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Post by Blacksmile on Jan 12, 2012 18:18:20 GMT -8
I was just pointing out that the Ticketmaster/Livenation angle doesn't seem to be the dealbreaker it once was for them. I didn't know about Soundgarden, but they could always give Irons a call again. I'll go to bat for you on this one. The Ticketmaster thing is completely irrelevant nowadays since all of their Canadian tours (and some U.S. tours) from the last 10 years have been sold through Ticketmaster. Added to that, they haven't toured the U.S. in a couple of years, they are coming off of a 20th anniversary run, they apparently have a new album coming out in the summer, they love the Gorge and haven't played there in quite some time. They also have a tendency to prepare for European summer tours by playing a warm up show or two (see the 2009 Virgin Fest in Calgary). There is still a possibility that Pearl Jam could play the Friday night. Soundgarden play in Europe starting on May 27, so if they play Sasquatch on May 25 that gives Matt Cameron plenty of time to get to the show on the 27th. It's all speculation and a long shot, but still reasonable.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jan 12, 2012 18:57:56 GMT -8
How'd the chant work out anyway? I never made it over to the mainstage to shout WKD just so I could say I did. Didn't happen. By the time Conor took the stage I had discovered that I liked Switch too well to go through with it. ...also, if I'd gone through with it I would have missed the part of Robyn's set where she ate that banana.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jan 12, 2012 19:20:30 GMT -8
I was just pointing out that the Ticketmaster/Livenation angle doesn't seem to be the dealbreaker it once was for them. I didn't know about Soundgarden, but they could always give Irons a call again. I'll go to bat for you on this one. The Ticketmaster thing is completely irrelevant nowadays since all of their Canadian tours (and some U.S. tours) from the last 10 years have been sold through Ticketmaster. Added to that, they haven't toured the U.S. in a couple of years, they are coming off of a 20th anniversary run, they apparently have a new album coming out in the summer, they love the Gorge and haven't played there in quite some time. They also have a tendency to prepare for European summer tours by playing a warm up show or two (see the 2009 Virgin Fest in Calgary). There is still a possibility that Pearl Jam could play the Friday night. Soundgarden play in Europe starting on May 27, so if they play Sasquatch on May 25 that gives Matt Cameron plenty of time to get to the show on the 27th. It's all speculation and a long shot, but still reasonable. I'm not going to fight this one to the death because I don't know enough about Ticketmaster's involvement with Canadian venues. I stated my opinion on the blog, and I'll state it again here for clarification. There is a difference between playing a venue that ticketmaster sells the tickets for, and playing a venue ticketmaster runs. You can't get away from ticketmaster, so refusing to play a venue ticketmaster sells the tickets for is refusing to play entire regions of the continent, and that is not fair to your fans. The Gorge is run by LiveNation, who merged with Ticketmaster. Therefore, Ticketmaster runs the Gorge. It isn't about simply selling their tickets.Pearl Jam spent a lot of time and money on the Ticketmaster lawsuit. Who cares if it was a long time ago, you don't think there are any hard feelings? Do you think Pearl Jam is going to just say, "You know what, we were young and stupid back then, turns out, you're not such a bad dude after all. Let's get lunch." I don't care if 50 years roll by, as long as ticketmaster is still bending over everyone involved in the music industry, Pearl Jam isn't going to gladly turn their head and cough. Who actually supports ticketmaster, show of hands please? We deal with it because we have to, and so does much of the music industry. If your favorite venue gives you the choice of buying tickets from them, or from ticketmaster, virtually everyone on the planet is going against ticketmaster. In general, none of us have this option, we are forced to buy from ticketmaster, and bands are forced to have their tickets sold by ticketmaster. Pearl Jam is from Seattle, they were one of the bands who defined the Seattle grunge music scene. Everything about that band screams NW. So where would the logical place to play their 20th anniversary be? Wisconsin. You don't find that odd at all?
