The SECOND BEST festival??

[Michelle]

I know we all agree that Coachella is the best festival there is and one of the greatest parts of our lives. I am always sooo devasted every year when Coachella ends and am always looking for other festivals to tide me over until it is April again.

I went to Lollapalooza last year, and though it was fun, it was totally lacking the vibe that you get a Coachella. It was a rowdy crowd as opposed to the friendly, music-loving crowd at Coachella.

Just wanting some suggestions on other good festivals throughout the year? ACL, etc?? I'm interested to hear reviews.

[kreutz2112]

even though its not considered a "festival" SXSW is fucking awesome!

[xbnmx]

The advantage of festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo over festivals like Lollapolooza and Street Scene Is that they're held in the middle of no where. This means attending entails camping for most and a multi-hour drive for everyone with only a few anomolies being able to return to the comfort fo their own homes. This also means most people will be attending for the duration of the festival due to logistics, thus weeding out the more common folk. When a festival is centrally located in amajor city all kinds of yahoos come out to play.

[paulb]

Ive only been to Sasquatch Festival, which seemed pretty awesome to me... Not as much choice as Coachella sounds like... its fairly straight forward. I will be hitting up Coachella, Sasquatch and Hurricane Festival this year...so ill have more input later...hehe

[suprefan]

Everything in Europe that Coachella modeled itself after is usually solid. So if you ever go overseas during the summer you might want to look into these festivals. I will provide line ups also and what country they take place in.


Glastonbury(England)
Adjagas
Amy Winehouse
Annuals
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
Beirut
Billy Bragg
Bjork
Bloc Party
Bright Eyes
Chas N Dave
Chemical Brothers
Chumbawamba
Corinne Bailey Rae
John Fogerty
CSS
Cud
Damian Marley
Damien Rice
Dirty Pretty Things
Dr Meaker (unsigned bands contest: Dance winner)
Editors
Enter Shirkari
Fatboy Slim
Feluka (unsigned bands contest: Jazz World winner)
Fionn Regan
Ghost Cat
Glastonbury Town Band
Hot Chip
Jamie T
Joss Stone
Kasabian
Kaiser Chiefs
Klaxons
Kubichek!
Larrikin Love
Lily Allen
Liz Green (unsigned bands contest: Acoustic Stage and overall winner)
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
Mark Lanegan
Mika
Paul Weller
Pete Doherty (solo)
Seth Lakeman
Shirley Bassey
Smokey Robinson
Steve Earle
Super Furry Animals
The Earlies
The Epstein (unsigned bands contest: Acoustic Stage runner up)
The Good, The Bad And The Queen
The Grim Northern Social (unsigned bands contest: John Peel Stage winner)
The Fratellis
The Killers
The Kooks
The New Pornographers
The Rakes
The Rumble Strips
The Stooges
The Twang
The View
The Waterboys
The Who
The Wurzels
The Young Knives
Three Daft Monkeys
Tunng




Reading/Leeds(England)



T In The Park(Scotland)

Arctic Monkeys
Bloc Party
The Coral
Lily Allen
The Killers
Razorlight
Arcade Fire
James
James Morrison
Snow Patrol
Scissor Sisters
Kings of Leon
The Fratellis
Paolo Nutini
Goo Goo Dolls
The Kooks
My Chemical Romance
Amy Winehouse
Babyshambles
CSS
Little Man Tate
Gogol Bordello
Dogs
Kasabian
Interpol
Maximo Park
Mika
The Gossip
The Pigeon Detectives
The View
Klaxons
Jamie T
Queens Of The Stone Age
Editors
LCD Soundsystem
The Maccabees
The Saw Doctors
Bright Eyes
Damien Rice
Amy Winehouse
Tori Amos
The Hold Steady
Booka Shade
DJ Shadow vs. Cut Chemist
Dizzee Rascal
Ame
Wu-Tang Clan
Dave Clarke
Slam
Hardfloor
Digitalism
Soundstream/Soundhack


O2 Wireless(England)

The White Stripes
Daft Punk
Faithless
Editors
Queens of The Stone Age
Editors
CSS
The Rakes
The Cribs
LCD Soundsystem
Kaiser Chiefs
More TBA

Rock Am Ring(Germany)



Rokslide(Denmark)

120 DAYS
1234
MAHMOUD AHMED
ANALOGIK
ARCADE FIRE
ARCTIC MONKEYS
AS IN REBEKKAMARIA
ATOI
BAND ANE
BASEMENT JAXX
BEASTIE BOYS
BJÖRK
THE BROKEN BEATS
CAMERA OBSCURA
CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS
CULT OF LUNA
DETEKTIVBYRÅN
THE DOWNWARD CANDIDATE
THOMAS DYBDAHL
DÚNÉ
ELECTRELANE
THE FLOOR IS MADE OF LAVA
FOREST & CRISPIAN
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY
GORILLA ANGREB
HIGHWAY CHILD
JUNKYARD PRODUCTIONS
KASPER SPEZ
THE KILLERS
KLAXONS
KLOAK
K’NAAN
LAZEE
HØGNI LISBERG
MANDO DIAO
MANI SPINX
MARYBELL KATASTROPHY
MASTODON
MIT NYE BAND
MOI CAPRICE
MUSE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB
OH NO ONO
PELICAN
PETER BJORN AND JOHN
THE PSYKE PROJECT
QUIT YOUR DAYJOB
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
SLAYER
SORT STUE MED PIRATKOR
STONES THROW RECORDS PRESENTS PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, J. ROCC, ALOE BLACC, PERCEE P & GUILTY SIMPSON
TAXI TAXI!
TIËSTO
TUNNG
TURBOWEEKEND
UNGDOMSKULEN
VOLBEAT
THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE
THE WHO



