Hfstival Lineup

[Che]

www.live1057.com
 
   
 May 14th M & T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
 Gates open at 10 AM
 
 Coldplay, Foo Fighters
 Social Distortion, Good Charlotte,
 SUM 41, Billy Idol,
 Louis XIV, Garbage
 The New York Dolls, Interpol,
 They Might Be Giants, Unwritten Law,
 Citizen Cope, The Stereophonics,
 Jimmie's Chicken Shack, The Bravery,
 Echo and The Bunnymen  
   
 A couple bands I wouldnt mind seeing for a change

[sonickteam]

wow!!! what great news. you should post this important information in the Just Announced thread!!!!!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

indie is the new mainstream...

[bearman🐻]

I'm there...wow, what a lineup!

[walkonby]

who's sponsoring this show:  vh1's "where are they now, before they go away, and reunited"?

[PigIron]

Better than usual.  But too expensive.

[BLACKSTORM]

What happened to 20 bands for 20 bucks?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

"A special performance from the New York Dolls"
 
 Does that mean that the other bands performances won't be special? Anytime Jimmie's Chickenshack and Citizen Cope appear on the same bill, it seems pretty fucking special to me.

[ggw]

What happened to 3 bands for 3 bucks?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

What happened to the 9:30 Club 2 for 1 ticket specials for subscribers?

[PigIron]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  "A special performance from the New York Dolls"
 
 Does that mean that the other bands performances won't be special? Anytime Jimmie's Chickenshack and Citizen Cope appear on the same bill, it seems pretty fucking special to me.

A few years ago I went to a WHFS concert with a "special performance by James Brown".  He was sandwiched in between two flavor-of-the-minute radio bands and played (literally) for 10 minutes.  My ticket cost about 40 bucks - to see this.
 So, as nice as it was to see the NY Dolls on the bill, I have serious reservations about buying a ticket to this one.  I doubt that Citizen Cope (??) and Jimmy's Chicken Shack (?!?!!?)  will be shown the same respect when it comes to the allotment of playing time.  In defense of HFS, NY Dolls isnt really their brand of music.  I don't think so anyway.

[sonickteam]

Originally posted by BLACKSTORM:
  What happened to 20 bands for 20 bucks?

same thing that happened to my $1.50 cigarettes and $.99 gallon of gas!!!!!!!!!

[eltee]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  What happened to 3 bands for 3 bucks?

oh yeah good stuff

[Bags]

Some of y'all are frickin nuts.  Basically you want to see shit for free.  How much are tickets...less than $50.  For an entire day of music?  I don't get it, I thought you were music fans.
 
 By chance, I fucking LOVE this lineup and am not supposed to be in town that weekend.  I'm cryin' in my Crystal (which I'm sure I'll be accused of drinking).

[PigIron]

Originally posted by Bags:
  Some of y'all are frickin nuts.  Basically you want to see shit for free.  How much are tickets...less than $50.  For an entire day of music?  I don't get it, I thought you were music fans.

40-65 bucks really isnt that bad for a festival.  I actually like festivals, unlike most I've seen on this board.  The problem is this: As much as I would like to see a few of these bands, I don't want to pay that much to see them play 25-minute sets in a massive, concrete complex, stuck between bands I don't really care for.  I love Social Distortion, but do I want to see them play for a short period of time, from a half mile away, surrounded by drunken fratboys with Coldplay t-shirts?  Actually, who knows?  Maybe that sounds like a great idea.  I dunno.  The bottom line is that the huge venue and short sets and diluted (depending on whose opinion you get) lineup make it worth less than the ticket price.  To me anyway.