[dansk]

Stone Temple Pilots and The Tragically Hip to headline Virgin Festival Calgary
Canada's ultimate summer festival saddles up to take over Calgary!

CALGARY, April 8 /CNW/ - Hey there buckaroos! Virgin Festival, the
biggest rock festival in Canada, is heading west on June 21 and 22, 2008. At a
media event today the excitement kicked off with the announcement of this
year's amazing festival headliners. After traveling around the globe from Sir
Richard Branson's estate in Oxford, England, the news finally dropped that
alternative hard rockers Stone Temple Pilots will headline day one and rock
icons The Tragically Hip will headline day two.

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2008/08/c3447.html

[MonctonGoldenFlames]

Huge disappointment IMO. A Canadian band who comes thru here once every few years and a band that is slapped back together due to the fall of Velvet Revolver. I will not be attending this concert and wish I didn't live within earshot of it.

[crooked rain]

Is Richard Branson going to bring us a time-machine to transport us back to 1994 when STP and the Hip would have been relevant?

Some of the other acts look pretty good though.

[Calgarian]

Huge disappointment IMO. A Canadian band who comes thru here once every few years and a band that is slapped back together due to the fall of Velvet Revolver. I will not be attending this concert and wish I didn't live within earshot of it.

Velvet Revolver broke up because STP were getting back together.

[Kevin_foster]

Circa 1995

Tragically Hip is still relevant however.

[sync]

hey it's concert in calgary - cowboys and cows and flying pigs all round!

:rolleyes:

[frinkprof]

I didn't even know STP was getting back together. Good stuff.

Also, is it just me, or should a press release about a concert state where the concert is actually being held? Feel free to point it out to me if I missed it, but the venue isn't mentioned.

[newfangled]

CALGARY, April 8 /CNW/ - Hey there buckaroos! Virgin Festival, the biggest rock festival in Canada, is heading west on June 21 and 22, 2008...[/url]

Do you people talk like that all the time? :haha:

[Calgarian]

I think Fort Calgary is the venue. Yeah, the lineup is a little dissipointing. I hope they announce some better bands in the coming weeks. I would go to this show if tix weren't $125!

[sync]

Do you people talk like that all the time? :haha:

dude, that's how i answer the phone at work everyday!

[240glt]

125 Bucks ??!! That's insanity even if you are a Hip or STP fan... addd some shitty beer and a t- shirt and you've got a $200 day

[Calgarian]

125 Bucks ??!! That's insanity even if you are a Hip or STP fan... addd some shitty beer and a t- shirt and you've got a $200 day

well, it's $75 for one day and $125 for both.

[Coldrsx]

very disappointing...V fest is usually stellar

[entheosfog]

Ugh. first off, what a horrible press release. Who wrote that?
But for the amount they're hyping it, it sure is disappointing who the headliners are. I'd go to see the Flaming Lips, Stars, New Pornographers and Constantines...that's pretty much it.

[Coldrsx]

thank god oasis is coming to fill my summer concert void

[crooked rain]

Ugh. first off, what a horrible press release. Who wrote that?



One would have to assume it was written by committee at Virgin headquarters. No one local would use the term 'buckaroos'.

[Calgarian]

One would have to assume it was written by committee at Virgin headquarters. No one local would use the term 'buckaroos'.

Yeah, no doubt.

[frinkprof]

I think Fort Calgary is the venue.
I guess that is implied since they held the press event there, but isn't explicitly stated. Certainly left me guessing.

The lineup isn't earth-shattering, but not too bad. Although, if I wanted to hear the Tragically Hip, I'd just turn on the radio and wait 5 minutes.

Doubt I'd be able to get the time off considering I'm also going to Iron Maiden that month.

[wild wild west]

http://virginfestival.ca/calgary/

Sigh. Toronto's site gets some cool graphics with the CN tower fashioned into a guitar and speakers in the skyscrapers, we get a few grazing cows, a flying cow, a chuckwagon, and a cheesy old west sign.

Re: the lineup, nothing particularly exciting other than STP getting back together. Any idea if any additions will be made to the lineup between now and then?

