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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: DeathFromAbove1979 on March 17, 2011, 05:04:15 pm
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yeah yeah yeah to early for predictions, but i'm lame
R.E.M.
Foo Fighters
Belle & Sebastian
Sharon Jones
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REM not touring.
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Definitely want to go again this year. Glad to hear it's back.
Shame I'm not on FB, tho.
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Foo Fighters! that would be cool. I like the new stuff.
Hopefully freefest will be 180' difference from that lame sweetlife fest thing
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Hoping for more than a festival appearance from the Foos this time around (new album will be great, if the first two released songs are any indication) but a free set wouldn't be too bad.
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I love freefest! even though last year i had bronchitis and couldn't go. grrrrrrrrrr
still not over it.
:D
bjork
is on my wishlist. it has been awhile
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But REM is playing Coachella, so maybe they would come to freefest.
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Queens of the Stone Age
Death From Above 1979
Gogol Bordello
Daft Punk
I can dream.
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But REM is playing Coachella, so maybe they would come to freefest.
I think you are wrong about REM at Coachella, unless they were just added ;D
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Can't wait for Freefest! Even though I'm not a huge fan of the bands that played last year, I still had a blast.
I still really regret having to leave before LCD Soundsystem played. Next time I'm not going to let a friends birthday party take priority. ;D
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Any chance of Soundgarden playing FreeFest? I've read they'll do more shows this year, but I don't know what kind they'd be playing.
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Queens of the stone age
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six words
the return of the dead milkmen
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Queens said they'd be back in the US in July, so I'm really hoping that holds up. I'd much rather see them play a full set at the 9:30.
However, I can easily see them fitting into a FreeFest lineup.
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Didnt Dead Milkmen play Sonar last year or the year before?
(2009 at Insubordination Fest)
I vote Aphex Twin, My Bloody Valentine, and DCFC.
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While it looks like their latest album won't see the light of day in the US (and thus no US tour), any chance of flying Manic Street Preachers over here for a one-off?
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Didnt Dead Milkmen play Sonar last year or the year before?
(2009 at Insubordination Fest)
I vote Aphex Twin, My Bloody Valentine, and DCFC.
yes they did...and it was fucking great
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Second Gogol Bordello Aphex Twin, Bjork, and MBV.
Want to see Swans again.
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swans at freefest would be hilariously awesome
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I started coming up with a list of who I'd like to see there, but I'd rather see BRMC, MNDR, QOTSA, Soundgarden, Nicole Atkins, etc. with full sets at the club.
It'll be a good show regardless.
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Hum
Rumor has it their on the fence about more reunion shows so it's doubtful; I think Seth should talk them off the fence and on to FreeFest.
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I would love to see Hum. And Queens.
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While it looks like their latest album won't see the light of day in the US (and thus no US tour), any chance of flying Manic Street Preachers over here for a one-off?
This. And the reunited Pulp to boot.
Though I know neither would ever happen. :-[
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While it looks like their latest album won't see the light of day in the US (and thus no US tour), any chance of flying Manic Street Preachers over here for a one-off?
This. And the reunited Pulp to boot.
Though I know neither would ever happen. :-[
I'd say "No." What was the last Manics album that was even physically released in the United States? I'm almost sure their last four or five haven't. Was "This is My Truth...."? That was 13 YEARS ago!
Now that I think of it, I'm not even sure if Pulp's last few have been physically released over here. "We Love Life?"
I don't think the singles collection was.
The Manic's legendary Top 40 streak was just broken so....it's sort of like Ripken's streak, isn't it? Why pay attention anymore?
Brian
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While it looks like their latest album won't see the light of day in the US (and thus no US tour), any chance of flying Manic Street Preachers over here for a one-off?
This. And the reunited Pulp to boot.
Though I know neither would ever happen. :-[
I'd say "No." What was the last Manics album that was even physically released in the United States? I'm almost sure their last four or five haven't. Was "This is My Truth...."? That was 13 YEARS ago!
Now that I think of it, I'm not even sure if Pulp's last few have been physically released over here. "We Love Life?"
I don't think the singles collection was.
The Manic's legendary Top 40 streak was just broken so....it's sort of like Ripken's streak, isn't it? Why pay attention anymore?
Brian
FWIW, the 2 albums prior to their most recent were both released in the US and they toured here (albeit a short tour) in '09.
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I've always read these boards to find out inside information, but this is my first post. I am a big Foo Fighters fan and couldn't help but noticing that they were playing in Pittsburgh on 9/23 a friday, and in buffalo on 9/25 a sunday, leaving a perfectly good Saturday at the end of September open, this has to mean Foo Fighters 9/24 at Free fest. I am wondering how everyone got their presale passcodes for last years freefest, because I could never find one last year, and was left out of freefest entirely because I couldn't get a ticket, I would like to sign up for whatever you have to sign up for to get it.
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http://virginmobilefestival.com/#/home/ Just keep checking the website
Foo Fighters, Big Audio Dynamite? anyone else fit?
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foos are too big for freefest
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and Pavement, Blink 182, and LCD Soundsystem arent?
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With how hyped (and surprisingly good) their new album is, I really don't see the Foos' DC stop being Freefest.
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Shouldn't we be hearing lineup announcements soonish?
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and Pavement, Blink 182, and LCD Soundsystem arent?
LOL at Pavement and LCD Soundsystem being big bands. Foo Fighters play arenas. Most people don't know who Pavement is and LCD played clubs.
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LCD sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl on their last tour... those places arent clubs.
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and while Pavement may not be as "popular" as others, they've still gotten very high billing at the places they've played.
Not saying they're as big as the Foos, but they're not as small as put out to be.
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If the Foo Fighters are booked for this year's FreeFest it will be like the first Freefest with the majority wanting to be at the mainstage all day. At last year's one could easily move between stages and at least get in the pavilion or pit, unlike the first year.
And if the Foo's do headline, lets hope that Seth books a second stage headliner that actually writes good songs and not just riff-o-matic music with LOL lyrics. "Give me some rope I'm coming loose, I'm hanging on you"
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LCD sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl on their last tour... those places arent clubs.
Yeah on their farewell tour. Would they have been playing MSG had it not been their last show ever? Of course not, they would have been in a club.
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riff-o-matic music with LOL lyrics.
i haven't taken the time to listen to the new album, and i have a soft spot for the foos, but that's a spot-on description of them ;D
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Lineup was announced July 20 last year.
Shouldn't we be hearing lineup announcements soonish?
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foos are too big for freefest
Didn't they just play 930 like 3 or 4 years ago? After playing the Patriot Center? This is Dave's home, I don'
t think him and the Foos would pass up headlining a festival in their hometown area....
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Dave is from Springfield. Why would he want anything to do with Maryland? ;D
foos are too big for freefest
Didn't they just play 930 like 3 or 4 years ago? After playing the Patriot Center? This is Dave's home, I don'
t think him and the Foos would pass up headlining a festival in their hometown area....
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foos are too big for freefest
Didn't they just play 930 like 3 or 4 years ago? After playing the Patriot Center? This is Dave's home, I don'
t think him and the Foos would pass up headlining a festival in their hometown area....
i meant to post a similar thought. dave played the club's 30th anniversary party, a gig that is certainly below his average. he and seth are friends. i could totally see dave doing seth a favor and playing his festival.
If the Foo Fighters are booked for this year's FreeFest it will be like the first Freefest with the majority wanting to be at the mainstage all day. At last year's one could easily move between stages and at least get in the pavilion or pit, unlike the first year.
And if the Foo's do headline, lets hope that Seth books a second stage headliner that actually writes good songs and not just riff-o-matic music with LOL lyrics. "Give me some rope I'm coming loose, I'm hanging on you"
indeed, one thing that has been nice has been the fact that there haven't been any mega-headliners in a while, with the exception of blink-182 but the second stage made up for that. the foos would definitely change the dynamics.
last 3 times i've seen dave/the foos:
- foo fighters acoustic, 4th row
- launch party for "echoes...", irving plaza NYC, from about 15 feet away
- 930 club's anniversary party, from about 20 feet away
i don't think i can see them from the lawn of a shed...
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LCD sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl on their last tour... those places arent clubs.
But those places are in 1st tier cities ;D
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foos are too big for the organizers...its not that they would not play...we all know dave will play garages for pete's sake! and fyi the garage for dc area was in md...
but if you had the foos at a FREE festival with two stages and multiple acts it would create a big headache from a logistical standpoint....and it would turn into a foo fighers show overshadowing everything else....just dont see it
btw pavement- much as i like them- played to a half empty pit and 80% empty pavillion
the closest to a ff level act was weezer not blink 182...
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foos are too big for the organizers...its not that they would not play...we all know dave will play garages for pete's sake! and fyi the garage for dc area was in md...
but if you had the foos at a FREE festival with two stages and multiple acts it would create a big headache from a logistical standpoint....and it would turn into a foo fighers show overshadowing everything else....just dont see it
btw pavement- much as i like them- played to a half empty pit and 80% empty pavillion
the closest to a ff level act was weezer not blink 182...
I guess you can take it that way, I think Blink-182, unfortunately, were bigger in their hay day than the Foos are right now. So their big "come back" was semi-big. I heard more people talking about "BLINK 182 AT FREEFEST" than anything else. I didn't really care, I was gonna see Ludacris and MIA on the 2nd stage hahahaha
If it REALLY turned into "OMFG FREE FOO FIGHTERS" would it really be any worse than last year? I didnt hear Blink 182 and I was fine with that. Not that I didnt want to or it would have ruined my day, I just think IF the Foo Fighers played it wouldn't ruin the atmosphere.
Do you think people's experiences were ruined at Coachella when Madonna played? Cmon.
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foos are too big for the organizers...its not that they would not play...we all know dave will play garages for pete's sake! and fyi the garage for dc area was in md...
but if you had the foos at a FREE festival with two stages and multiple acts it would create a big headache from a logistical standpoint....and it would turn into a foo fighers show overshadowing everything else....just dont see it
btw pavement- much as i like them- played to a half empty pit and 80% empty pavillion
the closest to a ff level act was weezer not blink 182...
I guess you can take it that way, I think Blink-182, unfortunately, were bigger in their hay day than the Foos are right now. So their big "come back" was semi-big. I heard more people talking about "BLINK 182 AT FREEFEST" than anything else. I didn't really care, I was gonna see Ludacris and MIA on the 2nd stage hahahaha
If it REALLY turned into "OMFG FREE FOO FIGHTERS" would it really be any worse than last year? I didnt hear Blink 182 and I was fine with that. Not that I didnt want to or it would have ruined my day, I just think IF the Foo Fighers played it wouldn't ruin the atmosphere.
Do you think people's experiences were ruined at Coachella when Madonna played? Cmon.
listen its just an opinion.
but coachella i assume has a way bigger main stage area..that is the issue..
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I did listen? You listen to me. I have an opinion also, man.
My opinion = opinion also
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I did listen? You listen to me. I have an opinion also, man.
My opinion = opinion also
huh? you lost me my brother.
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but coachella i assume has a way bigger main stage area..that is the issue..
Madonna played the dance tent at Chella. She was like a last minute addition though I think. Kind of like when Jimmy Buffet played the small stage at noon during Bonnaroo two years ago. She was also billed below Massive Attack that day.
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i'm betting Foos will play the fest...of course some other band will play the second stage while they are playing...
not everyone is into the Foos...
but if you had the foos at a FREE festival with two stages and multiple acts it would create a big headache from a logistical standpoint....and it would turn into a foo fighers show overshadowing everything else....just dont see it
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i'm betting Foos will play the fest...of course some other band will play the second stage while they are playing...
not everyone is into the Foos...
but if you had the foos at a FREE festival with two stages and multiple acts it would create a big headache from a logistical standpoint....and it would turn into a foo fighers show overshadowing everything else....just dont see it
i hope you are right!
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right about what?
when blink 182 played, Franz Ferdinand were on the 2nd stage playing.
last year it was LCD vs. M.I.A.....
i'm betting Foos will play the fest...of course some other band will play the second stage while they are playing...
not everyone is into the Foos...
but if you had the foos at a FREE festival with two stages and multiple acts it would create a big headache from a logistical standpoint....and it would turn into a foo fighers show overshadowing everything else....just dont see it
i hope you are right!
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right about what?
when blink 182 played, Franz Ferdinand were on the 2nd stage playing.
last year it was LCD vs. M.I.A.....
i'm betting Foos will play the fest...of course some other band will play the second stage while they are playing...
not everyone is into the Foos...
but if you had the foos at a FREE festival with two stages and multiple acts it would create a big headache from a logistical standpoint....and it would turn into a foo fighers show overshadowing everything else....just dont see it
i hope you are right!
that foo fighters play freefest
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Foo Fighters are playing shows 9-22, 23, 25, and 26. I doubt they would play the 24 as well.
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Pussies.
Foo Fighters are playing shows 9-22, 23, 25, and 26. I doubt they would play the 24 as well.
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God, I wish Pulp would be on the bill. So, so much.
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jimmie's chicken shack . . . playing freebird . . . dressed like members of sha na na . . . walking like an egyptian the entire time. while really fucked up on mushrooms.
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Foos aren't too big. Maybe it was mentioned but the guys played the fest when it was at pimlico & were on the second stage
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Freefest can you please get the BLACK EYED PEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
(cause secretly we all love them and don't want to admit it!!!!!)
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I wish the Black Eyed Peas would have been raptured.
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http://virginmobilefestival.com/#/home/ Just keep checking the website
What's the date for the 2011 FreeFest... is it definitely Sat. 9/24?
It doesn't say on the website (it just shows last year's lineup).
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Foos aren't too big. Maybe it was mentioned but the guys played the fest when it was at pimlico & were on the second stage
It wasn't obvious which was the main stage and which was the small stage but I'd say Foos were on the main stage in '08. Or at least the main attraction that day. They had like 5x the crowd Jack Johnson had. Also they are billed 2nd at Lolla this year (ahead of Coldplay and Muse) and 1st at Sasquatch. That's a pretty big deal.
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I am certain a lineup like this would not happen (and the given amount of bands) but I'll post it regardless:
Foo Fighters
Dropkick Murphys
All That Remains
Trust Company
Soundgarden
Rev Theory
Daft Punk
The Airborne Toxic Event
Social Distortion
Killswitch Engage
Trivium
Danzig
Queens of the Stone Age
Hollywood Undead
Rise Against
Glassjaw
Thursday
Death Cab For Cutie
Sublime With Rome
Incubus
Beastie Boys
Stone Temple Pilots
Arcade Fire
Primus
The Sword
Opeth
NOFX
The Chemical Brothers
Cage the Elephant
Jimmy Eat World
Korn
Mumford & Sons
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And a part two. Again, I am certain a lineup like this would not happen (and the given amount of bands) but I'll post it regardless:
Dredg
Skindred
Franz Ferdinand
Cold
Kottonmouth Kings
Anthrax
Thrice
Wilco
Dragonforce
Alice Cooper
Evanescence
New Found Glory
Wolfmother
The Used
Van Halen
Paramore
Suicidal Tendencies
Kittie
The Mars Volta
Modest Mouse
Rush
Staind
ZZ Top
Kaiser Chiefs
Depeche Mode
Gym Class Heroes
Jedi Mind Tricks
Dream Theater
Jane's Addiction
The Cranberries
Dr. Dre
Lostprophets
The Offspring
Pennywise
Testament
Portishead
Chickenfoot
My Morning Jacket
Seether
Flogging Molly
Volbeat
Arch Enemy
Five Finger Death Punch
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nope . . . this year belongs to reo speedwagon, bitch.
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REO Speedwagon is the new Tony Bennett.
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Seeing as half those bands are already playing MPP or almost as big area shows on their own in the coming months, it seems highly unlikely to be a real Freefest lineup.
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Chickenfoot. lol.
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when will we hear what the lineup is?
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the better question: when will the freefest be? we don't even know the date of the fest!
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can you imagine if the line up was
depeche mode
chickenfoot
staind
the offspring
the cranberries
kottonmouth kings
stone temple pilots
wilco
flogging molly
jimmy eat world
korn
hollywood undead
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last year we got Temper Trap, Ludacris, Matt & Kim, and Edward Sharpe alongside Pavement and LCD Soundsystem....what's the difference?
can you imagine if the line up was
depeche mode
chickenfoot
staind
the offspring
the cranberries
kottonmouth kings
stone temple pilots
wilco
flogging molly
jimmy eat world
korn
hollywood undead
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on the facebook page, they said the lineup would be announced "soon"
but they also said that 3 months ago
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can you imagine if the line up was
depeche mode
chickenfoot
staind
the offspring
the cranberries
kottonmouth kings
stone temple pilots
wilco
flogging molly
jimmy eat world
korn
hollywood undead
i'm probably one of the few who thinks this and is willing to admit it, but that isn't a terrible festival lineup. i'd be interested in DM, offspring, cranberries, STP, wilco, FM and JEW. i'd probably check out 10 minutes of korn and/or chickenfoot, if scheduling allowed, out of morbid curiosity. that leaves 3 bands out of 12 that i have no interest in. any festival with a 75% hit rate is ok with me.
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yeah . . . i'd watch and probably enjoy about five, so there you go. i'm in. hagar will be pleased.
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any festival with a 75% hit rate is ok with me.
Freefest wouldn't have to be anywhere near that high for me. Last year I went to see Pavement and LCD. Anything else was a bonus.
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Lineup and date to be announced July 11th
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2011/07/virgin_mobile_freefest_lineup_1.html
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So September 10 with TV on the Radio and who else?
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So September 10 with TV on the Radio and who else?
There's a show the very next night. Not ruling out that weekend, but it will be quite the cleanup effort if it happens.
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It's an Incubus show the next night. No need to clean up for people with bad music taste.
There's already either a Saturday or Sunday show for every weekend in September, except Labor Day weekend.
It just seems too coincidental that TVOTR has Philly on 9/9, Charlotte in 9/12, and nothing listed yet for the two weekend days between those Fri and Mon dates.
