[Photos] Stereophonics @ 2008 Toronto Virgin Festival

Believe it or not, there was more going on at the Toronto Virgin festival than the Oasis portion of the line-up. I'm still making my way through my photos (including a corrupted memory card full of Day One photos), but I wanted to get these Stereophonics photos up seeing as they are in town tonight to play the 9:30 Club.

I have never been much of a Stereophonics fan. I liked parts of their debut album but they have grown increasingly insufferable as their career has gone on. Some of their uptempo stuff is quite good (They played "A Thousand Trees" and "Pick A Part That's New" early in their set) but when they slow things down, they become the Welsh version of the Howard Dean "Yeeargh" speech. Kelly also didn't seem very into their performance, like he was just going through the motions, which was a bit of a turn off.

But don't take my word for it. The band is at the 9:30 Club tonight with openers People in Planes.

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Stereophonics at the 2008 Toronto Virgin Festival