[wild wild west]

The lineup isn't earth-shattering, but not too bad. Although, if I wanted to hear the Tragically Hip, I'd just turn on the radio and wait 5 minutes.


:haha: No doubt!

[drew]

I didn't even know STP was getting back together. Good stuff.


Let's hope they can get across the border... IIRC Scott Weiland has had some issues with that in the past, and as a result STP hasn't played much (if at all?) north of the border...

[Innersoul1]

WOW! I was really excited about this but now not so much....I was really hoping for some bigger headliners!

[dansk]

It is the first year of this event. Personally I think the line up isn't that bad.

[Calgarian]

Re: the lineup, nothing particularly exciting other than STP getting back together. Any idea if any additions will be made to the lineup between now and then?

The press release says "Stay tuned as more stellar A-list stars and local up-and-coming acts will be added to the lineup as the spring starts to bloom"
So yes, and hopefully they are more International bands, not the likes of Raine Maida or The Guess Who. Personally I would love to see Rage play V-Fest Calgary.

[entheosfog]

thank god oasis is coming to fill my summer concert void

...and thank god I already got my tickets!!

[Beltliner]

Get Ruslana to the show, and I might turn up. Failing that, some effort to resuscitate Andres Segovia might be nice.... ;)

[Ayreonaut]

The press release says "Stay tuned as more stellar A-list stars and local up-and-coming acts will be added to the lineup as the spring starts to bloom"
So yes, and hopefully they are more International bands, not the likes of Raine Maida or The Guess Who. Personally I would love to see Rage play V-Fest Calgary.

Rage? As in Unity and Speak of the Dead? I'd pay $125 just for them, doubt they'd come though.

[Calgarian]

Rage? As in Unity and Speak of the Dead? I'd pay $125 just for them, doubt they'd come though.

Ummmm, no. Rage Against the Machine. :righton:

[Ayreonaut]

Oh, my favorite band is called Rage, but they're from Germany/Russia.

[Calgarian]

I doubt Rage Against the Machine would come here either. Audioslave did though, so who knows.

[frinkprof]

Ummmm, no. Rage Against the Machine. :righton:
Saw Audioslave a couple years ago. At the time, I thought that's as close as I'd ever come.

[Innersoul1]

I would love to see the Arcade Fire!

Something nutty like Daft Punk would be dope also!

[Calgarian]

I would love to see the Arcade Fire!

Something nutty like Daft Punk would be dope also!

Arcade Fire and Daft Punk would be pretty sweet! Chemical Brothers would be pretty good too. Maybe throw in a little Green Day for good measure.

[240glt]

Arcade Fire and Daft Punk would be pretty sweet!

Add Metric and MSTRKRFT and I would be there no question

[Innersoul1]

Arcade Fire and Daft Punk would be pretty sweet! Chemical Brothers would be pretty good too. Maybe throw in a little Green Day for good measure.

I passed up the opportunity to see Daft Punk last year and I am SOOOOO choked! Certainly one of the shows of 2007!

Arcade Fire was on fire last year...their performances at Coachella, Reading, Glastonbury were nothing short of amazing!

[Calgarian]

I passed up the opportunity to see Daft Punk last year and I am SOOOOO choked! Certainly one of the shows of 2007!

Arcade Fire was on fire last year...their performances at Coachella, Reading, Glastonbury were nothing short of amazing!

Yeah, they are kicking ass and taking names.

[Innersoul1]

Yeah Dude!

This is the DP show that I missed:
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Credit to: Strategeryz0r

This is the Arcade Fire on Fire! Probably one of my fave Youtube videos of last year as it really captures the energy of the live show!
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Credit: arcadefirestarter

[MichaelS]

125 Bucks ??!! That's insanity even if you are a Hip or STP fan... addd some shitty beer and a t- shirt and you've got a $200 day

Actually it is 125 Buckaroos ;)

[Calgarian]

Actually it is 125 Buckaroos ;)

:haha: :haha:

[Champion3]

Personally I would love to see Rage play V-Fest Calgary.
Hell yeah! :rock: :awesome: :thrasher: :slob:

[Innersoul1]

Let me throw some names out there that I think would be good at a festival such as this:

Death Cab for Cutie
M.I.A.
Jack Johnson
Radiohead
The Bravery

Anyone care to add to the list?

