Music Festivals

[troutman]

[troutman]

http://www.mergerecords.com/artists

[Baaarrden]

July weekend of Sasquatch is cancelled.

http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/blo...weekend-is-can

I'm pretty stoked about it because I bought passes to both weekends in the early bird sale. After seeing the lineups I was trying to sell my July ticket and was getting worried I was going to take a huge loss on it, but now they're fully refunding the July weekend.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Baaarrden

July weekend of Sasquatch is cancelled.

http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/blo...weekend-is-can

I'm pretty stoked about it because I bought passes to both weekends in the early bird sale. After seeing the lineups I was trying to sell my July ticket and was getting worried I was going to take a huge loss on it, but now they're fully refunding the July weekend.

I thought it was pretty cool of them to just be very open and honest about the cancellation right on the front page of the website. Many concert/festival cancellations come with secrecy, little notice and very cryptic, if not non existent comments.

“The Sasquatch! community has spoken. They continue to support the traditional Memorial Day Weekend event with great enthusiasm. Unfortunately, the second weekend was not embraced. We felt it was better to cancel the new event now and give everyone time to make alternative plans for the Fourth of July weekend. Going forward, Sasquatch! Music Festival will be at the Gorge Amphitheatre on the weekend the fans want: Memorial Day Weekend only

I guess it wold probably be different if fans were cold to the entire festival as opposed to an extra weekend they added for the first time, as it allows them to say "Hey, thanks for still supporting the main event, we've heard you on the second weekend", as opposed to "Hey fans, we've heard your complaints about the entire festival and are shutting down everything, thanks for the lack of support!!!".

[troutman]

[East Coast Flame]

Yeah, pretty choked about the July Sasquatch cancellation. I only had tickets to that one. I can't even imagine how bad ticket sales must have been. That place can only hold like 25-30 thousand.

Managed to figure things out and got a May ticket yesterday, should be sweet!

[East Coast Flame]

Lollapalooza put out a teaser poster. If you squint real hard you might be able to see the names. Apparently the headliners are: Eminem - Outkast - KOL - Arctic Monkeys - Skrillex - Calvin Harris.

If so......yikes

[username]

Originally Posted by East Coast Flame

Lollapalooza put out a teaser poster. If you squint real hard you might be able to see the names. Apparently the headliners are: Eminem - Outkast - KOL - Arctic Monkeys - Skrillex - Calvin Harris.

Just rename it to Recyclepalooza

Apart from outkast who are playing everywhere this summer those headliners have all played Lolla in the last few years.

[East Coast Flame]

Wow, that's bad. What a mess.

[East Coast Flame]

It's actually....not bad? I mean compared to Limp Bizkit headlining a few years back!

[troutman]

Ottawa

The full list of confirmed acts is as follows:

Lady Gaga, The Killers, Blake Shelton, Queens of the Stone Age, Lady Antebellum, Journey, Snoop Dogg, Zedd, The Band Perry, R.L. Grime, Tegan and Sara, AWOLNATION, Phantogram, Barenaked Ladies, Young the Giant, Third Eye Blind, Gary Clark Jr., Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Blondie, Tyler, the Creator, Jake Bugg, St. Vincent, Childish Gambino, Bonobo, Foreigner, John Mayall, Gareth Emery, STYX, Jeff Tweedy, Darius Rucker, Sly & Robbie, Drive By Truckers, Dr. Hook feat. Ray Sawyer, Danny Brown, July Talk, Cypress Hill, Collective Soul, Violent Femmes, Brett Dennen, Moist, Mac DeMarco, Adventure Club, Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird, Deltron 3030, JJ Grey & Mofro, Gogol Bordello, Shovels & Rope, Vintage Trouble, Procol Harum with the NAC Symphony Orchestra, The Mavericks, Lord Huron, Sam Roberts Band, Black Joe Lewis, Lucius, Pink Mountaintops, Tokyo Police Club, Royal Canoe, Ryan Hemsworth, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Matt Andersen, Deer Tick, Action Bronson, Charli XcX, Bombino, Langhorne Slim, USS, Pokey Lafarge, Honey Island Swamp Band, Shantel, BADBADNOTGOOD, Dave Mason's Traffic Jam, Young Rival, Elvin Bishop, Tim Hicks, Paul Cebar, The Claudettes, Don Felder, The Iguanas, Little Freddie King, Long Shen Dao, Thornetta Davis, Long Tall Deb, Billy Gibson, Sam Hunt, Harper and Midwest Kind, Johnny Iguana, The Texas Horns, Joe Louis Walker, Shane Dwight, Selwyn Birchwood, John Németh & The Bo-Keys featuring Percy Wiggins, AJ Ghent Band, The London Souls, Noah Gundersen, David Nail, Paper Kites, David Maxwell, Darrell Nulisch, Johnny Nicholas, Goddo, John Power, Tift Merritt, No BS! Brass Band, Jacques Greene, Yung Lean.

[troutman]

SW of London

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by troutman

The full list of confirmed acts is as follows:

Lady Gaga, The Killers, Blake Shelton, Queens of the Stone Age, Lady Antebellum, Journey, Snoop Dogg,

Boy look at all those "Blues" based headliners! In all seriousness they really need to change the name of the festival now that it keeps getting bigger (and obviously less bluesy)

[iLoveLamp]

Hey look at that, Yung Lean finally turned 18. Hope he comes here

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by East Coast Flame

It's actually....not bad? I mean compared to Limp Bizkit headlining a few years back!

Weird, I was going to call you out and say it was last year that Limp Bizkit was there, then I found this page with all their past festivals posters and couldn't find them anywhere. Weird.

http://boonstock.ca/lineup-schedule/past-lineups/

On top of that, wasn't it always in Gibbons, Alberta? Is this the first year they're having it in Penticton, BC?

[flamesrule14]

Limp Bizkit was supposed to be last year, but for some reason they ended up cancelling. And yes this is the first year in Pentiction. The town of Gibbons kicked them out back in the summer.

[FlamesAddiction]

Not sure if posted, but if anyone is in Europe this summer. I am going to be in Zagreb a couple of weeks too late, but am half tempted see about re-scheduling my trip to make it:

http://www.inmusicfestival.com/en

[king_amonte]

Originally Posted by flamesrule14

Limp Bizkit was supposed to be last year, but for some reason they ended up cancelling. And yes this is the first year in Pentiction. The town of Gibbons kicked them out back in the summer.

I actually met Fred Durst in Vegas last summer and when I told him I was from Alberta he mentioned Boonstock, said the promoters were the worst they have ever dealt with and they announced them and put them on the poster without confirming anything, he also said the have a reputation of announcing artists without confirming them. Surprisingly was a really nice guy! About the move I heard it was because the owners of the property were sick of the litter and mess in Gibbons and also I believe the last couple years the amount of arrests and such have really gone up! I'm sure they won't have issues this years holding it right by a lake.....nothing could go wrong there!

[flames_fan_down_under]

Pemberton line up has to be released soon! It must be!

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by troutman

I saw Half Moon Run in Gatineau a few weeks ago and it was pretty great. Just a fantastic live band. If you're ever at a festival and you have to choose between stages and aren't sure, definitely check them out.