So September 10 with TV on the Radio and who else?
There's a show the very next night. Not ruling out that weekend, but it will be quite the cleanup effort if it happens.
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If it is 9/10, Death From Above 1979 don't have anything on their schedule, and seem to be at more festivals this year than they are not. I'd much rather see them in a club than at a festival, but it would great if there were any local date.
Guided by voices is in Raleigh the night before. It would be great if they were on the bill.
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Girl Talk is headlining.
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Never heard of her. Any good?
Girl Talk is headlining.
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Never heard of her. Any good?
Girl Talk is headlining.
Just a bunch of bells and whistles.
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six words that need repeating
the return of the dead milkmen
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Girl Talk headlining means me leaving early at least (assuming I even go).
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Girl Talk headlining means me leaving early at least (assuming I even go).
i'd wait to see whose headlining the second stage before making that call.
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Is Girl Talk really headlining?
Where did you hear that?
And i really hope this isn't on September 10th. I'm seeing The Early November that day.
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Highly unlike Girl Talk is the headliner, he already played MPP at the Sweetlife festival below the Strokes on the bill.
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Girl Talk headlining means me leaving early at least (assuming I even go).
i'd wait to see whose headlining the second stage before making that call.
Girl Talk is headlining both stages
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So Freefest is 9/10, damn it. I have a ticket for Hopscotch festival that weekend. Okkervil River is on the lineup so far.
So, James Ford might be right with his TV On The Radio guess, good job Matlock ;D
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!!! (chk chk chk) might on the lineup too...
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it's washingtonpost.com/clicktrack that predicted the 9/10 date...
So Freefest is 9/10, damn it. I have a ticket for Hopscotch festival that weekend. Okkervil River is on the lineup so far.
So, James Ford might be right with his TV On The Radio guess, good job Matlock ;D
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I'm thinking of these bands that will be on the lineup
The Shins,
Mates Of State
Cage The Elephant
Hold Steady
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Joy Formidable
Yuck
Dale Earnheart Jr Jr
Foster The People
The Vaccines
;D
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wouldn't be surprised if Chromeo were on the bill - looks like their fall tour doesn't have a baltimore/dc date.....and their main tour doesn't kick off until sept 14th
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Oh yeah, throw in Pretty Lights, that fucker is touring all over and mabye the Raconteurs ;D
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it's washingtonpost.com/clicktrack that predicted the 9/10 date...
So Freefest is 9/10, damn it. I have a ticket for Hopscotch festival that weekend. Okkervil River is on the lineup so far.
So, James Ford might be right with his TV On The Radio guess, good job Matlock ;D
Oh ok, well never mind no due credit given to him then ;D
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Add Ghostland Observatory to the list for 9/10
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Add Ghostland Observatory to the list for 9/10
That would be a nice edition.
Which reminds me, I still have an interview with them that I need to write up and publish. Hmmm..... maybe I can get the scoop from them if they are on the bill.
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Add Ghostland Observatory to the list for 9/10
That would be a nice edition.
Which reminds me, I still have an interview with them that I need to write up and publish. Hmmm..... maybe I can get the scoop from them if they are on the bill.
Get the scoop and get us backstage ;D
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A nice edition of what?
One of the worst bands I've ever seen live (they were part of a one stage festival).
Add Ghostland Observatory to the list for 9/10
That would be a nice edition.
Which reminds me, I still have an interview with them that I need to write up and publish. Hmmm..... maybe I can get the scoop from them if they are on the bill.
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A nice edition of what?
Me screwing up. ::)
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Lineup and date to be announced July 11th
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2011/07/virgin_mobile_freefest_lineup_1.html
and the foo fighters have stated that they will announce additional dates for their north american tour on monday, july 11 (delayed announcement - they were going to publish dates this week, but now need to hold off).
coincidence? they do not have a show scheduled on 9/10.
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GBV is in NC sept 9th....hope they are on the lineup
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does this mean azaghal isn't going?
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I don't have facebook either, don't forget me ;D
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Great. I'm not on FB, either. >:(
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Rumor has it that it's not that hard to sign up.
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Rumor has it that it's not that hard to sign up.
Ok, Mark Zuckerberg ;D
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sign up for FB using an old e-mail address (or open a new one at yahoo.com or hotmail), give minimal info, and then use your new account for getting tickets. you don't have to use FB for anything else. think of it as one of those presale sites - you'll create an account on those, right? they ask you for more info than FB (like mailing address).
i know, i know, you're edgy, not one of the sheeple, one of the last free thinkers, etc. don't worry, we won't tell anyone.
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you finally signed up?
Rumor has it that it's not that hard to sign up.
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I don't have FB either, Seth, can you set up a way for people who don't have a FB acct to get tickets?, I mean, I know it's easy to get a FB acct, but if i don't have one already, it's because I don't want to join it...
Thanks
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In the manner that sweetcell described.
i also have a twitter account that i've already forgotten my login info for.
you finally signed up?
Rumor has it that it's not that hard to sign up.
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They also have a website that will be updated and an email list... If I remember correctly, last year the Twitter page posted the flyer first.
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Let's be friends!!! We can share humorous stories of our kid's getting sick and pooping around the house and then I can make vague comments about how terrible my life is going and you can follow-up asking why and then I'll tell you and the whole world will then know how deep our friendship is.
In the manner that sweetcell described.
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I know it's easy to get a FB acct, but if i don't have one already, it's because I don't want to join it...
hey, you're proving a point - those bragging rights don't come for free, ya know? sometimes ya gotta pay a price when sticking up for your convictions.
join us on the darkside... we have candy. and tickets.
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You've just described my FB-addicted wife's life. Now you know why she never posts here anymore.
Oh, and my daughter has been pooping on the toilet since she was two. She was pooping on the toilet long before she ever stopped breastfeeding. :)
Let's be friends!!! We can share humorous stories of our kid's getting sick and pooping around the house and then I can make vague comments about how terrible my life is going and you can follow-up asking why and then I'll tell you and the whole world will then know how deep our friendship is.
In the manner that sweetcell described.
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LIKE!
Let's be friends!!! We can share humorous stories of our kid's getting sick and pooping around the house and then I can make vague comments about how terrible my life is going and you can follow-up asking why and then I'll tell you and the whole world will then know how deep our friendship is.
In the manner that sweetcell described.
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Oh, and my daughter has been pooping on the toilet since she was two. She was pooping on the toilet long before she ever stopped breastfeeding. :)
so nkotb, how's your life going?
(who needs facebook!)
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Check my tumblr page.
Oh, and my daughter has been pooping on the toilet since she was two. She was pooping on the toilet long before she ever stopped breastfeeding. :)
so nkotb, how's your life going?
(who needs facebook!)
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You've just described my FB-addicted wife's life. Now you know why she never posts here anymore.
Oh, and my daughter has been pooping on the toilet since she was two. She was pooping on the toilet long before she ever stopped breastfeeding. :)
Let's be friends!!! We can share humorous stories of our kid's getting sick and pooping around the house and then I can make vague comments about how terrible my life is going and you can follow-up asking why and then I'll tell you and the whole world will then know how deep our friendship is.
In the manner that sweetcell described.
Good lord, how did you manage to strongarm that girl into shitting on the can at age 2? My son is 3 and change and he still gleefully announces that "I just made ice cream!"
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Also, screw potty training. I'm getting my kid started making me desserts STAT.
You've just described my FB-addicted wife's life. Now you know why she never posts here anymore.
Oh, and my daughter has been pooping on the toilet since she was two. She was pooping on the toilet long before she ever stopped breastfeeding. :)
Let's be friends!!! We can share humorous stories of our kid's getting sick and pooping around the house and then I can make vague comments about how terrible my life is going and you can follow-up asking why and then I'll tell you and the whole world will then know how deep our friendship is.
In the manner that sweetcell described.
Good lord, how did you manage to strongarm that girl into shitting on the can at age 2? My son is 3 and change and he still gleefully announces that "I just made ice cream!"
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robyn!!! is my one wish. :-*
i'll be in the dance tent if they get foo fighters
and please nooooooooo girltalk..
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Girls by nature potty train earlier than boys.
Plus, my wife is an old school hard ass when it comes to discipline. She gets all the credit, not me.
You've just described my FB-addicted wife's life. Now you know why she never posts here anymore.
Oh, and my daughter has been pooping on the toilet since she was two. She was pooping on the toilet long before she ever stopped breastfeeding. :)
Let's be friends!!! We can share humorous stories of our kid's getting sick and pooping around the house and then I can make vague comments about how terrible my life is going and you can follow-up asking why and then I'll tell you and the whole world will then know how deep our friendship is.
In the manner that sweetcell described.
Good lord, how did you manage to strongarm that girl into shitting on the can at age 2? My son is 3 and change and he still gleefully announces that "I just made ice cream!"
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Remember from last year...
Back door links are your friend. ::)
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Remember from last year...
Back door links are your friend. ::)
we will count on you to lead the way ;D
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I have ways.
I do a little volunteer work for a friend who typically gets a booth for her org. So yeah, I shall be there.
This FB thing is fucking bullshit, though.
(http://wac.3945.edgecastcdn.net/803945/virginmobilefestival.com/blasts/email_20110705-lineupteaser/images/header.gif)
(http://wac.3945.edgecastcdn.net/803945/virginmobilefestival.com/blasts/email_20110705-lineupteaser/images/facebook.gif) (https://www.facebook.com/VirginMobileLive?sk=app_174402785926020)
does this mean azaghal isn't going?
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i just quit facebook, too. man, i was quitting stuff all over the place this week. can i get a secret heads up if it is worth my time to rejoin facebook? worth my time meaning, what is the percentage possibility that the dead milkmen will play?
fight the power.
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we should know the lineup before tickets are distributed, so you'll know if FB is needed or not.
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Snoozervil Snorer let the cat out of the bag early. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/pencil-it-in-virgin-mobile-freefest-2011-scheduled-for-sept-10/2011/07/06/gIQAlmb80H_blog.html)
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gonna be hard to top last years line up.
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its got to be the 10th i wish it was some other date though
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Date is the 10th. There was an ad for it on the big screen tonight at MPP.
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lineup on website
http://virginmobilefestival.com/
actually here's the youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJ5c-YD9IA&feature=youtu.be
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one of the city paper music people tweeted this: Music people: You'll want to check
@wcp
's Arts Desk tonight at midnight.
I guess it was in reference to freefest.
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TV on the Radio
Deadmau5
The Black Keys
Cee Lo Green
James Murphy
Cut Copy
Big Sean
Okkervil River
Empire of the Sun
Calvin Harris
Ghostland Observatory
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Porter Robinson
Two Door Cinema Club
Alberta Cross
Bombay Bicycle Club
!!!
Teddybears
Patti Smith
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who booked this lineup? Sweetcell?
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Seriously. The fact that Calvin Harris will be there alone is enough for me. And a James Murphy solo set?!
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ha, no Foo Fighters. Which means if they do book more dates maybe they will play at the Patriot Center ;D
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Patti Smith is enough for me. Thanks Seth.
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Patti Smith is enough for me. Thanks Seth.
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will be my first missed vfest this year because of Hopscotch, but good job Sethy ;D
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wow, you're doing hopscotch, lollapalooza, voodoo....what am I missing?
will be my first missed vfest this year because of Hopscotch, but good job Sethy ;D
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wow, you're doing hopscotch, lollapalooza, voodoo....what am I missing?
will be my first missed vfest this year because of Hopscotch, but good job Sethy ;D
yup, you got them right and maybe Popped Festival in Phili ;D
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This festival is a joke. I wouldnt mind seeing patti smith, okkervil river, alberta cross and bombay bicycle club. But really zero big draws. Tv on the radio and black keys? Both played festival before and both arent headline material. Either charge money and get big acts again or let it die.
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Who needs big acts?
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stay home
This festival is a joke. I wouldnt mind seeing patti smith, okkervil river, alberta cross and bombay bicycle club. But really zero big draws. Tv on the radio and black keys? Both played festival before and both arent headline material. Either charge money and get big acts again or let it die.
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Well i would say the line up isnt half as good as last years sunday at whartscape. I know it is free and all but i dont see them filling merriweather even for free
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If it's free they will fill that place and then some ;D
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bs-ae-virgin-mobile-freefest-lineup,0,7157168.story
"Hurwitz said that when the festival was a ticketed event at Pimlico Race Track, the process for booking talent was geared towards who would sell the most tickets. In 2007, the headliners were The Police, Beastie Boys, and the Smashing Pumpkins.
Now, ?We have the luxury that the only criteria we have is who are the most exciting artists out there,? Hurwitz said.
FreeFest tends to book more eclectically than other festivals for several other reasons. Speer notes that in recent years, organizers have been to draw younger crowds than those who might attend, say, a show by the Police.
This is Virgin Mobile's doing, which counts courting a young demographic as one of its goals for the event. ?[The festival] became less about booking the important bands than booking those that would resonate with the customer we really wanted to attract,? Faris said.
These edgier artists are also in keeping with Virgin Mobile's company ethos: hip, independent, innovative.
Because the festival is underwritten largely through sponsorships with several companies - Kyocera is one of the most prominent this year - the line-up also has to fit a budget."
(...though I don't think Empire of the Sun and Ghostland Observatory are edgy AT ALL) ;D
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July 15 is when tickets will be available. Get ready for a lot of moaning and wahing from people being shut out ;D
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Thanks Seth for booking a solid festival that like last year will allow us to move easily between stages...
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I like the line-up! Personally think it's better than last year. Can't wait to see the set times! Anyway to get more carnival rides? ;D
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Let me add my thanks to Seth for another great line up. Also like how they explained it in that Sun article. Especially for those of us with not a lot of disposable income, having a smaller festival in this area that is free and brings together a lot of "lesser known", but potentially more interesting acts (depending on taste) is amazing and very much appreciated.
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empire of the sun
our prayers have been answered!!!!!!!!!
omg i hope i get tickets. :-*
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who booked this lineup? Sweetcell?
i wish ;D indeed, not too far off from what i might pick.
thanks seth. loads of interesting acts in there. it's going to make for an awesome saturday under the trees. Empire of the Sun and Calvin Harris are great pulls - looks like i'll be spending more time in the dance tent/area this year.
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By having this festival in Sept it means Seth has managed to book several acts that could have potentially been doing shows during that corporate welfare venue's opening month. I say nicely played sir!
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Lineup is meh, but hey it's free. Hopefully I can score a ticket
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Where'd they come up with that cast of zukerbergs announcing the bands on the youtube clip? Anthony Weiner's facebook friends directory?
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So its not today?
July 15 is when tickets will be available. Get ready for a lot of moaning and wahing from people being shut out ;D
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Thanks, but no thanks. I'll leave my tickets for someone else to get.
I'd take free tickets to Wilco or the HFSitval though.
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Where'd they come up with that cast of zukerbergs announcing the bands on the youtube clip? Anthony Weiner's facebook friends directory?
they put out a call on their facebook page - you had to fax them back a document saying they could use your video - the first 18 would be accepted and you would find out one band (now i understand why it was 'hey, find out 1 band by giving us a video' heh
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wow.. what a weak lineup... far inferior to the last two years..
guess Virgin didn't want to spend money this year...
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By having this festival in Sept it means Seth has managed to book several acts that could have potentially been doing shows during that corporate welfare venue's opening month. I say nicely played sir!
wow what a misread and sad attempt to be a suck up.... from the little we know which of these acts would have played the fillmore? none.
people really just make stuff up.. just like the people saying the foo fighters might play the festival... those people please stand up and say " i was full of shit"
thanks.
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Thanks, Seth for no Foo Fighters.
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Seeing as Cee-Lo Green, Deadmau5 and The Black Keys represent the "hottest industry entertainment", I guess those people in the VIP rooms will have to be content with whatever talent was strong armed in exclusive LiveNation tours
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I actually like the lineup a whole lot more than last year's - I'd go for the Black Keys alone.
Too bad about the facebook requirement - not that an account is difficult to get, but it eliminates those of us who work for a living, will be at work on Friday, and whose employer blocks access to social media sites like facebook. Guess I'm s.o.l.
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So its not today?
July 15 is when tickets will be available. Get ready for a lot of moaning and wahing from people being shut out ;D
I'm pretty sure it's the 15th and then people from last year will be able to get in on pre sale on Thursday. I think ;D
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I wonder how late Cee Lo will come out. I think every festival this year he has been terribly late coming on ;D
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Seeing as Cee-Lo Green, Deadmau5 and The Black Keys represent the "hottest industry entertainment", I guess those people in the VIP rooms will have to be content with whatever talent was strong armed in exclusive LiveNation tours
these acts would never play the Filmore... The Black Keys for example played DAR... They would not play a 1200 capacity club at this point in their career.
I can't stand Live Nation but to spin this as some Seth coup over the still as yet to open Filmore is reaching...
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I actually like the lineup a whole lot more than last year's - I'd go for the Black Keys alone.
Too bad about the facebook requirement - not that an account is difficult to get, but it eliminates those of us who work for a living, will be at work on Friday, and whose employer blocks access to social media sites like facebook. Guess I'm s.o.l.
I will be at work too. I'm hoping ill be able to use my cell phone to get tickets.
Great lineup though! Really excited for tvotr and patti smith!
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Calvin Harris.
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What's the capacity of the yet to be opened Fillmore?
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I'm very happy with the lineup. It's a FREE festival that has Black Keys, TVOTR, Patti Smith, Alberta Cross, Ghostland Observatory, and Grace Potter? I'd pay to go see any of them.
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Too bad about the facebook requirement - not that an account is difficult to get, but it eliminates those of us who work for a living, will be at work on Friday, and whose employer blocks access to social media sites like facebook. Guess I'm s.o.l.
Yup. My thoughts, exactly.
It's a good line-up. Have never seen Black Keys, TVOTR or Patti Smith.
