6.24.2009

Virgin Mobile FREE Fest 2009


So the rumor around DC lately has been that a few bands (Blink 182, Weezer) had been saving their DC summer tour date for Virgin Mobile Fest, which has come and kicked the DC/Baltimore metro area's ass the past three summers.

Then yesterday came word that there would be a major announcement today.

So I woke up with eager anticipation —Oh My God Oh My God (grab paper bag to breathe into)— and went to the Virgin site.

I then grabbed a second paper bag to wrap around the popped paper bag I was previously using, cuz it's FREE THIS YEARS SUCKAS!

Weezer (if they just ripped through the Blue Album and Pinkerton I would probably die at Virgin Fest)

Blink 182 (okay)

Public Enemy (I met Chuck D once and he was a very angry man)

The Hold Steady (!)

Mates of State (This should be interesting at a festival)

Franz Ferdinand (never liked them as much as I probably should)

The National (Hope they melt my face)

Girl Talk (If I die during the Weezer set, expect me to resurrect during this set)

Wale (Wah-lay. Wah-lay. Wah-lay.)

Holy F*ck (Holy f*ck!)

And a bunch of other people I probably won't see

The point is it's free! Free I tell ya! For more information, go here. But not before you check out this fantastic Wale track that KHutt turned me on to the other day.

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Posted by Bradford Pearson at 1:54 PM

3 comments:

  1. NO.WAY. I had not planned on coming down to this. Personally I think the first year - which was 3 years ago, btdubs - was the best by far. Possibly because they had the Flaming Lips AND Brazilian Girls AND the Who AND Red Hot Chili Peppers and then I died, like, five times. Incidentally, this was also the year Bill Fox was working for MTV and we lost him and didn't find him until the next morning at some random person's house. Don't ask. But since it's free and all. I mean, it's free. For free. I'm reconsidering.

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  2. i might go too.
    went mainly for stp last year -- wanted to see scott weiland before his inevitable OD -- and aside from kanye being a douche, it was real fun.
    where on earth did you meet chuck d? i would go just to see him. we saw the hold steady last weekend before dmb and they were really good.

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