Favourite festival line up you've seen?
goldrush
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A reply that I posted in the Blind Melon thread last week got me thinking about all of music festivals that I've been to over the years and wondering what my favourite line up was.
I've been a lot festivals in the UK and Australia over the years, a ton of the Reading Festivals since 1994, Glastonbury a couple of times, Isle Of Wight, Hard Rock Calling and of course Lollapalooza in 2007 and I genuinely think the best festival I've ever seen was at Reading in 1995. Yes, there have been better performances at other festivals (PJ at Lolla or Reading 06, Neil Young at IOW 2009 for example) but for the overall line up I think Reading 95 is the winner for me:
Check out the line up http://www.readingfestival.com/2011/history/1995 - take a look at Sunday's main stage line up in particular...
FRIDAY
Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day
Hole
Teenage Fanclub
Beck
dEUS
Juliana Hatfield
China Drum
SATURDAY
Bjork
Paul Weller
The Boo Radleys
Tricky
Throwing Muses
Shed Seven
Foo Fighters - on the smaller second stage!
SUNDAY
Neil Young w/ Pearl Jam (Mirrorball tour)
Soundgarden
Pavement
Mudhoney
Buffalo Tom
Babes In Toyland
White Zombie
Blind Melon
No FX
Pennywise
Carter USM
Paw
Obviously Neil and PJ was special anyway but seeing Soundgarden, Pavement, Mudhoney and Blind Melon on the same afternoon just floored me. Foo Fighters' second ever UK show, and on the small stage, was awesome too (it was the show where too many fans tried to cram into the tent and the sides of the tent started falling down!)
I'd love to know what everyone else's favourite festival line ups are
I've been a lot festivals in the UK and Australia over the years, a ton of the Reading Festivals since 1994, Glastonbury a couple of times, Isle Of Wight, Hard Rock Calling and of course Lollapalooza in 2007 and I genuinely think the best festival I've ever seen was at Reading in 1995. Yes, there have been better performances at other festivals (PJ at Lolla or Reading 06, Neil Young at IOW 2009 for example) but for the overall line up I think Reading 95 is the winner for me:
Check out the line up http://www.readingfestival.com/2011/history/1995 - take a look at Sunday's main stage line up in particular...
FRIDAY
Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day
Hole
Teenage Fanclub
Beck
dEUS
Juliana Hatfield
China Drum
SATURDAY
Bjork
Paul Weller
The Boo Radleys
Tricky
Throwing Muses
Shed Seven
Foo Fighters - on the smaller second stage!
SUNDAY
Neil Young w/ Pearl Jam (Mirrorball tour)
Soundgarden
Pavement
Mudhoney
Buffalo Tom
Babes In Toyland
White Zombie
Blind Melon
No FX
Pennywise
Carter USM
Paw
Obviously Neil and PJ was special anyway but seeing Soundgarden, Pavement, Mudhoney and Blind Melon on the same afternoon just floored me. Foo Fighters' second ever UK show, and on the small stage, was awesome too (it was the show where too many fans tried to cram into the tent and the sides of the tent started falling down!)
I'd love to know what everyone else's favourite festival line ups are
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NIN
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
The National
Love and Rockets
Won a free trip to the festival!
Also, Lollapalooza 1992
RHCP
Ice Cube
Ministry
Jesus and Mary Chain
Lush
Oh, and PJ/TOTD.....William Reed from Jesus & Mary Chain played a song with PJ!
PJ (Headlining)
Dead Weather
Toadies
Clutch
dodos
Saw a few other acts breifly in between set changes: Michael Franti and spearhead, Ben Harper,
Awesome awesome show.
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The Smashing Pumpkins, Chaksam-pa, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Pavement, Cibo Matto, Biz Markie, Richie Havens, John Lee Hooker, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Sonic Youth, Beck, Foo Fighters, Björk, De La Soul, Fugees, Buddy Guy, The Skatalites, Yoko Ono/Ima and No Doubt.
or
Lollapalooza '94:
Main Stage: The Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars, The Breeders, A Tribe Called Quest, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, L7, Boredoms (first half of tour), Green Day (second half)
Side Stage: The Flaming Lips, The Verve, The Boo Radleys, The Frogs (first six dates only), Guided by Voices, Lambchop, Girls Against Boys, Rollerskate Skinny, Palace Songs, Stereolab, Fu-Schnickens, The Pharcyde, Shudder to Think, Luscious Jackson, God Lives Underwater, King Kong, Charlie Hunter Trio, Shonen Knife, Blast Off Country Style, Souls of Mischief, Cypress Hill, The Black Crowes
Lolla 08 was pretty solid.
