Is it me or that one lameass lineup?

yeah, that is a pretty poor showing. so much for a solid east coast festival.

your right
a chance to see radiohead, girl talk, animal collective, and the go! team is lame.
jesus, wait for the full lineup and then complain.
and can you really complain with two back to back nights of radiohead?

horrible lineup...

$89 is also a joke too!

Lets see-this is 89 bucks and chances are that Jack Johnson is headlining one show and you think this is a good lineup. I like some of the bands, Grace Potter and Jason Isbell, in particular but this bill is the poorest out of any festival the last couple of years.

$89 is a joke? i would pay that much to see radiohead alone. you people are crazy.

$89 is cheaper than a single Kanye West show.

Fucking stop your bitchin' and don't go. Better yet, you'll bitch all the way as you PATH your ass to Jersey and up having a perfectly hipster night. Jeez...the view of the city is sooo pretty.

damn, i'm still going the 1st 2 nights but definitely thought this was going to be a lot better.

Uh, is that it? That can't be it. That's, like, half of one day of Coachella.

gotta be more bands
come on! (GOB)

$89 is more than worth it to see Radiohead. I'd pay 10 times that. If you've never seen them, its worth all the money you have.

so basically...im seeing radiohead for 90 bucks twice...with a girl talk set somewhere in between (unless its sunday...cuz fuck that shit...nobodys paying 90 bucks for that garbage.

and ps...whos cock has jack johnson been slobbering all over to get all these headlining gigs? are people fuckin serious??

anyway. this is gay...but at least i know Radiohead will play 2 nights in nyc area. so...woohoo (i guess)

people
it says initial...pay attention to the details...did you guys go to nyu or something ?

Fuck

can you spell t-y-p-i-c-a-l?

Considering there is only one stage, I highly doubt many more bands will be announced. So far there are 36 bands. That is 12 per day, way more for a one stage event.

The price for a single ticket will be over $100 with fees. I rather just see Radiohead in a different city and avoid this mess.

Who will buy a three day pass with Jack Johnson headlining? Especially since the savings of a 3-day pass are only $9. Nine dollars!

ooops...and animal collective. YAY

"More than 40 acts will appear on three stages "

I'm siked about Amadou & Miriam

Strolling around in the sun and checking out bands without all kinds of stress will be such a terrible time. You're all so right. Fucking relax.

If you're going to bitch, bitch about the fact that you only save $9 if you by a three-day pass as opposed to three single passes. That's lame.

didn't think it was possible to have a worse lineup than Bonnaroo. congratulations APW.

Thank god no fuckin Daft Punk.....only Radiohead will matter for 2008......yes!!!!!

Anon 5:37-- it says there are 3 stages, so PLENTY of room for other bands.

I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming they will announce a fair amount of other mid-tier bands and sub headliners (a la Animal Collective, Cat Power, Roots, New Pornographers etc.

Whatever, two nights of Radiohead. I'm there.

anonymous 5:35...you are gay. pay me 900 dollars for my extra fag!

if its multi-stages then there has to be more bands right?
right?
right????

What's up w/ only saving like $10 on a 3 day pass?

if it says "More than 40 acts will appear on three stages", and there are 36 there, then I guess there are 4 more TBA.

What time is Daft Punk announced as an additional headliner?

"there are 4 more TBA."

sorry, should be "there are MORE THAN 4 more TBA"

Do you think they'll announce Nas? I figure he'd be playing alot of gigs to promote his new CD. I'm trying to look it up, anyone have the title?

hopefully animal collective is not playing on jack johnson's day

Anyone else think that the math doesnt add up?

40 acts over 3 days= 13 acts per day

13 acts a day over 3 stages = 4 acts per stage per day.

so everyone gets a 1.5hr set? cant be.

Tip of the iceberg...