[Geofferson]

I am disappointed with the artists at the festivals this year, both v-fest and sled island. I will probably end up going to the flaming lips, but 75 bucks for that seems stupid.
Hopefully the folk fest attracts some great acts this year.

[Calgarian]

Let me throw some names out there that I think would be good at a festival such as this:

Death Cab for Cutie
M.I.A.
Jack Johnson
Radiohead
The Bravery

Anyone care to add to the list?

Metallica?

[Geofferson]

Radiohead

I would LOVE to see radiohead live

How about Wilco?

[Wooster]

The line up is good, except for the headliners!

[Wooster]

I would LOVE to see radiohead live


I second Radiohead. I saw them at Madison Square Garden on their last tour. Best show I've ever seen. It was unbelievably awesome.

[Rusty van Reddick]

Is Richard Branson going to bring us a time-machine to transport us back to 1994 when STP and the Hip would have been relevant?.

Stone Temple Pilots, they're elegant bachelors, they're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?

Actually that line makes me depressed that we're not getting Stephen Malkmus...

But hey, FLAMING LIPS!!!

[jeffwhit]

I saw Arcade Fire in Saskatoon on the last tour, it was just as good as you'd expect, plus 10.
I also saw Broken Social Scene there, at Amigo's, which is a relatively small mexican resto by day, music venue by night. The band (all 12 of them or whatever) had to come on stage one at a time, set up their equiptment, and stand there while the next person came on and set up, becasue of lack of back-stage and square-footage on stage. Great show.

Best show I've seen over all was Feist and BSS at the Folk Fest 2 years ago. I know Furry was there too.

I have a couple friends in Islands they are heading to town this summer, along with Wolf Parade, possibly on the same bill.

[jeffwhit]

Stone Temple Pilots, they're elegant bachelors, they're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?

Actually that line makes me depressed that we're not getting Stephen Malkmus...

But hey, FLAMING LIPS!!!

Pavement might yet reunitie for Lalapalooza, which inspired that song. By the way, the Smashing Pumkins are also not playing here, which fine by me because they don't have no function; I don't understand what they mean and I could really give a fuck.

[Innersoul1]

The line up is good, except for the headliners!

That sums it up perfectly!

[Calgarian]

Pavement might yet reunitie for Lalapalooza, which inspired that song. By the way, the Smashing Pumkins are also not playing here, which fine by me because they don't have no function; I don't understand what they mean and I could really give a fuck.

I saw the Pumpkins in Saskatoon (Along with Foo Fighters, Sum 41 and Our lady Peace) in 2001 (Summersault Tour), and they were awesome! They don't play any of their old stuff now do they?

[Bigtime]

Actually it is 125 Buckaroos ;)

To paraphrase Captain Ramius from 'The Hunt for Red October':

"The real trick is the American navy. We get the right guy and this could work. We get some...buckaroo?" :haha:

[Rusty van Reddick]

dreamin' dream dream dream dream dream dream....

Jeff, that BSS/Feist show was as close to religious ecstasy and I have ever come- the only experience that matched the BSS second encore was when I was at a Talking Heads show in college (this was the tour that was filmed for Stop Making Sense), when Tom Tom Club took over and did Genius of Love. Time stood still.

[Geofferson]

I have a couple friends in Islands they are heading to town this summer, along with Wolf Parade, possibly on the same bill.

:)


Is anyone going to destroyer in may?

[Innersoul1]

Feist pre-sale went online today for her October show at the Dome

[DizzyEdge]

First of all, they should fire their web designer and press release writer.... buckaroos? rickety wagon and a flying cow? "Hey lets insult a city's intelligence then hope they rush to pay us $125".... lame
Tool, Radiohead, RATM, then I'm there ;)

[Ayreonaut]

Most bands I want to see never come to Canada outside Quebec.

