crackerjack Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725081 that means they should be in canada around then! Billboard.com has learned that Coldplay, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Jay-Z and Nine Inch Nails will headline the first-ever Pemberton Festival, set for July 25-27 in Pemberton, B.C. The festival is produced by Live Nation and Good Boy Productions. Live Nation Canada CEO Shane Bourbonnais will spearhead LN's efforts on the event. Good Boy Productions is a joint venture between Coldplay manager Dave Holmes and Depeche Mode manager Jonathan Kessler. Also on the bill are My Morning Jacket, the Tragically Hip, Interpol, Flaming Lips and Death Cab For Cutie, along with newer acts like Vampire Weekend, MGMT and Sia. The plan is to feature two stages, a dance stage and more than 50 bands. Pemberton, a two hour drive from Vancouver, is a popular destination area due to its close proximity to Whistler ski resort, site for some competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The event will boast a festival village, camping facilities, an RV Park and shuttle service to and from nearby Whistler, tickets for the Pemberton Festival go on sale through PembertonFestival.com beginning Friday, March 28. Concert-goers will be able to camp on site or sleep in accommodations ranging from motels to top notch luxury hotels in Whistler. The confirmed line up as of today (March 13) is: Coldplay Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Nine Inch Nails Jay-Z Flaming Lips Interpol Death Cab For Cutie The Tragically Hip Serj Tankian My Morning Jacket Metric Sam Roberts Band Vampire Weekend Black Mountain Minus The Bear Wintersleep Buck 65 Secret Machines MGMT Brazillian Girls SIA Fiery Furnaces Mates of State The Airborne Toxic Event Carolina Liar Grand Ole Party Monte Negro Low Vs Diamond Annie Stela The Crystal Method DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Junkie XL David Seaman Booka Shade MSTRKRFT M.A.N.D.Y. Tommie Sunshine Chromeo Deadmau5 3 OH! 3 Kevin Shiu Timeline Tony Pantages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725081 that means they should be in canada around then! Thanks ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanieau Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 HOLY COW!!! They are getting closer to me...Vancouver here I come!:shocked2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 good news.. thanks cj! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 July is not long away! So either the album will be out before then (:D) or they'll use the festival to debut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kmm1482 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I think they'll play at the festival, THEN tell us the album title and release date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftell Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Woah! I am so going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunForTheHills Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Awesome, the dates are getting earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebs757 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 im going no doubt I need to find out closest airport ect. I will be coming from Chicago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winigwl Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Well its good they got one good band in that festival. What a terrible list of acts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 good news! thanks! this means lp4 is about to be released, by may maybe? or what do you think? because I think coldplay wants to let people listening their new album so they can sing along. So nothing dissapointing happens like in live 8 that people didn't know fix you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KissesBirds Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 How fast do you think something like this sells out? March 28th is so soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftell Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Apparently the tickets are going to be very expensive. Atleast, that's what the newspaper here is saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Damnit. I always get excited when I see CP playing in Canada. It's only a hop, skip and a jump away from me. But this festival is so not close. haha. oh well. Fantastic lineup! The Flaming Lips would be amazing to see. Keep these announcements coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Coldplay and Vampire Weekend at the same gig? *bristles with jealousy* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Pemberton music fest brings Coldplay, Jay-Z to B.C. The quiet town of Pemberton will be a lot louder for three days this summer when a major music festival lands in the Pemberton Valley, bringing with it bands such as Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails and the Tragically Hip. More than 50 musical acts are scheduled to appear at the expansive outdoor venue, attracting about 40,000 people to the bucolic mountain town north of Whistler. Jay-Z, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Black Mountain, Death Cab for Cutie and My Morning Jacket are also listed in the impressive lineup. Inspired by the success of other large-scale outdoor music festivals such as England's Glastonbury Festival, California's Coachella Festival, and Washington's Sasquatch Music Festival, the Pemberton Festival will have on-site camping, food, a farmer's market, attractions for kids, a medical clinic and more. The site is located just off Highway 99, close to central Pemberton. Three-day passes go on sale March 28 at 10 a.m. and will cost $239.50. No single-day passes will be available. The festival will take place July 25, 26 and 27. News of the festival was leaked today by Billboard.com, a music industry website. The festival was supposed to be announced this morning by selected radio stations. Shane Bourbonnais, president of concert production company Live Nation, spoke to The Vancouver Sun this afternoon from Pemberton, where he was preparing to meet with residents and local officials later