Radiohead live is pretty sweet but this line-up does not compare to any of the other major festivals and the NY area really deserves better. Sure, the live music scene in NYC is great - no complaints there. But there's something special about outdoor festivals - a vibe you can't get from tiny clubs. Not necessarily better, but different. And it's frustrating that as a New Yorker I have to fly all over the country to go to a decent festival. I thought this would be the answer but barring some incredible Portishead/My Morning Jacket level add-ons, it's not shaping up that way.

My fault for saying only one stage. I didn't read the full post and I was thinking back to the original Radiohead shows in 2001.

Why can't Randalls Island get more festivals again?

They'll probably have 2 stages side-by-side so that each set starts shortly after the previous set ends, and then a side stage for the smaller acts. So there would, in effect, only be 2 sets going on at a time. Just speculation, but I've seen other festivals done this way and it seems to fit given the caliber of non-headliners (or lack thereof).

Jack Johnson has the #1 album in the country. He has incredibly strong touring history. The real question is whose dick have these promoters been sucking to get him to play their festivals. Just because he exists outside of your frame of reference, and his music is middle-of-the-road (and yeah, pretty fucking lame), doesn't mean that it's dumb to book him. If you don't care about him, don't go on Sunday. Seems easy enough to me. Leave those tickets for the Jack Johnson fans and save your money. I'm sure there's a fun show at McCarren Pool or something.

your vegas is soooooooo bad. how can they be on any bill ever?

I hope they tell us who is playing on what day before tickets go on sale.

fingers crossed for the PHISH reunion!!!!!

girl talk is a bozo with a laptop, why does anyone give a shit?

holy expensive. they must be trying to get money back for low coachella ticket sales.

this isnt the weekend experience i thought it would be. who puts a band on two nights in a row as headliners?

and is that a 9 dollar savings for getting the whole 3-day pass as opposed to a individuals? thanks

you people are freaking idiots. it's the INITIAL line-up. that means way more bands are going to be announced.

honestly, maybe you should go. clearly you all need to learn a thing or two about the logistics of music festivals.

I understand it's only the initial lineup, but normally they announce a few great bands in the initial lineup, then some more later on. But only Radiohead is the standout band in that list. Girl Talk? Give me a break.

I wouldn't expect a ton more bands. They've already got the official poster up at www.myspace.com/apwfestival (yes I know it can be changed, but it doesn't look like they are going to add 20 names to it or anything).

Shit, I hope the New Pornographers do a show of their own in NYC sometime this year. Otherwise, I hope it rains on you motherfuckers.

why all the hate? you guys do realize Black Kids are playing?

^ 3 up:

i disagree. there is a LOT of empty space on that poster, and you can tell they had to stretch w/ the fonts.

i'd expect quite a few bands, esp if they want to justify 3-days (with 3 stages!) and a $260 ticket

ok stop bitching and complaining....im sorry your sorry ass shitty bands such as justice and MIA aren't playing but if you don't like the fact that Radiohead is playing two nights then go cry and listen to your daft punk mixes till they come back in 2 years.

why in NJ? I hate New Jersey. worse state in the Union. This festival is going to be dominated by drunk, high, belligerent guidos and irish fratboy Jersey trash jerks and NJ japs. I'm sure Radiohead will be pleased with all the fratboy mosh pits and brawls that drunk guido NJ trash will start.

Regarding "slow ticket sales" at Coachella, single day tickets are sold out.

Well, add me to the chorus of people who think this is a pretty WEAK line-up. Outside of Radiohead, I don't think I would pay to see a single act. Maybe Girl Talk. But I'd consider him more of a bonus than anything.

That said, $89 isn't THAT bad. I'm in agreement that the line-up stinks, but for the amount of (shitty) bands (plus Radiohead), it seems fair.

And yes, Anon@5:35pm is a stupid asshole. NO BAND is worth $900, you dumbass fucking hipster.

put animal collective on the first day and i might purchase one ticket

Why should NJ guidos have the chance to see Radiohead? why aren't Radiohead playing in New York? we need to close all the bridges and tunnels from NJ to keep out all the trash.