Edguy
Nightwish (They are actually coming)
Gotthard
Porcupine Tree

A Star One show would make my LIFE.

It's not a band but a project by Arjen Lucassen, the genius behind Ayreon, and my username.
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[jeffwhit]

dreamin' dream dream dream dream dream dream....

Jeff, that BSS/Feist show was as close to religious ecstasy and I have ever come- the only experience that matched the BSS second encore was when I was at a Talking Heads show in college (this was the tour that was filmed for Stop Making Sense), when Tom Tom Club took over and did Genius of Love. Time stood still.

Well, Wolf Parade opened for Arcade Fire when I saw them in Sask. By the time AF got around to touring Canada I was far more excted about Wolf Parade than the headliner, this was maybe 3 or 4 days after Apologies came out, which has been my favourite, favourite album, period, since the day I first heard it.

[Calgarian]

First of all, they should fire their web designer and press release writer.... buckaroos? rickety wagon and a flying cow? "Hey lets insult a city's intelligence then hope they rush to pay us $125".... lame
Tool, Radiohead, RATM, then I'm there ;)

Yeah, Tool would be awesome.

[wild wild west]

First of all, they should fire their web designer and press release writer.... buckaroos? rickety wagon and a flying cow? "Hey lets insult a city's intelligence then hope they rush to pay us $125".... lame
Tool, Radiohead, RATM, then I'm there ;)

I agree on all counts. Particularly about the web design and press release. Obviously the people involved in organizing this thing have no connection to or understanding of our city. Fuckin' insulting.

[DizzyEdge]

I agree on all counts. Particularly about the web design and press release. Obviously the people involved in organizing this thing have no connection to or understanding of our city. Fuckin' insulting.

We need to get a herald reporter writing an article ;)

[freeweed]

Let me throw some names out there that I think would be good at a festival such as this:

Death Cab for Cutie
M.I.A.
Jack Johnson
Radiohead
The Bravery

Anyone care to add to the list?

I'd toss on Sam Roberts, just to up the Cancon if nothing else. Also someone semi-obscure-but-still-with-radio-hits like Switchfoot. Maybe Evermore, but no one I know's heard of them (all the better to really shake up a lineup). Now for the real reason I posted:

That website is just about the most insulting thing I've ever seen. If Branson does a festival in San Francisco, does the website have pictures of 2 men humping on it? If NYC, is it a bunch of fat hairy Italians screaming out the windows of their brownstones? If Winnipeg, is it a frost-covered mosquito?

Seriously, it is not possible to be more stereotypical, derogatory, and insulting to Calgary. Anyone who goes to that show should be ashamed.

Yes, I think it's THAT FUCKING BAD. :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell:

[Calgarian]

What do we expect? this is the image we portray to the world, we advertise ourselves as the stereotypical west. Calgary should be honored to have the V-fest here.

[Rusty van Reddick]

I have a very thin skin about the cowboy thing but really don't mind virgin's site for this- it is at "fort calgary" after all and seems a bit affectionate tongue in cheek.

[The Kid]

Boy, a few of you Buckaroos seem really pissed tonight.;)

[DizzyEdge]

Boy, a few of you Buckaroos seem really pissed tonight.;)

You're gonna get pushed off the Glue Stick tower :hell:

[crooked rain]

Stone Temple Pilots, they're elegant bachelors, they're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?

Actually that line makes me depressed that we're not getting Stephen Malkmus...

But hey, FLAMING LIPS!!!

I always liked that line from 'Range Life' since STP never really appealled to me.

I am going to see Malkmus this summer at Sasquatch in Washington. As much as Pavement is my favourite band (as my user name would suggest), I'd even argue that his music is irrelevant now - certainly his last couple of solo works have been mediocre.

The Flaming Lips should be a good show and, probably, worth the price of admission.

[crooked rain]

I would LOVE to see radiohead live

How about Wilco?

Saw Wilco last summer at the Jubilee Auditorium. That was one of the best concerts I have ever seen. They are fantastic musicians!

