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Wow. Are they serious? 160,000 people? I guess that's maybe a combined total for the 3 days? Man, Radiohead in Golden Gate Park would be absolutely magical.
Post by greecianlover on Feb 22, 2008 13:30:48 GMT -5
Can we trade headliners for Bonnaroo? I love Pearl Jam, and would be sad to see them go, but Radiohead is better. Plus Tom Petty for Metallica is an awesome trade.
Radiohead, Petty, Johnson Set For San Fran Festival Radiohead
March 03, 2008, 7:00 AM ET
Mitchell Peters, L.A. The U.S. festival frenzy continues with today's (March 3) announcement that Radiohead, Tom Petty and Jack Johnson will headline San Francisco's inaugural Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, to be held Aug. 22-24 at Golden Gate Park.
"This has been a project we've been working on for almost three years," Superfly Productions president Jonathan Mayers tells Billboard.com. "We're going to produce something special here -- something that maybe the Bay Area hasn't seen before."
Additional acts for Outside Lands will be announced in the coming weeks, says Mayers, who promises a "strong and diverse" lineup of such musical genres as rock, blues, reggae, jazz, hip-hop, world, soul, Latin and electronic. The festival, which will boast five main performance stages, will also feature a number of local Bay Area artists.
The event is being produced by Superfly Productions, Another Planet Entertainment and Star Hill Presents, in cooperation with the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department. Mayers, whose company produces the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in conjunction with A.C. Entertainment, says Outside Lands tickets will go on sale around the end of March.
"We are starting with a three-day ticket and depending on availability we're going to do single-day tickets," he explains. "We're still finalizing the exact price, but we're going to offer an initial discounted ticket to people."
A portion of every ticket sold will benefit Golden Gate Park, which has hosted a number of concerts over the years, including the Tibetan Freedom Concert, Peter Gabriel's WOMAD Festival and the Guinness Fleadh Festival. The 1,000-plus acre park has also seen performances from such artists as Pearl Jam, Neil Young and Dave Matthews.
Noting that concerts are nothing new for Golden Gate Park, Mayers says Outside Lands will be the first music event there to run past 6 p.m. "We're going until the 10 o1clock curfew on Friday and Saturday," he says. "It's a little bit earlier on Sunday. That alone will be special."
Outside Lands will arrive approximately one month prior to San Francisco's Treasure Island Music Festival (Sept. 20-21) and several months ahead of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (April 25-27) in Indio, Calif. Despite the competition in California, not to mention other large-scale festivals throughout North America, Mayers is confident that Outside Lands will draw about 60,000 nationwide concertgoers per day.
"While we stay aware of what's out there, I think our philosophy is to stay focused on what we're doing and just make it the best event it can be," he explains. "I'm confident it will go great. And I'm sure the other events will do great as well -- there's certainly room."
Mayers adds that the combined knowledge and experience of Superfly Productions (which also produces the Vegoose event in Las Vegas) and Bay Area-based Another Planet Entertainment will prove beneficial to festival-goers.
"[Another Planet] is doing great shows and have a lot of experience on the local level," Mayers observes. "We bring the expertise on the festival level. It's about creating more than just a normal concert. We're really trying to build an annual tradition in San Francisco -- something that really integrates into the community."
I make SF my new home about 2 weeks before this fest, i think i will get around to finding a job after the fest, oh this summer is starting to really look awesome.
Post by guitardevil on Mar 19, 2008 10:13:11 GMT -5
just doing a bit of info searching for a friend of mine. is this going to be an on-site camping event? I would assume so, but their announcement doesn't give any direct reference to camping information.
Post by augustwest on Mar 20, 2008 15:33:34 GMT -5
I don't think there is ever any legal camping in the park, it would be like if they allowed camping in central park in NYC. Plus it really probably wouldn't be safe.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Beck, Primus, Widespread Panic, Wilco, Manu Chao, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Steve Winwood, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Café Tacvba, Broken Social Scene, Regina Spektor, Devendra Banhart, Galactic’s Crescent City Soul Krewe, Steel Pulse, Cold War Kids, Andrew Bird, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Drive-By Truckers, M. Ward, ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Matt Nathanson, Two Gallants, Mother Hips, The Coup, Dredg, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Donavon Frankenreiter, Kaki King, Black Mountain, Sidestepper, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Goapele, Nellie McKay, Sean Hayes, Rupa and the April Fishes and K’Nann
EDIT: They are onsale now but I am holding out.$233 plus $20 service charge. I am almost 100% on board with this. We shall wait till the new site is up.
Last Edit: Mar 24, 2008 7:04:08 GMT -5 by porvida - Back to Top
This looks pretty solid. Just to note, I read somewhere the fest ends at 10 on fri and sat and 6 pm on sunday. From what I gather, SF has a strict curfew and have actually extended it longer just for the festival. I believe most outside shows have to end at 6 usually out there. So, if they have 60 bands over the weekend I can't imagine the sets being too long with the curfew.
Radiohead Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Jack Johnson Beck Wilco Manu Chao Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Widespread Panic Primus Rodrigo y Gabriela Steve Winwood Café Tacvba Broken Social Scene Regina Spektor Devendra Banhart Cold War Kids Galactic’s Crescent City Soul Krewe Lyrics Born Andrew Bird Steel Pulse Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings M. Ward Drive-By Truckers ALO Matt Nathanson The Cool Kids Two Gallants Dredg Little Brother Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Donavon Frankenreiter The Mother Hips Black Mountain Sidestepper Nellie McKay The Coup Goapele Bon Iver Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk Sean Hayes The Felice Brothers Rupa & the April Fishes Back Door Slam K’NAAN
More Artists to be Announced
Woo Hoo. Much better than the APW festival,in my opinion. Looks like I gotta add one more to the list.
and NOW this happens - 