Why does it matter which day Animal Collective plays (besides the fact that they would have to be on a Radiohead day).

"a chance to see radiohead, girl talk, animal collective, and the go! team is lame."

Outside of Radiohead, those bands you list are all pretty obscure and not all that good. Indie bloggers will claim otherwise, of course, to make sure everyone knows they "know their indie music," but um, Girl Talk and Go! Team are pretty lame.

Radiohead better be playing other NYC-area dates other than this one.

have fun getting robbed in Jersey City

Hey, why can't NJ guidos like radiohead? Go eat some vegetables.

Ugh. I was looking forward to more electronica acts, or at least some Santogold.

This lineup is disappointing, very disappointing.

I mean, where's The Chemical Brothers, where's Kraftwerk, Justice, Kavinsky, etc.

This lineup needs at least 20 more acts, and out of them at least 4 that I'd want to see.

So far, Radiohead, Underworld and Kings of Leon are the only bands I'd want to see.

That's 3 out of...36?

1/12.

Nice.

fuck off jack johnson, jesus christ

why don't you play every fucking festival this year? asshole.

$89 for a Radiohead show where animal collective opens

jack johnson, the promoters, and 6:12 are all sucking my cock. there's still some room on the shaft and one spot left on the ass side of the balls. please leave your name, number, and preferred spot. thank you.

we should all be able to agree that radiohead is worth the money, tickets to see them in va are going for $200 each. maybe if cat power and neil halstead were playing on radiohead days it wouldn't be so disappointing. but when they announced they would do a bona fide festival at liberty state park with radiohead headlining, i think we all assumed it would be much more enticing a lineup than this.

"When does Daft Punk get announced as additional headliner?"

We can only hope, can't we...

Single-day tickets at Coachella didn't "sell-out", they just severely limited the quantity this year to drive up the ridiculously overpriced three-day passes.

Ok, this is not a festival like Coachella. There are indeed three stages but the two big ones are side by side and switch off. There will be a third stage for smaller acts across the park. That's it. No more than 45 acts total. It says on the ads more than 40 acts. Why are people saying they are going to add a ton of acts? Hey idiots, read a little!

Goldenvoice have basically built a festival around the second leg of the Radiohead US tour... then tacked on the Jack Johnson Sunday Show!

re: NJ Guido 7:15pm, seriously no offense but guidos are lame and everything they touch becomes stupid. I can totally see a bunch of NJ guidos running around being a-holes the whole weekend, acting like beligerent jerks during the show, elbowing people, etc. and then go back to their pathetic pizza eating, techno listening lives. they are a waste of space at a Radiohead concert.

wow this festival stinks worse than jersey city

Are they going to post what days the acts are going to be on before the tickets go on sale? Or does anyone know?

the day lineups are on the website.
animal collective opening up for radiohead on day2? AWESOME.

all info up now. check out the official website:
www.apwfestival.com

there really is no reason to show up on sunday.

All of this grousing is very funny. I really don't think that there's any possible lineup that could've been announced that didn't lead to everyone crying out with hatred and disappointment. The babies who love bitching on this blog might have a little credibility if they tempered some of the hatred with even-keeled thoughts or some eloquent appreciation (or not). Where does all the hatred and bitterness come from?

Regarding this festival...figure that Radiohead tickets at MSG would have been $75-$125...this seems like it's really not so outrageous. $100 for Radiohead + 20 other bands per day. Maybe there are 2 bands in addition to Radiohead that you really want to see. Sounds like a fine day to me. If you still can't stand the idea of going to this festival, yet you feel absolutely entitled to a Radiohead show (you do live in NYC after all, you HAVE to have all the best shows, and pay a premium for it!), drive to Philly, or DC or Boston, or Montreal and see 'em there.

