2009 Ontario Virgin Music Festival ( Lineup Announced )

At long last, the Ontario (not Toronto’s) Virgin Music Festival lineup
has been unveiled.
It shall go down August 29-30.
Goodbye Toronto Islands Park, hello Burl’s Creek! which is near Orillia,
Ontario, down highway 400, an hour trek from downtown Toronto … or so
i’m told.
The reason for the move?
“We’ve always wanted to bring the European festival experience to Canada,”
says [...]

Lollapalooza 2009 ( Lineup Announced )

Meh.
I was waiting to see what the complete lineup would look like and i’m pretty much
underwhelmed.
On the headliners side, only Depeche Mode and Beastie Boys are worth my
time and I’ll be seeing them live a few weeks before Lolla is in full swing.
As for the non-headlining bands, Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective,
Band Of Horses, Silversun Pickups, [...]