July 21, 2006

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Virgin Festival Pre-Sale

Jeanette and I just got our tickets for the Virgin music festival (code: nattyboh) in Baltimore on September 23. It sounds pretty awesome. There are a ton of bands playing there, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who I've been trying to see for ten years, and the Flaming Lips, who I've really wanted to see for several years now, despite their latest album sucking like the crackheads outside my office after being paid $5.


RHCP live. Yeah.

So far, that makes three fall shows with tickets purchased: Built To Spill (postponed from Spring), Architecture In Helsinki, and this. I won't be back before Rancid (August 16, $20), otherwise I'd definitely go to that. I wouldn't mind seeing Band Of Horses (Sept 13, $15 @ Black Cat), if anyone is interested. And at Sonar in Baltimore, I'd be up for GWAR (August 20, $15) and KMFDM (October 12, $20).

The lineup for the Virgin Festival is seriously awesome, and though it's by far the most I've ever paid for a concert ($97.50 + Ticketmaster's pound of flesh), I would willingly pay much more than that in total to see each of the bands individually. Check out the bands:

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers (are supposed to be amazing live--one of my favorite all-time bands)
  • The Flaming Lips (are supposed to be amazing live--one of my favorite current bands)
  • Gnarls Barkley (I can't deny it... "Crazy" is a great song)
  • The Who (are quite old now)
  • The New Pornographers
  • Drive-By Truckers
  • Thievery Corporation
  • Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah (suck live)
  • The Killers (will be mobbed by 18 year-olds)
  • The Raconteurs
  • Scissor Sisters (very danceable)
  • Brazilian Girls
  • Kasabian
  • Wolfmother
  • Keane
  • DJ Tiesto
  • RJD2 (good stuff, I might make it to the DJ tent for him)
  • John Digweed
  • Carl Cox
  • 2ManyDJs
  • James Holden

Posted at July 21, 2006 2:52 PM | Comments (7)


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Bought my VIP package this morning. Can't wait to see the show. You didn't mention that The Who was headlining!

Posted by: Pagan Marbury at July 21, 2006 4:14 PM


Yeah, that's because I don't particularly care that The Who is headlining. I'm less interested in them than I am in five or six of the others. If I were seeing The Who in 1979 or so, that would be amazing, but these days, it's a bit of a stretch to imagine them rocking out the way they used to. Especially with their most awesome member long dead.

What is the VIP package?

Posted by: David Barzelay at July 21, 2006 6:04 PM


Hey, you should go to Chicago next weekend for the pitchfork festival. The lineup is amazing, and its only 30 bucks.

Posted by: Cooper at July 21, 2006 7:45 PM


I might, were it not for my being in San Francisco.

Posted by: David Barzelay at July 21, 2006 7:48 PM


I'll be there. Maybe we can meet up or something.

Posted by: Mike at July 23, 2006 11:38 AM


Definitely. Why will you be in that part of the country? Oh, and I still need to give you a bunch of Tampa recommendations.

Posted by: David Barzelay at July 23, 2006 11:54 AM


Dude, that sounds like a sick concert. Hey, now that Music Midtown is defunct...

Posted by: Jeff at August 1, 2006 3:04 PM

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