Will the two main stages really be side by side? What if you have a spot on the railing in front of one stage? How are you going to watch and hear an act on the other stage? It would make more sense to have the two stages face each other.

Butch Walker, My Morning Jacket, David Ford, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, Rx Bandits, The Moldy Peaches, Flaming Lips, Katy Perry, Dresden Dolls, Lily Allen, Tegan and Sara, Electric Eel Shock, Bang Camaro, CornMo, Andrew WK, Badfish etc. Cant think of more suitable bands for this type of festival right now but Radiohead is the biggest band they need cuz 40K people is not really that big to have 3 stages and tons of big bands.

"who wants to stay out late on a Sunday anyway?"

Trustafarians who don't have to go to work the next day.

this is Anon.742 (#1)those are bands i think should get added...i forgot to say that hahah sorry

Anon 7:44: That lineup would inspire just as much hatred as the actual lineup! Are you all really so selfish to think that the lineup should cater to your personal taste? All of these bands (the bands playing the fest) sell tickets...whether YOU like them or not. Except for Your Vegas. WTF are they?

Personally, I can't complain that much, as it's 2 days of Radiohead, with the New Pornos & the Go Team opening on Friday, and Kings of Leon & Animal Collective opening on Saturday. Yes, Sunday is quite weak, but RodGab & Cat Power aren't bad, and one would think there will be at least one more decent band added.

good for you anon 749! i was saying those are some bands i wish were playing...not all of them, so just go listen to ur daft punk and run in your hipster olympics (the slow version). oh and learn to read also. i think the bands i listed would draw a more varied audience than all the same type of crowd (such as the listed bands). But its still early, so we'll see.

im definitely going to this...outside shows always bring about fun experiences. I just wish i could afford Bonnaroo this year. Going with family and friends to Aruba and thats costing me 900+ for everything grrrr.

Bands I will be attending for:
Radiohead, Jack Johnson,Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cat Power, The Roots, The New Pornographers, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Chromeo, Sia, Nicole Atkins

"$100 for Radiohead + 20 other bands per day."

Are people retarded? There are only two stages active at a time - the big stage and the little stage. THere will be no more than 15 bands playing each day. That's why the news release says more than 40 bands. Not more than 60 bands.

And if you want a realistic 36 bands that they could have announced, here's one that I don't think people would have complained about and is realistic. I don't like a lot of these bands but there is more than enough to make me happy. If you think it is unrealistic scan the lineups from ACL, Lollapalooza and Coachella last year.

Radiohead (headlining twice)
Beck (headlining once)
Modest Mouse
Robert Plant & Alison Kraus
Steve Malkmus and the Jicks
Sharon Jones & Dap Kings
Explosions in the Sky
The Roots
Paul Westerberg
The National
Kings of Leon
Rilo Kiley
Iron & Wine
Feist
Okkervil River
Sunset Rubdown
Mountain Goats
MGMT
John Butler Trio
Pinback
Drive By Truckers
Beirut
Grizzly Bear
Girl Talk
Black Kids
El-P
St. Vincent
Back Door Slam
Chromeo
Besnard Lakes
Jason Isbell
Octopus Project
Ike Reilly Assassination
Julie Doiron
She & Him

please add sigur ros, verve, or portishead.

fucking now.

fucking add one of these now.

somebody murder jack johnson and il buy them a radiohead ticket.

i think jack johnson is gonna come out with kanye west and then a cover of Umbrella with the Flaxons hah

OBVIOUSLY guidos would never come out to see Radiohead. whoever first said they would is a negative dick who shits on jersey to feel better about himself.

Anon 8.26 is right. If you're worried about Jerz "trash" being at the fucking festival then a) consider the fact that they wouldn't fucking bother with Radiohead when they could be dancing to Cascada and b) Guidos will fuck your ass up. Anyone who has seen True Life: Jersey Shore would know that

yea all the jersey guidos wouldn't take the train 5 more min into the city. I think if there gonna go, there gonna go. don't forget where all those guidos came from...jersey ain't staten island.

just to clarify...true life: jersey shore, they were new york guidos who invade the jersey shore for three months of the year and ruin my summers of laying on the beach in man thong. Thats why god made the indian summer.

i love guidos if they prevent man thong.

