Entries tagged with “Virgin Festival”

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No, this set was not as good as their sterling performance at the 9:30 Club from a few weeks back, but any day you get to hear "Shine A Light" is officially a good day. The band went on...[read]
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Can't say I was much of a fan of The Kooks before their set in Toronto. Can't say I am much of a fan of The Kooks after their set in Toronto. Shrug. [Photo Gallery] The Kooks @ 2008...[read]
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I know it's not really cool to like them, but I count myself as a big fan of the Silversun Pickups. I've seen them four or five times now and they have yet to disappoint. Their set in Toronto...[read]
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I got tangentially know the Shudder to Think crew when I worked at Epic Records in the mid-90's. I worked the very underrated 50,000 B.C. to college radio when it came out and I met and hung out with...[read]
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We found after the Stereophonics set who the lucky few photogs that were going to be able to shoot Oasis were. I was not one of them. Honestly, I was pretty upset. I had traveled a very long way to...[read]
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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),...[read]
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Craziness erupted at the Oasis gig in Toronto tonight when during "Morning Glory" some punter somehow got onstage, and gave Noel a mighty shove into the monitors directly in front of him before turning and going after Liam. Luckily security...[read]
I'm off to Toronto to see these fuckers. Rock!...[read]
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Another ho-hum set by an artist I was excited to see. She wasn't bad, she just didn't have much of a stage presence. Her voice was in fine form, but there just wasn't much else to her show. Plus,...[read]
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So I am finally getting around to putting my photos from the 2008 Virgin Mobile Festival online. I'm also trying out a new feature on information leafblower, namely new photo galleries hosted here on the site. Chan Marshall will...[read]
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My feet and back hurt. Go look at some of my photos and read a partial review over on DCist. We'll have part two tomorrow. More photos should be popping up elsewhere online as well. I had hoped to...[read]
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Post Rock is all over this. Foo Fighters v. Underworld? That's a very easy decision. I had an incredible weekend. Spiritualized blew my mind on Friday and then I met Ghostface on Sunday at Rock The Bells. Beat that. Full...[read]