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The detractors, naysayers and negative comments just kill me. IT'S FREE!!! If you're not interested, then don't go and don't complain. Do any of you bashers have any idea what it takes to put on a concert of this magnitude, with the caliber of artist that the festival attracts... and make it free? Here's a hint, no one else does it. It's an impossible task to please everyone and for those not interested in attending it sure would be nice to live by the old saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Of course that's just wishful thinking.
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no dead milkmen?
me sad.
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we now ask everyone to take off their hats and observe a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11, for the AIDS-orphaned children of the world, and for the thousands of hipsters who did not get a FreeFest lineup that mimicked their person playlists. we carry on on their memories.
<the silence is eventually broken by someone playing "Taps" on the glockenspiel>
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What's the capacity of the yet to be opened Fillmore?
I think I read somewhere it's 2200-2700. I could be wrong though, it was awhile ago.
They have a Twitter account, apparently. It started following me o.0
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Seth, any VIP packages?
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The detractors, naysayers and negative comments just kill me. IT'S FREE!!! If you're not interested, then don't go and don't complain. Do any of you bashers have any idea what it takes to put on a concert of this magnitude, with the caliber of artist that the festival attracts... and make it free? Here's a hint, no one else does it. It's an impossible task to please everyone and for those not interested in attending it sure would be nice to live by the old saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Of course that's just wishful thinking.
Well I guess i have a right to complain. Because to see a decent music festival I have to travel hundred of miles. This festival used to be pretty decent. Even last year you had pavement on a reunion tour that was selling out every where and lcd soundsystem on the farewell tour. Plus a bunch of acts that actually had appeale to me.
This year a DJ is listed second on the line-up. And how many times have I had to see TV on the Radio at festivals before (including this one). And they have one decent song. Black keys are awful and the opposite of cutting edge. Ghostland I have seen at lollapalooza twice. First time in front of 20 people. They were fun with that few people but really not a band I would want to see again. Patti Smith is terrible live and have skipped her before at a festival to see someone else.
And it is not really free. I spend about 100 dollars every year. Can you bring your own food in? How about beer? This isn't wolf trap. I am free to complain about the only area festival going downhill.
Sure Okkervil River and Alberta Cross I would like to see but it isn't really worth it for me to drive an hour to the festival and pay 9 bucks for a beer. I will be seeing the National and Wye Oak earlier that week. I love both of them. Maybe if they had charged money they could have gotten bands like the National and Fleet Foxes on the line-up and made it festival worthy.
So yeah complaining about something that has been allowed to go downhill is my right. If this were the first year of the festival it would be differant.
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I actually like the lineup a whole lot more than last year's - I'd go for the Black Keys alone.
Too bad about the facebook requirement - not that an account is difficult to get, but it eliminates those of us who work for a living, will be at work on Friday, and whose employer blocks access to social media sites like facebook. Guess I'm s.o.l.
It's called vectro proxy. Look into it. Or don't and fuck off.
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The detractors, naysayers and negative comments just kill me. IT'S FREE!!! If you're not interested, then don't go and don't complain. Do any of you bashers have any idea what it takes to put on a concert of this magnitude, with the caliber of artist that the festival attracts... and make it free? Here's a hint, no one else does it. It's an impossible task to please everyone and for those not interested in attending it sure would be nice to live by the old saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Of course that's just wishful thinking.
Just tell them to shut the fuck up and to go fuck themselves. Especially tard who would rather see adult contemporary Wilco.
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listen...
people have every right to express themselves here
and so do I:
if you don't like it STAY THE FUCK HOME
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listen...
people have every right to express themselves here
and so do I:
if you don't like it STAY THE FUCK HOME
my favourite seth quote of all time. i bet he says "show me the money" real well, too.
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My comment was not a complaint. Bravo to Seth and his crew for once again bringin a nice free event to the area.
I'm 44. I saw Wilco on their very first tour at the old 9:30 Club. Back when your mother was depriving you of breastmilk and feeding you formula. Of course I'd rather see Wilco.
The detractors, naysayers and negative comments just kill me. IT'S FREE!!! If you're not interested, then don't go and don't complain. Do any of you bashers have any idea what it takes to put on a concert of this magnitude, with the caliber of artist that the festival attracts... and make it free? Here's a hint, no one else does it. It's an impossible task to please everyone and for those not interested in attending it sure would be nice to live by the old saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Of course that's just wishful thinking.
Just tell them to shut the fuck up and to go fuck themselves. Especially tard who would rather see adult contemporary Wilco.
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Maybe if they had charged money they could have gotten bands like the National and Fleet Foxes on the line-up and made it festival worthy.
you won't go see that lineup for free, but you'd spend money on the national?
your musical opinion is hereby declared null and void.
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The detractors, naysayers and negative comments just kill me. IT'S FREE!!! If you're not interested, then don't go and don't complain. Do any of you bashers have any idea what it takes to put on a concert of this magnitude, with the caliber of artist that the festival attracts... and make it free? Here's a hint, no one else does it. It's an impossible task to please everyone and for those not interested in attending it sure would be nice to live by the old saying "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Of course that's just wishful thinking.
Well I guess i have a right to complain. Because to see a decent music festival I have to travel hundred of miles. This festival used to be pretty decent. Even last year you had pavement on a reunion tour that was selling out every where and lcd soundsystem on the farewell tour. Plus a bunch of acts that actually had appeale to me.
This year a DJ is listed second on the line-up. And how many times have I had to see TV on the Radio at festivals before (including this one). And they have one decent song. Black keys are awful and the opposite of cutting edge. Ghostland I have seen at lollapalooza twice. First time in front of 20 people. They were fun with that few people but really not a band I would want to see again. Patti Smith is terrible live and have skipped her before at a festival to see someone else.
And it is not really free. I spend about 100 dollars every year. Can you bring your own food in? How about beer? This isn't wolf trap. I am free to complain about the only area festival going downhill.
Sure Okkervil River and Alberta Cross I would like to see but it isn't really worth it for me to drive an hour to the festival and pay 9 bucks for a beer. I will be seeing the National and Wye Oak earlier that week. I love both of them. Maybe if they had charged money they could have gotten bands like the National and Fleet Foxes on the line-up and made it festival worthy.
So yeah complaining about something that has been allowed to go downhill is my right. If this were the first year of the festival it would be differant.
Boring.
For some of us who can't afford to throw money around to go to Lollapalooza then shit on a free festival, this free festival is awesome and very much appreciated.
TIMES IS TUFF
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oh.. i see.. we can only say that the lineup is great!
the fact that its free is irrelevant ..lots of live music- most actually- is free..the kennedy center has a free concert every night.
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I'm still glad the event is happening....just not impressed by lineup but maybe its an opportunity to discover some new bands..
Patti Smith is always worth checking out too...
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oh.. i see.. we can only say that the lineup is great!
the fact that its free is irrelevant ..lots of live music- most actually- is free..the kennedy center has a free concert every night.
I don't think thie lin-up is great, I think it's great for a free festival, fuck yeah. I look at it as a free Calvin Harris/Black Keys/TVOTR show... and the awesome shit they have that you can do all day there. That's why I love it. It's a free concert with a bunch of other great, fun stuff to do.
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Im in! thanks Seth, this should be really fun. i have only missed one fest since this started. free and local = bad ass.
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Nice lineup, I'm in, thanks
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At least the 9 dollar beers are 24 ounces.
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I actually like the lineup a whole lot more than last year's - I'd go for the Black Keys alone.
Too bad about the facebook requirement - not that an account is difficult to get, but it eliminates those of us who work for a living, will be at work on Friday, and whose employer blocks access to social media sites like facebook. Guess I'm s.o.l.
It's called vectro proxy. Look into it. Or don't and fuck off.
I tried looking up vectro proxy and my employer's security software told me the following:
"Request Blocked by URL Filter Database - Notification
Your request to URL "http://vectroproxy.com/" has been blocked by the Webwasher URL Filter Database. The URL is listed under categories (Anonymizers), which are not allowed by your administrator at this time. The following reputation level was assigned to it: Unverified. "
I'll keep it clean and say only the your are as unhelpful as you are rude.
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Book your own music festival.
The fact that freefest is here isn't preventing anybody else from booking their own "improved" festival.
[Well I guess i have a right to complain. Because to see a decent music festival I have to travel hundred of miles. This festival used to be pretty decent.
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I'm 44. I saw Wilco on their very first tour at the old 9:30 Club. Back when your mother was depriving you of breastmilk and feeding you formula. Of course I'd rather see Wilco.
If you are that fucking stupid to compare the Wilco that played at old 9:30 and contemporary Wilco, your idiocy knows no bounds.
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I'll keep it clean and say only the your are as unhelpful as you are rude.
Find a better employer, or don't. You aren't working the clock a Chili's. Tell your employer you have an obligation or something. This bullshit "WAAAAH! I'll be at work, I can't get tickets." Well, make it happen, or don't.
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Book your own music festival.
The fact that freefest is here isn't preventing anybody else from booking their own "improved" festival.
Eh, I tried twice. I don't advise it. Go to this instead, it's free and IMP does it right. Keeping the numbers low enough to be comfortable and keeping the drinks strong (albeit expensive). The last two years were highlights for me, excited about this one. Empire of the Sun, fuck yeah!
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Do you act/talk this rudely offline? If you do, I'd bet you have no more than a few teeth left.
I'll keep it clean and say only the your are as unhelpful as you are rude.
Find a better employer, or don't. You aren't working the clock a Chili's. Tell your employer you have an obligation or something. This bullshit "WAAAAH! I'll be at work, I can't get tickets." Well, make it happen, or don't.
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The A.M. era Wilco I saw put on a nice little rag tag alt-country show.
The contemporary Wilco puts on a jawdropping 2.5 hour rock show. And has Nels Cline on guitar.
Both had their appeal, but if you had actually seen both, you'd know that the contemporary show is better.
I'm 44. I saw Wilco on their very first tour at the old 9:30 Club. Back when your mother was depriving you of breastmilk and feeding you formula. Of course I'd rather see Wilco.
If you are that fucking stupid to compare the Wilco that played at old 9:30 and contemporary Wilco, your idiocy knows no bounds.
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Sethy was on dc101 this morning talking about vfest and the lineup. He talked about how the boards are and how people would complain. Also talked about brazilans waxing or something ;D
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Sethy was on dc101 this morning talking about vfest and the lineup. He talked about how the boards are and how people would complain. Also talked about brazilans waxing or something ;D
Do they play any of the artists playing the festival on DC 101?
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Sethy was on dc101 this morning talking about vfest and the lineup. He talked about how the boards are and how people would complain. Also talked about brazilans waxing or something ;D
Do they play any of the artists playing the festival on DC 101?
black keys, tv on the radio, two door, and grace potter ;D
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Patti Smith seems to be the "headliner" according to Pollstar.
Speaking of free last time I saw her was for free at the Kennedy Center.. Also twice at the 930..
wonder if Lenny Kaye is in her band..
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Um, yeah. They're going to have a 60 year old woman who is 30 years past her heyday as the headliner of a festival geared toward a younger crowd. Not.
Patti Smith is the less fun plug in for the Joan Jett slot from last year.
Patti Smith seems to be the "headliner" according to Pollstar.
Speaking of free last time I saw her was for free at the Kennedy Center.. Also twice at the 930..
wonder if Lenny Kaye is in her band..
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Um, yeah. They're going to have a 60 year old woman who is 30 years past her heyday as the headliner of a festival geared toward a younger crowd. Not.
Patti Smith is the less fun plug in for the Joan Jett slot from last year.
Patti Smith seems to be the "headliner" according to Pollstar.
Speaking of free last time I saw her was for free at the Kennedy Center.. Also twice at the 930..
wonder if Lenny Kaye is in her band..
Patti Smith's name is listed first and is the only in bold in the pollstar listing. She is the "headliner"...
having said that I agree with everything you wrote..
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All I know it's a whole lot better than fucking HFStival that you have to pay for... Minus Dr. Dog and Avett Bros
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Put those two bands on the Freefest lineup and I'd be all over the tickets.
Queue the TMUL hissy fit over what lame taste I have.
All I know it's a whole lot better than fucking HFStival that you have to pay for... Minus Dr. Dog and Avett Bros
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Put those two bands on the Freefest lineup and I'd be all over the tickets.
Queue the TMUL hissy fit over what lame taste I have.
All I know it's a whole lot better than fucking HFStival that you have to pay for... Minus Dr. Dog and Avett Bros
They are the two best bands there...
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patti smith worshipped william burroughs
you all lose your arguements.
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He talked about how the boards are and how people would complain.
hopefully he also noted how grateful the majority of boardees are. we'll be among the 25k on hand on sept 10th, the whiners won't be.
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First, stop kissing so much ass. It's unbecoming.
Second, the whiners WILL be there, because even the biggest bitchers on this forum STILL SEEM TO GO TO FREEFEST. That's probably the most annoying part about it.
Look, this line-up didn't bowl me over, so you know what I might do? Not go. Seems pretty simple to me, but whatever.
For all of the good that the internet has brought to the world, the worst is giving trolls the impression that people give a shit about their input on things.
He talked about how the boards are and how people would complain.
hopefully he also noted how grateful the majority of boardees are. we'll be among the 25k on hand on sept 10th, the whiners won't be.
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Put those two bands on the Freefest lineup and I'd be all over the tickets.
Queue the TMUL hissy fit over what lame taste I have.
All I know it's a whole lot better than fucking HFStival that you have to pay for... Minus Dr. Dog and Avett Bros
They are the two best bands there...
Not saying too much with that statement.
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I don't think its whining to point out the lineup isn't as strong as previous years.
In any case, whats the word on VIP tickets?
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The VIP tickets will get you into Lollapalooza
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The VIP tickets will get you into Lollapalooza
They had VIP tickets last year smartypants and am curious if they will do so again.
;D
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The VIP tickets will get you into Lollapalooza
They had VIP tickets last year smartypants and am curious if they will do so again.
;D
Yeah, I think Sethy mentioned VIP this morning. You get a tshirt and a reuseable mug too with it ;D
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Ditto, I think it's great that it's not all the same bands that are at every other festival this year, and is a chance to see the acts free. Hope lots of folks get tix!
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Too bad about the facebook requirement - not that an account is difficult to get, but it eliminates those of us who work for a living, will be at work on Friday, and whose employer blocks access to social media sites like facebook. Guess I'm s.o.l.
Yup. My thoughts, exactly.
It's a good line-up. Have never seen Black Keys, TVOTR or Patti Smith.
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And you attend weekly, right??
oh.. i see.. we can only say that the lineup is great!
the fact that its free is irrelevant ..lots of live music- most actually- is free..the kennedy center has a free concert every night.
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Since everyone else is bitching, Black Keys aren't a band that should be playing an ampitheatre.*
*I'll still be there and enjoy the hell out of it, slugging back 24oz Coronas.
P.S. Many of you still owe me a drink from last year. ???
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And you attend weekly, right??
oh.. i see.. we can only say that the lineup is great!
the fact that its free is irrelevant ..lots of live music- most actually- is free..the kennedy center has a free concert every night.
Not weekly, but I did see Patti Smith there for free... that WAS good....
;D
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Since everyone else is bitching, Black Keys aren't a band that should be playing an ampitheatre.*
*I'll still be there and enjoy the hell out of it, slugging back 24oz Coronas.
P.S. Many of you still owe me a drink from last year. ???
you know I do think about that every couple of months..
I do owe you a beer.. but what are the odds of a meetup at 932?
;D
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what are the odds of a meetup at 932?
the odds of there being a meetup? pretty good, i'll call it once we have set times.
odds of more than 4 people showing up? who knows... (yada, i had a beer waiting for you at last year's meetup. sorry, i don't deliver ;D)
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do you still need to like freefest on facebook to get VIP tickets?
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I think you have to like it and make it your number one friend too to get tickets ;D
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I think you have to like it and make it your number one friend too to get tickets ;D
You actually have to post nude photos on their wall to get tickets.
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Im down for a meet up and hopefully wont flake again.
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(http://chur-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/funny-pictures-facebook-library-cat1.jpg)
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Cut Copy and Empire of the Sun were two of the three best acts I saw at Coachella this past year. Easily worth the price of admission, which, last I checked, was pretty low.
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Has anyone tried to figure out the stages? This is the best I could come up with...
Pavilion:
Black Keys
TVOTR
Patti Smith
Okkervil River
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Bombay Bicycle Club
Alberta Cross
Other stage:
Deadmau5
Cee Lo Green
Cut Copy
Empire of the Sun
Two Door Cinema Club
Big Sean
Forest:
!!!
Calvin Harris
Ghostland Observatory
James Murphy
Teddybears
Porter Robinson
Eclectic Method
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I bet Patti Smith and TVOTR will both be on the other stage, not pavillion.
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I like that line up. But I would guess that Black Keys and TVOTR each headline a stage.
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Has anyone tried to figure out the stages? This is the best I could come up with...
Pavilion:
Black Keys
TVOTR
Patti Smith
Okkervil River
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Bombay Bicycle Club
Alberta Cross
Other stage:
Deadmau5
Cee Lo Green
Cut Copy
Empire of the Sun
Two Door Cinema Club
Big Sean
Forest:
!!!
Calvin Harris
Ghostland Observatory
James Murphy
Teddybears
Porter Robinson
Eclectic Method
I would think that !!! and Ghostland are too big for the forest. I see them on second stage. I expect that Cee Lo would be on main stage. Bombay and Okkervil on second stage.
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According to the poster, !!! and Ghostland Observatory are both part of the Dance Forest lineup.
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I bet Patti Smith and TVOTR will both be on the other stage, not pavillion.
Personally I'd like to see them back to back because I wanna see them both. But we'll see!
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Argh. I can't go. I have to work that entire weekend. >:(
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Just got an email - presale is tomorrow at 10AM.
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Can't long onto Facebook from work. UGH.
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I thought there was supposed to be porn in this thread. This boner ain't gonna shit itself. Oh wait, yes it will.
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Just got an email - presale is tomorrow at 10AM.
Is the presale through facebook as well? Can someone message me the info?
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yup, presale is through FB.