Damn, I was looking forward to this announcement more than ANYTHING....what a HUGE let down so far!!!

What's a NYC Radiohead fan to do? If we go to a different city for a regular show on Radiohead's tour to avoid the blah acts at APW, we'll miss the added songs they'll perform over two nighs at APW. It's like having to buy the big expensive box set to get the second disc of In Rainbows.

My prediction is that they will be selling very few one-day passes, forcing people to buy a three-day pass. If not, it will end up being Fri/Sat sell outs, and a half full venue on Sunday.

awful lineup ill wait till 2009 may for vineland

NJ hater ...you are joking right ? no one is this stupid...
This site is like a mile from NYC do you think suddenly people with no interest in this music will go because its in their state / area ? The show will be filled with the same people that would be a festival in NYC or in Brooklyn or Queens (homes of some serious "guidos")
Even if there are some people that you deem unworthy (and I sure you are fuckin' prince) who are you to say who can come to a show or can't ? Also NJ is a very large and diverse state & not defined by only the the northeast section of the state...
Also what's wrong with Pizza ?

News flash: Jack Johnson is popular. Your friends won't be there, but Sunday will be packed.

Despite your complaining and best efforts to tailor this concert to your specific needs, this festival will sell out handily and quickly.

Truth that ^^^^^^^

$258?! twat?!

true dat, 9 o'clock. i like radiohead and i know their hands are tied as far as dealing with these corporate promoters, but this shit makes me sick. if you miss out on the presale, ticketmaster only sells the back rows of seated gigs to the public, everything else goes to the brokers. i think it's illegal collusion, but no one seems to care. and we'll end up stuck between buying three-day passes or not seeing radiohead. i know they can't exactly do a residency at hammerstein and similar venues around the world or they'd never stop touring, and they get props for releasing a great record that was also a huge middle finger to the record industry. but i've just about had it with the way they end up milking us for so much freaking money.

weak weak weak

"i know their hands are tied as far as dealing with these corporate promoters" No they aren't...

"if you miss out on the presale, ticketmaster only sells the back rows of seated gigs to the public, everything else goes to the brokers." There's no presale here...

"but i've just about had it with the way they end up milking us for so much freaking money." Milking? Just don't go!

Ok. I am going on Saturday. Radiohead & Animal Collective, yay!

im not seeing the lineup schedule on the site?

i think its solid

gonna be fun as hell

whats up with the virgin fest the same weekend ?

Jack Johnson must have an amazing publicist/manager. Why the hell is he getting the billing he is?

Anyone know if these are the only Radiohead dates for the NY area? If so, that blows. Even though I hate MSG, at least if you see them there you get a seat and don't have wait for hours squished behind a bunch of tall drunk hooligans while not being able to see anything, let alone hear anything.

I like Radiohead fine (even if Rainbows bored me) ... but it's really goofy to have one band headline a festival two nights running. If they were doing some kind of ATP-Don't Look Back thing, performing OK Computer straight through I'd understand. But otherwise it just seems lazy.

Guess I'll go elsewhere to see Radiohead.
While I was hoping to see a festival in my own backyard the lineup is just not that great in the middle tier bands. Underworld, Spearhead right before Radiohead yuk. and then Kings of Leon into Radiohead. Talk about bad pairings. I like some of the earlier bands but I'll die waiting for hours to go by until Radiohead takes the stage each nite.

kings of leon playing in front of Radiohead!!!? Ed O'Brien probably didn't sleep a wink tonight, he's so excited.

seriously though it's hard to argue that this line up isn't a little disappointing. i'm trying to tell myself that $90 a day for Radiohead and a few other bands isn't a bad deal, but I was expecting to be excited about going all 3 days.
They're fine acts, but i don't think i can justify spending $90 to see Rodrigo y Gabriela and The Black Kids.

