The 2005 Festivals Thread

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

Cough! V is shit! Its a well known fact, even if they have got Oasis.

I went in 2001 as my first festy, and after following it with a Leeds and a T in the Park, it is frankly bad.

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[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

American Headcharge are the latest act confirmed for Download Festival, which takes place on 10th, 11th & 12th June, at Donington Park, Leicestershire.

They'll be playing in honour of guitarist Bryan Ottoson, who was found dead in his tour bus bunk on Tuesday 19 April from a suspected prescription drug overdose.

The band made the following statement: "Bryan was a vital member of our group and a key songwriter on The Feeding. It is our intention to honor his memory by re-joining Mudvayne, one of Bryan's favorite bands, on the current tour. Words cannot convey the depth of our sadness, but we want our fans to be able to hear the music Bryan loved so much. He'd be pissed if we didn't continue on."

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

Austin City Limits

Date - Sept 23 till Sept 25

Location - Zilker Park, Austin TX.  USA.

Price - $105 3 Day Pass on sale now.  1 Day available at a later date

Ticket Info

Website - Austin City Limits

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

The official Isle of Wight Festival website is saying that the festival is sold out, but there's actually still some tickets available - as long as you're quick!

Tickets are still available from Ticketmaster for the Friday, the Saturday (£35 for either day) and for the weekend (both camping at £90 and non-camping at £75)

[Colly]

Ok, so not a festival, but Americans, go see Embrace!

Thursday 16th June

SEATTLE, WA - CROCODILE

Friday 17th June

PORTLAND, OR - DOUGLAS FIR

Saturday 18th June

RENO, NV - SATELLITE

Sunday 19th June

SACRAMENTO, CA - HARLOW'S

Monday 20th June

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - INDEPENDENT

Wednesday 22nd June

LOS ANGELES, CA - TROUBADOUR

Thursday 23rd June

SAN DIEGO, CA - EPICENTRE

Friday 24th June

PHOENIX, AZ - CLUBHOUSE

Sunday 26th June

DENVER, CO - LARIMER

Monday 27th June

LAWRENCE, KS - BOTTLENECK

Tuesday 28th June

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - ASCOT

Thursday 30th June

CHICAGO, IL - DOUBLE DOOR

Friday 1st July

DETROIT, MI - SHELTER

Saturday 2nd July

COLUMBUS, OH - THE BASEMENT

Sunday 3rd July

NASHVILLE, TN - THIRD & LINDSLEY

Tuesday 5th July

CHARLESTON, SC - THE PLEX

Wednesday 6th July

ATLANTA, GA - THE LOFT

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

God I would'nt wish Embrace on anybody. That band is on a continual quest to write an awesome epic, it will never happen (that's even counting the song Chris Martin wrote) and in the meantime they will send the Americans to sleep with there medicore middle of the road cack. There are many bands who can write epics, The Smashing Pumpkins for a start.

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More acts have been confirmed for Download Festival, which takes place on 10th, 11th & 12th June, at Donington Park, Leicestershire.

On the Sunday afternoon on the Napster Third Stage, they'll be the Roadrunner Roadrage Tour, featuring Trivium, 3 Inches Of Blood, and Still Remains. Earlier, at 10am, Henry Rollins will be giving a spoken word show, discussing love, life, music, and anything else.

Also newly announced is the after-hours Campsite Entertainment Zone, which has a café, beer stall, funfair rides, various shops, and a cinema screening a number of kung fu and action movies, including the first UK screening of forthcoming film House Of Wax. This area will be open until 2am from Friday to Sunday.

Campers are being asked to help keep the site clean and green. Every weekend camping ticket holder will be allocated a Download Dirt Bag on arrival at the festival. For every two bags of litter, one bag of empty cans and one bag of plastic bottles that are collected, there's a a FREE CAN OF BEER! This sounds a pretty good deal for tidying up after yourselves - what you should be doing anyway!

Edited May 11, 2005 by Booker T & The MG's

[Colly]

Embrace aren't aiming for a Smashing Pumpkins style epic though, only a big singalong anthem, something they haven't done to great effect since The Good Will Out. Live though, theres just something special about Embrace that I can't explain. And this is from a seasoned gig-goer, some of those Embrace moments are unforgettable. Some of the more mediocre songs can be lifted to amazing effect, notably some forgettable album tracks like Many Will Learn. Just trust me, give it a go if they're whipping by.

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

Embrace aren't aiming for a Smashing Pumpkins style epic though, only a big singalong anthem, something they haven't done to great effect since The Good Will Out. Live though, theres just something special about Embrace that I can't explain. And this is from a seasoned gig-goer, some of those Embrace moments are unforgettable. Some of the more mediocre songs can be lifted to amazing effect, notably some forgettable album tracks like Many Will Learn. Just trust me, give it a go if they're whipping by.

