Comments on: Review of Vetiver's Tight Knit and giveaway

By: Matt Hawker

Matt Hawker — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:26:16 +0000

I thought it was curious that Green Day has no Toronto date. I don’t think the hamilton date necessarily cancels out Toronto. Given a choice between the two cities you’d take Toronto in terms of interest, promotion, sales, etc. From an armchair promoter’s perspective it leads one to believe that a Big Toronto-serving date is in the works.

By: Yoss

Yoss — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:05:24 +0000

Well thank god the Ottawa Bluesfest has a good lineup.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:35:55 +0000

Green Day is playing Hamilton just 1 month before. Despite not actually being Toronto, it still serves the Toronto market, and I doubt they would come back to play so soon.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:11:53 +0000

You are correct – Alexisonfire are definitely playing Reading/Leeds. Good, at least they can be ruled out.

By: Matt Hawker

Matt Hawker — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:56:52 +0000

Green Day probably as they have no toronto date yet on their tour. I’m pretty sure Alexisonfire is playing the Friday of Reading fest the same weekend, so slightly unlikely.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:39:31 +0000

Someone on the Consequence Of Sound board claims to know that Green Day, Tragically Hip and Alexisonfire are playing VFest Ontario. Awful. I predicted Green Day and Tragically Hip, and I think they fit as being alt-rock headliners that are also played on the shitty Virgin radio station.

By: Frank Yang

Frank Yang — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:28:23 +0000

Mike, you are correct. I’m betting they’ll make some sort of compromise to the alt-indie scene for the Ontario lineup, but it will definitely skew more mainstream. For Montreal they probably felt no need to do so because Osheaga has that audience covered.

But either way, I expect much lulz

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:25:46 +0000

Right.

If you wanna find out who may be playing a Virgin fest near you, just listen to who’s on Virgin Radio’s playlist for what you can expect when they make their anncouncement about our lineup.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:23:24 +0000

As for the V Fest situation, I understand it all now.

Since they’re been rebranding radio stations to in Canada to the ‘Virgin Radio,’ brand (like they did with Mix 99.9 here in Toronto), there is a definitine leaning towards finding acts that fit their network’s top 40 playlist.

When there wasn’t a Virgin Radio here in Canada, things were different. Lineups reflected indie and alternative leanings, like festivals do in Europe. But now that they have to tie their lineups in with the Top 40 format on their stations, and because they probably have a Virgin station in every market, it all makes perfect sense.

Many people who read this blog, and others like it, may not be aware of the new Virgin presence on the radio nowadays, because radio has little for us, and that is why this all comes as a schock.

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:59:26 +0000

That montreal V fest might be the worst festival lineup in the history of festivals. wow. New Kids & Simple Plan?!?! They just need to add Nickelback for the trifecta of terribleness.