Unless they add Daft Punk or Springsteen i think i'm gonna skip sunday.

to be fair, Liberty State Park is not that huge of an area... but I was hoping the festival would be bigger than this where they have the good sense of putting a tent for the electronic acts instead of having Underworld lead into Radiohead.

how were underworld when they played central park this fall?

liberty state park is actually fairly large. at least 100 acres.

Friday:

Blue Commet
Radiohead
Underworld
Spearhead
The New Pornographers
The Go! Team

Bullet
Girl Talk
CSS
Forro in the Dark
Juana Molina
Little Brother

Queen of the Valley
Andrew Bird
Mates of State
Nicole Atkins

Saturday

Blue Commet
Radiohead
Kings of Leon
Animal Collective
Metric
Chromeo
The Black Angels

Bullet
The Roots
The Virgins
The Felice Brothers
Alberta Cross

Queen of the Valley
Sia
K'Naan
Duffy
Your Vegas

Sunday

Blue Commet
Jack Johnson
Cat Power
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Amadou & Mariam

Bullet
Youssou N'Dour
Black Kids
Jason Isbell

Queen of the Valley
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Rogue Wave
Neil Halstead

jack johnson is huge, you fucking morons! Maybe you tools should be "slobbering" on cocks to get a single gig at some pathetic dive bar in brooklyn, you annoying fucking scum. i'm tired of these annoying post. jack johnson is lyrical better than half these pompous indie bands that get attention because of their DIGITAL music making. DIGITAL MUSIC ISN'T TALENT! YOU JUST NEED TIME TO WASTE TO GET IT RIGHT, AND MONEY TO AFFORD THE EQUIPMENT!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE HITTING KNOBS AND HARDLY ANYTHING ELSE!!!!! and just because a bunch of annoying cunts who live off their parents income support these annoying bands like animal collective should die. animal collective isn't music, they are cunts from maryland, or where-ever, in which they probably said to each other "lets make shitty music, and call it 'artistic' so we can have a bunch of other cunts believe it is and spread the word!"

^^"jack johnson is lyrical better"

hey asshole, why knock maryland? like santa barbara is a fucking cultural mecca? dunno why im responding, nobody cares about jack johnson besides 13 year old girls and surfer yeabros

panda bear hits knobs, animal collective actually play instruments...get it right geez

Imagine this--that all the posters on this board show up at any meeting place...a park, a restaurant, a bar, a festival whatever. Would everyone speak to each other with such disgrace and crudeness? Why can't posters comment nice, happy and fluffly comments like those Myspace pages??!!

I wonder if the vibes at this festival will be good. Coachella rocks for sure!!!

Is it just me or does this lineup suck so much dick that it seems like Goldenvoice has sabotaged lineup so people in the east coast will want to go to coachella more and then pay 179$ to see radiohead.

"This festival" is going to be full of the people who post on this blog. How do you THINK the vibes will be? Nice, happy and fluffy don't come to mind.

So Anon 10:50's list includes the STAGES the bands will be playing on, eh? Although I think the overall lineup on Friday looks better, a lot of the bands I like aren't on the same stage as Radiohead et al. The Saturday mainstage lineup is a lot stronger. I DO NOT want to sit through a Spearhead set and I've seen Underworld plenty of times by now. Girl Talk is fucking awesome at festivals but anybody that goes to see his set ain't gonna be within two miles of the stage when Radiohead comes on.

Radiohead
Kings of Leon
Animal Collective
Metric
Chromeo
The Black Angels...

is a pretty solid lineup, and about all I'll end up seeing for the 90 bucks. I went to Coachella last year and there is just no fucking way to see all the bands you want to see. You gotta just pick a spot and keep it real.

Festivals are alright and heaps of the bands I want to see, but will they do side shows in NYC?