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Just got an email - presale is tomorrow at 10AM.
Yeah< i somehow need to get my hands on that presale information, if someone could be so kind to pm it to me
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For the presale did you have to go last year? I went last year but my old email was deactivated ( Thanks Univ. of Maryland, you jerks!) so I never got an email about anything. It sounds like some of you did receive emails.
Agh, I hope facebook isn't blocked at my work.
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a pm would be much appreciated here too. been the last two years and no email so far. no blast this week either... ???
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Virgin Mobile FreeFest - Fan e-Pak presale offer
9/10/2011 11:00 AM
Virgin Mobile FreeFest featuring
The Black Keys * Deadmau5 * TV on the Radio * Cee Lo Green * Empire of the Sun * Cut Copy * Patti Smith * Grace Potter and The Nocturnals * Big Sean * Two Door Cinema Club * Okkervil River * Bombay Bicycle Club * Alberta Cross on the main stages.
Dance Forest stage: James Murphy * !!! * Ghostland Observatory * Eclectic Method * Calvin Harris * Porter Robinson * Teddybears
Artists are subject to change.
Internet presale: Thurs 7/14 10am-10pm Eastern
General onsale: Fri 7/15 at 10am Eastern
Tickets are ONLY available online through Ticketfly.
Fan e-Pak ($49.50) - includes GA ticket, donation to youth homelessness, limited edition festival t-shirt and poster, souvenir cup that comes with $1 discount on domestic draft beers and fountain sodas throughout the festival, early admission to festival grounds.
For free GA tickets, please go to http://www.facebook.com/virginmobilelive
Delivery options:
1. Will call at Merriweather or 9:30 Club box office - available for pickup starting 9/2. No charge. Paid Fan e-Pak tickets may be picked up through show day.
2. Print at home - available starting 9/2 through show day. No charge. An email with a link to print the ticket(s) will be sent no earlier than 9/2.
3. UPS 2nd day express delivery - $16.95 per order. Start shipping on 9/2.
TICKETS ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE. Do not buy tickets from a secondary source!
There is a 2 ticket limit per person/credit card/billing and shipping address. Over the limit orders will be cancelled. Must have ID matching name on ticket for entry.
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Ooooo, that is very tempting. Thanks for the information, Hutch!
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so, any news on VIP tickets? will they be available at some later date? it would be silly to have people (like, say, me) get this mitts on some free tickets only to buy VIPs later - thus wasting the freebies.
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so, any news on VIP tickets? will they be available at some later date? it would be silly to have people (like, say, me) get this mitts on some free tickets only to buy VIPs later - thus wasting the freebies.
read what i posted! the vip tickets are the fan e pak ticket (49.50) i think..this year does not seem to guarantee pavillion access unless i am missing something...
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there is nothing in the fan e-pak that says or implies "VIP": no guaranteed pavilion, no exclusive amenities, no dedicated entrance, no backstage tours, no meet'n'greet, etc. early entrance and a t-shirt doesn't amount to VIP. hence my question.
in other news: a ton of shows go on sale tomorrow at 10, including some biggies like Wilco, plus Freefest. fingers crossed that TF doesn't crash.
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I'm a little confused as to how the presale works. I know you're supposed to go to the facebook page and "Like" the VirginMobileLive page in order to be able to access tickets when they go on sale. However, everything I am reading on that page refers to the public ticket sale starting tomorrow. Will there be something on the facebook page reflecting presale information, or is there another place we're supposed to go for the presale tickets? I already have a password, I'm just wondering how to access tickets when 10 am rolls around today. Thanks!
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if i didn't know better i'd say today's virgin freefest presale is for the fan e pak tickets only...
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I'm a little confused as to how the presale works. I know you're supposed to go to the facebook page and "Like" the VirginMobileLive page in order to be able to access tickets when they go on sale. However, everything I am reading on that page refers to the public ticket sale starting tomorrow. Will there be something on the facebook page reflecting presale information, or is there another place we're supposed to go for the presale tickets? I already have a password, I'm just wondering how to access tickets when 10 am rolls around today. Thanks!
yes, the FB page will be updated with a presale link. follow the same instructions as posted there for the public onsale.
they aren't mentioning it on the FB page because they're trying (relatively unsuccessfully) to keep it secret. if they posted on their wall "presale on thursday, public onsale on friday", then 100% of the people would be out there looking for the password. as is, only 90% of people know about it ::)
if i didn't know better i'd say today's virgin freefest presale is for the fan e pak tickets only...
i'd be willing to bet you don't know better ;D
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their app will crash anyway. people think its hosted by facebook but if they are going the traditional facebook app route, that means they (virgin mobile) are still hosting the app on their servers......its just in an iframe (hosted by virgin mobile) with facebook stuff wrapped around it (which is hosted by facebook of course)
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they aren't mentioning it on the FB page because they're trying (relatively unsuccessfully) to keep it secret.
:D and posting here is covert.
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also, I have 2 different presale passwords...not sure if there is a difference
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Come 10:01 AM
(http://files.myopera.com/SuperJabbaB/albums/424463/call_wahbulance.jpg)
;D
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Hey Guys-
Here is some info on how to get tickets. Let me know if you have questions!
http://support.ticketfly.com/customer/portal/articles/94050-ticket-information
-Amy
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Anyone know if we have to set up an account outside of the the Facebook one to have them emailed? I hope it's just emailed from the FB page. I hope Facebook doesn't break. Last I chekced there was 110,000+ who liked the page
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also, I have 2 different presale passwords...not sure if there is a difference
I was wondering this same thing, maybe yesterday's was posted everywhere [like last year] so they sent out a new one today. I'd try today's first to be on the safe side.
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Fb app is down currently...
[edit] not down, just really slow in loading... [/edit]
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also, I have 2 different presale passwords...not sure if there is a difference
I was wondering this same thing, maybe yesterday's was posted everywhere [like last year] so they sent out a new one today. I'd try today's first to be on the safe side.
i do not have the new one..could someone pm it to me.. not sure why i didnt get it
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their app will crash anyway. people think its hosted by facebook but if they are going the traditional facebook app route, that means they (virgin mobile) are still hosting the app on their servers......its just in an iframe (hosted by virgin mobile) with facebook stuff wrapped around it (which is hosted by facebook of course)
confirmed.
it's not hosted by virgin, but by "buddymedia". timing out.
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yeah like i said....the app isn't hosted by facebook. its already overloaded.
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notworkig for me..something about cookies.. darn it
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So why isn't "freemesome" working as a password? Can someone pm me the new one?
the new pw is posted all over their fb wall by confused people
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http://www16.ticketingcentral.com/V2/Restrictions.aspx?t=9930C0CE8CE101BBF09DC4A
got mine!
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I got 2 tickets, see the wall for the link
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Score!!!
See everyone at the meet up! :)
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i'm consistently getting the message, on the TF page, "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
nevermind, using the link on the wall worked!
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http://www19.ticketingcentral.com/V2/Restrictions.aspx?t=8084ADB58CE101C3985D1B1
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PM ME Password please!
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i'm consistently getting the message, on the TF page, "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
Ditto
Seriously Ticketfly. I am so fucking tired of your inability to handle major sales and presales. third year in a row.
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i'm consistently getting the message, on the TF page, "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
me 2
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use the link on the wall, not the "tickets" tab
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I keep getting, "Cookies must be enabled to use this site (please refer to Help in your browser for instructions on how to do this)." Even though, to the best of my knowledge, they are.
Ah. :( I'm going to go cry (and buy a ticket to James Blake).
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i'm consistently getting the message, on the TF page, "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
me 2
me 3 and im trying both passwords
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This web session has expired. Please close this browser window and start over.
guess that I didn't like it on FB...
sucks, I wanted to get fan ePak tickets
done!
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yeah, the e-mail was misleading. it didn't work for me until i went straight to their facebook wall. after that it worked easier than expected.
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Password didn't work and now I can't even load it.
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Got them, but that was a pain in the ass!
Use the link they just posted on their wall.
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Keep trying...I got mine pair!
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Success on the cookies problem! (Switched from Firefox to IE.)
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Is there another password besides the one in the blast? If so, could someone please PM me.
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thanks to those who responded!
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"This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection."
with a TF logo overhead
is all I received as a message from the start and after I entered two different p-words multiple times.
Hate TF. and seriously, FB only? :P
(and I used FF and IE)
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"There are no tickets available that meet your request. Please select a different quantity or choose another price range."
Repeat x100
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Ah, except now: "There are no tickets available that meet your request. Please select a different quantity or choose another price range."
lol... :'(
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if cookie problems: use IE
if "There are no tickets available that meet your request. Please select a different quantity or choose another price range." = man up and choose the $10 donation option ;D
if "offer is restricted": shut down browser, re-start, and use link on Wall (or earlier in this thread)
GO
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$10-donation tickets seem to be gone, too.
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I snagged a pair via the 9:30 email code no issues.
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$10-donation tickets seem to be gone, too.
well, that makes me think the presale is sold out ("the freesale is free'd out"?).
fingers crossed for tomorrow.
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$10-donation tickets seem to be gone, too.
It said no seats available. But I clicked continue anyway. Seems to be working. so far.
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here are the codes:
freemesome (don't know this one worked for anyone?)
freeagain
crazy4free
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*sigh*
Hope there are tix left tonite when I get home.
LOL
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freemesome was the code that worked for me.
here are the codes:
freemesome (don't know this one worked for anyone?)
freeagain
crazy4free
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At least Ticketfly didn't crash in general (for people interested in any of the plentiful other shows going on sale this morning).
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freemesome was the code that worked for me.
here are the codes:
freemesome (don't know this one worked for anyone?)
freeagain
crazy4free
this
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the problem was with using moxilla
you suck ticketfly.
you send an email with the helpful info but omit that fact?
its always something with you guys
i was too late unfortunately even on the 10$ donation
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the problem was with using moxilla
Seriously, lol. I wasted so many precious minutes trying, failing, trying, failing, before switching to IE.
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the problem was with using moxilla
Seriously, lol. I wasted so many precious minutes trying, failing, trying, failing, before switching to IE.
I still had the cookies issue with IE.
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I couldn't get any. I was literally on there at 10a and tried everything and everything is gone now.
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i wonder if i should get a 49.50 ticket..
what a bummer..
I have to say Ticketfly you guys suck.. I know TFAMY will chirp in with some chirpy comment any minute but why the heck not have it work with Moxilla? Every other ticket I have bought from TFLY is with Moxilla..I use Facebook with Moxilla...
geesus.
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i wonder if i should get a 49.50 ticket..
what a bummer..
I have to say Ticketfly you guys suck.. I know TFAMY will chirp in with some chirpy comment any minute but why the heck not have it work with Moxilla? Every other ticket I have bought from TFLY is with Moxilla..I use Facebook with Moxilla...
geesus.
What's a moxilla?
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Godzillas stepson ;D
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the problem was with using moxilla
you suck ticketfly.
you send an email with the helpful info but omit that fact?
its always something with you guys
i was too late unfortunately even on the 10$ donation
Dude it was just a presale, they will go on sale tomorrow. Plus they noted that it was first come first served, its not like you were guaranteed a ticket.
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the problem was with using moxilla
you suck ticketfly.
you send an email with the helpful info but omit that fact?
its always something with you guys
i was too late unfortunately even on the 10$ donation
Dude it was just a presale, they will go on sale tomorrow. Plus they noted that it was first come first served, its not like you were guaranteed a ticket.
dude, it will be way harder tomorrow...
i did not ask to be guaranteed a ticket just a chance..using firefox you had no chance regardless. thats not right.
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Observation:
FreeFest brings out an annoying tendency in people. Any time someone wants to be a little crabby or whatever that they didn't get tickets or the site froze up, etc., someone pops in all, "Come on, man, it's -free-. You can't get angry over something that's -free-. First come, first served, man."
Fuckers. ;)
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fyi, i posted into in the "ticketfly improvements since 2010?" thread, about potential issues with browsers other than IE.
What's a moxilla?
"mozilla", AKA firefox - http://www.mozilla.org/
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Anyone remember how quick the general sale sold out last year? It was quick but I don't recall how quick.
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I DEMAND SATISFACTION
Tfly amy i challenge you to a duel with pistols at sundown!!!!!!!!
;D
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I'm not too mad, more so just worried because if I recall correctly last year within a half hour all the free tickets were gone. I can't remember how I got them last year... I might just bring in my laptop to work and fight with it for a half hour until I get tickets.
I know last year I knew like 15 people who got pairs of tickets and we had a couple left over that we ended up giving away, so fingers crossed.
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Wow those captchas are very difficult to read for folks with vision issues. It took me about 10-15 tries to get one right. Got shut out.
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Wow those captchas are very difficult to read for folks with vision issues. It took me about 10-15 tries to get one right. Got shut out.
They aren't case sensitive and you don't need to add in the punctuation. Also sometimes you dont even need the second word or at least all of it. I got one where the second word was upside down, typed in only the first one and it worked.
[edit] I also think you can get it to say the words in audio, but I'm not positive. You can also keep refreshing to find one you can see for sure. [/edit]
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Oh no! I r afeard.
I DEMAND SATISFACTION
Tfly amy i challenge you to a duel with pistols at sundown!!!!!!!!
;D
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Wow those captchas are very difficult to read for folks with vision issues. It took me about 10-15 tries to get one right. Got shut out.
They aren't case sensitive and you don't need to add in the punctuation. Also sometimes you dont even need the second word or at least all of it. I got one where the second word was upside down, typed in only the first one and it worked.
[edit] I also think you can get it to say the words in audio, but I'm not positive. You can also keep refreshing to find one you can see for sure. [/edit]
yeah i understand that however my vision is already very fuzzy and the blur makes it so a lot of times I cannot tell what letters are there. It can be especially bad with lower case a/e/o and t/f/l.
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for the record, I didn't need to join FB to get tickets, so that's good...
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Still don't know why I had a cookies issue using IE. I claim ageism! No old folks allowed! Aside from Branson and Seth of course.
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(In the woodshed for rest of day working on ticket kung fu exercises... "Master-san says do not depend on one browser grasshopper")
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False. I got my tickets on Firefox. First try. It all comes down to luck and timing.
the problem was with using moxilla
you suck ticketfly.
you send an email with the helpful info but omit that fact?
its always something with you guys
i was too late unfortunately even on the 10$ donation
Dude it was just a presale, they will go on sale tomorrow. Plus they noted that it was first come first served, its not like you were guaranteed a ticket.
dude, it will be way harder tomorrow...
i did not ask to be guaranteed a ticket just a chance..using firefox you had no chance regardless. thats not right.
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False. I got my tickets on Firefox. First try. It all comes down to luck and timing.
the problem was with using moxilla
you suck ticketfly.
you send an email with the helpful info but omit that fact?
its always something with you guys
i was too late unfortunately even on the 10$ donation
Dude it was just a presale, they will go on sale tomorrow. Plus they noted that it was first come first served, its not like you were guaranteed a ticket.
dude, it will be way harder tomorrow...
i did not ask to be guaranteed a ticket just a chance..using firefox you had no chance regardless. thats not right.
this
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i used Chrome, no issues
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Why are people still bombarding the Facebook page with the codes? Are they just morons?
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False. I got my tickets on Firefox. First try. It all comes down to luck and timing.
the problem was with using moxilla
you suck ticketfly.
you send an email with the helpful info but omit that fact?
its always something with you guys
i was too late unfortunately even on the 10$ donation
Dude it was just a presale, they will go on sale tomorrow. Plus they noted that it was first come first served, its not like you were guaranteed a ticket.
dude, it will be way harder tomorrow...
i did not ask to be guaranteed a ticket just a chance..using firefox you had no chance regardless. thats not right.
well I tried with firefox from second one for about 20 minutes.. my problem was not trying explorer but i never use that thing..
i even closed out of firefox and tried again but no cigar
the i tried explorer and it was working just fine
most people using firefox were not having any luck and it wasn't that it was telling me "no tickets" ms pretentious..it just wasn't working
anyways, my bad... i'll try again tomorrow and if that doesn't work i'll think about buying a ticket
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dude, it will be way harder tomorrow...
maybe, maybe not. some demand was fulfilled today, and it's not like the presale was any secret. as long as more people got tickets today than the number of new folks trying tomorrow, you could be better off.
Observation:
FreeFest brings out an annoying tendency in people. Any time someone wants to be a little crabby or whatever that they didn't get tickets or the site froze up, etc., someone pops in all, "Come on, man, it's -free-. You can't get angry over something that's -free-. First come, first served, man."
Fuckers. ;)
the fact that they're free doesn't change anything. remember the phish fiasco? people bitched to high heaven about that, and it wasn't free. people will complain regardless of price. no, the main issue is one of perceived "fairness". if folks get shut out, they want to know that everyone was shut out for the same reason - demand > supply and not random backend coding quirks that arbitrarily affect one browser and not another.
the one annoying thing that people say which does hold some water is "there was no guaranteeing you were going to get a ticket anyways". again, demand > supply. many are going to leave unhappy (free ticket or not).
I DEMAND SATISFACTION
ok, fine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5bYDhZBFLA
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Tomorrow is gonna be a bear. Hope I get lucky. If not then it's on to Plan B. Whatever that is.
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Tomorrow is gonna be a bear. Hope I get lucky.
Coincidentally, the next Blowoff is the same night as Freefest, so you can't go wrong! ;D
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Anyone remember how quick the general sale sold out last year? It was quick but I don't recall how quick.
Last year, the system displayed a message at 10:15 or 10:20 that the tickets were all gone. I tried again about 10 minutes later and got the same message. I read the following week that a lot of tickets were given away after 11:00, once certain technical issues had been resolved.
So last year, starting at 10, it went on for something in excess of one hour. A lot of people gave up after being told that the tickets were all gone.
The moral of the story is to never trust anything ticketfly tells you.
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Got my tickets easy as pie. RACK ME.
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I seem to recall someone om here announcing they'd pullled tix WAY after everyone gave up. But I would expect those issues to have been ironed out since last year.
