Virgin Festival, Baltimore, August 9-10, 2008

just retarded to make it same weekend as APW

Lets just hope it has a better line up than APW.

What is APW?

can they get radiohead for sunday?

So this is the same week as All Points West? Great idea! This should insure that both festivals fail.

maybe this will actually have bands worth seeing

nah they wont get radiohead for sunday, theyre already playing virginia in may

well if they can't get radiohead, they should make this more of a rock show to distinguish it from APW. they should get foos, STP, maybe metallica to headline

No matter who this festival announces, you bitch whiny sniveling hipster fags will undoubtedly come up with a string of 200 posts on how the lineup sucks. I hope they just announce Daft Punk, that seems to be the one thing that you f*cktards on here can agree on.

And if they do, does anyone know what time they'll go on?

If they can get a good lineup, then APW on Friday, Virgin on Sat/Sun. Works for me.

The line up could be an all star revival of The Ramones, The Beatles, My Bloody Tampon, and Nirvana, promising to culminate in an all-star jam, and these spoiled brats would still find some way to rag on it.

So do your best Virgin, we're ready for it!

I LIKE POOP!

the line-up sucks!

Here are my pre-emptive complaints:

I can't believe they're going on before them!

I would so much rather see them on their own tour than pay this much to see all these other shitty bands.

There's that specific number of stages? WTF?

Why hasn't my weekly trust fund payment been deposited yet?

That is all.

"Why hasn't my weekly trust fund payment been deposited yet?"

heh

Jack Johnson will play on Saturday because he's a festival whore

"My Bloody Tampon... would still find some way to rag on it."

Intentional? If so, well played.

im sick of these festivals already. nothing really makes them special anymore.

from now on im only seeing shows at silent barn or market hotel

From now on, I'm only seeing Beethoven when he plays those shows in my bathtub.

now if only vineland was still on for the same weekend.

will beth-ditto and any other overweight artists be on the bill?

When and why did you numbskulls start hyphenating Beth Ditto's name?

what time are they gonna operation elephant drop beth ditto onto festival grounds

I doubt MBV will play it. Or if they do, it better not be on a radiohead date.

Well they'll obviously pull in big bands and I bet they'll expand it this year, theyve already added another day to it.

Anon. 9:03 PM, the movie you're thinking of is "Operation *DUMBO* Drop." Dumbass.

I hear it's gonna be The Boss. I heart Beth-Ditto...

the captain and tennille. eddie murphy. kitaro. dogstar. bay city rollers. white snake. vanilla ice. oasis. the divinyls. sir mix-a-lot. michael mcdonald. and a reformed styx.

ashy knucks is headlining the 2nd night

Even with the good bands that were on this last year, it was still quite a miserable event... crowd and venue wise

V-Fest is gonna make the APW look like a high school talent show.

3:52 not as miserable as some people who post comments here.

"I doubt MBV will play it. Or if they do, it better not be on a radiohead date."

Uh, Radiohead are playing two nights. Makes choices easier, doesn't it?

10:30, nah its pretty miserable - youve obvisouly never been. or if you have been, youve never been to good festivals such as coachella and bonnaroo. i will never go back to v fest..regardless of who is playing. two years is enough for me, im giving up on that festival.

Beth---Ditto in "Operation Dumbo Drop"

"10:30, nah its pretty miserable - youve obvisouly never been. or if you have been, youve never been to good festivals such as coachella and bonnaroo. i will never go back to v fest..regardless of who is playing. two years is enough for me, im giving up on that festival."

Agreed. Gone for two years for good bands. Still had a lousy time (except, notably, at the side stage). Time for something different this year.

Lollapalooza!

1:02, Im 10:30. Ive been to Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, and V-fest. Whatever miserability factor of Baltimore is (bad transport options and surrounding area) I still would have prob went last year if not for Lolla which was same weekend, and now this year the choice is obvious as well.

thats so stupid they have it on the same days..is APW trying to prove something ha? I just dont get it. REM might be a headliner

all i have to say is TIESTO for the dance tent

I'm not sure what the deal is with virgin going head to head with APW this year, after the lolla "fiasco" last year. Fortunately, at least as far as headliners go, lolla & apw usually grab the "hipster" groups (hip euro-uk bands and alot of indies filling the rest of the line up out.

