Read More
|
minnesotayachtclubfestival.com
No surprises here, but Minnesota Yacht Club Festival (MYC) returns to Minnesota. Presale (lowest priced-tickets) will be made available today, January 30 at 10am. Public on-sale to follow if tickets remain. If you want to go, I suggest getting a ticket now, because it’s likely to sell out, like last year.
We had a blast in 2024 with Alanis Morissette (on Friday) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (on Saturday).
Gwen Stefani at MN Yacht Club (19 July 2024)
|
The lineup for 2025 is listed below. We’ve seen most of these bands before, and the bands I’m most excited about is Garbage and Weezer.
Friday - July 18
|
Saturday - July 19
|
Sunday - July 20
|
Pitchfork Music Festival announcement
Read More
|
pitchfork.com
Pitchfork is dead, long live Pitchfork.
On the verge of the 20th anniversary of Pitchfork Music Festival, there was a surprise announcement last November stating that the festival was no more. No reasons were given.
When we first heard and wrote about Pitchfork Music Festival in 2007, we thought they could rival “Glastonbury and Reading”, that’s how big we thought they could get. If you are going to get that big, you are going to have to hire bigger music acts to attract more people. With these popular music acts, it was going to cost more and more.
Anyway, in a recent article by WBEZ (published Jan 29, 2025), they explained that it was mostly due to “escalating costs from all corners of the concert industry, from production to artist fees, contributed to the festival’s eventual demise.”
The interview with festival co-founder Mike Reed he tells WBEZ that the event owner, Condé Nast was pushing him to get commercial pop acts such as Justin Bieber or Demi Lovato to headline Pitchfork 2025. Reed stated that his producing team were already not happy that Alanis Morissette headlined last summer.
It is a shame that Pitchfork couldn’t end with a 20th Anniversary celebration… but I wouldn’t count them out just yet. Based on everything that I know, I feel like Pitchfork will continue a little later, but on a smaller scale and with Reed in full control of who headlines this alternative music festival.
vu ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com |
Recent Comments