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But I would expect those issues to have been ironed out since last year.
eh, we're talking TF here - they can't get firefox to work and they've had more than a year to figure that one out ;)
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Hey Guys-
It looks like people in this thread had Chrome/ IE issues with cookies as well. Cookie acceptance is something that a buyer could run into on any browser, on any e-commerce website. Everyone at TFly HQ is on Firefox daily and we have no issues.
Having said that, we will write up some browser and sale tips for you guys so as many people will be successful getting tickets as possible! Stay tuned.
-Amy
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Ms. Amy: I'm not a techie but I never have issues buying TF tickets in IE or FF in a regular sale. (regular means, plenty of tickets, non-presale, a one off that tons of people aren't vying for...) Wasn't the source / ticket link slightly different? And did the staff at your office try the passwords through said link w/o employee profile / account signed on? (*asking in a non-mean-confrontational-curious-only way)
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So no more VIP?
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Hey Guys-
Everyone at TFly HQ is on Firefox daily and we have no issues.
But your own support staff has stated that your site does not work with Ff.
*disclaimer* I did not even attempt to get tix to this event and I have never had a problem getting tix through ticketfly. But there are clearly browser compatibility problems that have been acknowledged by tech support at ticketfly. A highly embarrassing situation for an e-commerce company.
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I got tickets with no problems. this is probably a first for me. haha :D
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Oh yes! We were testing continuously. I was able to grab tickets each time I went in, as a regular customer. Sometimes things just don't work on computers when we need them to?
Ms. Amy: I'm not a techie but I never have issues buying TF tickets in IE or FF in a regular sale. (regular means, plenty of tickets, non-presale, a one off that tons of people aren't vying for...) Wasn't the source / ticket link slightly different? And did the staff at your office try the passwords through said link w/o employee profile / account signed on? (*asking in a non-mean-confrontational-curious-only way)
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My recollection is that there are usually plenty of tix available for this right @ the day of show. Many people order the freetix and then don't claim them, and that is the case even when the freefest had much bigger headliners in the last 2 years at mpp. so, anyway, back to everyone freaking out.
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Oh yes! We were testing continuously. I was able to grab tickets each time I went in, as a regular customer. Sometimes things just don't work on computers when we need them to?
Ms. Amy: I'm not a techie but I never have issues buying TF tickets in IE or FF in a regular sale. (regular means, plenty of tickets, non-presale, a one off that tons of people aren't vying for...) Wasn't the source / ticket link slightly different? And did the staff at your office try the passwords through said link w/o employee profile / account signed on? (*asking in a non-mean-confrontational-curious-only way)
Wow I really hope that was not a serious response!
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I went in using ie and pulled 2 freetix using the freeagain pw right at 10:01.
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Hey Chaz! Do you have an email from someone on staff stating that our site has issues with Firefox? I can't find any records of it. Perhaps you called?
Let me know and I will look into it. It is absolutely not the case.
Thanks!
-Amy
Hey Guys-
Everyone at TFly HQ is on Firefox daily and we have no issues.
But your own support staff has stated that your site does not work with Ff.
*disclaimer* I did not even attempt to get tix to this event and I have never had a problem getting tix through ticketfly. But there are clearly browser compatibility problems that have been acknowledged by tech support at ticketfly. A highly embarrassing situation for an e-commerce company.
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Hey Chaz! Do you have an email from someone on staff stating that our site has issues with Firefox? I can't find any records of it. Perhaps you called?
Let me know and I will look into it. It is absolutely not the case.
Thanks!
-Amy
Swettcell got it. The text is in this thread:
http://www.930.com/forum/index.php?topic=21362.0
More specifically, here. (http://www.930.com/forum/index.php?topic=21362.msg327093#msg327093)
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Hey Guys-
It looks like people in this thread had Chrome/ IE issues with cookies as well. Cookie acceptance is something that a buyer could run into on any browser, on any e-commerce website.
right - but we don't. when was the last time amazon.com, or ticketmaster.com, or paypal.com, or sextoysandducttape.com, or any of the other sites you aspire to become, gave you a hiccup? if it was just one or two people having issues, fine. but hopefully you've gained an appreciation of the widespread nature of the problems with the website.
i appreciate the social media, the bundled marketing, the quick responsiveness, etc. but TF is first and foremost a ticket selling company. all the tweets in the world won't make up for a system that won't sell me a ticket. the issues TF is having aren't insurmountable - thousands of e-commerce websites process millions of transactions a day without the percentage of fall-out TF is experiencing. TF.com should not be having cookie problems, certainly not at the rate you're having them. IMO, time to focus resources on fixing the basics of your business. you shouldn't have to be writing a "ccokies management cheat-sheet". your techies should be fixing this.
fyi i work for a large IT consulting company. i've designed, built and tested several e-comm sites. we're not cheap but we're good. lemme know if you wanna bring us in... i've got a sales quota to make ;)
But your own support staff has stated that your site does not work with Ff.
well, to be precise, they said that the site works better with IE, and if other browsers are giving me headaches that i should use IE instead.
I have to say Ticketfly you guys suck.. I know TFAMY will chirp in with some chirpy comment any minute but why the heck not have it work with Moxilla?
and thank goodness for Amy's chipper attitude. can you imagine if she came in here, in the same mood we all project? let's face it, people can act like spoiled brats in here. if i were in amy's shoes i'd sure be tempted to tell off the lot of ya :-*
Hey Chaz! Do you have an email from someone on staff stating that our site has issues with Firefox? I can't find any records of it. Perhaps you called?
Let me know and I will look into it. It is absolutely not the case.
Thanks!
-Amy
that was me who got the e-mail, not chaz. i can be reached @gmail.
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Hey Guys-
It looks like people in this thread had Chrome/ IE issues with cookies as well. Cookie acceptance is something that a buyer could run into on any browser, on any e-commerce website.
right - but we don't. when was the last time amazon.com, or ticketmaster.com, or paypal.com, or sextoysandducttape.com, or any of the other sites you aspire to become, gave you a hiccup? if it was just one or two people having issues, fine. but hopefully you've gained an appreciation of the widespread nature of the problems with the website.
i appreciate the social media, the bundled marketing, the quick responsiveness, etc. but TF is first and foremost a ticket selling company. all the tweets in the world won't make up for a system that won't sell me a ticket. the issues TF is having aren't insurmountable - thousands of e-commerce websites process millions of transactions a day without the percentage of fall-out TF is experiencing. TF.com should not be having cookie problems, certainly not at the rate you're having them. IMO, time to focus resources on fixing the basics of your business. you shouldn't have to be writing a "ccokies management cheat-sheet". your techies should be fixing this.
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Oh yes! We were testing continuously. I was able to grab tickets each time I went in, as a regular customer. Sometimes things just don't work on computers when we need them to?
Ms. Amy: I'm not a techie but I never have issues buying TF tickets in IE or FF in a regular sale. (regular means, plenty of tickets, non-presale, a one off that tons of people aren't vying for...) Wasn't the source / ticket link slightly different? And did the staff at your office try the passwords through said link w/o employee profile / account signed on? (*asking in a non-mean-confrontational-curious-only way)
Wow I really hope that was not a serious response!
That's just the way she answers questions. Snarky or silly and unhelpful 98% of the time, with the theme being "sometimes that's just the way it goes!"
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What is the procedure to attempt to get tickets tomorrow? (link/time/etc)
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just got mine with no problem. good things come to those who work at 10am for the first time in ticket buying history
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Just checked a few minutes ago for the heck of it using the link posted on FB and pulled 2 free tickets. Looks like I don't have to try in the general sale after all. I'd give it a shot if you were shut out earlier.
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just got mine with no problem. good things come to those who work at 10am for the first time in ticket buying history
thanks levimatthew...
i went in and got one of the $10 donation ones (two was not an option at least for me)...
TFAmy I will herewith spare you from our duel at sundown!
;D
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NM I found it. As usual I was being stoopid.
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how are you guys getting tickets this late?
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uhh... by going to the FB page, following the like, entering a password, and requesting tickets?
the probably released a bunch just recently - declined credit cards (for $10 donation tix) and cancelled free tix due to going over the limit.
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Nope, still shut out...
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well, you're a little late to this (after) party... folks got in on the second batch an hour ago. i doubt very many were released.
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Hutch- I am glad to hear I have been spared.
Sweet Cell- I sent you an email via the support address you wrote to. I'm getting to the bottom of the Firefox issue. We, at Ticketfly, do not recommend that everyone use Internet Explorer. I will clarify that once and for all.
Everyone else- Virgin posted some info for getting tickets tomorrow. Over on their Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/VirginMobileLive
Let me know if you have questions!
-Amy
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Sometimes things just don't work on computers when we need them to?
Yeah, every time I try to get a ticket in a heavy sale via TF.
I agree with others; while I appreciate TFAmy being polite in responses (and I hope others are in return) the response is somewhat patronizing b/c it doesn't fix a thing when the issues are consistent and for multiple users.
Sweetcell is right - we will always have complaints. Yet - some of the comments from buyers seem to contain valid issues, suggestions and even: solutions. I also appreciate TF testing things, but I wasn't the only one with issues, nor for the first time.
So if we are doing something wrong - please tell us before the sale not at 10:30, 11, etc.?
If it were 2001 and I was using dial up, maybe -- but the response just doesn't fly, Amy. No pun! (sorry if I sound snarky...I'm not really mad. Just...the comment just seemed a bit...? It carried no responsibility when it clearly was not an isolated case.)
It's all good - I won't be going. (or trying for tickets tomorrow and no I'm not pouting.) Just letting go of it since this occurs show after show, year after year. Thanks for bringing the show tho, 930/MPP/Seth, bands and Virgin people. Have fun, everyone!
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Ugh. Missed round two.
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Hutch- I am glad to hear I have been spared.
Sweet Cell- I sent you an email via the support address you wrote to. I'm getting to the bottom of the Firefox issue. We, at Ticketfly, do not recommend that everyone use Internet Explorer. I will clarify that once and for all.
Everyone else- Virgin posted some info for getting tickets tomorrow. Over on their Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/VirginMobileLive
Let me know if you have questions!
-Amy
I got a question for you - why is it that when I follow your link, it pulls up the page and says "OH DEAR! There was a error while trying to load the page."
It looks like some folks have gotten tix in the past hour or so.
Tomorrow's gonna be like last year's fiasco all over again.
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DO NOT USE MOZILLA.. ONLY USE INTERNET EXPLORER
there was definitely something wrong for a lot of people but the party line is that it went off without a glitch...
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/07/14/well-those-went-fast-virgin-fest-pre-sale-tickets-disappear-in-10-minutes/
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DO NOT USE MOZILLA.. ONLY USE INTERNET EXPLORER
there was definitely something wrong for a lot of people but the party line is that it went off without a glitch...
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/07/14/well-those-went-fast-virgin-fest-pre-sale-tickets-disappear-in-10-minutes/
I guess I was the only one with the cookies issue using IE....
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Good luck to all you nuts in here this morning on getting tickets. I hope everyone is able to get in on it ;D
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Unlikely. Sounds like we'll know by about 10:10.
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Brought my laptop to work, let's do this! Gonna clear out all my cookies and ish on IE and shoot for the stars immediately.
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good luck everybody...
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Backdoor links?
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The time is near ;D
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Tickets will definitely go quickly. Hope everyone read the tips for getting ready. I know things have been buggy and I appreciate everyone's patience!
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Tickets will definitely go quickly. Hope everyone read the tips for getting ready. I know things have been buggy and I appreciate everyone's patience!
that's ok you will give everyone in here tickets when all goes bad right right? ;D
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No backdoor links this time because Virgin Mobile requires that people come through their Facebook page. However, if things don't work and the fest is OK with me posting them at some point, I will do so.
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the link is on the wall
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Restricted?
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Wow. Success. That made up for all of yesterday's headaches.
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KEEP TRYING.. i got restricted the first time and then it worked (this was with internet explorer)
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link from fb page not working, account temporarily unavailable
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Tickets were gone by 10AM
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Fan e-pak sorted the key is to have Social Distortion on the iPod
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remember to keep trying.. this goes for pretty much all day.. there will be people buying more than 2 and these will get tossed back when the system catches it / multiple orders from same address.
it may say its sold out and then there will be tickets later on
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if the "Freefest tickets" tab on FB doesn't work, go to their Wall. link is there.
i was unable to pull tickets at 10:02, said none available. not that i care, i was just playing around.
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Just got through at 10:05 after nothing came up for 5 min.
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looks like its sold out
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i kept getting "restricted" and was trying since they posted the link on the wall. maybe it was a setting on my browser but not something my IT people let me adjust. oh well. congrats to all who go theres.
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link on wall also not working
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if you get the restricted message, you have to go back to facebook and click the link again. you cant just hit refresh
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NOthin! Wwwwwww
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remember to also try the $10 donation tickets..
my advice is to keep trying for a while and then keep trying intermittently throughout the day...as tickets may be throw back in..
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it sold out quick...
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so shemp, hutch and whippy got tix this morning... anyone else?
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Got mine at 1001 I was helping a coworker get some 2 minutes later and they were gone
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yep....i was trying to get tickets for a friend (using his account info) but he kept giving me the wrong password...so i had tickets in my cart at 10am but then the 3 minute countdown expired and when i tried to create a new account for him, tickets were sold out - 10:06
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that was lame.
cookie issue with all three browsers
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Yes, tickets were carted in under a minute. Pretty crazy....
I'd keep trying in case some of those folks give up or any of them went over the limit and get canceled.
Thanks, guys!
-Amy
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Got thru at 10:02. By the time my order ran thru the tix were all gone.
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Just tried again. No go.
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**melt down** ???
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even 50 dollar tickets are gone.
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Were people who got pre sale tickets allowed to get the public tickets as well?
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As said above, I got tickets for a friend after getting the link (which was posted 5 minutes before you could actually get tickets) and just continuing to try. I got tickets right at 10, but as others have said they were gone quite quick. One other friend couldn't get them but another did.
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if they have two accounts and two different addresses...
Were people who got pre sale tickets allowed to get the public tickets as well?
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Funny how we always see new faces whenever this event comes around ;D
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Were people who got pre sale tickets allowed to get the public tickets as well?
there was a limit of 2 per address, name etc so I am sure nobody could get more than 2 unless they have slightly different names on different cards with different addresses.. that sort of thing..
I got 1 in the presale yesterday late afternoon (a $10) and one free one today and I have to assume that is OK.
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Were people who got pre sale tickets allowed to get the public tickets as well?
there was a limit of 2 per address, name etc so I am sure nobody could get more than 2 unless they have slightly different names on different cards with different addresses.. that sort of thing..
I got 1 in the presale yesterday late afternoon (a $10) and one free one today and I have to assume that is OK.
not anymore since you just told everyone ;D
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that was lame.
cookie issue with all three browsers
I cleared the cache in IE (as instructed by Ms. Amy) and had no cookie issues today. Yahoo.
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well I had to test my ticket kung fu abilities after yesterday's debacle...
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Always got the error message. But it was a consistent message so yea for good coding :P
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Shit sells out quick, that's life I guess. But Amy, one critique for Ticketfly, would be to get better error messages. It is hard to know if you're not getting tickets due to some browser/cookie error or because the tickets are sold out. Clear messaging would shift people's frustrations from "Ticketfly sucks, they can't handle the load" to "damn, this sold out quickly."
The "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection." language is vague and tells you absolutely nothing helpful..
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Blizzard software has the best ticket queue system I have seen. They use it for the yearly festival - as soon as you go to buy tickets, it puts you in a queue - you don't have to refresh the page or anything. you can watch your place in line count down.
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Okay, it turned out that FB users who had the secure browsing box checked in their settings could not get through. I unchecked it and got through immediately, but to no avail anyway.
Why didn't TF check for this?
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I got 3 seperate errors. One said restricted, one said error, and one said cookies.
WTF.
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Okay, it turned out that FB users who had the secure browsing box checked in their settings could not get through. I unchecked it and got through immediately, but to no avail anyway.
Why didn't TF check for this?
Jesus, seriously? God damn you to the depths of hell TicketFly.
On the plus side, they'll release some before the festival again.
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The "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection." language is vague and tells you absolutely nothing helpful..
redsock, i believe that that "offer restricted" error message doesn't mean it's sold out, it means you didn't get to the right page. i was getting that error yesterday but when i changed browsers it went away and i was able to buy tickets. so "restricted offer" doesn't have anything to do with ticket availability. this morning when i tried pulling tickets, i got a clear message "there are no tickets available".
Okay, it turned out that FB users who had the secure browsing box checked in their settings could not get through. I unchecked it and got through immediately, but to no avail anyway.
Why didn't TF check for this?
Jesus, seriously? God damn you to the depths of hell TicketFly.
don't blame TF, blame Virgin for insisting on FB. if they had let people buy directly, without all the FB crap, that wouldn't have been a problem. luckily it wasn't too widespread of a problem. maybe FB is punishing those who are trying to maintain their security and privacy :P
On the plus side, they'll release some before the festival again.
THIS is what everyone needs to keep in mind. that, and people are giving away tickets outside the venue on the day of the show.
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I agree.
Shit sells out quick, that's life I guess. But Amy, one critique for Ticketfly, would be to get better error messages. It is hard to know if you're not getting tickets due to some browser/cookie error or because the tickets are sold out. Clear messaging would shift people's frustrations from "Ticketfly sucks, they can't handle the load" to "damn, this sold out quickly."
The "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection." language is vague and tells you absolutely nothing helpful..
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Okay, it turned out that FB users who had the secure browsing box checked in their settings could not get through. I unchecked it and got through immediately, but to no avail anyway.
Why didn't TF check for this?
I was able to get through after deselecting https from my settings. To bad it was too late.
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**unlikes Virgin Mobile on FB**
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don't blame TF, blame Virgin for insisting on FB. if they had let people buy directly, without all the FB crap, that wouldn't have been a problem. luckily it wasn't too widespread of a problem. maybe FB is punishing those who are trying to maintain their security and privacy Tongue
this, i wonder why they involved FB in this whole thing...