I believe they still stream the Edmonton show from that tour on their website.

[GoflamesGo]

NIN would be sweet, i also agree that Radiohead would be an unbelivable concert.

[artvandelay]

I pretty much agree with the sentiment about the headliners, but the rest of the talent is pretty solid. I'm tempted to buy tickets to see Matt Good, Stars, New Pornographers and (Alberta's best band) Corb Lund. Hopefully Metric gets added to the Schedule.
Something nutty like Daft Punk would be dope also!
A Daft punk show would be outstanding! My friend saw them with Kanye West in Australia and said it was the best show he's ever seen. MIA woould be good too, but she is playing at Mac Hall next month, so I doubt she would come back for V-fest.

I thought the web design was pretty cool, considering that when Branson was here to announce it he was driving a chuckwagon. They probably just chose a western theme for the first V-fest in Cowtown.

[davee930]

Radiohead
Tool
SOAD
Those would be my picks, would that ever be amazing.

I don't think the website is bad, it is at Fort Calgary and I'm sure lots of people believe we're proud of our western heritage.

[jeremy_haak]

Man, you Calgarians are awfully sensative. The Calgary Stampede is one of the defining events of the city. I don't see what's bad about that, or the Virgin Music Festival capitalizing on that.

If you guys could organize a festival with Radiohead, Daft Punk, Feist, Arcade Fire, Metric, Death Cab for Cutie, MSTRKRFT, Constantines, The New Pornographers, and Chemical Brothers (amongst others mentioned here), I'd be in Calgary in an instant. In the meantime, the line up looks pretty decent, though I agree that the headliners aren't spectacular.

[Champion3]

I second Radiohead. I saw them at Madison Square Garden on their last tour. Best show I've ever seen. It was unbelievably awesome.
Oh yeah. Radiohead definitely needs to come back. I've heard that they hold their last Calgary show in high regard, so I'm surprised that they haven't returned since they toured for OK Computer.

[freeweed]

Man, you Calgarians are awfully sensative. The Calgary Stampede is one of the defining events of the city. I don't see what's bad about that, or the Virgin Music Festival capitalizing on that.

Except that this music festival has zero connection to the Stampede, unless I'm really missing something.

If they host it in Montreal, do they advertise it with pictures of the Bonhomme and bowls of poutine? If they host it in Halifax, do they show explosions, pictures of the Titanic, and lobsters everywhere?

I'm surprised some people can't tell fairly insulting caricature when they see it. I guess it's OK because it's Calgary. :shrug:

Ah well, I'll just strap on my ten-gallon and go rustle me up some heifers.

[tarapoto]

shit, Ten Second Epic is playing, that's awesome. Last time I saw them play was at the tiny Parkhill Community Centre just off McLeod

[davee930]

At least we have a cool stereotype. (Not as rednecks but as a western cowboy city)

[artvandelay]

^ Sure beats Nebraska.

[SpongeG]

Although, if I wanted to hear the Tragically Hip, I'd just turn on the radio and wait 5 minutes.
:haha: :haha: :haha: :tup:

[SpongeG]

Except that this music festival has zero connection to the Stampede, unless I'm really missing something.

If they host it in Montreal, do they advertise it with pictures of the Bonhomme and bowls of poutine? If they host it in Halifax, do they show explosions, pictures of the Titanic, and lobsters everywhere?

I'm surprised some people can't tell fairly insulting caricature when they see it. I guess it's OK because it's Calgary. :shrug:

Ah well, I'll just strap on my ten-gallon and go rustle me up some heifers.

calgary viewed by outsiders is all about cowboys and horses and oil

nothing wrong with capitalizing on it

[entheosfog]

I saw the Pumpkins in Saskatoon (Along with Foo Fighters, Sum 41 and Our lady Peace) in 2001 (Summersault Tour), and they were awesome! They don't play any of their old stuff now do they?

Ha! I was at that same show! I walked out on the Smashing Pumpkins. They were bore-ring. Catherine Wheel was the best band there that day ;)

[entheosfog]

They should try and "lasso" Flight of the Conchords...I'd be there in a second!