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Post by know ID yuh on Jan 12, 2012 19:28:08 GMT -8
How'd the chant work out anyway? I never made it over to the mainstage to shout WKD just so I could say I did. Didn't happen. By the time Conor took the stage I had discovered that I liked Switch too well to go through with it. ...also, if I'd gone through with it I would have missed the part of Robyn's set where she ate that banana. Nah, I caught the first 30 minutes of Bright Eyes, and still waited 20 minutes for Robyn to start. I was going to yell WKD, but I was in the pit surrounded by people completely obsessed by Conor, and everyone was talking about him as a god-like figure between songs. It was precious actually. I didn't have it in my heart to heckle at that point. It would have been like yelling at a bunch of old women with walkers that they are too slow to catch me. newjersey on the other hand, did yell it out at the end of a song at Oshega (I think?) and has the video footage to prove it.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jan 12, 2012 19:32:31 GMT -8
newjersey on the other hand, did yell it out at the end of a song at Oshega (I think?) and has the video footage to prove it. God that was beautiful.
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Post by Lump on Jan 12, 2012 19:33:50 GMT -8
OH MAN, that was the best.
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Post by Blacksmile on Jan 12, 2012 19:59:47 GMT -8
I'll go to bat for you on this one. The Ticketmaster thing is completely irrelevant nowadays since all of their Canadian tours (and some U.S. tours) from the last 10 years have been sold through Ticketmaster. Added to that, they haven't toured the U.S. in a couple of years, they are coming off of a 20th anniversary run, they apparently have a new album coming out in the summer, they love the Gorge and haven't played there in quite some time. They also have a tendency to prepare for European summer tours by playing a warm up show or two (see the 2009 Virgin Fest in Calgary). There is still a possibility that Pearl Jam could play the Friday night. Soundgarden play in Europe starting on May 27, so if they play Sasquatch on May 25 that gives Matt Cameron plenty of time to get to the show on the 27th. It's all speculation and a long shot, but still reasonable. I'm not going to fight this one to the death because I don't know enough about Ticketmaster's involvement with Canadian venues. I stated my opinion on the blog, and I'll state it again here for clarification. There is a difference between playing a venue that ticketmaster sells the tickets for, and playing a venue ticketmaster runs. You can't get away from ticketmaster, so refusing to play a venue ticketmaster sells the tickets for is refusing to play entire regions of the continent, and that is not fair to your fans. The Gorge is run by LiveNation, who merged with Ticketmaster. Therefore, Ticketmaster runs the Gorge. It isn't about simply selling their tickets.Pearl Jam spent a lot of time and money on the Ticketmaster lawsuit. Who cares if it was a long time ago, you don't think there are any hard feelings? Do you think Pearl Jam is going to just say, "You know what, we were young and stupid back then, turns out, you're not such a bad dude after all. Let's get lunch." I don't care if 50 years roll by, as long as ticketmaster is still bending over everyone involved in the music industry, Pearl Jam isn't going to gladly turn their head and cough. Who actually supports ticketmaster, show of hands please? We deal with it because we have to, and so does much of the music industry. If your favorite venue gives you the choice of buying tickets from them, or from ticketmaster, virtually everyone on the planet is going against ticketmaster. In general, none of us have this option, we are forced to buy from ticketmaster, and bands are forced to have their tickets sold by ticketmaster. Pearl Jam is from Seattle, they were one of the bands who defined the Seattle grunge music scene. Everything about that band screams NW. So where would the logical place to play their 20th anniversary be? Wisconsin. You don't find that odd at all? As with you Know, I am not willing to get into a long debate or argument about this, because in the end...no one really knows. I will admit that I did not realize that there was difference between Ticketmaster selling for an event and Ticketmaster running an event (and I did read your blog), so thank you for pointing that out clearly. It makes much more sense now. I guess that being a very big fan of this band for many years I still have it in my mind that one of these days they may play Sasquatch, or I may in fact see them at The Gorge. I just thought that, other than the Ticketmaster side of things, it was logistical that they might play and was attempting to make a point. In the end, I will agree with you on one thing for sure...playing Wisconsin, when you're from Seattle, for your 20th anniversary seemed to be a bit fucked, very strange and highly disappointing.