in the day to discuss the festival. Bourbonnais said he first approached Pemberton Village officials and the community last October to propose the idea of the major festival. "The people of Pemberton have opened up their arms and welcomed us right from the beginning, which makes it a lot easier to put on an event like us," he said. "The setting is second to none and with the proximity to Whistler and the new highway, there are so many things going for Pemberton right now." Coldplay - a British band that has sold more than 30 million albums - is releasing a new album in May, but Pemberton is the only festival they will play at this summer, Bourbonnais said. Attracting bands to the festival - once organizers had been given the go-ahead by RCMP, transportation authorities, health authorities and others - was fairly easy, he added. "One of the great things about this festival site is, it's incredibly beautiful. I don't think there's a festival site that can compare to this one. You're at the base of Mount Currie, you're 25 minutes from world-class Whistler," he said. "Festivals are becoming very popular and bands really like to play festivals because there are great audiences and there's great camaraderie among the bands. "You start to get a couple of bands and then next thing you know, another band hears about it, and another band hears about it and instead of us making the calls, they're starting to call us." It helped, of course, the Live Nation has a good track record in this region and that Bourbonnais has been working with Coldplay since the band was playing the Commodore. Bourbonnais said some of the bands are planning vacations around the festival and he hopes festival-goers will also take advantage of the outdoor activities available in the region. Live Nation is dedicated to making this a green festival, meaning those who carpool with four or more people will get free parking, and hydro-electric energy will be the main power source. Local farmers will benefit from the event through the farmers market and an effort will be made by the festival to serve local produce wherever possible. About 20,000 tent campers can be accommodated on the 360-acre site and there will also be an RV park. For those who prefer to have a roof over their head and a bed under their back, there are plenty of hotel and motel rooms in the village of Pemberton and down the highway in Whistler. Bourbonnais said he hopes to make the festival an annual event and added there is room for growth in the future. About 37,000 people at this summer's festival will be ticket-holders, while the remaining 3,000 will be volunteers and support workers, but that will be just 60 to 70 per cent of the festival's allowed capacity. To compare numbers, capacity at the Coachella Festival is about 60,000. Capacity at Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival is about 70,000, and capacity at the Sasquatch Festival in the Gorge is about 20,000. For the full festival lineup and information on buying tickets, go to http://www.pembertonfestival.com. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=aa370475-98af-4d0a-b63b-3c82d2e62481&k=96736 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRYSTAL Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 it's great they're atleast playing near to US and it made me happy!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 First Japan... now Canada... Ehhm, what about Europe?! :dozey::D Well, good news for everyone in North America though. But I cannot understand why Coldpaly are just performing there. I only know 3 or 4 bands/artists. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbuckland Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Well its good they got one good band in that festival. What a terrible list of acts! You must be joking... Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Nine Inch Nails Jay-Z The Flaming Lips Interpol Death Cab For Cutie The Tragically Hip Serj Tankian My Morning Jacket Metric Sam Roberts Band Vampire Weekend MGMT Sia No? Nothing there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kmm1482 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 You must be joking... Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Nine Inch Nails Jay-Z The Flaming Lips Interpol Death Cab For Cutie The Tragically Hip Serj Tankian My Morning Jacket Metric Sam Roberts Band Vampire Weekend MGMT Sia No? Nothing there? Really? I hope that's sarcasm ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebs757 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Coldplay - a British band that has sold more than 30 million albums - is releasing a new album in May, but Pemberton is the only festival they will play at this summer, Bourbonnais said. Thats funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black&white Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg I live in Vancouver and omg omg, Pemberten is a really small (nothing) town according to my friend and it took her 1 hr to find a pizza place when she was there. but omg, wth is coldplay going there? and jay-z? its so random. o well! i will buy the tickets no matter how much the cost. this is amazing. omg omg omg. i cant wait until march 28 when i can buy the tickets! coldplay is being really random. theyre announcing tour dates but no album details? theyre up to something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkedge Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Well its good they got one good band in that festival. What a terrible list of acts! That must be a joke! That's an incredibly good list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kmm1482 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Thats funny They really think that's the only festival they are playing at? Did they not hear about Summer Sonic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebs757 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 How long do u guys suppose these tickets will be being sold? Im not gonna have the money for a few weeks but im really willing to pay for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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