[DizzyEdge]

re pumpkins - so DO they play any of there old stuff?

[shogged]

looking at the artists and formats of vancouvers and especially torontos shows of the past two years, It kinda feels like we're getting the short end of the stick.

[sync]

looking at the artists and formats of vancouvers and especially torontos shows of the past two years, It kinda feels like we're getting the short end of the stick.

oasis might have played it except they are already playing in alberta this summer.

and LOL@ "strap on my ten gallon".

[freeweed]

Fans cheated by over-played Virgin Fest lineup (http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/04/09/5234801-sun.html)
UPDATED: 2008-04-09 03:54:38 MST


By MICHAEL PLATT

Calgary Virgin Fest offers pure talent

Isn't "Virgin" supposed to mean something that hasn't been done before?

If you're like many music fans in Calgary today, you're probably feeling disappointed -- and maybe a little cheated -- to see the been-there, done-that lineup of Calgary's first Virgin Festival.

The Tragically Hip and Stone Temple Pilots: Two huge bands in the days of cassette tapes, grunge and Seinfeld, and now the headlining acts at Virgin Festival Calgary.

To quote the razor wit of one Facebook wag: "Stone Temple Pilots and The Tragically Hip ... wow, it's gonna be the hottest festival of 1998."

If you're the type whose musical tastebuds tingle to Tom Jones or The Wiggles -- both with upcoming Calgary shows -- then it probably doesn't matter who plays Virgin Festival Calgary or even if there is a Virgin Fest on June 21 and 22.


But for the rest of us, the announcement by billionaire Brit Richard Branson was a promise of musical greatness to come.

Virgin Festivals have been held since 2006 in North American cities such as Toronto, Vancouver and Baltimore, attracting acts so big as to make fans jelly-kneed with joy.

The Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, The Killers, Gnarls Barkley, Bjork, Arctic Monkeys, The Police, Beastie Boys, Modest Mouse, Amy Winehouse, Billy Talent and My Chemical Romance are all acts that have headlined past V-Fests.

When the flamboyant Branson rode in on a chuckwagon to make his Calgary concert announcement last October, music fans in this city were a-flutter with anticipation.

Who would play Branson's festival, the first major music event ever held at Fort Calgary?

Giddy rumours flew; Facebook groups started.

Radiohead, Linkin Park, The Racontuers, Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, Jay-Z, Muse, REM, Brian Wilson -- fans dreamed of the kinds of acts that might play Calgary.

And then they waited.

It was a long wait, too, but it seemed like it might be worth it -- especially when Oasis, Paul Weller and the Foo Fighters were announced as Toronto's headliners, and Nine Inch Nails, Jack Johnson and Kayne West were named as the big acts in Baltimore.

And then, yesterday morning, the wheels fell off the chuckwagon.

The Tragically Hip, a band that's played Calgary more often than the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Stone Temple Pilots, a group that's also been here many times before, will headline.

It's not that they're bad or unpopular bands -- the Hip attracted 10,000 fans to the Saddledome last year -- but the Hip and STP simply aren't worthy of headlining a Virgin Festival.

Put the two together and it would make for a decent Saddledome show -- but a Virgin Festival?

As another Facebook fan said: "What a massive letdown after all the waiting..."

The festival saves some face with its B-list bands, including legendary live act The Flaming Lips, but again, artists such as the New Pornographers and Matthew Good pass through Calgary every few months.

Local music pundits are greeting the lineup with a bemused shake of the head, wondering why Calgary is drawing the same old, when other Virgin Festival fans are treated to the very best.

"For an event as big as this one, it's a bit disappointing," says Brad Simm, editor-in-chief of BeatRoute, a local music scene magazine.

"They're both good, solid bands, but they don't have the kind of pizzazz that normally comes w ith a concert of this size."

But Chris Baines, a spokesman for Virgin Mobile Canada, begs to differ, saying the Hip and the Stone Temple Pilots are exactly the kind of bands Calgarians were asking for -- even though the Sun can find no mention of either band in the wish-lists of online fans.

