It seems 2008 is to be my year of festivals. One festival was nice, two was to be grand, but three, well, three is the bee's knees. This one was another rather last minute addition to my gig schedule, too. This weekend I'll be hitting the road up to ye olde Pimlico racetrack near good old Baltimore for the 2008 Virgin Mobile Festival. The Virgin Mobile Festival kind of flew under my radar, what with Coachella and All Tomorrow's Parties taking up most of my attention this year, but the lineup is rather impressive on its own. Not as solid from top to bottom as the other two, but who can argue with seeing legends like Dylan and the Stooges? Not to mention some of my favorite nouveau gazers, a 60s-esque soul siren, Britain's former favorite exports and current favorite big-voiced babe, hometown hero Dave Grohl, some of alt-country's finest, and the oft-mentioned at LET Lord Reznor. The V Fest makes a nice sandwich festival, fewer bands than Coachella and way more patrons than All Tomorrow's Parties. While swimming in the heat and humidity that inevitably wait for us all in Maryland, these are some of the artists we spectators will be spectating this weekend:
Day 1
Cat Power Duffy Gogol Bordello The Swell Season Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings Soulwax Bloc Party Chuck Berry & the Silver Beats Wilco Underworld Foo Fighters
Day 2
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club The Go! Team Shudder To Think Andrew Bird She and Him Iggy Pop & the Stooges The Black Keys Nine Inch Nails Bob Dylan
There are others, but these are the most worthy of the lot. I'm happiest about finally seeing the one and only Bob Dylan, though the Stooges also present a rather exciting legend sighting as well.
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