Toronto – Well, there’s no Blur sadly. However, the V-Fest lineup has been released. Unlike the previous years, this years V-Fest will take place in some random country place called “Burl Creek’s Park” near Barrie. That’s a hella long commute my friend. You can go here for the lineup. Here are some notables:
Day 1
Ben Harper is headlining…what? I don’t know one song by this guy. Maybe its for VH1 people? I don’t know
Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, Grizzly Bear and Mates of State are good draws.
Paolo Nutini is on the list too, I don’t know who he is but he’s really popular
It’s nice to see Sloan play somewhere outside of a 5 minute drive of where they live too.
Day 2
NIN plays what they say is one of their last live shows or something, I wonder how the Goths will deal with the Gays who will be attending Pet Shop Boys. Then you wonder how the Gays will deal with the Christians that are there to watch the Cold War Kids. Of course the skaters who will be watching NERD will be too drugged up to care. Interesting collective of bands I say. People our age can also reminisce about their high school days as Our Lady Peace rounds out the main part of the bill.
All in all it looks like a decent bill, of course, given that it’s V-Fest, it’ll probably change 18 times by the time the actual festival goes around. One of the biggest draws is that given this economy, it’s nice to see the V-Fest peeps lower the prices to a rather nifty $99. This is a far cry less then what they were charging last year. Of course, if you are going for two nights, the question becomes whether or not you camp or drive back home or what.
