Virgin Mobile Festival - Baltimore

There are some bands I care about, others I don't. I'm going both days, anyone else interested?

Beginning Saturday, May 3, tickets will be available through Ticketmaster at www.tickemaster.com or 1-800-551-SEAT. Two-day tickets are $175 for General Admission and $450 for VIP. Single-day tickets are $97.50 for General Admission and $250 for VIP tickets. A charity contribution of $1.50 per day will be applied to each ticket. Fans can check out the official festival website at http://www.virginmobilefestival.com to sign up for news and updates.

Here is the line up:

Main Stage, Saturday, Aug. 9:
Bloc Party, Cat Power, Chuck Berry and The Silver Beats, Citizen Cope, Duffy, Foo Fighters, Gogol Bordello, Jack Johnson, KT Tunstall, Lupe Fiasco, The Offspring, Paramore, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, The Swell Season and Wilco.

Main Stage, Sunday, Aug. 10:
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, The Black Keys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bob Dylan, The Go! Team, Iggy & The Stooges, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nine Inch Nails, She & Him, Shudder to Think, Stone Temple Pilots and Taking Back Sunday.

Dance Tent, Saturday, Aug. 9:
DJ Dan & Donald Glaude, Erol Alkan, Ferry Corsten, Soul Wax, Steve Lawler and Underworld.

Dance Tent, Sunday, Aug. 10:
Armin van Buuren, Chromeo, Deadmau5, Moby (DJ Set), Pendulum and Richie Hawtin.

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Originally Posted by Atlas

There are some bands I care about, others I don't. I'm going both days, anyone else interested?

Gogol Bordello

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yeah, i would love to see iggy, bob dylan, gogol bordello, wouldn't mind seeing chuck berry & the silver beats, and wilco...

Fuck otakon, I'm thinking I hijack the normal get together I have with my friends and take it here. I'd love to see Bloc Party, Chuck Berry, Foo Fighters, Iggy, Kanye, Lupe, NIN and STP.

I don't care who is playing, no one could drag me to one of those all day music festivals. They're so much hassle it's not worth it. I do not enjoy seeing bands when I am tired hungry and annoyed, nor do I like $6 bottled water.

The worst part is they kill the local music scene by forcing bands to sign contracts that prevent them from appearing in the area in the surrounding time frame. (I don't know that this festival is doing that, but it has been standard operating procedure for most)

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nice lineup though

pass.

Also: lol ticket prices.

ticket prices are insane.

i'm usually that elitist prick that goes to general admission clubs/bars and won't pay more than $30 to see someone.

this is just something that is a little different a lot of people i would like to check off the seeing list. yeah.

I won't pay more than $10. $15 if I have to. I paid $25 recently to see Madame Butterfly, but that was slightly different.

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Originally Posted by Josh

Madame Butterfly

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Gape Orn?

also: the only band I'd want to see is Offspring. However, I don't want to see them outside in the middle of the day with all those people for that price.

Baltimore in August is like sitting under the devil's ass after he had some rank Chilli.

You like the offspring? Really?

I tried to pay $350 for a music festival ticket but it sold out too fast.

I like pop punk. Offspring do it well - not that Pretty Fly for a White Guy bullshit.

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Originally Posted by stormy

I don't care who is playing, no one could drag me to one of those all day music festivals. They're so much hassle it's not worth it. I do not enjoy seeing bands when I am tired hungry and annoyed, nor do I like $6 bottled water.

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Exactly.

This shit is high school. I'm old and cranky now, there are better ways to view live music that don't smell as bad.

The Offspring haven't done anything interesting since Smash, but you've got to give them credit: they're excellent on ripping off successful formulas and selling records.

Also, they are (or maybe were) the most successful independent band of all time.

Not interested. Those ticket prices are lol-tastic too, damn. Didn't The Police play this last year? I still wouldn't pay that much but at least it would be worth it a bit more. The bill isn't all that bad though, I wouldn't mind seeing the Foo's, The Stooges, Shudder to Think, TBS, and STP.

But yeah. Fuck that.

Those ticket prices haven't been justified since the first year of Virgin when it was only one day and $100.

And they fucked the first year up anyway by having the Chili Peppers and the Flaming Lips play AT THE SAME TIME. (and the Who not headlining)

I bought two tickets for this last year for resale and was lucky as hell to even get my money back.

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Originally Posted by Rich

And they fucked the first year up anyway by having the Chili Peppers and the Flaming Lips play AT THE SAME TIME.

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Easy choice imo, considering how much cock RHCP sucks these days. They are so, so bad.

How could you justify skipping the flaming lips.

Also: Dylan and the stooges if I would actually go. But yeah, thats alot of money.

I agree, Flaming Lips over RHCP (though I think the RHCP are great) but I'd be pissed for having to choose.

Dylan needs to get his ass to Toronto when Virgin fest hits the island in August. Fuck, I'd pay to see him.

I simply wouldn't want to see that much music in one day. It's like, the Lord of the Rings movies are great in their own right. But I really don't want to see all three in a row in one afternoon in an unshaded field. I guess I'm not PUNK RAWK enough.

Music festivals are pretty fun, but I've never been to one the size or as expensive as the Virgin fest. I'd love to see Chuck Berry and The Stooges and a few of the other bands playing, but not for $400+. I hope they don't make Chuck Berry play at like 3 pm in the sun, he's old, he could die.

it's 175 for 2 days, if you want the vip then it's over 400.
it's still really steep as far as what i normally pay to go see people... there are plenty in there that i want to see (and am not sure i'll get a second chance to do so)