Benicassim(Spain)





Eurokennes(France)

Arcade Fire
Marilyn Manson
Wu-Tang Clan
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
The Hives
Tryo
JoeyStarr
Klaxons
Justice
The Young Gods v/s Dälek
Sick of it all
Converge
Abd Al Malik
Gogol Bordello
Full Line up April 18th


Primavera Sound(Spain)

6PM »Fujiya & Miyagi »Of Montreal »AA Tigre »Ghouls'n'Ghosts »Oliver Huntemann »Alexander Tucker »Ginferno »The Orchids »Anticonceptivas »Girl Talk »Oslø Telescopic »Apostle Of Hustle »Girls Against Boys »Patti Smith »The Apples In Stereo »Gnac »Pelican »Apse »Grizzly Bear »Peluze »Architecture In Helsinki »Grupo De Expertos Solynieve »Plastic D'Amour »At Swim Two Birds »Half Foot Outside »Play Paul »Band Of Horses »Hell »Portastatic »Barry Adamson »Herman Düne »The Rakes »Battles »Hot Chip »Raül Moya Y El Trio Miniña »Beirut »Isis »Reinhard Voigt »Billy Bragg »Ivan Smagghe »Robyn Hitchcock And The Venus 3 »Black Lips »Jonathan Richman »The Sadies »Black Mountain »Justice »Shannon Wright »Blonde Redhead »Kid Koala »Slint »Bola »Kimya Dawson »The Smashing Pumpkins »Bonde Do Role »Klaxons »Sonic Youth »Brightblack Morning Light »Lisabö »Southern Arts Society »Built To Spill »The Long Blondes »Spank Rock »Buzzcocks »Los Planetas »Spiritualized acoustic mainlines »Centro-Matic »Low »Sr. Chinarro »Comets On Fire »Luke Slater »Standstill »David Carretta »Luomo »Technasia »David Thomas Broughton »Malajube »Ted Leo & The Pharmacists »Death Vessel »Matt Elliott »The Good The Bad & The Queen »Diplo »Maxïmo Park »Toktok »Dirty Three »Melvins »Umek »DJ Yoda »Mijk Van Dijk »Veracruz »Dominik Eulberg »Modest Mouse »The White Stripes »The Durutti Column »Múm »Wilco »Erol Alkan »Mus »X-Wife »Explosions In The Sky »Nathan Fake »Za »Fennesz & Mike Patton »Oakley Hall


Isle of Wight(England)

Snow Patrol
Groove Armada
The Feeling
Echo & the Bunnymen
Koopa
Muse
Kasabian
Ash
Wolfmother
Amy Winehouse
Arno Carstens
Carbon/Silicon
The Thirst
The Rolling Stones
Keane
The Fratellis
Paolo Nutini
James Morrison
Melanie C
Country Joe McDonald
The Hedrons


Pinkpop(Holland)

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS * LINKIN PARK * ARCTIC MONKEYS * SCISSOR SISTERS *WOLFMOTHER * THE FRATELLIS
EVANESCENCE * KORN * DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
STONE SOUR * 30 SECONDS TO MARS
THE KOOKS * MACY GRAY * MARIA MENA
THE MAGIC NUMBERS * FIVE O'CLOCK HEROES
MUSE * SNOW PATROL * IGGY & THE STOOGES * RAZORLIGHT * GABRIEL RIOS * LOSTPROPHETS * ILSE DELANGE * GOGOL BORDELLO * OZARK HENRY
AMY WINEHOUSE * MAXIMO PARK * PAOLO NUTINI * THE NIGHTWATCHMAN
MARILYN MANSON * WITHIN TEMPTATION * JULIETTE & THE LICKS * GOOSE
GOOD CHARLOTTE * WIR SIND HELDEN
C-MON & KYPSKI * STEVIE ANN * VIBERIDER
more to follow


Creamfields(England)

