August 8th
Headliner: Bjork
Sub-headliner: The Strokes
Others: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Broken Social Scene, The Rapture

August 9th
Headliner: The Flaming Lips
Sub-headliner: Sonic Youth
Others: My Bloody Valentine, Portishead, Mogwai

August 10th
Headliner: Radiohead
Sub-headliner: Sigur Ros
Others: Bright Eyes, Mars Volta, LCD Soundsystem

I'd go to that show ;)

flaming lips headlining over MBV and portishead? no way that is believable. at least i could leave before flaming lips go on.

i'd swim to that show

obviously the first post is BS.

Anon 10:09pm....obviously you've never seen The Flaming Lips.

Portishead = trip hop at best
MBV = Who knows how they're going to sound after all these years....

At least you'll have a great time with the LIPS....guaranteed!

flaming lips are just annoying.

portishead's set at ATP in december was unbelievable and i'd take my bloody valentine playing solely from "this is your bloody valentine" over anything wayne coyne could cook up.

you know how i know the first post is gay? because it does not include jack johnson

Oh god are we gonna now have a million posts like the first one on this thread. Idiots like that monklish guy and the other coachella dopes trying to say they are in the know about which bands are playing. It really is sort of annoying.
This should be exciting but unfortunately Liberty State Park will not have the same surroundings as Coachella but at least I will not have to travel far.

i think the first post was meant as a joke, a sort of response to all the hype that all these festivals have been attracting. unforuntately, no one here has a sense of humor.

true statement about the surroundings but hopefully the better acts(mbv, radiohead,etc.) will play minus jack johnson. now that would be a good lineup as long as he isn't there.

As long as there's not Jack Johnson, I'm down.

Actually, I'd go to that show, but if you add Underworld I'll go w/bells on!

how much will tickets be? this year coachella is close to $300.

i'd be fine with jack johnson if there were other good bands...that song that's like "it seems to me that maybe.." is pretty catchy shit.

oh man, usually to see bands I have to go out of NJ to philly or nyc but for once I'm getting two big festivals in my state on the same weekend. I'm so excited, and if MBV play I will die happy.

its to fucking hot in aug.

i am mucho excited, i've not been very hopeful about a ny area festival since the failed Field Day and Bonnaroo shows. too bad no camping at All Points West.

The correct URL for the festival is APWfestival.com

This seems like the Coachella folks are trying to muscle the Glastonbury folks out of America. I love how even music festivals have become bastions for corporate one-upmanship.

so: $300 a ticket? who can afford that? I can. I'm in my late 30's and would LOVE to go to a festival. But for that money I don't want to stand for 14 hours, sweating, or soaking wet from rain. All to be packt in like sardines in a crushed tin waiting 6 hours so you are close to the stage.
I prefer to see my bands separately, with a seat, and minus the teenyboppers getting lame tattoos. Those muddy crush fests are for kids only. Guess they'll get their parents to pay.

To all the haters.....Shut UP!!!

I know I'm old, 'cause I just read Steph's comment above and completely agreed. I don't mind going to GA shows, but it's getting harder and harder to handle these large festivals.

Pathetic....isn't it?

One thing that helps ameliorate the conditions for us old folks is springing for VIP tickets (if they are available). I went to the Sasquatch Festival last year and for $500 per ticket, I had access to a separate entrance, preferred seating, catered food, a full bar, air conditioned bathrooms, etc. It was a splurge, but worth the trip.

Steph,

in your late 30's have you lost your geographic bearings? The rain that would be required to create mud in Indio hasn't materialized EVER during Coachella. All the other things you don't want to do with your $300, are self inflicted not a by product of purchasing a ticket, your poor festival management skills shouldn't be a basis for panning the festival but rather the absolute SHITE line up. Get out more....

To all the lovers....blow the dust off that brain and actually use it for once.

Dan-
I didn't know VIP tickets would be available for this festival. Sounds like a great alternative. In the live footage of most festivals though, I have never seen seating anywhere. Just a crowded mash of dirty people. Now I am really considering going to APW.