Only bands other than Radiohead on my list woube be Go! Team and Roots, and now since Go! Team looks like they are opening early friday I wont get to see them because of work, so that sucks.

I will definitely be skipping sunday though. Jack Johnsons is no 1 in the country? who gives a fuck? So was Kenny Loggins in 82, dont mean I have to listen to that shit.

to "whocares". Every night is a side show in NYC.

Aren't we just watching the second edition of Field Day Fest?

Yet another overpriced day long show (in this case, three day long shows) with Radiohead headlining (two of them).

It's too much to ask, but I wish the Radiohead sheep would hold back on buying so quickly just to see what happens if it doesn't sell as the date nears.

wow. you pathetic whiners are really making me miss the daft punk comments.

The fact that this show has about the same ticket price as Coachella is atrocious. I will try to get a single day Saturday ticket, but no thanks on the rest at $90 per day. If Radiohead weren't touring this year, this "festival" would not exist. And the Arcade Fire/LCD/Blonde Redhead/Les Savy Fav show was leaps and bounds better than that Sunday lineup...and it definitely wasn't $90.

a typical South Street Seaport, Central Park Summerstage, McCarren Pool free weekend has a better line-up, when you think about it. Where are the NYC based bands on that list?

I think that is a mistake there on the sec day, Animal Collective will probably lead into Radiohead, not Kings of Leon. If it does go off like that that's a pretty weird pairing.

Man, what a bunch of ridiculous complaining. If you don't like the lineup don't go. Simple. All the bitching about the bands you wanted to be playing? 90% of them play in NYC all the time. If you need to see, say, the National that badly, maybe you should have gone to one of the 2 shows they played in October....or this weekend. Radiohead doesn't come around too often.

And to whoever asked, Underworld absolutely KILLED it in central park last year. Best show I saw last year that didn't involve 2 robots in a pyramid. Having them open up for Radiohead? Sure takes the edge off of not seeing Kraftwerk -> Portishead at Coachella.

Rob,

The thing is, why not just have the Radiohead/Underworld tour (rumor is that Underworld is opening the North American shows) in NYC without all these other filler bands at a lower ticket price? If you are going to have a festival, then have a festival with a full lineup. If you are just going to try and spruce up a couple of Radiohead shows that would happen in NYC either way, then why go to the extra hassle of dumping a bunch of average bands in there while charging people $90 per day or perhaps forcing people to buy a 3 day pass which includes a ticket to Jack Johnson that Radiohead fans don't want?

"If Radiohead weren't touring this year, this "festival" would not exist. And the Arcade Fire/LCD/Blonde Redhead/Les Savy Fav show was leaps and bounds better than that Sunday lineup...and it definitely wasn't $90."

This is the first post to truly put things in perspective. That Arcade Fide show this past summer was around $40 and that line-up kills any day at APW. I'll take LCD and Blonde Redhead over Kings of Leon and Animal Coll. any day of the week! Radiohead is my favorite band but the rest of the line-up is soooooo disappointing!!!

Does anyone know if Radiohead intend to play any other NY area dates other than this festival?

CN,

I agree, there is a lot of filler, especially on the Sunday (which I definitely won't be going to). But personally, I think this is a pretty solid lineup on Sat:

Radiohead
Kings of Leon
Animal Collective
Metric
Chromeo
The Black Angels

Toss in the chance to see Underworld again and I'm in. Yeah, I wish that we had more info about the Radiohead tour before we had to decide about this...but I'm not taking any chances.

I shit on your puny festival offerings!

yes saturday is a great lineup with radiohead, kings of leon, the roots, and the black angels, but I think its the only day I'll be going to, Radiohead is still going to play a NYC show and I'd rather spend 40 for that then 90 for friday, I was hoping Interpol would be in the mix, but I guess not. And sunday is a horrible lineup through and through they got to add more bands to that if anyone will go

Stop whinging. If you