The Chemical Brothers
Groove Armada
Kelis
Mark Ronson Live
M8 Present: Cream & Goodgreef
Carl Cox
Ferry Corsten
Eddie Halliwell
Sander Kleinenberg (DVJ Set)
Marco V
Yousef
Adam Sheridan
Gareth Wyn
Special Guest: Above & Beyond
Tidy
Edison Factor (Live)
Tidy Boys
Lisa Pin Up
Rob Tissera
Mark EG
Andy Whitby
Kutski
Amber D
Nick Sentience
Alex Kid
Guyver
JP & Jukesy
the Colonel
Kim Ayres
Erick Morillo
Harry Romero
Tom Novy
Jose Nunez
Jorge Jaramillo
Swedish House Mafia
Steve Angello &
Sebastian Ingrosso
Axwell
2ManyDJ’s
Dave Clarke
Tiga
Miss Kittin
Kissy Sell Out
Andy Mac
Live: Ladytron
Strongbow
Zombie Disco Squad
The Whip (Live)
Black Ghosts (Live)
Kris Bones
Cagedbaby (DJ)
Uffie and Feadz
Sinden
Radioclit
Sven Vath
Erol Alkan
Live: Simian Mobile Disco
Annie Mac
MSTRKRFT
Claude Von Stroke
Tane
Live: New Young Pony Club
Live: Freeform 5
Beatdown
Pendulum
Mark Ronson
Andy C
Scratch Perverts
DJ Marky
DJ Hype
Evil Nine
Futurebound
Dynamite, MC:GQ, IC3, SAS
No Fakin
Hed Kandi Hospitality Arena
Phil Faversham
David Dunne
Andy Daniels
Miss Kelly Marie
The Lovely Laura On Sax
Pav on Percussion


Fujirock(Japan)

AKAINU
THE ANSWER
ASH
THE ATARIS
the band apart
BATTLES
BLONDE REDHEAD
!!!
clammbon
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
THE CURE
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE
GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS
HiGE
IGGY & THE STOOGES
THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO
JONATHAN RICHMAN
JOSS STONE
JUSTICE
KAISER CHIEFS
KEMURI
KENICHI ASAI
KULA SHAKER
LESS THAN JAKE
Marva Whitney with Osaka Monaurail
MIKA
MUSE
DJ NORI
RAILROAD EARTH
RATATAT
SHONE KNIFE
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO
SPACE COWBOY
SWITCHES
TAKKYU ISHINO
YO LA TENGO
YOUR SONG IS GOOD

[John Peel is My Co-pilot]

Nicely done Suprefan. One comment; T in The Park is most definitely NOT in England. It's near Kinross in Scotland, about 40 minutes north of Edinburgh.

It would be like saying Coachella is in Canada.

[suprefan]

I was putting England as an general area mostly, but yeah a few of these are in Ireland/Scotland. Fixed it though.

[La Ferrassie]

Can U.S.A/North American festivals get up to level of European ones?

[suprefan]

Can U.S.A/North American festivals get up to level of European ones?

Coachella is the only one pushing the standards up there. Every other U.S. festival has to compare to Coachella or its s**t now. Coachella is the U.S. version of Glastonbury pretty much now.

[dalethethug]

for the states: coachella is THE SHIT!!!!!!

best festival ever: SHAMBHALA!!!!!!!!
ten years and still rockin, i love canada

EDIT:
http://www.shambhalamusicfestival.com/
mostly electronic music which i am not entirely into, however
the BEST crowd and atmosphere i could even imagine existing

[Boourns]

Jesus, I thought all the stuffy Europeans looked down on us because of Linkin Park and Evanescence, yet those shit bands get booked for all their festivals, not ours.

[xbnmx]

Coachella is the only one pushing the standards up there. Every other U.S. festival has to compare to Coachella or its s**t now. Coachella is the U.S. version of Glastonbury pretty much now.

Sorry but both Bonnaroo, Vegoose, and Summer Fest are on a par with their European coutnerparts.

[suprefan]

And how many of us still end up being jealous by what Europe offers every summer? Pretty much all of us. Roo' and Vegoose are the same thing just on different ends of the country.

[xbnmx]

Theyre all equally jealous of 'chella's Rage and 'roo's Police, the grass is always greener on the other side of the meadow.

[suprefan]

This is also true, oh shoot I forgot to list one festival. Download, we all need a little metal and hard rock dont we?


Download Festival(England)

My Chemical Romance
Linkin Park
Iron Maiden
Bowling For Soup
Bring Me The Horizon
Buckcherry
Devil Driver
Chimaira
Dimmu Borgir
DragonForce
Dream Theater
Enter Shikari
Evanescence
Gallows
Job For A Cowboy
Killswitch Engage
Korn
Lamb Of God
Machine Head
Marilyn Manson
Megadeth
Mötley Crüe
Slayer
Shadows Fall
Stone Sour
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Turbonegro
Unearth
Velvet Revolver
Within Temptation
Wolfmother

[matsuolost]

Everything in Europe that Coachella modeled itself after is usually solid. So if you ever go overseas during the summer you might want to look into these festivals. I will provide line ups also and what country they take place in.