B-
I appreciate your well-phrased response (not the typical 'YOU SUCK!'). In fact, I do get to MANY concerts - I even planned a small trip this summer to be able to see Interpol multiple times (love 'em). Northeast rain wreaks havoc. Obviously Coachella is in the desert so its a completely different situation. Now, RH as a headliner is not shite- they'd be a main reason I go (in addition to seeing them alone this spring). But Jack Johnson is a buzzkill - my 7-yr old love him though...

Now, if I can just get passed the beach balls and crowd surfing.. it is about the music, right? Ok, so maybe I am old!

Stay away, grandma and grandpa; shouldn't you be having kids or be worrying about dying or something? Use your $300 to buy some stocks or something responsible, leave summer festivals to people who aren't susceptible to arthritis yet.

There's some kind of contest going on to find unknown bands to play the festival. The contest is supposedly being held on talenttrove.com

anon 10:09 - with jack johnson headlining over the verve and the breeders, anything is possible.

GET OFF MY LAWN!

Hey Anon 9:58.....LOL. My sciatica is acting up just reading your comment.

Seriously though, I attend on average one show each week, so I'm not completely over the hill yet. The all-day festivals are tough though.

Steph, thus far, Coachella has never offered a VIP ticket option. Sasquatch offered VIP tickets, and the 3 day Langerado Festival taking place in South Florida this March is also offering a VIP option. I'm just hoping that Coachella and APW jump on the VIP bandwagon.

@Dan...yes coachella has offered VIP...as long as you have an AMEX card.

The VIP bandwagon is a very bad thing

if the music's too loud, you're too old!

Christopher Lloyd aka Doc vs. George Carlin aka Rufus.....who was a better time-travel mentor?

"anon 10:09 - with jack johnson headlining over the verve and the breeders, anything is possible."

TRUE - Anything IS possible. Dan Deacon might still be remembered by the time the festivals roll around...Dang, I sure hope not!

first big festival on the east coast and it has the word "west" in it's name? WTF?!?!!!

i can ride my bike there from the apt i live in now. luckily i am moving to the east vill in july. but I will still have friends in the JC apt.

i am excited no matter what.

philly scene? what is that?
hahaha

Lollapalooza in Chicago also does the VIP thing, but it's pricey. If you know people in Chicago to stay with, it's a decent festival. Unfortunately no camping, which is the funnest part of Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Sasquatch.

Other good fests are Voodoo in New Orleans, Vegoose in Vegas, Noisepop is SF, and SXSW and ACL in Austin. So don't lose hope because Coachella dropped the ball. There is plenty of other shit out there.

confirmed; morrissey to headline festival

www.bbc.co.uk/news/382importantbreakingnews/82jq1

August 8th
Headliner: Lovin Spoonful
Sub-headliner: Garbage
Others: Insane Clown Posse, Three Doors Down, Stabbing Westward

August 9th
Headliner: Boston
Sub-headliner: Chicago
Others: Texas, Kansas

August 10th
Headliner: Enya
Sub-headliner: Wesley Willis
Others: Limp Bizkit, Spin Doctors, Heart

lol @ stabbing westward

YOUR BBC link does not work

It's going to take 3 strong headliners to pull me in for the 3 day pass, if not I'll just pick and choose one or two days, also this is on the same fuckin weekend as the vineland music festival, I think APW has the upperhand by far, maybe i'll split the days up 2-1

I really hope that Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, and maybe interpol play

Hey Steph--

I realize that in your late 30s it's really hard to get the stamina for all-day concerts (poor baby). And honestly, I haven't been to any all-day events recently. But I've gone to a number of shows at BB, WH, Irving, Warsaw, Hammerstein, etc. in the last few years--also Summerstage and the Pool-- and concerts with seats will never give you the experience of jamming up front in a GA crowd. I concede you will probably encounter some bad human behavior up there, but it's the only place to experience the music properly. I've tried it both ways, and seats just don't make it. I will definitely give this festival a try if the lineup looks good (Radiohead, Spoon, Rilo, National, Portishead, Okkervil, BSS, anyone ???).

