Festival Updates: Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, Coachella, ATP NY
There have been some festival happenings lately, so i’m going to wrap them all up for you here. First, Pitchfork Music Festival announced their initial lineup.
Friday:
Tortoise
Yo La Tengo
The Jesus Lizard
Built To Spill
Saturday:
The National
Pharoahe Monch
The Pains Of Being Pure Heart
Sunday:
Grizzly Bear
The Walkmen
Vivian Girls
it’s a great start. Instead of doing the ATP “Don’t Look Back” thing they have done in past years where bands perform one of their classic albums, this year they are changing up the format. Everyone who buys a ticket gets to vote on songs they want the Friday night bands to play, and the bands will tailor their setlists accordingly. The fest is going down in Chicago July 17-19 and tickets go on sale this Friday.
With just 36 days until Coachella 2009 kicks off, they have made some lineup changes. First, Amy Winehouse has dropped off. Did anyone really believe she was going to show up for this? Also, they added a few key bands:
The Chemical Brothers
The Orb
Devendra Banhart
Murder City Devils
Etienne De Crecy
Busy P
It’s going down April 17-19 in Indio, California and tickets to this are still available:
There is no official word yet on this year’s Lollapalooza, but The Chicago Tribune is claiming that the headliners will include:
Depeche Mode
Beastie Boys
Jane’s Addiction
The Chicago based fest is happening August 7-9. Early bird tickets go on sale March 31, but I’ve heard rumours of $60 tickets available this week:
Finally, New York’s ATP fest has quietly added some more bands to the lineup, including Akron/Family, Melvins, and The Jesus Lizard, making the current lineup look like this:
Friday:
The Jesus Lizard
Suicide – Performing Suicide (1st LP)
Dirty Three – Performing Ocean Songs
The Drones – Performing Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By
David Cross
Saturday:
Animal Collective
Panda Bear
Melvins
El-P
Dead Meadow
Akron Family
Sleepy Sun
Black Dice
Antipop Consortium
Autolux
Atlas Sound
Sunday:
The Flaming Lips (curating Sunday lineup)
It keeps getting better and better, and you know the Sunday lineup put together by The Flaming Lips is going to amazing. It is going down September 11-13 in Monticello, NY. Tickets have been on sale since last year:
- Posted by Davy Minor on March 11, 2009 at 3:53 pm