Glastonbury(England)
Adjagas
Amy Winehouse
Annuals
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
Beirut
Billy Bragg
Bjork
Bloc Party
Bright Eyes
Chas N Dave
Chemical Brothers
Chumbawamba
Corinne Bailey Rae
John Fogerty
CSS
Cud
Damian Marley
Damien Rice
Dirty Pretty Things
Dr Meaker (unsigned bands contest: Dance winner)
Editors
Enter Shirkari
Fatboy Slim
Feluka (unsigned bands contest: Jazz World winner)
Fionn Regan
Ghost Cat
Glastonbury Town Band
Hot Chip
Jamie T
Joss Stone
Kasabian
Kaiser Chiefs
Klaxons
Kubichek!
Larrikin Love
Lily Allen
Liz Green (unsigned bands contest: Acoustic Stage and overall winner)
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
Mark Lanegan
Mika
Paul Weller
Pete Doherty (solo)
Seth Lakeman
Shirley Bassey
Smokey Robinson
Steve Earle
Super Furry Animals
The Earlies
The Epstein (unsigned bands contest: Acoustic Stage runner up)
The Good, The Bad And The Queen
The Grim Northern Social (unsigned bands contest: John Peel Stage winner)
The Fratellis
The Killers
The Kooks
The New Pornographers
The Rakes
The Rumble Strips
The Stooges
The Twang
The View
The Waterboys
The Who
The Wurzels
The Young Knives
Three Daft Monkeys
Tunng




Reading/Leeds(England)



T In The Park(Scotland)

Arctic Monkeys
Bloc Party
The Coral
Lily Allen
The Killers
Razorlight
Arcade Fire
James
James Morrison
Snow Patrol
Scissor Sisters
Kings of Leon
The Fratellis
Paolo Nutini
Goo Goo Dolls
The Kooks
My Chemical Romance
Amy Winehouse
Babyshambles
CSS
Little Man Tate
Gogol Bordello
Dogs
Kasabian
Interpol
Maximo Park
Mika
The Gossip
The Pigeon Detectives
The View
Klaxons
Jamie T
Queens Of The Stone Age
Editors
LCD Soundsystem
The Maccabees
The Saw Doctors
Bright Eyes
Damien Rice
Amy Winehouse
Tori Amos
The Hold Steady
Booka Shade
DJ Shadow vs. Cut Chemist
Dizzee Rascal
Ame
Wu-Tang Clan
Dave Clarke
Slam
Hardfloor
Digitalism
Soundstream/Soundhack


O2 Wireless(England)

The White Stripes
Daft Punk
Faithless
Editors
Queens of The Stone Age
Editors
CSS
The Rakes
The Cribs
LCD Soundsystem
Kaiser Chiefs
More TBA

Rock Am Ring(Germany)



Rokslide(Denmark)

120 DAYS
1234
MAHMOUD AHMED
ANALOGIK
ARCADE FIRE
ARCTIC MONKEYS
AS IN REBEKKAMARIA
ATOI
BAND ANE
BASEMENT JAXX
BEASTIE BOYS
BJÖRK
THE BROKEN BEATS
CAMERA OBSCURA
CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS
CULT OF LUNA
DETEKTIVBYRÅN
THE DOWNWARD CANDIDATE
THOMAS DYBDAHL
DÚNÉ
ELECTRELANE
THE FLOOR IS MADE OF LAVA
FOREST & CRISPIAN
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY
GORILLA ANGREB
HIGHWAY CHILD
JUNKYARD PRODUCTIONS
KASPER SPEZ
THE KILLERS
KLAXONS
KLOAK
K’NAAN
LAZEE
HØGNI LISBERG
MANDO DIAO
MANI SPINX
MARYBELL KATASTROPHY
MASTODON
MIT NYE BAND
MOI CAPRICE
MUSE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB
OH NO ONO
PELICAN
PETER BJORN AND JOHN
THE PSYKE PROJECT
QUIT YOUR DAYJOB
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
SLAYER
SORT STUE MED PIRATKOR
STONES THROW RECORDS PRESENTS PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, J. ROCC, ALOE BLACC, PERCEE P & GUILTY SIMPSON
TAXI TAXI!
TIËSTO
TUNNG
TURBOWEEKEND
UNGDOMSKULEN
VOLBEAT
THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE
THE WHO



Benicassim(Spain)





Eurokennes(France)

Arcade Fire
Marilyn Manson
Wu-Tang Clan
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
The Hives
Tryo
JoeyStarr
Klaxons
Justice
The Young Gods v/s Dälek
Sick of it all
Converge
Abd Al Malik
Gogol Bordello
Full Line up April 18th


Primavera Sound(Spain)

6PM »Fujiya & Miyagi »Of Montreal »AA Tigre »Ghouls'n'Ghosts »Oliver Huntemann »Alexander Tucker »Ginferno »The Orchids »Anticonceptivas »Girl Talk »Oslø Telescopic »Apostle Of Hustle »Girls Against Boys »Patti Smith »The Apples In Stereo »Gnac »Pelican »Apse »Grizzly Bear »Peluze »Architecture In Helsinki »Grupo De Expertos Solynieve »Plastic D'Amour »At Swim Two Birds »Half Foot Outside »Play Paul »Band Of Horses »Hell »Portastatic »Barry Adamson »Herman Düne »The Rakes »Battles »Hot Chip »Raül Moya Y El Trio Miniña »Beirut »Isis »Reinhard Voigt »Billy Bragg »Ivan Smagghe »Robyn Hitchcock And The Venus 3 »Black Lips »Jonathan Richman »The Sadies »Black Mountain »Justice »Shannon Wright »Blonde Redhead »Kid Koala »Slint »Bola »Kimya Dawson »The Smashing Pumpkins »Bonde Do Role »Klaxons »Sonic Youth »Brightblack Morning Light »Lisabö »Southern Arts Society »Built To Spill »The Long Blondes »Spank Rock »Buzzcocks »Los Planetas »Spiritualized acoustic mainlines »Centro-Matic »Low »Sr. Chinarro »Comets On Fire »Luke Slater »Standstill »David Carretta »Luomo »Technasia »David Thomas Broughton »Malajube »Ted Leo & The Pharmacists »Death Vessel »Matt Elliott »The Good The Bad & The Queen »Diplo »Maxïmo Park »Toktok »Dirty Three »Melvins »Umek »DJ Yoda »Mijk Van Dijk »Veracruz »Dominik Eulberg »Modest Mouse »The White Stripes »The Durutti Column »Múm »Wilco »Erol Alkan »Mus »X-Wife »Explosions In The Sky »Nathan Fake »Za »Fennesz & Mike Patton »Oakley Hall


