Summer Music Festival Time!
Summer Music Festival time is right around the corner! OK, I know that sounds absurd if it's right around freezing outside as you read this, but now is the time to start planning. Lineups have been at least partially announced for a lot of the big festivals already.
If you're not there right now, then you already missed a lot of SXSW, the South By Southwest festival. But the music doesn't start until March 14th, and goes to March 18th. Check out their lineup. This year, DirecTV will be broadcasting some of the shows live on channel 101.
Coachella is bigger and better this year. They have added another day to the festival, headlined this year by Rage Against the Machine on Sunday April 29th, Red Hot Chili Peppers on Saturday April 28th, and Bjork on Friday April 27th. Other notable bands: Interpol, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, Peeping Tom, Blonde Redhead, !!!, Happy Mondays, The Lemonheads and lots of others. See the full lineup. Tickets cost $85 for single day passes. Three day passes have already sold out, but I'm sure you can still find some. The festival is held in Indio, California, which means traveling and staying there will be expensive.
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festivalis four days long this year, June 14-17, and is held in Manchester, Tennessee. The Police are headlining. Other highlights include: Tool, The Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady and Mute Math, among many others. The whole lineup is here. Ticket pricing is a little weird. As in years past, the first tickets are cheaper, at $184.50US, and will eventually rise to $214.50. For more ticket info look here. They have some good travel information on the site too, including details about their airport shuttle.
The annual traveling one-day Warped Tour comes back for more hot, sweaty, dirty punk rock fun. The schedule is already up, but the lineup is still coming together. Confirmed bands include: Agent Orange, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, Coheed and Cambria, Flogging Molly, Pennywise and The Vandals. Lots more to come, as well. Not all of the bands play the whole tour, so pay attention on the Bands page to make sure you will get to see your favorites. Otherwise, travel.
Perry Farrell's Lollapalooza has managed to get something together for at least one more year. The festival no longer tours and will be held in Chicago, August 3-5. The lineup is amazing. It includes Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Violent Femmes, Sleater-Kinney, Built to Spill, Eels, Cursive, Nada Surf, Jeremy Enigk (formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate and Rainer Maria. Amazing. That's just a few of them. Their website is (annoying and cluttered) Flash, so no direct links. Tickets go on sale in April. This would be worth the trip.
Obviously I skipped some major festivals outside the States here. Check back, I will fix it when I have more time.
If you're not there right now, then you already missed a lot of SXSW, the South By Southwest festival. But the music doesn't start until March 14th, and goes to March 18th. Check out their lineup. This year, DirecTV will be broadcasting some of the shows live on channel 101.
Coachella is bigger and better this year. They have added another day to the festival, headlined this year by Rage Against the Machine on Sunday April 29th, Red Hot Chili Peppers on Saturday April 28th, and Bjork on Friday April 27th. Other notable bands: Interpol, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, Peeping Tom, Blonde Redhead, !!!, Happy Mondays, The Lemonheads and lots of others. See the full lineup. Tickets cost $85 for single day passes. Three day passes have already sold out, but I'm sure you can still find some. The festival is held in Indio, California, which means traveling and staying there will be expensive.
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festivalis four days long this year, June 14-17, and is held in Manchester, Tennessee. The Police are headlining. Other highlights include: Tool, The Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady and Mute Math, among many others. The whole lineup is here. Ticket pricing is a little weird. As in years past, the first tickets are cheaper, at $184.50US, and will eventually rise to $214.50. For more ticket info look here. They have some good travel information on the site too, including details about their airport shuttle.
The annual traveling one-day Warped Tour comes back for more hot, sweaty, dirty punk rock fun. The schedule is already up, but the lineup is still coming together. Confirmed bands include: Agent Orange, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, Coheed and Cambria, Flogging Molly, Pennywise and The Vandals. Lots more to come, as well. Not all of the bands play the whole tour, so pay attention on the Bands page to make sure you will get to see your favorites. Otherwise, travel.
Perry Farrell's Lollapalooza has managed to get something together for at least one more year. The festival no longer tours and will be held in Chicago, August 3-5. The lineup is amazing. It includes Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Violent Femmes, Sleater-Kinney, Built to Spill, Eels, Cursive, Nada Surf, Jeremy Enigk (formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate and Rainer Maria. Amazing. That's just a few of them. Their website is (annoying and cluttered) Flash, so no direct links. Tickets go on sale in April. This would be worth the trip.
Obviously I skipped some major festivals outside the States here. Check back, I will fix it when I have more time.
Labels: Hardcore, Hardcore Music, Indie, Music, Shows, Travel
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