I've been to several Bonnaroos (04-05, 07-10) and Lollas (05-08) and I'd probably say Bonnaroo 08 was my favorite. Bands I grew up with (PJ, Metallica) and bands I'm into now (Sigur Ros, My Morning Jacket) and just a solid lineup all around. Pearl Jam's show was epic- wish you all could have been there. Even though Kanye was a douche, there's something to be said about watching one of the most popular current artists playing at 4:30am as the sun comes up. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss brought me to tears during Battle of Evermore. If I could relive any weekend it would be that one.
Pearl Jam
Arcade Fire
Alice in Chains
The Black Keys
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Main Stage: Primus, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Fishbone, Arrested Development, Front 242, Babes in Toyland, Rage Against the Machine
Side Stage: Tool, Sebadoh, Cell, Unrest, Mercury Rev, Mosquito, Free Kitten, Royal Trux, Tsunami, Mutabaruka, Coctails, Scrawl, Luscious Jackson, Genitorturers, Truly, Eggs, Girls Against Boys, Thurston Moore, A Lighter Shade of Brown, Glue, The Karl Hendricks Trio, Hurl, The Goats, The Runties
Pearl Jam, Radohead, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews Band, REM,, Live, Blues Traveler, Herbie Hancock, Sonic Youth, Pulp, Tribe Called Quest, KRS-1, Luscious Jackson, Wyclef Jean, Wallflowers, Buffalo Daughter
Beck and Kraftwerk were cut due to thunderstorms :(
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2009's ACL was awesome...you left off some amazing bands, though!
the 2007 ACL lineup was my 2nd favorite:
Bjork, Bob Dylan, Wilco, Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, QOTSA, Damien RIce, Joss Stone, Spoon, The Decemberists, Crowded House, Kaiser Chiefs, MIA, Pete Yorn, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Rev Horton Heat, Heartless Bastards....yup. that was a good year.
this year's 10th anniversary lineup is a huge letdown. we've bought 3 day passes every year since 2007...not this year, though. we're just going on Saturday.
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Rolling Stones
AC/DC
Rush
Guess Who
Blue Rodeo
The Tea Party
Flaming Lips
Justin Timberlake
Sam Roberts
Isley Brothers
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Ozzfest '99
Black Sabbath, Slayer, Primus, Rob Zombie, System Of A Down, Godsmack, Slipknot, Static-X and a few others
Virgin Mobile Festival '06
Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Who, Gnarls Barkley, The Raconteurs, Flaming Lips, Kasabian, Wolfmother, The Killers, New Pornographers, Scissor Sisters and a few others
others that looked good:
just about any of the Reading or Leeds Festivals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_an ... e-ups#2010
Glastonbury Festival:
1997: The Prodigy, Radiohead, Beck, Ash, Chemical Brothers.
2002: White Stripes, QOTSA, BRMC, The Vines, Coldplay, Elbow, The Coral, Garbage
2007: Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Bloc Party, The Fratellis, Amy Winehouse, Kaiser Chiefs, The Who, Lily Allen, The Kooks, Arcade Fire, Klaxons, Babyshambles, Cold War Kids, The Enemy, The Holloways, Hot Chip, The Horrors, The Go! Team, Mark Ronson, Dirty Pretty Things, The Killers, Editors, Iggy & The Stooges, and tons more.
2007 Glastonbury wins for me.
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
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Sat
Daft Punk
Queens of the Stone Age
The Shins
Iggy & the Stooges
Public Enemy
Cypress Hill
Sunday
Rage Against the Machine
Muse
The Main Stage
in this order..
Rooney
The Distillers
The Donnas
Jurassic 5
A Perfect Circle
Incubus
Audioslave
Jane's Addiction
Second Stage
Kings Of Leon... early in their career
30 Seconds To Mars... again, early in their career
and that's about all I remember seeing on the second stage.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Smashing Pumpkins
Foo Fighters
Velvet Revolver
Chris Cornell
Perry Farrell
There was also Kid Rock and some others, but seeing those five was pretty cool. I kept shouting at Scott to reunite STP, it turns out he was listening I guess lol.
The Black Crowes
Queensryche
Motley Crue (meh)
Metallica
AC/DC
The only pity is that I wasn't really into AC/DC at the time so didn't take much notice of their headline act. Doh!!