Isle of Wight(England)

Snow Patrol
Groove Armada
The Feeling
Echo & the Bunnymen
Koopa
Muse
Kasabian
Ash
Wolfmother
Amy Winehouse
Arno Carstens
Carbon/Silicon
The Thirst
The Rolling Stones
Keane
The Fratellis
Paolo Nutini
James Morrison
Melanie C
Country Joe McDonald
The Hedrons


Pinkpop(Holland)

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS * LINKIN PARK * ARCTIC MONKEYS * SCISSOR SISTERS *WOLFMOTHER * THE FRATELLIS
EVANESCENCE * KORN * DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
STONE SOUR * 30 SECONDS TO MARS
THE KOOKS * MACY GRAY * MARIA MENA
THE MAGIC NUMBERS * FIVE O'CLOCK HEROES
MUSE * SNOW PATROL * IGGY & THE STOOGES * RAZORLIGHT * GABRIEL RIOS * LOSTPROPHETS * ILSE DELANGE * GOGOL BORDELLO * OZARK HENRY
AMY WINEHOUSE * MAXIMO PARK * PAOLO NUTINI * THE NIGHTWATCHMAN
MARILYN MANSON * WITHIN TEMPTATION * JULIETTE & THE LICKS * GOOSE
GOOD CHARLOTTE * WIR SIND HELDEN
C-MON & KYPSKI * STEVIE ANN * VIBERIDER
more to follow


Creamfields(England)

The Chemical Brothers
Groove Armada
Kelis
Mark Ronson Live
M8 Present: Cream & Goodgreef
Carl Cox
Ferry Corsten
Eddie Halliwell
Sander Kleinenberg (DVJ Set)
Marco V
Yousef
Adam Sheridan
Gareth Wyn
Special Guest: Above & Beyond
Tidy
Edison Factor (Live)
Tidy Boys
Lisa Pin Up
Rob Tissera
Mark EG
Andy Whitby
Kutski
Amber D
Nick Sentience
Alex Kid
Guyver
JP & Jukesy
the Colonel
Kim Ayres
Erick Morillo
Harry Romero
Tom Novy
Jose Nunez
Jorge Jaramillo
Swedish House Mafia
Steve Angello &
Sebastian Ingrosso
Axwell
2ManyDJ’s
Dave Clarke
Tiga
Miss Kittin
Kissy Sell Out
Andy Mac
Live: Ladytron
Strongbow
Zombie Disco Squad
The Whip (Live)
Black Ghosts (Live)
Kris Bones
Cagedbaby (DJ)
Uffie and Feadz
Sinden
Radioclit
Sven Vath
Erol Alkan
Live: Simian Mobile Disco
Annie Mac
MSTRKRFT
Claude Von Stroke
Tane
Live: New Young Pony Club
Live: Freeform 5
Beatdown
Pendulum
Mark Ronson
Andy C
Scratch Perverts
DJ Marky
DJ Hype
Evil Nine
Futurebound
Dynamite, MC:GQ, IC3, SAS
No Fakin
Hed Kandi Hospitality Arena
Phil Faversham
David Dunne
Andy Daniels
Miss Kelly Marie
The Lovely Laura On Sax
Pav on Percussion


Fujirock(Japan)

AKAINU
THE ANSWER
ASH
THE ATARIS
the band apart
BATTLES
BLONDE REDHEAD
!!!
clammbon
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
THE CURE
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE
GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS
HiGE
IGGY & THE STOOGES
THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO
JONATHAN RICHMAN
JOSS STONE
JUSTICE
KAISER CHIEFS
KEMURI
KENICHI ASAI
KULA SHAKER
LESS THAN JAKE
Marva Whitney with Osaka Monaurail
MIKA
MUSE
DJ NORI
RAILROAD EARTH
RATATAT
SHONE KNIFE
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO
SPACE COWBOY
SWITCHES
TAKKYU ISHINO
YO LA TENGO
YOUR SONG IS GOOD

yeah

[suprefan]

Ooops one more

V Festival(England)


The Killers
Kasabian
James
The Fratellis
KT Tunstall
James Morrison
The Goo Goo Dolls
Foo Fighters
Snow Patrol
Pink
kanye west
Paolo Nutini
Editors
The Proclaimers
The Kooks
Manic Street Preachers
Lily Allen
Mika
guillemots
The Cribs
Basement Jaxx
Amy Winehouse
The Coral
Babyshambles
The Fray
Damien Rice
Corinne Bailey Rae
Primal Scream
Happy Mondays
Jarvis Cocker
Ocean Colour Scene
Sophie Ellis Bextor
Beverley Knight