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what was the purpose of FB? people will start to 'unlike' it anyway after they got their tickets...
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On the plus side, they'll release some before the festival again.
THIS is what everyone needs to keep in mind. that, and people are giving away tickets outside the venue on the day of the show.
Yeah, it'd be a great weight off my mind if I knew I had tickets, and it's just frustrating because the last 2 worked like a charm for me and I didn't have to worry at it, but at the end of the day they will release tons of unclaimed ones the week before. Just frustrating is all because I wanna be certain!
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I've always had an extra and there was never anyone looking for them when I arrived Is the print at home option only available for the e-pak tickets?
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The "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection." language is vague and tells you absolutely nothing helpful..
redsock, i believe that that "offer restricted" error message doesn't mean it's sold out, it means you didn't get to the right page. i was getting that error yesterday but when i changed browsers it went away and i was able to buy tickets. so "restricted offer" doesn't have anything to do with ticket availability. this morning when i tried pulling tickets, i got a clear message "there are no tickets available".
I get that, but I have absolutely no way of knowing that's what it meant, especially if I'm not also on a board discussing the issue like this one. I actually got that same message on three different browsers today. Again, shit happens, tickets sell out, I make stupid user errors when trying to get tickets. But proper messaging let's me know what the problem actually is, and prevents me from repeating the same pointless steps on different browsers for ten+ minutes after tickets sell-out. That's when folks tend to get pissed off and blame Ticketfly for things like world hunger.
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I have virgin mobile service and kyocera phone. I am thinking of throwing the phone in the trash and getting a real mobile phone provider after this debacle. I call the Kycoera a "dumb phone".
Anyway I still say charge 10 dollars a ticket. That way it keep people away who just want something free and maybe the 300,000 to 400,000 they raise could be used to increase the quality of the line-up.
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This is a very interesting theory...Leave it to the boardies to be so smart!
We'll look into it. Unfortunately it's a Facebook issue.
Okay, it turned out that FB users who had the secure browsing box checked in their settings could not get through. I unchecked it and got through immediately, but to no avail anyway.
Why didn't TF check for this?
I was able to get thought after deselecting https from my settings. To bad it was too late.
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Had absolutely no problem this morning (using IE). Thank God. :)
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Do you have some high privacy settings on facebook as well?
The "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection." language is vague and tells you absolutely nothing helpful..
redsock, i believe that that "offer restricted" error message doesn't mean it's sold out, it means you didn't get to the right page. i was getting that error yesterday but when i changed browsers it went away and i was able to buy tickets. so "restricted offer" doesn't have anything to do with ticket availability. this morning when i tried pulling tickets, i got a clear message "there are no tickets available".
I get that, but I have absolutely no way of knowing that's what it meant, especially if I'm not also on a board discussing the issue like this one. I actually got that same message on three different browsers today. Again, shit happens, tickets sell out, I make stupid user errors when trying to get tickets. But proper messaging let's me know what the problem actually is, and prevents me from repeating the same pointless steps on different browsers for ten+ minutes after tickets sell-out. That's when folks tend to get pissed off and blame Ticketfly for things like world hunger.
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Do you have some high privacy settings on facebook as well?
The "This offer is currently restricted. Please make a different selection." language is vague and tells you absolutely nothing helpful..
redsock, i believe that that "offer restricted" error message doesn't mean it's sold out, it means you didn't get to the right page. i was getting that error yesterday but when i changed browsers it went away and i was able to buy tickets. so "restricted offer" doesn't have anything to do with ticket availability. this morning when i tried pulling tickets, i got a clear message "there are no tickets available".
I get that, but I have absolutely no way of knowing that's what it meant, especially if I'm not also on a board discussing the issue like this one. I actually got that same message on three different browsers today. Again, shit happens, tickets sell out, I make stupid user errors when trying to get tickets. But proper messaging let's me know what the problem actually is, and prevents me from repeating the same pointless steps on different browsers for ten+ minutes after tickets sell-out. That's when folks tend to get pissed off and blame Ticketfly for things like world hunger.
I think its actually the recommended setting.
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Okay, it turned out that FB users who had the secure browsing box checked in their settings could not get through. I unchecked it and got through immediately, but to no avail anyway.
Why didn't TF check for this?
Yep, finally got through to the right page now. TicketFly, how could you let this go to the public without testing this on multiple configurations? I understand it's a Facebook thing, but you're ultimately responsible for it.
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Is Ticketfly a ticketing agency or a front for Nigerian hackers?
;D
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I will have to give ticketfly some credit. In a few minutes they were able to process all tickets. So obviously it worked for most people.
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We'll look into it. Unfortunately it's a Facebook issue.
Of course it is. Facebook, with their wacky "https" protocol.
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I have no idea if I got tix or not. The instruction link provided by TFlyAmy did not work last night or this morning and she never addressed it, as far as I know. From what I read here, one just has to go to the page and press "Like". If so, I might have tix. If not, no.
It's a shame that clear, coherent instructions were unavailable, especially with someone from the middleman monitoring the board. But that's the way of ticketfly, apparently.
This whole process could be so much easier for all concerned if there were a simple lottery - let people apply over a three-day period, say, and select 20K entries or whatever the number is. Do the pre-sale the same way a week before. It avoids the short, sudden, apparently overwhelming load on communications lines and on servers, and whatever the result, everyone knows they had a fair shot and nobody would have any (rational) reason to complain. I guess the folks at ticketfly are gluttons for much-deserved punishment.
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Is Ticketfly a ticketing agency or a front for Nigerian hackers?
;D
Maybe TFlyAmy can answer that later, but I think it's supper time in Lagos right about now.
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You're doing it wrong
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I'm guessing there werent any tix to re-release this morning. Been going at this om/off for 75 minutes and nobody has popped om to say they just scored a pair.
Will just wait at this point.
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For anyone that got tickets (or not) and is having problems logging in to their Ticketfly accounts, use this link: http://bit.ly/TFlyAccount
I was unable to log in to my account via the main ticketfly page, but this link worked just fine.
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I'm guessing there werent any tix to re-release this morning. Been going at this om/off for 75 minutes and nobody has popped om to say they just scored a pair.
Will just wait at this point.
yesterday there seemed to be a ticket release around 5 pm
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I have no idea if I got tix or not. The instruction link provided by TFlyAmy did not work last night or this morning and she never addressed it, as far as I know. From what I read here, one just has to go to the page and press "Like". If so, I might have tix. If not, no.
It's a shame that clear, coherent instructions were unavailable, especially with someone from the middleman monitoring the board. But that's the way of ticketfly, apparently.
This whole process could be so much easier for all concerned if there were a simple lottery - let people apply over a three-day period, say, and select 20K entries or whatever the number is. Do the pre-sale the same way a week before. It avoids the short, sudden, apparently overwhelming load on communications lines and on servers, and whatever the result, everyone knows they had a fair shot and nobody would have any (rational) reason to complain. I guess the folks at ticketfly are gluttons for much-deserved punishment.
The instructions were posted, multiple times, on both the Virgin fb page and by posters in this very thread. If you couldn't figure out how to do it when thousands upon thousands could, then that's on you. While TFly has had issues, it was ultimately up to Virgin Mobile on how the whole process was conducted, so if you have issues with that, take it up with them.
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I have no idea if I got tix or not. The instruction link provided by TFlyAmy did not work last night or this morning and she never addressed it, as far as I know. From what I read here, one just has to go to the page and press "Like". If so, I might have tix. If not, no.
It's a shame that clear, coherent instructions were unavailable, especially with someone from the middleman monitoring the board. But that's the way of ticketfly, apparently.
This whole process could be so much easier for all concerned if there were a simple lottery - let people apply over a three-day period, say, and select 20K entries or whatever the number is. Do the pre-sale the same way a week before. It avoids the short, sudden, apparently overwhelming load on communications lines and on servers, and whatever the result, everyone knows they had a fair shot and nobody would have any (rational) reason to complain. I guess the folks at ticketfly are gluttons for much-deserved punishment.
The instructions were posted, multiple times, on both the Virgin fb page and by posters in this very thread. If you couldn't figure out how to do it when thousands upon thousands could, then that's on you. While TFly has had issues, it was ultimately up to Virgin Mobile on how the whole process was conducted, so if you have issues with that, take it up with them.
If I had lots of time, I could wade through 30 pages of comments and find ones that said that you just follow the link, "Like" it, and you are done. That is, in fact, what was being said. When the ticketfly rep posts a link to instructions and that link does not work, that is inconvenient. Not all of us have spent the week obsessing about this, and timely instructions are not too much to think would be available.
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I have no idea if I got tix or not. The instruction link provided by TFlyAmy did not work last night or this morning and she never addressed it, as far as I know. From what I read here, one just has to go to the page and press "Like". If so, I might have tix. If not, no.
It's a shame that clear, coherent instructions were unavailable, especially with someone from the middleman monitoring the board. But that's the way of ticketfly, apparently.
This whole process could be so much easier for all concerned if there were a simple lottery - let people apply over a three-day period, say, and select 20K entries or whatever the number is. Do the pre-sale the same way a week before. It avoids the short, sudden, apparently overwhelming load on communications lines and on servers, and whatever the result, everyone knows they had a fair shot and nobody would have any (rational) reason to complain. I guess the folks at ticketfly are gluttons for much-deserved punishment.
The instructions were posted, multiple times, on both the Virgin fb page and by posters in this very thread. If you couldn't figure out how to do it when thousands upon thousands could, then that's on you. While TFly has had issues, it was ultimately up to Virgin Mobile on how the whole process was conducted, so if you have issues with that, take it up with them.
Not that I'm really upset, but nothing in the instructions said anything about disabling https from your FB security settings. If you had that selected, you got a error when the Ticketfly page loaded.
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According to the Twitter page @VirginFestival ALL tickets were in carts within 60 seconds.
Wow.
Say what you will about TicketFly but that's just supply and demand. Chill out peeps. It's passed, more will be released, or pay 50$, or volunteer.
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According to the Twitter page @VirginFestival ALL tickets were in carts within 60 seconds.
Wow.
Say what you will about TicketFly but that's just supply and demand. Chill out peeps. It's passed, more will be released, or pay 50$, or volunteer.
I guess ticketfly did a bang up job.
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Scored tickets with firefox at 10:02. I was lucky I guess. Super stoked for the fest!
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I find it hard to believe that anyone really thought just "liking" the FB page got you tickets. But regardless, there is a history of tix being released later on... :o
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right, you didn't even have to log on to facebook...the link is on their wall 5 minutes before it went on sale.
I find it hard to believe that anyone really thought just "liking" the FB page got you tickets. But regardless, there is a history of tix being released later on... :o
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HOORAY! 8)
According to the Twitter page @VirginFestival ALL tickets were in carts within 60 seconds.
Wow.
Say what you will about TicketFly but that's just supply and demand. Chill out peeps. It's passed, more will be released, or pay 50$, or volunteer.
I guess ticketfly did a bang up job.
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HOORAY! 8)
According to the Twitter page @VirginFestival ALL tickets were in carts within 60 seconds.
Wow.
Say what you will about TicketFly but that's just supply and demand. Chill out peeps. It's passed, more will be released, or pay 50$, or volunteer.
I guess ticketfly did a bang up job.
:l
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wait, i thought that the "bang up job" comment was sarcastic?
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I know.
wait, i thought that the "bang up job" comment was sarcastic?
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ticketfly did awesome, I got tickets and I'm not even going ;D
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This is a very interesting theory...Leave it to the boardies to be so smart!
We'll look into it. Unfortunately it's a Facebook issue.
Okay, it turned out that FB users who had the secure browsing box checked in their settings could not get through. I unchecked it and got through immediately, but to no avail anyway.
Why didn't TF check for this?
I was able to get thought after deselecting https from my settings. To bad it was too late.
UGH!!! So sick of everything being dependent or through FB. And if it is seriously test the f out of it. Just sell tickets the normal way. Post a link on 930 club ticket / concert page / TF and FB if you must and be done with it. All people still wouldn't get tickets through a regular link but geez, at least they wouldn't be mucking around trying to figure out how to even get the page to work.
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This is a very interesting theory...Leave it to the boardies to be so smart!
We'll look into it. Unfortunately it's a Facebook issue.
Okay, it turned out that FB users who had the secure browsing box checked in their settings could not get through. I unchecked it and got through immediately, but to no avail anyway.
Why didn't TF check for this?
I was able to get thought after deselecting https from my settings. To bad it was too late.
UGH!!! So sick of everything being dependent or through FB. And if it is seriously test the f out of it. Just sell tickets the normal way. Post a link on 930 club ticket / concert page / TF and FB if you must and be done with it. All people still wouldn't get tickets through a regular link but geez, at least they wouldn't be mucking around trying to figure out how to even get the page to work.
I agree with you but look at it from Virgin's perspective... this way they really made sure people knew it was Virgin Mobile.. also they targeted a younger demographic.
I've seen it in other companies lately: targeting the Facebook/Twitter/social networking is all the rage at board meetings... sort of the flavor of the month.. so I could see why Virgin would push for that..
I just think if you're going to do the FB thing you have to make sure people don't feel like they got F'ed and i think here- based on the comments on FB- a lot of people feel like thats what happened ..its one thing to get the screen saying "sold out".. another to get something about cookies or some other vague concept of computer trouble...but maybe i'm wrong maybe people feel like they got f'ed regardless if they didn't get tickets in which case a lot of people were going to feel that way either way..
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ticketfly did awesome, I got tickets and I'm not even going ;D
Same here. I'm gonna burn my tickets just for the fuck of it.
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well i'm not going, i didn't get tickets . . . hell, i didn't even try. i wanted to go, but would i have a good time? its so far from my house and parking at merriweather when it's not a jam band and everybody's not off the hook drinking, smoking pot, titties hanging out, isn't that exciting. somehow . . . this show would feel to me, "like i'm babysitting, and not getting paid."
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they should webcast this, so we do not have to go.
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Ha, ha! It's just not the same; however, I do like the idea of having it webcasted.
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Bummed about VIP. Every year I bought them plus spent a few hundred on me and my friends. It was our mini Lallapalooza. Guess its gone and we will have to start hitting Chicago. It was a fun ritual while it lasted : (
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well i'm not going, i didn't get tickets . . . hell, i didn't even try. i wanted to go, but would i have a good time? its so far from my house and parking at merriweather when it's not a jam band and everybody's not off the hook drinking, smoking pot, titties hanging out, isn't that exciting. somehow . . . this show would feel to me, "like i'm babysitting, and not getting paid."
You need to quit the board again.
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well i'm not going, i didn't get tickets . . . hell, i didn't even try. i wanted to go, but would i have a good time? its so far from my house and parking at merriweather when it's not a jam band and everybody's not off the hook drinking, smoking pot, titties hanging out, isn't that exciting. somehow . . . this show would feel to me, "like i'm babysitting, and not getting paid."
You need to quit the board again.
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So if it's "an lol cat" does that mean we're supposed to read it out loud as "an L-O-L cat" because I believe it should be read as "a lawl cat" meaning you don't use "an".
In fact, I think we should just stop resisting modern progress and start saying "lawl" when we find something comical or humorous. Even an iron robot housecleaner that wears a french maid outfit would says "LAWL" when hearing a witty anecdote concerning an Xp-13 fixed-sync rotating uplink.
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Got a text message saying to get free tickets go to virginmobilefreefest.com by 10 am on friday the 23rd and enter "loft". Seems like this is last years message. Is virgin sending out this to people by mistake?
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Got a text message saying to get free tickets go to virginmobilefreefest.com by 10 am on friday the 23rd and enter "loft". Seems like this is last years message. Is virgin sending out this to people by mistake?
Considering that this Friday is the 22nd, I'd say yes.
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Seems someone doesn't know the difference between donating and volunteering.
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When did they announce the time slots for this thing last year??
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When did they announce the time slots for this thing last year??
very, very late in the game - week of. this is one thing that i'd like freefest to work on: getting the schedule/time slots out at least a week in advance. festoon it with warnings of "draft", "subject to change", "to be updated", etc, but let's get some lines drawn in the sand. personally it helps me deal with anxiety and excitement, plan my day (ex: meetup time), etc.
the line-up is 95-100% set, which stage and which order are probably worked out too - why wait until three days before the show to publish it?? i'd rather have a schedule that's 85% correct a week beforehand than one that is 100% right just before the show.
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If yer reaching that deep for something to cause yourself some anxiety, you must have a pretty sweet life. ;)
When did they announce the time slots for this thing last year??
very, very late in the game - week of. this is one thing that i'd like freefest to work on: getting the schedule/time slots out at least a week in advance. festoon it with warnings of "draft", "subject to change", "to be updated", etc, but let's get some lines drawn in the sand. personally it helps me deal with anxiety and excitement, plan my day (ex: meetup time), etc.
the line-up is 95-100% set, which stage and which order are probably worked out too - why wait until three days before the show to publish it?? i'd rather have a schedule that's 85% correct a week beforehand than one that is 100% right just before the show.
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If yer reaching that deep for something to cause yourself some anxiety, you must have a pretty sweet life. ;)
agreed!
now work with me... :)
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it's official . . . the last year of "free" fest. somebody's gotta pay for that new island location.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44228878/ns/today-entertainment/
just announced
all beer at freefest this year will be $20.
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I wonder if they tried to use champagne with gold flakes to put out the fires ;D
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what are you . . . mad?
clearly, richard and his guests attempted to help by pouring gold with champagne flakes on it.
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Fuck. Does this mean Virgin Mobile rates are going up?
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Hey hey board buddies-
Are you planning a meet-up at FreeFest at all this year? If so, maybe I can join! You can all yell at me IRL.
Also: we're running a contest on Facebook. Airfare + VIP Passes + Hotel!
http://www.facebook.com/ticketfly
Enter it if you DARE
-Ticketfly Amy
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I'm up for a meetup! I've never met anyone from the 9:30 Club board and I'll probably be attending on my own this year.
