Author Topic: Virgin Festival Roll Call  (Read 8500 times)

Mobius

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Re: Virgin Festival Roll Call
« Reply #45 on: September 23, 2006, 02:45:00 am »
$100 - wipes out college kids, grad students etc., which is probably the sweet spot of festival attendees.
 
 Emphasis on past-their prime artists makes it difficult to create real buzz and will appeal most to an older crowd that doesn't want to go to a festival and spend the day outside w/ 40-60,000 other folks (unless Radiohead is there).
 
 Jewish Holiday.
 
 Roger Waters at Nissan completely overlaps with the demographic that can afford a ticket and give a crap about the Who.  
 
 Also, festivals are a summer thing, aren't they?  Like a "best day of the summer" event.   This wouild make more sense if it occured Labor Day weekend.
 
 It has the makings of a super fun day though.  Besides the headliners, bands like STS9 and Theivery and Flaming Lips and New Pornographers etc. should create a great vibe . . . then throw in the big names and it has to be sweet.   But . . . the lineup is more sweet than marketable.