[Michelle]

The advantage of festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo over festivals like Lollapolooza and Street Scene Is that they're held in the middle of no where. This means attending entails camping for most and a multi-hour drive for everyone with only a few anomolies being able to return to the comfort fo their own homes. This also means most people will be attending for the duration of the festival due to logistics, thus weeding out the more common folk. When a festival is centrally located in amajor city all kinds of yahoos come out to play.

yes, this is exactly what i witnessed. lots of kids in chicago just came to the festival so something to do. i, needless to say, came for the music. i think it is much better to go to one where you have to work for it a little bit! definitely weeds out those who are not there for music and are solely there to party.

[Michelle]

Jesus, I thought all the stuffy Europeans looked down on us because of Linkin Park and Evanescence, yet those shit bands get booked for all their festivals, not ours.

LAUGHING MY ASS OFF!! I definitely thought the same thing when I saw that Linkin Park was headlining one of the festivals. I love it.

[Tylerdurden31]

you forgot about ATP vs The Fans (England)
ARTISTS VOTED BY YOU (THE FANS)
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which at this moment would be my festival of choice if i could

[Slushmier]

Looking at the line-up, the Pitchfork festival is the one I really want to start going to now (in additional to Coachella, of course). Plus, it doesn't have the jam band or yuppie factor of Lolla. Here's the 2007 line-up so far:

Friday, July 13:

Sonic Youth performs Daydream Nation

Saturday, July 14:

Cat Power
Clipse
Iron and Wine
Girl Talk
Grizzly Bear
Battles
Professor Murder

Sunday, July 15:

New Pornographers
Stephen Malkmus
De La Soul
Of Montreal
Jamie Lidell
The Ponys
Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound

Last year I think they pulled Os Mutantes, Spoon and Yo La Tengo after the initial anouncment, so this looks like it'll just keep getting better. Or maybe it's just the idea of seeing Clipse in between Iron and Wine and Cat Power.

I've also always wanted to go to Fuji Rock. It just seems like it'd be cool to go to a festival in Japan. Anyone been?

[shotglass75]

Can someone please post the lineups for some other festivals? Thanks.

[gaypalmsprings]

I vote for the fest at the Yucca Valley Taco Bell parking lot.

[gaypalmsprings]

Everything in Europe that Coachella modeled itself after is usually solid. So if you ever go overseas during the summer you might want to look into these festivals. I will provide line ups also and what country they take place in.


Glastonbury(England)
Adjagas
Amy Winehouse
Annuals
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
Beirut
Billy Bragg
Bjork
Bloc Party
Bright Eyes
Chas N Dave
Chemical Brothers
Chumbawamba
Corinne Bailey Rae
John Fogerty
CSS
Cud
Damian Marley
Damien Rice
Dirty Pretty Things
Dr Meaker (unsigned bands contest: Dance winner)
Editors
Enter Shirkari
Fatboy Slim
Feluka (unsigned bands contest: Jazz World winner)
Fionn Regan
Ghost Cat
Glastonbury Town Band
Hot Chip
Jamie T
Joss Stone
Kasabian
Kaiser Chiefs
Klaxons
Kubichek!
Larrikin Love
Lily Allen
Liz Green (unsigned bands contest: Acoustic Stage and overall winner)
Madness
Manic Street Preachers
Mark Lanegan
Mika
Paul Weller
Pete Doherty (solo)
Seth Lakeman
Shirley Bassey
Smokey Robinson
Steve Earle
Super Furry Animals
The Earlies
The Epstein (unsigned bands contest: Acoustic Stage runner up)
The Good, The Bad And The Queen
The Grim Northern Social (unsigned bands contest: John Peel Stage winner)
The Fratellis
The Killers
The Kooks
The New Pornographers
The Rakes
The Rumble Strips
The Stooges
The Twang
The View
The Waterboys
The Who
The Wurzels
The Young Knives
Three Daft Monkeys
Tunng




Reading/Leeds(England)



T In The Park(Scotland)

Arctic Monkeys
Bloc Party
The Coral
Lily Allen
The Killers
Razorlight
Arcade Fire
James
James Morrison
Snow Patrol
Scissor Sisters
Kings of Leon
The Fratellis
Paolo Nutini
Goo Goo Dolls
The Kooks
My Chemical Romance
Amy Winehouse
Babyshambles
CSS
Little Man Tate
Gogol Bordello
Dogs
Kasabian
Interpol
Maximo Park
Mika
The Gossip
The Pigeon Detectives
The View
Klaxons
Jamie T
Queens Of The Stone Age
Editors
LCD Soundsystem
The Maccabees
The Saw Doctors
Bright Eyes
Damien Rice
Amy Winehouse
Tori Amos
The Hold Steady
Booka Shade
DJ Shadow vs. Cut Chemist
Dizzee Rascal
Ame
Wu-Tang Clan
Dave Clarke
Slam
Hardfloor
Digitalism
Soundstream/Soundhack