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[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

I was on the Sonic Youth website and it looks like they will be playing the V Festival. Here's there tour dates for August.

8/12 Oslo, Norway Oya Festival (+ Diskaholics Anonymous)

8/14 St. Malo, France La Route Du Rock

8/16 Reykjavik, Iceland Nasa

8/17 Reykjavik, Iceland Nasa

8/19 Dublin, Ireland Marlay Park

8/20 Chelmsford, England V Festival

8/21 Stafford, England V Festival

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

KYLIE MINOGUE has cancelled her appearance at GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL, NME.COM can reveal.

The singer announced this morning that a forthcoming Australian tour, due to start this month, will not go ahead while she receives treatment for breast cancer.

Now, a spokesperson for the singer in the UK has told NME.COM that Glastonbury is also off.

A statement reads: “Kylie Minogue has had to pull out of her headlining appearance at this year's Glastonbury Festival due to ill health. This follows the confirmation early this morning that she has been diagnosed with early breast cancer and that she will undergo immediate treatment. Consequently, her Australian tour, which was due to open in Sydney this Thursday, May 19, will not be able to proceed as planned.

Kylie said today; "I was so looking forward to bringing the Showgirl tour to Australia and to Glastonbury, and am sorry to have to disappoint my fans. Nevertheless, hopefully all will work out fine and I'll be back with you all again soon".

Glastonbury Festival organisers said in a statement: "Glastonbury Festival was saddened to hear the news that Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer...our thoughts are with Kylie at this very difficult time."

Kylie's sister Dannii has also spoken out about the news. In a statement, she said: “The news is very upsetting. Although as the cancer has been diagnosed at such an early stage we are all very optimistic that everything will be OK. We’re all very thankful for the endless messages of love and support Kylie has been receiving – I know all your kind thoughts will mean the world to her as she gets better.”

A statement issued to the Australian media reads: "Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week, prior to her Australian Showgirl tour, Kylie was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned."

The tour was due to visit:

Sydney Superdome (May 19-21)

Melbourne Rod Laver Arena (23-25, 27-29)

Sydney Entertainment Centre (31, June 1-2)

Brisbane Entertainment Centre (4-6)

Adelaide Entertainment Centre (8-9)

Perth Burswood Dome (12-14)

Glastonbury Festival (June 26)

Edited May 17, 2005 by Booker T & The MG's

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

Its first outing was at T in the Park as a Tenth year birthday present to the legendary Balado crowd, now the 2,000 capacity X-Tent returns for a 3rd year and will continue to deliver the hottest new talent from around the globe to the T line up. An impressive array of artists is announced who will grace the X-Tent at Balado by Kinross.

Saturday 9th sees The Duke Spirit, Maximo Park and Brendan Benson join Josh Rouse and headliners Super Furry Animals.

Sunday 10th follows on in similar standard with The Stands, The Subways, The Go! Team, The Dears, yourcodenamis:milo and The Frames joining headliners The Tears.

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

Reading/Leeds Lock Up Stage

Line up announced:

Transplants

Bad Religion

Hatebreed

Anti Flag

Rise Against

Eighteen Visions

Dwarves

Capdown

Million Dead

Emanuel

The Expolosion

No Comply

[fourstarfizzle]

the Lock Up is a bit of a let down compared to last years, only things I'm looking forward too at Rise Against, Hatebreed & Capdown really.

[Summers]

So, it's Download on the weekend.

How many EWB'ers are going? I know dragsy and I are, any others?

[Herr Matzat]

Rock am Ring will have Depech Mode to headline them next year, so expect them to turn up on quit a few other festivalls aswell

[Liam]

Matzat, that made my day.

If that's true, I'm definitely gonna try and catch them, either at a festival, or on any subsequent tour that they do.

[ravenjuice]

I'm off to download on the friday after me english exam, and the saturday and sunday too im going to see black sabbath *is not excited...honest*

[Summers]

I'm heading down on Thursday afternoon, then dragsy is gonna help me set up .

My friends who are coming have exams on Friday too, so they're missing most of Friday, bwaha.

[ravenjuice]

Snot on. As long as i get to see megadeth im alrite.

Looks like i'm going to miss fozzy, lordi and wednesday 13 tho

Wish they'd hurry up and put the times on the site tho.

[Summers]

I don't think the times will be announced on the site, will they? Might not find out until arrival.

Friday's gonna rock harder than I originally thought.