Virgin Festival
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| Location(s) | Canada, United States |
| Years active | 2006 - present |
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| Genre(s) | Rock, Pop |
| Website | http://www.virginfestival.ca http://www.virginmobilefestival.com |
The Virgin Festival (known from 2008 as the Virgin Mobile Festival in the United States) is a rock festival held in the United States and Canada, a spin-off from the V Festival held in the UK. In North America the Virgin name, and recently the Virgin Mobile brand, is used in full to increase brand association, compared with the UK and Australian festivals, where association is simply implied through the use of the V.
Like the other variants of the V Festival, the events are sponsored by Virgin Mobile, in this case, either the Canadian or US versions.
On June 30, 2006, Virgin Group chief Richard Branson announced the inaugural shows. The first, which took place September 9 and 10, 2006 at Toronto Islands Park, Toronto, Canada, featured over 40 artists. A single-day show also took place in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, on September 23, 2006, at the Pimlico Race Course with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Who.
Virgin Festival 2007 took place in Vancouver on May 20 and 21, as well as a return to Baltimore for an expanded two-day event on August 4 and 5 and Toronto on September 8 and 9. On October 16, 2007, an event was announced to take place in Calgary, Alberta on June 21 and 22, 2008. The festival is also planned to return to Baltimore on August 9 and 10, 2008.
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[edit] 2008 line-up
[edit] Virgin Festival Calgary (June 21 & 22)
- Tragically Hip
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Flaming Lips
- Three Days Grace
- Matthew Good
- Stars
- City and Colour
- Corb Lund
- Face To Face
- The New Pornographers
- Constantines
- Attack In Black
- The Dudes
- The Spades
- Pride Tiger
- Crash Parallel
- Ten Second Epic
- Said The Whale
- The Whitesundays
- The Fratellis
[edit] Virgin Mobile Festival Baltimore Day 1 (August 9)
- Foo Fighters
- Jack Johnson
- The Offspring
- Wilco
- Chuck Berry and the Silver Beats
- The Swell Season
- Bloc Party
- Citizen Cope
- Lupe Fiasco
- Duffy
- Rodrigo y Gabriela
- KT Tunstall
- Gogol Bordello
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
- Cat Power
- Underworld
- Ferry Corsten
- Soulwax
- DJ Dan and Donald Glaude
- Erol Alkan
- Steve Lawler
[edit] Virgin Mobile Festival Baltimore Day 2 (August 10)
- Nine Inch Nails
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Kanye West
- Bob Dylan
- Iggy & The Stooges
- Lil Wayne
- Paramore
- Moby (DJ set)
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
- Taking Back Sunday
- The Black Keys
- She & Him
- Shudder To Think
- The Go! Team
- Andrew Bird
- Armin Van Buuren
- Rabbit in the Moon
- Richie Hawtin
- Deadmau5
- Pendulum
- Chromeo
[edit] Virgin Festival Toronto Day 1 (September 6)
- Foo Fighters
- Bloc Party
- The Kooks
- The Fratellis
- Against Me!
- MGMT
- Wintersleep
- Spiritualized
- Constantines
- Shudder to Think
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- The Midway State
[edit] Virgin Festival Toronto Day 2 (September 7)
- Oasis
- Paul Weller
- Silversun Pickups
- Stereophonics
- The Weakerthans
- The Cribs
- The Pigeon Detectives
- Danko Jones
- The Wombats
- Sons and Daughters
- Robyn
[edit] 2007 line-up
[edit] Virgin Festival (Vancouver) Day 1
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[edit] Virgin Festival (Vancouver) Day 2
[edit] Virgin Festival (Baltimore) Day 1
North Stage (Main Stage): Fountains of Wayne, Cheap Trick, Amy Winehouse, Incubus, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, the Beastie Boys, The Police
South Stage: Fiction Plane, the Fratellis, Paulo Nutini, Peter Bjorn and John, LCD Soundsystem, TV on the Radio, Modest Mouse
Dance Tent: Shout Out Out Out Out, Miguel Migs (Petalpusher), Booka Shade, Felix Da Housecat, Danny Tenaglia, Sasha & John Digweed, Sander Van Doorn
[edit] Virgin Festival (Baltimore) Day 2
North Stage (Main Stage): CSS, Regina Spektor, Spoon, Panic! at the Disco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol,Smashing Pumpkins
South Stage: Aiden, Matisyahu, Explosions in the Sky, Wu-Tang Clan, Bad Brains, Velvet Revolver, 311 (band)
Dance Tent: Dan Deacon, Girl Talk, Dieselboy and Andy C with MC GQ and MC Messinian, James Zabiela, Infected Mushroom, Crystal Method (DJ Set), Deep Dish (Dubfire+Sharam), MIA
[edit] Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 1
| Virgin Mobile Stage | Future Shop Stage |
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| Budweiser Stage | B-Live Stage |
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[edit] Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 2
| Virgin Mobile Stage | Future Shop Stage |
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| Budweiser Stage | B-Live Stage |
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[edit] 2006 line-up
[edit] Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 1
UPDATE:(the early end to the flaming lips set was due to previous bands playing over their set times. toronto has a strict 11pm noise curfew at all outdoor music venues) |
[edit] Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 2
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Massive Attack were originally scheduled to headline but three days before the concert, it was announced that they had to postpone the first four concerts of their North American tour, including the Virgin Festival appearance, due to delays in receiving U.S. visas. They were replaced by Broken Social Scene.
[edit] Virgin Festival (Baltimore)
[edit] Criticisms
Many have criticized Virgin Mobile for adding or removing acts from the lineup after fans have already purchased tickets. In addition, the scheduling of the acts has been a cause of complaint for many concert-goers. For example, at the 2007 Virgin Festival in Baltimore, The Smashing Pumpkins were scheduled to be on-stage during the same time-block as 311. Similarly, The Police were put on-stage during the same time block as Modest Mouse.
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