O2 Wireless(England)

The White Stripes
Daft Punk
Faithless
Editors
Queens of The Stone Age
Editors
CSS
The Rakes
The Cribs
LCD Soundsystem
Kaiser Chiefs
More TBA

Rock Am Ring(Germany)



Rokslide(Denmark)

120 DAYS
1234
MAHMOUD AHMED
ANALOGIK
ARCADE FIRE
ARCTIC MONKEYS
AS IN REBEKKAMARIA
ATOI
BAND ANE
BASEMENT JAXX
BEASTIE BOYS
BJÖRK
THE BROKEN BEATS
CAMERA OBSCURA
CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS
CULT OF LUNA
DETEKTIVBYRÅN
THE DOWNWARD CANDIDATE
THOMAS DYBDAHL
DÚNÉ
ELECTRELANE
THE FLOOR IS MADE OF LAVA
FOREST & CRISPIAN
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY
GORILLA ANGREB
HIGHWAY CHILD
JUNKYARD PRODUCTIONS
KASPER SPEZ
THE KILLERS
KLAXONS
KLOAK
K’NAAN
LAZEE
HØGNI LISBERG
MANDO DIAO
MANI SPINX
MARYBELL KATASTROPHY
MASTODON
MIT NYE BAND
MOI CAPRICE
MUSE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB
OH NO ONO
PELICAN
PETER BJORN AND JOHN
THE PSYKE PROJECT
QUIT YOUR DAYJOB
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
SLAYER
SORT STUE MED PIRATKOR
STONES THROW RECORDS PRESENTS PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, J. ROCC, ALOE BLACC, PERCEE P & GUILTY SIMPSON
TAXI TAXI!
TIËSTO
TUNNG
TURBOWEEKEND
UNGDOMSKULEN
VOLBEAT
THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE
THE WHO



Benicassim(Spain)





Eurokennes(France)

Arcade Fire
Marilyn Manson
Wu-Tang Clan
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
The Hives
Tryo
JoeyStarr
Klaxons
Justice
The Young Gods v/s Dälek
Sick of it all
Converge
Abd Al Malik
Gogol Bordello
Full Line up April 18th


Primavera Sound(Spain)

6PM »Fujiya & Miyagi »Of Montreal »AA Tigre »Ghouls'n'Ghosts »Oliver Huntemann »Alexander Tucker »Ginferno »The Orchids »Anticonceptivas »Girl Talk »Oslø Telescopic »Apostle Of Hustle »Girls Against Boys »Patti Smith »The Apples In Stereo »Gnac »Pelican »Apse »Grizzly Bear »Peluze »Architecture In Helsinki »Grupo De Expertos Solynieve »Plastic D'Amour »At Swim Two Birds »Half Foot Outside »Play Paul »Band Of Horses »Hell »Portastatic »Barry Adamson »Herman Düne »The Rakes »Battles »Hot Chip »Raül Moya Y El Trio Miniña »Beirut »Isis »Reinhard Voigt »Billy Bragg »Ivan Smagghe »Robyn Hitchcock And The Venus 3 »Black Lips »Jonathan Richman »The Sadies »Black Mountain »Justice »Shannon Wright »Blonde Redhead »Kid Koala »Slint »Bola »Kimya Dawson »The Smashing Pumpkins »Bonde Do Role »Klaxons »Sonic Youth »Brightblack Morning Light »Lisabö »Southern Arts Society »Built To Spill »The Long Blondes »Spank Rock »Buzzcocks »Los Planetas »Spiritualized acoustic mainlines »Centro-Matic »Low »Sr. Chinarro »Comets On Fire »Luke Slater »Standstill »David Carretta »Luomo »Technasia »David Thomas Broughton »Malajube »Ted Leo & The Pharmacists »Death Vessel »Matt Elliott »The Good The Bad & The Queen »Diplo »Maxïmo Park »Toktok »Dirty Three »Melvins »Umek »DJ Yoda »Mijk Van Dijk »Veracruz »Dominik Eulberg »Modest Mouse »The White Stripes »The Durutti Column »Múm »Wilco »Erol Alkan »Mus »X-Wife »Explosions In The Sky »Nathan Fake »Za »Fennesz & Mike Patton »Oakley Hall


Isle of Wight(England)

Snow Patrol
Groove Armada
The Feeling
Echo & the Bunnymen
Koopa
Muse
Kasabian
Ash
Wolfmother
Amy Winehouse
Arno Carstens
Carbon/Silicon
The Thirst
The Rolling Stones
Keane
The Fratellis
Paolo Nutini
James Morrison
Melanie C
Country Joe McDonald
The Hedrons


Pinkpop(Holland)