"We asked Calgarians what they wanted to see at the festival and they answered through e-mails, letters and chat groups, like Facebook," said Baines. "Of course, there are lots of other bands we'd like to see, and you never know who might be popping up over the next few weeks -- but if you ask us, we believe it's a killer lineup.

"For the first Virgin Festival Calgary ever, it's a rocking lineup."

If that's the case, why are so many Calgary music fans feeling screwed?

[The Kid]

^^Sums it up nicely. Calgary got screwed.

[Bigtime]

^^Sums it up nicely. Calgary got screwed.

Will this go down in history as "The Calgary Screwjob"? As epic in scope as the classic "Montreal Screwjob" involving none other than Calgary's own Brett Hart?

Coincidence? I think not! :cool:

I'm not the biggest audiophile but even I am a little let down by the headliners, the only way Branson and Virgin can redeem themselves in my eyes is to announce that Virgin will start serving YYC! :yes:

[Calgarian]

I wouldn't saw we got screwed, it is a little dissipointing for sure, but it will still be a pretty good show. The only thing i'm not sure about is the price tag.

[240glt]

This will evolve to be a yearly thing right ? Maybe next years' lineup will be a little more stellar

[Calgarian]

This will evolve to be a yearly thing right ? Maybe next years' lineup will be a little more stellar

Hopefully. If this years lineup doesn't get any better, there won't be that many people there, so they might not come back next year.

[Innersoul1]

Virgin Fest=Sloppy Seconds! LOL

[Bigtime]

Virgin Fest=Sloppy Seconds! LOL

But the name implies the opposite! Who would have thunk it?

[240glt]

That Branson guy always seemed a bit on the strange side

His reality show was creepy

[IntotheWest]

I do believe that the biggest names mentioned in the article - and the biggest names period - have only played the Baltimore show anyway (the Police, Winehouse, Beastie Boys, RHCP, etc). The lack of Oasis, as already mentioned, is likely because of an already sched stop...and wasn't Foo Fighters (the other big name on TO's list) here already just recently? Or did they skip Calgary??

Anyways, $125 seems cheap by today's standards, so doesn't look that bad really - even if most of the bands have played here before.

[Innersoul1]

I do believe that the biggest names mentioned in the article - and the biggest names period - have only played the Baltimore show anyway (the Police, Winehouse, Beastie Boys, RHCP, etc). The lack of Oasis, as already mentioned, is likely because of an already sched stop...and wasn't Foo Fighters (the other big name on TO's list) here already just recently? Or did they skip Calgary??

Anyways, $125 seems cheap by today's standards, so doesn't look that bad really - even if most of the bands have played here before.

I do agree with you, I think that the "B" and "C" list talent is awesome. That is what V-Fest is known for. I just think that to buid up the hype for such a show you really need a big headliner or two!

[Calgarian]

I do agree with you, I think that the "B" and "C" list talent is awesome. That is what V-Fest is known for. I just think that to buid up the hype for such a show you really need a big headliner or two!

STP is a pretty big headliner, the Hip not so much.

[DizzyEdge]

I do believe that the biggest names mentioned in the article - and the biggest names period - have only played the Baltimore show anyway (the Police, Winehouse, Beastie Boys, RHCP, etc). The lack of Oasis, as already mentioned, is likely because of an already sched stop...and wasn't Foo Fighters (the other big name on TO's list) here already just recently? Or did they skip Calgary??

Anyways, $125 seems cheap by today's standards, so doesn't look that bad really - even if most of the bands have played here before.

The Foo Fighters were just in Edmonton the past couple weeks.

[Calgarian]

The Foo Fighters were just in Edmonton the past couple weeks.

That was a week and a half ago.

[Jay in Cowtown]

STP is a pretty big headliner, the Hip not so much.


/\Agreed

If it were STP & Foo Fighters, I'd go!

[Innersoul1]

STP is a pretty big headliner, the Hip not so much.

Yeah STP is pretty big! I am a total fan, but they just don't do it for me as far as a 2008 headliner goes. Add the Foos and I am there in a second!