Apr 2005, 07:55
Ozzfest (lame, but I must see Iron Maiden again)
Sounds of the Underground (also kind of lame, but on the bill are: Clutch, Lamb of God, Opeth, Madball, Strapping Young Lad, Red Chord, Black Dahlia Murder and fucking GWAR)
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Schmung on 27 Apr 2005, 08:35
Reading. Got a job, immediately spent all money on holidays and stuff. Great. Also going to see Maiden in June in France, which should re rraaather awesome.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: dave86 on 27 Apr 2005, 08:50
Oxegen, teh Irish music festival. Some cool folks gonna be there: Prodigy, Green Day (ahh memories), Foo Fighters, James Brown (!!!!). Unfortunately theres a whole pile of those crappy NME bands. Still, theres a good crowd of us heading down there, should be a drinky larf.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: mikemike on 27 Apr 2005, 08:56
Quote from: Robbo
Going to Reading mikemike? Now I have someone to hunt down and kill...I mean say hello to if they wonder into Reading now.


Eh, you can't scare me. When we bought the tickets, I pulled the short straw and have to share a small tent with someone famous for furiously vomiting when drunk. Being killed is the least of my worries!
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: ForteBass on 28 Apr 2005, 15:20
There's a festival coming up on June 18th here in New York that I will be working at. It's called the Big Orange Bonanza. I encourage anyone near the area to come out and show some love. I have a huge ad up in my livejournal. There's also the official B.O.B. website.

Again, I encourage you all to come out if you can.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: devils_daughter on 28 Apr 2005, 15:25
Khar, go to reading, even though the line-up's 90% shit this year, it's worth it just for the atmosphere. I went with my ex for 03 and 04 and I'm really gonna miss it this year
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: alic3sw0nd3rland on 28 Apr 2005, 15:26
Summerfest probably I was actually just talking about it with my friend today.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 28 Apr 2005, 15:34
Bumbershoot!  I was just falsely excited by reading that Built to Spill is opening for the Pixies til I realized that was last year.  Ho Hum.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: blindsuperhero on 28 Apr 2005, 15:37
I love how the Reading line-up actually does get worse every consecutive year.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Johnny C on 28 Apr 2005, 16:21
The Regina Folk Festival. Buck 65 and the Weakerthans will be there.

Buck 65
THE WEAKERTHANS

It's going to be awesome.

P.S. According to the line-up page (http://www.readingfestival.com/displayPage_reading.asp?PageID=445) at Reading's official site, the NME Radio 1 tent doesn't look that bad:

Kasabian
The Tears  
Bloc Party  
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  
Babyshambles
The Futurheads  
Cooper Temple Clause  
The Arcade Fire
LCD Soundsystem  
My Chemical Romance  
Hot Hot Heat  
British Sea Power  
Fightstar  
The Kills  
Willy Mason  
The Subways  
The Others
The Duke Spirit
Maixmo Park

And come on, the Foo Fighters and the Pixies and QOTSA and Kings of Leon are pretty good bands to go see. Uh, and Iron Maiden and NoFX, if you're into them. And maybe Iggy and the Stooges. And uh, oh, who'm I kidding, the rest of the main stage lineup is balls.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Jolouie on 01 May 2005, 17:27
I would like to go to....

Bonnaroo
Coachella
Sounds of the Underground
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: KharBevNor on 01 May 2005, 18:03
Quote from: devils_daughter
Khar, go to reading, even though the line-up's 90% shit this year, it's worth it just for the atmosphere. I went with my ex for 03 and 04 and I'm really gonna miss it this year


Unfortunately, that lines up with the reason I don't have any chance of going to Graspop (no money).

Besides, you really have no idea the fantastically low levels of tolerance I have for music that I don't like. There are literally three bands I like palying Reading, and much as I would love to see Iron Maiden in Concert, I don't want to have to sit through two days of frankly execrable cack in a muddy field whilst all my friends who are going attempt to pursuade me to go see said execrable cack, and I get annoyed, and eventually crack, and scream about how they all suck, so they'd all hate me and then I'd spend the only day I would have marginally enjoyed rocking back and forward in my own tent crying as I imagine Wacken Open Air festival.

ONLY LIVE PERFORMANCE OF BLOODBATH EVER, OMG!!!

...and also the fact I can't afford it.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Radiowar on 01 May 2005, 18:22
I might go to Fuji Rock this year, if not, next year. Either way I'm eventually going to Japan for a huge shopping spree. An extravaganza, if you  will.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: LoveandaMolotovCocktail on 07 May 2005, 10:42
Lollapalooza.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: ASturge on 07 May 2005, 10:58
My friend and I are sneaking into Reading.

We have a plan.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: siatefelici on 07 May 2005, 11:23
Austin City Limits Festival http://www.aclfest.com/festival/default.asp

Coldplay, Wilco, Oasis, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Franz Ferdinand, Spoon, Eisley, Mates of State, The Futureheads, Tegan and Sara... and loads more...

All taking place a week and a half after I move to Wales to go to school

:(
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Sophi on 07 May 2005, 12:19
I'm trying to figure out a way to go to Austin City Limits. My brother lives in Austin, and I have a ton of friends at UT Austin, so I'd at least have somewhere to stay, but it's just a matter of being able to get there, finding someone to go with me, and paying for it.

Stupid sexy Austin City Limits.
Title: Summer Festivals
Post by: Tartar Martyr on 07 May 2005, 12:57
This year's ACL line up makes me sad when compared to last years.  Add in the 100 degree heat and the hordes of people that stake out huge claims of prime real estate for the duration of the show and prevent you from seeing the Pixies at a recognizeable distance without sitting through Dashboard (and the 2 acts that preceded them)... Festivals are not fun, I don't like them.  Too many people, too expensive water, too many crappy bands, and in Texas, too much heat.