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS * LINKIN PARK * ARCTIC MONKEYS * SCISSOR SISTERS *WOLFMOTHER * THE FRATELLIS
EVANESCENCE * KORN * DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
STONE SOUR * 30 SECONDS TO MARS
THE KOOKS * MACY GRAY * MARIA MENA
THE MAGIC NUMBERS * FIVE O'CLOCK HEROES
MUSE * SNOW PATROL * IGGY & THE STOOGES * RAZORLIGHT * GABRIEL RIOS * LOSTPROPHETS * ILSE DELANGE * GOGOL BORDELLO * OZARK HENRY
AMY WINEHOUSE * MAXIMO PARK * PAOLO NUTINI * THE NIGHTWATCHMAN
MARILYN MANSON * WITHIN TEMPTATION * JULIETTE & THE LICKS * GOOSE
GOOD CHARLOTTE * WIR SIND HELDEN
C-MON & KYPSKI * STEVIE ANN * VIBERIDER
more to follow


Creamfields(England)

The Chemical Brothers
Groove Armada
Kelis
Mark Ronson Live
M8 Present: Cream & Goodgreef
Carl Cox
Ferry Corsten
Eddie Halliwell
Sander Kleinenberg (DVJ Set)
Marco V
Yousef
Adam Sheridan
Gareth Wyn
Special Guest: Above & Beyond
Tidy
Edison Factor (Live)
Tidy Boys
Lisa Pin Up
Rob Tissera
Mark EG
Andy Whitby
Kutski
Amber D
Nick Sentience
Alex Kid
Guyver
JP & Jukesy
the Colonel
Kim Ayres
Erick Morillo
Harry Romero
Tom Novy
Jose Nunez
Jorge Jaramillo
Swedish House Mafia
Steve Angello &
Sebastian Ingrosso
Axwell
2ManyDJ’s
Dave Clarke
Tiga
Miss Kittin
Kissy Sell Out
Andy Mac
Live: Ladytron
Strongbow
Zombie Disco Squad
The Whip (Live)
Black Ghosts (Live)
Kris Bones
Cagedbaby (DJ)
Uffie and Feadz
Sinden
Radioclit
Sven Vath
Erol Alkan
Live: Simian Mobile Disco
Annie Mac
MSTRKRFT
Claude Von Stroke
Tane
Live: New Young Pony Club
Live: Freeform 5
Beatdown
Pendulum
Mark Ronson
Andy C
Scratch Perverts
DJ Marky
DJ Hype
Evil Nine
Futurebound
Dynamite, MC:GQ, IC3, SAS
No Fakin
Hed Kandi Hospitality Arena
Phil Faversham
David Dunne
Andy Daniels
Miss Kelly Marie
The Lovely Laura On Sax
Pav on Percussion


Fujirock(Japan)

AKAINU
THE ANSWER
ASH
THE ATARIS
the band apart
BATTLES
BLONDE REDHEAD
!!!
clammbon
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
THE CURE
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE
GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS
HiGE
IGGY & THE STOOGES
THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO
JONATHAN RICHMAN
JOSS STONE
JUSTICE
KAISER CHIEFS
KEMURI
KENICHI ASAI
KULA SHAKER
LESS THAN JAKE
Marva Whitney with Osaka Monaurail
MIKA
MUSE
DJ NORI
RAILROAD EARTH
RATATAT
SHONE KNIFE
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO
SPACE COWBOY
SWITCHES
TAKKYU ISHINO
YO LA TENGO
YOUR SONG IS GOOD

Best long post ever

[CuervoPH]

I am going to the Virgin Festival in Baltimore again this year. It's still going through growing pains, but I like that it's been expanded to two days. Only the headliners have been announced so far, but Saturday will be nice with the Beastie Boys and The Police. Not sure how I'm liking One Lone Bald Pumpkin (with whomever he can find that can stand him long enough to back him) headlining Sunday, but other acts that day will hopefully be worth checking out.

I did like the layout of this festival last year, and it was relatively uncrowded (45,000 people estimated), but I don't think it will ever be on the same level as Coachella. Still, it's an hour drive for me, so I do like the convenience of it. LOL

[canexplain]

And how many of us still end up being jealous by what Europe offers every summer? Pretty much all of us. Roo' and Vegoose are the same thing just on different ends of the country.

we are going to do the european fest 08 or 09 but bonnaroo is always fun, and we made the first and last vegoose ... vegoose is like swsx where a lot of the shows are at clubs late night and no camping, but it was a fun time and we are going to hit it again this year if they have it .... cr***** oh and by the way, for the few jam band fans here on the coachella board, check out this new fest for colorado this year ... we will go to it after waka, and the roo, so i will post a review if anyone cares ... cr****http://www.trancegressionfest.com/

[picks up chair]

And how many of us still end up being jealous by what Europe offers every summer? Pretty much all of us. Roo' and Vegoose are the same thing just on different ends of the country.

Slightly different. The type of lineups are the same, but Vegoose is in Vegas...and on Halloween. That way it's only half hippie, the other half being Borat and Elvis and devils and such.

[canexplain]

Slightly different. The type of lineups are the same, but Vegoose is in Vegas...and on Halloween. That way it's only half hippie, the other half being Borat and Elvis and devils and such.

thats one reason vegoose is so much fun... it is on halloween .... here is a pic of me at vegoose as a Katrina Survivor .... cr****

[roberto73]

Want to laugh at crappy local bands? Here ya go:



I guarantee you Rap/Rock Is Life could find some "Tina" here.

[xbnmx]

Only one ofthose acts is local and that is my favorite music festival as far as crowd and vibe goes.