Comments on: Nine Inch Nails, Pixies, Grizzly Bear and Pet Shop Boys for Virgin Festival Toronto/Ontario 2009

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:33:08 +0000

Frank, sorry to hear you couldn’t get to the waterfront on Saturday — plenty of clips of the show on YouTube if you’re curious. The VFest lineup is tempting, but for me, not unmissable (thanks to seeing the Pixies a couple of years ago). Besides, I think my days of living in a tent city are behind me.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:03:05 +0000

The Pixies and NIN are definitely heavy draws for me, but I’m really not keen on seeing either band in a festival lineup. I’m definitely going to try and see both bands in another setting.

By: Frank Yang

Frank Yang — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:42:12 +0000

Maria – the initial V Fest contract with the Island was three years, and I assume the residents blocked any attempts to extend it because they suck.

Bruce – I was not at the BSS show, had family commitments that took precedence. Looked great, though.

Paul – that’d be nice but I don’t think Toronto has the fanbase to support something like that, as far as getting acts to plan their touring around a fixed Toronto date. Assuming Rogers Picnic and Olympic Island return in the future, and V continues, I think we’re doing as well as we can expect for fests.

V Lover – thanks for the clarification

By: V Lover...

V Lover... — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:03:55 +0000

To clarify – camping prices are per spot and not per person – depending on how cozy you like to get and if you can borrow a van you could even split the $100 3 ways…

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:03:41 +0000

WTF is wrong with you people???? This lineup is incredible. Pixies, NIN, Grizzly Bear, Couer De Pirate, CWK, Franz Ferdinand, Von Bondies, Sloan, count me in!

By: Adam K.

Adam K. — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:01:17 +0000

I may have to make the trip up for night 1, if only because I still haven’t had the opportunity to see the Pixies.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:34:07 +0000

In really want to see the Pet Shop Boys again… but not enough to slog north of Barrie. They seem an odd festival choice in Canada. I know their European audiences are somewhat used to seeing them in big fields, but the last time they were here – the audience was NOT what I would call festival-friendly… weird.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:00:43 +0000

there’s no one here i would individually pay to see, with the exception of (maybe) Grizzly Bear, if they had a really great opening act…the problem with these big rock festivals is that you have to try and cater to everyone’s tastes…i’ll repeat myself…we need a festival like Pfork here in Toronto…something a little more left-field/progressive…on a related note, it seems that the “Electronic Music” festival at Harbourfront is becoming less interesting each year…I’m not sure who’s programming this anymore, but the new? MC this year didn’t seem to know much about EM…bring back Denise Benson!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:59:23 +0000

Speaking of Amy Millan, is it possible the absence (so far) of a review of Saturday’s most epic ever BSS show means you didn’t make it to Harbourfront? Because, holy crap, that was unbelievable.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:34:06 +0000

Virgin Festival Ontario is a maybe for me. I’d have preferred if NIN headlined day 1 instead of Ben Harper though.