PS -- I am in my 50s. Oh, snap.

man i hope that's not what my late 30s has in store for me. bonnaroo and all the east coast festivals (or rather, nj festivals) that are popping up now just won't be the same if i paid for vip and sat my ass down.

hopefully the apw lineup kicks vineland's ass. although camping would be a major draw over the freakin PATH, i'd rather not camp in south jersey with philly freaks and the jersey devil.

mid 30s

what do you mean by philly freaks?

phillys got some decent lookin trannys hooking it up...way less manly then the west hollywood ones...just tuck it baby!

sorry, really meant south jersey freaks.

coachella I would be all about camping and mingling in the crowd under a beautiful blue California sky. Jersey....please give me a VIP pass.

Just got official word re:lineup

August 8th
Headliner: An evening with Richie Sambora
Sub-headliner: Pras (ex-Fugees)

August 9th
Headliner: Monster Magnet
Sub-headliner: F. Sinatra Jr.

August 10th
Headliner: Skid Row
Sub-headliner: Max Weinberg Quartet

Pft, I'd only go if the full Max Weinberg Seven played.

[SNIP]
August 9th
Headliner: Boston
[SNIP]

Posted by Anonymous | January 22, 2008 10:43 AM

How soon they forget Brad Delp's death!

"August 9th
Headliner: Monster Magnet
Sub-headliner: F. Sinatra Jr."

i just threw up on my arm a little bit, but in a totally good way.

How can you make fun of the festival for being under a dirty Jersey sky. Does the sky suddenly change when you travel 5,000 feet across the Hudson River?

It wasn't meant literally, dumbass.

a good source told me that the Raconteurs, the Roots and Cat power are booked

ahh, those "good sources".

wow, we went from Coma Ghost to Radiohead,Portis head, Mars Volta and Bjork to Monster Magnet?? Shit

How much do the tickets cost and how do I go about getting tickets? Thanks.

all i want to know is if the mars volta will be playing at APW in jersey ? does anyone know if they'll be there?

The following acts have already been booked.
Headliners: Jack Johnson (Friday), Radiohead (full set Saturday night), My Bloody Valentine (Sunday)
Sub-headliners: The Chemical Brothers, Sigur Ros, A Tribe Called Quest, The Raconteurs, Interpol
Also: CSS, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Justice, MF Doom, Xiu Xiu, Asobi Seksu, Black Kids, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Slightly Stoopid, The Proclaimers, No Age, Les Savy Fav

David Bowie and Portishead will NOT be playing.

Feist, Neil Young, and Willie Nelson might also be performing, but I cannot say with certainty yet. They have been invited, at the very least.

Plus Gogol Bordello, and The Dresden Dolls

Untitled music festival coming to Golden Gate Park August 22-24:
http://avoision.blogspot.com

Vandal: Using the Internet to turn rumors into confirmations. 3 cheers!

I can confirm that most of those bands listed are not playing.

fuck sub-30 elitist pricks, music is for whoever the fuck wants to listen.

Came across this site for "Coachella East" fest in August.

WTF!!! Who's playing??

Does anyone know?

http://coachellaeast.com

I can tell you with absolute certainty that Jack Johnson and Radiohead are playi.ng. But I guess everyone knows that now...huh? I'm always the last to throw in my two cents <sigh

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Take the Liberty Landing Marina Water taxi it is only $7 each way as opposed to the Concerts Waterway ferry which is $50 round trip.

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Have fun and don't let them take so much of your money.

Save your ticket or receipt from the concert and for the rest of the season save $10 per guest off our sailing charters.

Take the Liberty Landing Marina Water taxi it is only $7 each way as opposed to the Concerts Waterway ferry which is $50 round trip.

Visit www.sailthehudson.com for info and directions.
Have fun and don't let them take so much of your money.

the worst festival i have been in my life and believe me i went to a few good ones of course in Europe where if not...Radiohead almost make me sleep
You only can drink 5 bears and in a restricted area so if you drink you miss a show or two or tree Ridiculous !!!Shows were starting late,the sound was pore and the queue for the toilet also was making you miss the shows a total desaster SAVE YOUR MONEY DONT GO

WTF! there was a 5 beer per person limit! so pathetic.

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