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So how does the will call work with freefest? I was just going to get me tickets the day of but then I noticed this at the bottom of my confirmation email:
"Available for pickup starting 9/2. No charge. General admission tickets not picked up by close of business on 9/8 will be released to the general public on 9/9"
So I have the week before the fest to get them or else they toss mine? Or am I misreading this?
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meetup: we'll organize one once the schedule is published. we need to pick a time that works for most people, a.k.a. a lull in the schedule that will maximize how many people can make it. location will be the 932, of course ;D
So I have the week before the fest to get them or else they toss mine? Or am I misreading this?
that's exactly right. if you selected will-call as your delivery, you need to pick up the tickets at the club or at MPP by the thursday before the festival. otherwise, you lose 'em.
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Sweet! Keep me posted.
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Also: we're running a contest on Facebook. Airfare + VIP Passes + Hotel!
http://www.facebook.com/ticketfly
I don't see this. I'd be happy to enter...
I also didn't realize you folks were at Outside Lands. I could have collected this boards messages of ill-will and delivered them in person.
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Maybe because you already like us!
Try this: http://www.facebook.com/ticketfly?sk=app_121121694568521
Yeah, we had a pre-Outside Lands party! You could have delivered them directly to the whole team while drinking and playing skeeball!
-Amy
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Maybe because you already like us!
That would be the case.
Thanks for the link - oh, and that phone number is not for personal use.
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Don't you worry!
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Have any tickets been mailed out yet? I won a pair and Virginmobile said they would be mailed in August. Nothing yet?
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during the presale & onsale, we had the choice of print-at-home or will-call. for 99.5% of attendees, mailing tickets won't be happening, so you're on your own big papi.
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My email says they will be emailed to you starting Sept 2 ;D
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Any idea when they're gonna be releasing unclaimed tickets?
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Anyone know any of the set times yet? Just throwing out a completely uninformed guess here...
Main Stage
Okkervil River
Alberta Cross
Cut Copy
Patti Smith
Cee Lo Green
TVOTR
Black Keys
West Stage
Battle of the bands or something like that
Bombay Bicycle Club
2 Door Cinema
Grace Potter
Big Sean
Empire of the Sun
Deadmau5
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Any idea when they're gonna be releasing unclaimed tickets?
friday, sept 9
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Enter my contest! Go for free!
http://www.ticketfly.com/get-your-vip-on-with-ticketfly-at-virgin-mobile-freefest/
PLs.
-a
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Enter my contest! Go for free!
http://www.ticketfly.com/get-your-vip-on-with-ticketfly-at-virgin-mobile-freefest/
PLs.
-a
Don't bother entering - Amy knows who she is supposed to pick out of the hat if she really wants to have a killer boardie meet up. Just saying....
(and I'm kidding, feel free to enter but I was feeling pretty lucky when I entered)
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Most likely going to have to bail on this festival this year.
If I do, one of you boardies can have my pair.
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Most likely going to have to bail on this festival this year.
If I do, one of you boardies can have my pair.
after all that?
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Most likely going to have to bail on this festival this year.
If I do, one of you boardies can have my pair.
and you say i need to leave . . . seth is mad at you, now.
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Most likely going to have to bail on this festival this year.
If I do, one of you boardies can have my pair.
after all that?
I don't get this post.
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Most likely going to have to bail on this festival this year.
If I do, one of you boardies can have my pair.
and you say i need to leave . . . seth is mad at you, now.
I don't get this one either.
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10 Virgin FreeFest Acts We'd Pay to See
http://www.spin.com/gallery/10-virgin-freefest-acts-wed-pay-see
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no dead milkmen on that list = fail
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no dead milkmen on that list = fail
Oh, the Dead Milkmen are playing freefest? The list is the fail huh?
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no dead milkmen on that list = fail
i know, right? they didn't mention daft punk, black sabbath or the beatles either!
(you did see that DM are playing philly on 9/24, at riot fest east, right?)
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as announced in the weekly blast, MPP has partnered with Rock & Bus (http://merriweatherpostpavilion.rockandbus.com/) to provide transpo to the venue. great idea, i think to myself, since i might need a ride home after freefest. so i go to the site, they have all sorts of other shows listed... but no freefest. biggest event of the year at MPP and no buses?
turns out that the buses are listed on their sister site Muzikbus (http://virginmobile.muzikbus.com/), which is supposedly for electronic music events. uh, i guess freefest has a dance tent... yeah, that makes sense.
anyhoo, return fare is $50 from DC, MD and NoVA ($65 from richmond - who does their pricing?!?). not cheap, but beats a cab.
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If the neighborhood in which the club lies gives Walkies the willies, do you really think he would go within 20 miles of Philly?
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as announced in the weekly blast, MPP has partnered with Rock & Bus (http://merriweatherpostpavilion.rockandbus.com/) to provide transpo to the venue. great idea, i think to myself, since i might need a ride home after freefest. so i go to the site, they have all sorts of other shows listed... but no freefest. biggest event of the year at MPP and no buses?
turns out that the buses are listed on their sister site Muzikbus (http://virginmobile.muzikbus.com/), which is supposedly for electronic music events. uh, i guess freefest has a dance tent... yeah, that makes sense.
anyhoo, return fare is $50 from DC, MD and NoVA ($65 from richmond - who does their pricing?!?). not cheap, but beats a cab.
Well, shit. I was literally just about to PM you and ask about a possible ride since you lived near me last I checked. Maybe it's time for a ride thread.
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'zag, my situation is still being worked out. i can definitely give you a ride there, question is whether or not i'll have the car to give you a ride back: the missus may need to duck out before the end of the show, i'll mostly likely want to stay until the end... need to figure out how to make that happen (or if we even need to make it happen). i'll let you know what we settle on.
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as announced in the weekly blast, MPP has partnered with Rock & Bus (http://merriweatherpostpavilion.rockandbus.com/) to provide transpo to the venue. great idea, i think to myself, since i might need a ride home after freefest. so i go to the site, they have all sorts of other shows listed... but no freefest. biggest event of the year at MPP and no buses?
turns out that the buses are listed on their sister site Muzikbus (http://virginmobile.muzikbus.com/), which is supposedly for electronic music events. uh, i guess freefest has a dance tent... yeah, that makes sense.
anyhoo, return fare is $50 from DC, MD and NoVA ($65 from richmond - who does their pricing?!?). not cheap, but beats a cab.
what a ripofff! You can go to NYC for less!
HELLO IMP? WTF?
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'zag, my situation is still being worked out. i can definitely give you a ride there, question is whether or not i'll have the car to give you a ride back: the missus may need to duck out before the end of the show, i'll mostly likely want to stay until the end... need to figure out how to make that happen (or if we need to making it happen). i'll let you know what we settle on.
Awesome. Much appreciated.
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what a ripofff! You can go to NYC for less!
HELLO IMP? WTF?
agreed that it's silly expensive, but take it up with the bus service. IMP doesn't set prices for other companies.
(and comparing an event-specific, irregular service to a high-volume scheduled service isn't a fair comparison. you can fly to los angeles for less than it would cost you to fly to asheville, even though it's 10 times the distance)
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what a ripofff! You can go to NYC for less!
HELLO IMP? WTF?
agreed that it's silly expensive, but take it up with the bus service. IMP doesn't set prices for other companies.
(and comparing an event-specific, irregular service to a high-volume scheduled service isn't a fair comparison. you can fly to los angeles for less than it would cost you to fly to asheville, even though it's 10 times the distance)
i thought IMP was endorsing this bus service.. if they're not then thats fine.. but if they're throwing in their lot with these ripoff guys then that would s u c k.
there's no way it should cost practically the same as a cab to take a bus. sorry.
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If the neighborhood in which the club lies gives Walkies the willies, do you really think he would go within 20 miles of Philly?
for the dead milkmen . . . no place is off limits.
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tickets have been emailed...
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yep, just got mine. still debating if i am going to go to this or to hampdenfest
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When are the set times coming out?
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When are the set times coming out?
traditionally they come out just a few days before the festival, like wednesday or thursday.
Freefest's inability to publish set times more than 72 hours before the show is the only black spot on what is otherwise an amazing feat of organization, IMO. maybe this year will be different?
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When are the set times coming out?
traditionally they come out just a few days before the festival, like wednesday or thursday.
Freefest's inability to publish set times more than 72 hours before the show is the only black spot on what is otherwise an amazing feat of organization, IMO. maybe this year will be different?
Why? So you can decide not to use your tickets?
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Why? So you can decide not to use your tickets?
nope - so i can plan my day, pick a time for the meetup (and get people's feedback about it), and have extra time to bitch about the inevitable conflicts ;D
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When are the set times coming out?
traditionally they come out just a few days before the festival, like wednesday or thursday.
Freefest's inability to publish set times more than 72 hours before the show is the only black spot on what is otherwise an amazing feat of organization, IMO. maybe this year will be different?
Why? So you can decide not to use your tickets?
Sounds like a great idea to me.
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Why? So you can decide not to use your tickets?
nope - so i can plan my day, pick a time for the meetup (and get people's feedback about it), and have extra time to bitch about the inevitable conflicts ;D
three days is not enough for that?
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Does anyone know if the Pavillion box office has special hours over the holiday weekend? Will they be open Monday to pick up our tickets?
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If anyone has a free set of tickets--or selling at reasonable price, I'd be might grateful...will look int he pm with fingers crossed...
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Are the tix even transferable? I thought only the "buyer" could use them
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I think last year the tickets had our names on them and people wondered if they were going to check your name to the tickets but nope. This year the tickets have no name what so ever. I'm not going this year but giving them away to a friend. As long as you got a ticket you are in ;D
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Got my Freefest tickets from the club tonight. Also got my Kyuss Lives! tickets without some 10 dollar fee.
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If anyone has a pair I'd love to take them! I'm gonna try on the release on Friday for the unclaimed ones but if anyone has a pair they're trying to unload I'm happy to take them off someone's hands!
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set times are up!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/merriweather-post-pavilion/heads-up-virgin-mobile-freefest-set-times-map/10150364559435955
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I"m confused..do they have the names of the stages right? Pavilion State ends at 10? Festival Stage is West stage?
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Cut Copy and !!! at the same time makes me a sad panda.
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PAVILION STAGE
1:00-2:00 Bombay Bicycle Club
2:30-3:30 Okkervil Rilver
4:00-5:00 Grace Potter
5:30-6:30 Patti Smith
7:00-8:15 TV on the Radio
8:45-10:00 Black Keys
FESTIVAL STAGE
12:15-1:15 Alberta Cross
1:45-2:45 Two Door Cinema Club
3:15-4:15 Big Sean
4:45-5:45 Cut Copy
6:20-7:20 Cee Lo Green
8:00-8:55 Empire of the Sun
9:20-11:00 Deadmau5
DANCE FOREST
12:00-1:30 Eclectic Method
1:45-3:15 Porter Robinson
3:15-4:45 Calvin Harris
5:00-6:00 !!!
6:15-7:45 James Murphy
8:15-9:15 Teddybears
9:45-10:45 Ghostland Observatory
copy pasted for those that dont' feel like going to facebook
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Evidently organizers realized Sweetcell needed a few more days to plan and released schedule a bit earlier this year...
;D
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Cut Copy and !!! at the same time makes me a sad panda.
Agreed, that conflict was my biggest disappointment. Thankfully I've seen both at least once in the past year.
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Teddybears vs Empire of the Sun...I know I hate Empire of the Sun but I want to see them so I can hate them even more
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An hour and fifteen minutes for the black keys and the mouse dj gets more time than them? Lame.
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An hour and fifteen minutes for the black keys and the mouse dj gets more time than them? Lame.
The Black Keys have pretty short songs so that time frame for them they could play all the songs they have and still dick around ;D
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thank you IMP!
Teddybears vs Empire of the Sun...I know I hate Empire of the Sun but I want to see them so I can hate them even more
after Chappelle brought you "Playa Haters' Ball"... now 930.com and BrooklynVegan present "Indie Haters' Ball"!!!
"Those guys are so August 2011!"
"They'd never make it in DUMBO..."
"They couldn't fit a marimba or a glockenspiel in their music if they tried!"
"Where did they get their clothes - RETAIL?!?"
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to the top left of the Kyocera forest: "trampoline"??
i'm soooooo doing 3 shots of tequila then throwing myself on that thing.
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i think we've found our meetup location.
to the top left of the Kyocera forest: "trampoline"??
i'm soooooo doing 3 shots of tequila then throwing myself on that thing.
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Chappelle brought you "Playa Haters' Ball"
Greatest sketch ever written.
"And as I sip from my soda that I'm sure somebody spit in, I would just like to say to all of you: KISS MY ASS, YOU ROTTEN MOTHERFUCKERS."
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Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go home and put some water in Buck Nasty's momma's dish. Good evenin'!
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MEETUP: i'd like to propose 3:00 as a time to meet at the 932 (miss p, i'm afraid of the consequences of a trampoline meetup). folks who insist on catching okkervil river can join us at 3:30, we'll be sure to mock you then :P
thoughts?
Chappelle brought you "Playa Haters' Ball"
Greatest sketch ever written.
as much as i love it, i put "charlie murphy's true hollywood stories" (prince! rick james!) and "if the internet were a real place" above PHB. but that's just me.
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc45/snesfreak/charliemurphy.gif)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc45/snesfreak/cocaine.gif)
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Chappelle brought you "Playa Haters' Ball"
Greatest sketch ever written.
"And as I sip from my soda that I'm sure somebody spit in, I would just like to say to all of you: KISS MY ASS, YOU ROTTEN MOTHERFUCKERS."
Greater than "Black Bush" or "Cribs?" I beg to differ.
Brian
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Silky Johnson: [referring to Rosie O'Donnell] "Now that man I'd hate to fight. Cause she wears underwear with dick-holes in 'em".
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwpWdC_pqf8Y4gJUTSN3oFsVEWAipToyBKZj1hNeM_8f27HF4ICLYNMls)
;D
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as announced in the weekly blast, MPP has partnered with Rock & Bus (http://merriweatherpostpavilion.rockandbus.com/) to provide transpo to the venue. great idea, i think to myself, since i might need a ride home after freefest. so i go to the site, they have all sorts of other shows listed... but no freefest. biggest event of the year at MPP and no buses?
turns out that the buses are listed on their sister site Muzikbus (http://virginmobile.muzikbus.com/), which is supposedly for electronic music events. uh, i guess freefest has a dance tent... yeah, that makes sense.
anyhoo, return fare is $50 from DC, MD and NoVA ($65 from richmond - who does their pricing?!?). not cheap, but beats a cab.
another transpo option, brought to you by BYT: http://byt930virginbus.eventbrite.com/ (haters might want to check it out if only for the name of the bus ;D)
they have options that include tickets if you don't have one yet. bus-only option is same as muzikbus, ~$50. only one departure point: the 930.
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as announced in the weekly blast, MPP has partnered with Rock & Bus (http://merriweatherpostpavilion.rockandbus.com/) to provide transpo to the venue. great idea, i think to myself, since i might need a ride home after freefest. so i go to the site, they have all sorts of other shows listed... but no freefest. biggest event of the year at MPP and no buses?
turns out that the buses are listed on their sister site Muzikbus (http://virginmobile.muzikbus.com/), which is supposedly for electronic music events. uh, i guess freefest has a dance tent... yeah, that makes sense.
anyhoo, return fare is $50 from DC, MD and NoVA ($65 from richmond - who does their pricing?!?). not cheap, but beats a cab.
another transpo option, brought to you by BYT: http://byt930virginbus.eventbrite.com/ (haters might want to check it out if only for the name of the bus ;D)
they have options that include tickets if you don't have one yet. bus-only option is same as muzikbus, ~$50. only one departure point: the 930.
also drops off at 930.. perfect if there is an after party!
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If by afterparty you mean Blowoff, sure!
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If by afterparty you mean Blowoff, sure!
unfortunately not..for me
men with facial hair in tights just don't do it for me... at least with erasure there is live music...
i did go to one of the first blowoffs at velvet lounge and briefly talk with mould.. gosh that must have been 8 years ago now...
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Not my thing either but he really made something huge out of it. Good for him.
I have copies of his electronic albums still in the shrinkwrap. Will get to them one of these days.
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well hutch, to be fair . . . to enjoy blowoff, you must enjoy getting fucked in the ass by hunky, sweaty, larger men. that's what i heard.
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well hutch, to be fair . . . to enjoy blowoff, you must enjoy getting fucked in the ass by hunky, sweaty, larger men. that's what i heard.
yeah, that just has zero appeal to me but to each his own! ;D
but I have to say I never saw very "hunky" attractive men at blowoff.... just the- i think they call it "bear"- stereotype..
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guys that like bears . . . find them hunky.
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walkonby, are you a bear?
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Ahem, back on topic...
I have 2 free freefest tix that I can email to a board/bored member. They appear to be freely transferrable. PM me a short essay (no more than 1 sentence) about why you should be the winner, and include an email address and you could be a winner.
P.S. I PM'd the poster who said he needed tickets, but got no response.
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walkonby, are you a bear?
back off topic . . . no, i'm not very hairy, am taller and work out. yes and i have a small but proud beer tummy. but i love me some stocky built bears. woof.
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walkonby, are you a bear?
back off topic . . . no, i'm not very hairy, am taller and work out. yes and i have a small but proud beer tummy. but i love me some stocky built bears. woof.
i just don't see the attraction of beer belly, balding men with facial hair...sorry.
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no love for twinks?
walkonby, are you a bear?
back off topic . . . no, i'm not very hairy, am taller and work out. yes and i have a small but proud beer tummy. but i love me some stocky built bears. woof.
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Ahem, back on topic...
I have 2 free freefest tix that I can email to a board/bored member. They appear to be freely transferrable. PM me a short essay (no more than 1 sentence) about why you should be the winner, and include an email address and you could be a winner.