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Post by kymess_jr on Jan 13, 2012 20:42:31 GMT -8
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers (headliner) 2. Bon Iver (headliner) 3. The Shins (headliner) 4. New Order (headliner) 5. Naked and Famous 6. The Sheepdogs 7. Youth Lagoon 8. The War On Drugs 9. Pretty Lights 10. Childish Gambino 11. Real Estate 12. Grouplove 13. Built to Spill 14. Wiz Khalifa 15. Islands 16. coeur de pirate 17. Girls 18. Girl Talk 19. Zola Jesus 20. Beirut 21. fun.
As far as headliners are concerned - I was damn certain The Black Keys would be headlining until those latest tour dates came out. They really threw me for a loop, so I thought I might as well replace them with something unexpected, especially since my other headliner guesses seem so predictable and boring. Also, I do think there's a good chance that we'll get an EDM headliner this year but I just couldn't bring myself to put down deadmau5.
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Post by Geoff on Jan 13, 2012 20:45:44 GMT -8
I'm actually kind of glad that we know nothing about the lineup. Part of the reason why the Coachella lineup was kinda underwhelming for me is that everyone on the Coachella boards predicted most of the bands.
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Post by kymess_jr on Jan 13, 2012 20:50:53 GMT -8
I'm actually kind of glad that we know nothing about the lineup. Part of the reason why the Coachella lineup was kinda underwhelming for me is that everyone on the Coachella boards predicted most of the bands. I agree. While I'm happy with the Coachella lineup, when I first saw it nothing shocked me so I didn't get that initial rush of excitement. I'm really looking forward to that with the Sasquatch one though.
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Post by know ID yuh on Jan 14, 2012 10:16:46 GMT -8
I think kymess is winning.
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Post by FreshMentos on Jan 14, 2012 19:12:07 GMT -8
I was completely positive The Black Keys would headline until I saw their tour dates... Bon Iver (headliner) The Shins (headliner) Sigur Ros (headliner) The Pixies (wildcard headliner) Fleet Foxes Digitalism Beirut Streetlight Manifesto Pretty Lights (late night) Atmosphere Childish Gambino Girl Talk (late night) Starfucker State Radio The War on Drugs The Naked and Famous Wild Beasts YACHT St. Vincent M83 Explosions in the Sky
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Post by Cysquatch on Jan 14, 2012 20:16:57 GMT -8
I hope they don't waste a late set slot on Girl Talk. The only time I have bothered to listen to his stuff it sounded like it was all unoriginal mashups without anything extra that set it apart from any other dj.
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Post by FreshMentos on Jan 14, 2012 20:45:24 GMT -8
I hope they don't waste a late set slot on Girl Talk. The only time I have bothered to listen to his stuff it sounded like it was all unoriginal mashups without anything extra that set it apart from any other dj. Have you not attended any of his live sets? Having a wild party as a late night set makes a lot of sense.
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Post by Drew on Jan 14, 2012 20:55:04 GMT -8
Shit's played out
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jan 14, 2012 21:16:57 GMT -8
Girl Talk was played out after five minutes of listening to Girl Talk.
FUCKING. UNBEARABLE.
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Post by pitpat on Jan 15, 2012 1:23:38 GMT -8
I hope they don't waste a late set slot on Girl Talk. The only time I have bothered to listen to his stuff it sounded like it was all unoriginal mashups without anything extra that set it apart from any other dj. Have you not attended any of his live sets? Having a wild party as a late night set makes a lot of sense. I'm with freshmentos, it's a fucking crazy party every time this guy plays. perfect for sasquatch any year. plus girl talk would be much better than say... shpongle. (or any late night set ever up to this point, imo) on the other hand, I'm skeptical it would happen... maybe girl talk plays a late night set and Deadmau5 headlines the mainstage? otherwise I predict that set will go to some EDM thing I don't care for. and I'm cool with that.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Jan 15, 2012 6:36:45 GMT -8
I would never expect to see them at Sasquatch, seems too good to be true.
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Post by Lump on Jan 15, 2012 6:49:55 GMT -8
I would never expect to see them at Sasquatch, seems too good to be true. This.
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Post by davers on Jan 15, 2012 11:16:25 GMT -8
Girl Talk has an awesome live show, and he's really stepped it up recently. Confettii filled balloons, awesome lights, toilet paper guns... it's a fucking party. Attachments:
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