fortunately, since that's not my "gig", virgin usually goes after the big "rock" acts, or reunion dinosaurs, but leans a bit more mainstream (i'm a product of gen-x, so apw & lolla don't do it for me anyway, i'm looking for stp, foo, chris cornell, queens of the stone age, etc..). oh and btw, appaerntly there's a new(?) festival in japan on the same weekend!!

as a life-long resident of the baltimore area, it's sad to see visitors perspectives of the city. what's even more sad, is how true it is. luckily for me though, i'm very familiar with the city (the good, well...maybe we'll just leave it at the bad and the ugly...). if you went to v-fest last year, and did your homework, they really had the transportation and everything worked out fairly well. i thought it went really smooth last year. just take the public transportation as it's described to you by virgin, take the shuttles etc... and you don't have to worry about "the ghetto" area that is pimlico.

no one in that neighborhood is going to mess with someone from the fest, as you usually have 45,000 strong all leaving the area together, plus the police (i can't believe i'm saying this and in a positive way) make their presence known, and it really is way safer than it appears to a visitor. so if you haven't attended virgin, and you're debating it, don't let the negative comments about the city/area deter you. and make friends ahead of time with someone local, so they can show you the ropes.

last year was a bit of a zoo trying to leave, with everyone trying to get on the shuttles for the 4 block ride. well my fiance and i decided we would just walk it, and took some fellow concert goers from out of town, that preferred to not have to wait for the shuttle scene to calm down either, on a nice scenic walk through the neighborhood, and got them right back to their cars way before the shuttles would've. they seemed very thankful.

in general, baltimore is like a dog, in the sense that, you let on an air of fear, and people will prey upon it. if you don't let it intimidate you, people will totally leave you alone. unfortunately though, some of the dog's are rabid though, so you should definitely stay in a group, and you'd be surprised how in reality, that neighborhood is more intimidated by the influx of 45,000 20 & 30 something's, than you are by being there, and the local folks tend to stay in line.

this is also the same weekend as the new vineland nj music fest (which is owned by lollapalooza)...

my guess is that vineland will get all the people who play lollapalooza so that will be a much better festival.

i think v-fest in baltimore will be more rap and metal.

"this is also the same weekend as the new vineland nj music fest"

It's also the same weekend as the Horde tour and Lilith Fair.

Pitchfork Festival lineup announced. No MBV or Radiohead.

and field day festival.

Vineland in NJ is not happening this year. The people doing it made a wise decision in putting it off for another year.

Currently, strongly rumored to headline one night are the Foo Fighters. Apparently a DC radio station leaked information stating that they were set to headline.

"all i have to say is TIESTO for the dance tent"\

fag

Rabbit in the Moon (live) is confirmed via their myspace

the red hot chili peppers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I personally prefer the new age stuff and the indie but also the big rock group, i would like to see radiohead, justice,css,vampire weekend, NOT jackson
unfortunately
SUMMER SONIC in tokyo (its their big fest) is the same days as APW and V-fest. I do think APW could send saturday acts down and have them sunday virgin festival.

all the acts are going to play one nite each of V-Fest, APW, and Summer Sonic. it doesn't matter which festival you go to

gogol bordello, yeah yeah yeahs, justice, man man, shins, animal collective, beirut, gnarls barkley, decemberists, lily allen, black angels, amy winehouse, mars volta, m.i.a, mgmt, nin, of montreal, radiohead, queens of the stone age, sunset rubdown, tool, wolf parade, bjm...any of those bands will be just fine and dandy for me.

Last years Virgin Festival was AMAZING!!!! cant wait to go this year!!!! FUCK YEA!!!!

I can't believe Jack Johnson is headling the Virgin Festival!!! WTF?!?

I hope he is playing on Friday night, so I can see Radiohead on Friday at APW, then go down to Virgin for Sat/Sun.

Radiohead notwithstanding, the lineup so far is better than All Points Weak.

Damn, the Virgin Festival is only two days. I guess I will see Radiohead in DC or Boston and skip APW entirely. Not spending $100 for a lackluster festival.

Pendulum has confirmed for V-Fest this year. Their live act alone will be worth the ticket!

Just release the full lineup already so i can officially be broke. Lolla and V-Fest in the same (long) week. Sounds like a road trip waiting to happen. Live it.

Does anyone know what the presale code will be for the August Virgin Festival shows in Baltimore? Thanks so much!