P.S. I PM'd the poster who said he needed tickets, but got no response.
Ticket giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who participated. Really strong essays were received. Enjoy the show!
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did any bears or twinks apply for those tickets?
hot.
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did any bears or twinks apply for those tickets?
hot.
unfortunately(?) no pics were sent with the essays...
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MEETUP: i'd like to propose 3:00 as a time to meet at the 932 (miss p, i'm afraid of the consequences of a trampoline meetup). folks who insist on catching okkervil river can join us at 3:30, we'll be sure to mock you then :P
3ish works for me, hopefully ticketfly amy will show up with swag :)
If anyone needs a ride to and from Greenbelt metro station, PM me. However, I've got VIP tickets and will be planning on taking advantage of early entry.
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3ish works for me, hopefully ticketfly amy will show up with swag :)
that would be great - then seth could step up and comp us a few beers ;D
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hmmm the Patti Smith vs Cee Lo vs James Murphy set-coagulation is going to require a fair amount of running around. Must see all of them.
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i'll skip out on okkervil river for this. ::)
3ish works for me, hopefully ticketfly amy will show up with swag :)
that would be great - then seth could step up and comp us a few beers ;D
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all the rain over the past few days (and possibly tomorrow and saturday as well) should make for some interesting times at merriweather
mud central
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Yeah and avoid the brown acid
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all the rain over the past few days (and possibly tomorrow and saturday as well) should make for some interesting times at merriweather
mud central
With the weak line-up and a rain filled day I am expecting not many people end up showing.
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Yup no one wants to see Daudmau5..
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Dudmau5?
Yup no one wants to see Daudmau5..
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Yeah and avoid the brown acid
Loved this.
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Are unclaimed tickets being released? Just wanna make sure I didn't miss the boat on this one....
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Are unclaimed tickets being released? Just wanna make sure I didn't miss the boat on this one....
i would think they'd do this earlier today, something like the traditional 10 am timeslot.
anyone pick up tickets today?
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the freefest facebook page said that general addmission tickets needed to be claimed by 5:30 pm today at Merriweather or by 11 pm at the club. So maybe they'll release the unclaimed ones tomorrow
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It is raining so much one is going to need a boat for this concert...
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Virgin MudFest
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All this rain can mean only one thing: surprise appearance of Radiohead.
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All this rain can mean only one thing: surprise appearance of Radiohead.
POTW
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how long will the set be delayed or canceled?
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So I haven't been able to pick up tickets due to the rain. Am I out of luck?? Ticketfly customer service doesn't open until 12PM EST
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So I haven't been able to pick up tickets due to the rain. Am I out of luck?? Ticketfly customer service doesn't open until 12PM EST
i called TF on wednesday (i.e. before the tickets turned into pumpkins) and explained that i couldn't make it to the club. TF turned my will-calls into e-mail delivery. snaps for TicketFly!
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ha just realized they put two of my videos on the freefest site. Hope you guys have a great time and weather stays clear ;D
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RIDE REQUEST: can anyone give me a ride after freefest?
i live in rockville, but anything around bethesda or silver spring would be great. folks going back to Virginia via 495 could drop me off anywhere around there. i'm happy to chip in for gas, buy you a beer at the show, etc.
please PM me if you've got a spot in your car/truck/hippiemobile. thanks!
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First person to send me a PM can have my free fest tickets... Total of two.
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So I haven't been able to pick up tickets due to the rain. Am I out of luck?? Ticketfly customer service doesn't open until 12PM EST
i called TF on wednesday (i.e. before the tickets turned into pumpkins) and explained that i couldn't make it to the club. TF turned my will-calls into e-mail delivery. snaps for TicketFly!
TF turned my will-calls into e-mail delivery as well even though it was after the pickup cut-off deadline. Thanks TF! (though i only care about Patti Smith and Black Keys)
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awrite folks, hope to see some of you at the 932 tomorrow between 3:00 & 4:00 pm. i'll make a little "dorks anonymous" sign ;D (i'll also most likely post here with a description of what i'm wearing or some such)
kosmo, are we doing a twitter hashtag?
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awrite folks, hope to see some of you at the 932 tomorrow between 3:00 & 4:00 pm. i'll make a little "dorks anonymous" sign ;D
i was thinking a sign might be in order as well... maybe we need my name is tags too :)
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I'm driving up from Newport News with my mom. The wife wasn't too keen on another all-day festival. :)
I'll be wearing a PJ-poster-themed Ames Bros t-shirt with an astronaut zapping deer in space t-shirt and jeans.
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i'll be wearing an orange "sea dog brewing co" t-shirt, green cargo shorts, black boots. given the condition of the ground i'd recommend that others consider what boot options they have...
off to run a few errands then on to MPP! can't wait.
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My t-shirt says lake Michigan - unsalted
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Anybody there yet? Wondering what the conditions are...
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I am sorry to have to miss this.. we got quite a bit of flooding in our basement and my dad is arriving for a visit midweek so I got to focus on this..
Have fun!
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The weather is nice, a bit of a breeze, mostly sunny... mud there is a bit of that too...
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It speaks volumes that first act to have real fire and attitude is Patti Smith.
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Calvin disappointed. Cut Copy were really good. Patty owned that stage. TVotR are putting on a clinic. West stage smells bad, something up & died in that mud. Mud itself really isn't that bad.
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I admire the fact that James Murphy uses only vinyl not a laptop in sight.
I think that wet straw was causing that odor or was it something else ;)
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Just got home from Freefest. First I just want to say thank you Seth for putting together another great year of FreeFest! I don't think there is a similar event anywhere in the country.
Some brief thoughts:
Traffic was really bad and so was parking. It was probably my fault for not getting there till 230 but I had to park at Howard Community College which was literally a mile walk to Merriweather. They did have shuttle buses though, but my friend and I figured since traffic was bad walking would make more sense.
It was much more crowded this year than last year. I think this was because the lineup was stronger this year so more people actually showed up. Food and bathroom lines were pretty long but doable.
I stayed at the main stage so I only saw Grace Potter, Pattie Smith, and TVOTR. Grace Potter was pretty meh. She wad decent, but way too much shrieking for my taste.
Pattie Smith was really good but made some comments that seemed to piss a lot of people off. I saw one guy flip her off and then storm out of the pavilion. The comments didn't bother me but it always puts the audience in an awkward spot. I loved how she closed on Pissing in a River, People have the power, Because the night and then Horses/ Gloria. Her set ended on such a high note.
TVOTR was also really good and the crowd seemed pretty into it.
I wish I could have caught some of the other stage acts but I didn't want to lose my really good pavilion seat.
On a side note, during TVOTR some guy in the row behind me decided it would be appropriate to pee while sitting in his seat which freaked this poor girl sitting by my friend and I. Fortunately, The Merriweather staff was very quick to throw him out once it was brought to their attention.
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Food vendors were a disaster. They need some serious assistance. I waited about an hour in a line and when I got to the front, they didn't even have anything. They couldn't even sell beer because the CO2 was out around 7pm. Both times I went to get food, none was available. When I suggested that they put up a sign to tell people they were out of things, I was told that they didn't have any sharpies. Yes, blame Sharpie. Awesome. It also looked like lots of under age people were being served alcohol early in the day. No one was checking ID. Cee Lo was fun. I feel like I spent the day waiting in line for nothing.
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Deadmau5 is big and so are the Black Keys. I don't think either of them made the lineup "stronger".
It was much more crowded this year than last year. I think this was because the lineup was stronger this year so more people actually showed up.
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Despite my old coot self I still managed to have an enjoyable time. While not every band made me want to scream and shout, I absolutely enjoy the format of this festival. Being able to easily move been stages and have shade will always make the difference than a festival in a wide open field. I did notice the sound on the lawn was vastly improved and thought the new location of the Dance stage lead to less sound bleeding on to the lawn. The early entry perk was interesting as it was cool to be able to wander the grounds without the hordes present.
Highlights were Patti Smith, James Murphy, The Teddybears and the bits of Okkervil River and TVOTR I caught. Not quite sure what's up with Cee-Lo in a live setting, but getting a bunch of hot women to back you up only really works if they have talent as well. Plus, the song or two I caught had a clear memorex feel to them.
It would appear some of Patti Smith's comments have set conservatives off on twitter, but her comments on where our personal freedoms were on 9/10 were spot on. That comment about how Lenny Kaye would never cut of anyone was priceless....
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Cliche of the festival had to be the BYT express line at the Red Bull and Vodka tent near the dance stage, and their little private corral was just adorable.
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I was not there.. I'm moving everything around my basement to tear up the carpeting/foam/floors due to the flooding we got... sucks royale with cheese. i am pissed.
but if there were more people it must have been because more tickets were given out...i think from the schedule it seems they had two "main" stages...
I can't see how this years lineup could be considered bigger than the past two years..
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50,000 according to this (40,000 last year):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bal-virgin-mobile-freefest-draws-its-largest-audience-20110910,0,4701462.story
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as always great seeing some boardies in the flesh....
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Calvin was outstanding, James Murphy blew up the dance stage, Ghostland was great, Cut Copy was awesome. Another great year, except for the massive amounts of cow shit in the west end. I guess it didn't matter, dance stage was the stage to be at today.
Soooo, did they sell beer right until 11 pm? Because I saw people buying beer at 10:45 and couldn't believe they were still selling beer.
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On a side note, during TVOTR some guy in the row behind me decided it would be appropriate to pee while sitting in his seat which freaked this poor girl sitting by my friend and I. Fortunately, The Merriweather staff was very quick to throw him out once it was brought to their attention.
You're welcome
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^The only 930 staffer I ran into all day!
I spent all the morning/early afternoon in the Skatepark of Baltimore booth so the first band I caught was Okkervil River. According to Twitter, everything before was unremarkable, anyway.
Patti Smith was the clear highlight and her speech was what needed to be said. TVOTR were better than they were at the club in 2009 but nowhere near as great as their Cookie Mountain tour shows. Cut Copy were a good way to kill time before Patti Smith. Grace Potter has an undeniable voice but the music that comes with it is super bland. Calvin Harris was spinning the most generic dance tracks imaginable. Black Keys were pretty good. First time catching them. Okkervil River were more enjoyable than expected. Venue was way more swarmed than I imagined it would be. Great time all in all. Thanks to IMP for a good full day of music and to Kosmo for the ride up.
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sounds like sethy and crew pulled off another great year of vfest. Sucks I had to miss this year as I have been to every one since it began, but god damn hopscotch was awesome, so that made up for it ;D
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Calvin Harris sucked so much
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I at one point heard that godawful "Sandstorm" track coming from the dance forest as we passed by and thought "ok this guy really is not even trying." The one shoegaze song Cut Copy played was pretty damn awesome.
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^ song's called "So Haunted". Cut Copy are a way better live band now than before. Really enjoyed them.
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Yeah. If only they had more songs like that and less that sounded like Men at Work.
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I might be in the minority here, but I thought GP and the Nocturnals put on a near mindblowingly awesome set. Then again I'm a classic/roots rock fan.
Bombay Bicycle Club were enjoyable, but nothing terribly special. Okkervil River were a pleasant surprise, and !!! were decent. Left after that to go to a party for a friend being deployed, but overall another good V-fest experience. Thanks to Seth and all the staph that worked hard to make it that way!
Saw thatguy in the pavilion, being his usual gregarious self. Also was amused by all the people trying to get to the pit who walked down the right side of the center section of the seats, only to be told that they had to walk all the way back up and around down the far right side of the pavilion to get there. Signage would've helped there.
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First of all what is up with all those wasps and/or bees.
I got there in time for Alberta Cross and enjoyed their set. During Okkervil River I did lurk in the 9:32 and had some nice bourbon. I think I saw a forum meeting but I have no idea what any of you look like.
That whole chunk of acts on the Pavilion stage was great! Grace Potter was a nice surprise. Patti Smith ruled! TV on The Radio were the most rocking I have ever seen them and despite being late The Black Keys were killer. Deadmau5 was fairly boring but he had more fans there than any other act. Ghostland was pretty neat too but I had to jet before traffic got snarled. Was out in less than 10 minutes.
This was my first Freefest and I had a blast. I hope it is this good next year.
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murphy's dj set kicked ass. really enjoyed empire of the sun, but they weren't mind-melting. i was suitably impressed by the black keys. deadmau5 was... deadmau5. he's good at what he does, but what he does does little for me. very pretty light, tho. i caught Ghostland's first 2 songs and i (and several hundred/thousand others) had a really good time.
highlight of the day for me: a smoked turkey leg. DAMN that thing ruled.
EotS was probably the band i most looked forward to, but otherwise i didn't feel there was anybody that i really needed to see - and i loved that. bouncing around from stage to stage all day was awesome. merriweather is such a great place for a festival.
nice seeing the usual suspects at the 932 meetup, and thank you to mr. whippy for a ride home (equally huge thanks to co-passenger mr. K who had water bottles for us to drink on the ride home - such a godsend). can't wait for next year's edition!
50,000 according to this (40,000 last year):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bal-virgin-mobile-freefest-draws-its-largest-audience-20110910,0,4701462.story
definitely felt more crowded this year and the lines were a lot longer. i think the venue was a little over capacity, gonna need more facilities (of all types) to maintain that number of attendees.
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I think the mud caused the relocation of a lot of the temporary facilities, moving the dance stage alone change the location of the information tents. Also think there were more portapotties by the second stage that weren't around the outer edge due to mud.
What was interesting is what good shape the lawn at the pavilion was in...
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Had a blast!
James Murphy was the highlight of the show. Playing vinyl. :)
Was there from the beginning till the end.
That makes sense why there were not more portapotties..............cause of mud. I couldn't
be on the west stage for long. the lines were crazy and the sun was killing me.
haha
we did get to ride on the ferris wheel before the line got outta control.
bombay has a killer song called lights out, words gone. that i had to download.
empire of the sun was neat!!
glad i saw cut copy at a smaller venue earlier this year. :) Toooooo many people and bahbah bees.
and as much as i love black keys/deadmau5 i was having fun dancing to ghostland. haha
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empire of the sun had neat costumes, but where are the songs?
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Was great to meet/see some of you all again.
I think I lasted 2 minutes (that might be generous) for Grace Potter. If I never had to hear her again, Id be most thankful.
Other than that: I thought Id have been more imrpessed with Empire of the Sun and aside for the costumes it was a bit of a let-down. Didnt help that the crowd was pretty awful at that time.
!!! prob had one of the best crowds. Everyone was dancing and mostly quite into it. It was the one band that I was really looking forward to seeing (even tho I had seen them the night prior).
Other favorites were Two Door Cinema Club. I was surprised how young the crowd was in the front and everyone knew all their songs. I guess I didnt realize how popular they had become. There were less bees on the West Stage the closer to you were to the front.
I tried to avoid that stage like the plague as there were way too many bees. Spent some time in the pavilion to watch a fight break out and a guy go flying over the chair. No clue what happened, but I guess they kissed/made up.
Other bands were ok. Nothing exciting to report. Cut Copy for about 3 songs were better than I had remembered, but I was more interested in !!!. A little bummed I missed Patti Smith; seems I always miss her at festivals. Was really disappointed with Bombay Bicycle Club who I had really wanted to see. Good news - I wont be wasting money to see them with TDCC in NYC.
Thanks for a great time.
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Other bands were ok. Nothing exciting to report. Cut Copy for about 3 songs were better than I had remembered, but I was more interested in !!!. A little bummed I missed Patti Smith; seems I always miss her at festivals. Was really disappointed with Bombay Bicycle Club who I had really wanted to see. Good news - I wont be wasting money to see them with TDCC in NYC.
I agree with you on Grace Potter, she has lots of ability, but I didn't like what she does with it.
That's funny that there is a Two Door Cinema Club/Bombay Bicycle Club double bill in NYC. Hearing some of both from a distance, I said to my friend that it sounded like basically the same band.
We had a great time, my favorite by far was TV on the Radio, who just pummeled everything in their path. I also really liked Patti Smith and Alberta Cross, whose new songs are great. Okkervil River has really stepped up their game since last time I saw them a couple years ago.
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The festival stage smelled like a zoo
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I wasn't there, but I'm gonna guess that the bees were yellow jackets. This time of year they hoard protein and carbs, often from people food. Were they swarming over the trash cans? That would be typical.
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THIS.
Also !!! was the highlight of the day for me. Hands down. Watched a bit of Cut Copy, and it was pretty good. Other than that, there wasn't anything that really piqued my interest too too much. Ended up leaving after TVOTR.
The festival stage smelled like a zoo
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Smelled more like a collection of poop from different zoo animals.
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9 Best Moments of Virgin Mobile FreeFest
http://www.spin.com/gallery/9-best-moments-virgin-mobile-freefest
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9 Best Moments of Virgin Mobile FreeFest
http://www.spin.com/gallery/9-best-moments-virgin-mobile-freefest
From the article:
"Making out anything more than catch phrases was impossible, but here's what Adebimpe was probably singing in "Caffeinated Consciousness": "I'm in an army / A mega-shake / A force of nature." "
I guess it just reinforces Spin's point, but TVOTR didn't play "Caffeinated Consciousness."
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9 Best Moments of Virgin Mobile FreeFest
http://www.spin.com/gallery/9-best-moments-virgin-mobile-freefest
I'm pretty sure no one from Spin was actually there. Because in no way was Cut Copy was a better performance than !!!
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Pictures: Virgin Mobile FreeFest 2011 hits and misses
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/midnight-sun-blog/bs-ae-virgin-fest-hits-misses-pg,0,1651123.photogallery
from the write-up on this first page:
"The free tickets, a feature since 2009, are what set FreeFest apart from virtually every other major music festival. Branson said the plan is to keep the festival free for some years going forward. "No promises, but every year we do what we can to keep it free," he said."
free is obviously awesome, but i think it would make more sense to charge a little something - like $20. it would discourage people from hoarding tickets if they're unsure they want to go. the tickets are worth at least $80-100, so $20 would still be a huge gift and a the best value in the entire summer festival circuit.