only a smidge jealous…

it was just announced that prince will be headlining the coachella valley arts & music festival this year. the festival, only weeks away, was being bashed for having a less-than-stellar lineup as of yet. well, they just took the cake. prince will be taking the saturday night headlining spot that was originally thought to be for portishead. well yay for my friends who are going!! take a picture, buy me a t-shirt, and soak up that desert sun for me!!

update: at first i thought that goldenvoice had this up their sleeve all along and waited because of the stature of the headliner - however, i’m hearing that this was a very last minute attempt to sell tickets and make up for their sub-par lineup.  word on the street is that they paid prince $4.8 million dollars!! holy cow.  i guess it really does pay to be prince.

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where are you going this summer??

with this insane outburst of summer music festivals, it’s hard to keep them all straight - much less decide which one you’re going to go to!!

my favorite site to keep track right now is the consequence of sound’s summer festival outlook.

at first i was most excited to hear the bonnaroo lineup, but even though i’ve been the past two years and loved it, i just can’t bring myself to fork out for a lineup that features metallica. sorry if you’re a metallica lover, but it’s just not my bag.

right now my top festival lineups are:

all points west - featuring radiohead two nights!! plus kings of leon and underworld, you just can’t go wrong.

san francisco’s outside lands - tom petty, radiohead (there may be a pattern here), primus, beck…bonnaroo 2006 revisited?? maybe, but i’ll take it!

sasquatch! - with r.e.m., the flaming lips, modest mouse, tegan & sara, ghostland observatory and the kooks?! yes, please.

mile high music festival or rothbury festival - because, what’s a summer music festival season without dave matthew’s band?? they’re similar lineups, but one has snoop dog and the other has the black crowes, you decide.

those all look pretty awesome! although, i am holding my breath for the lollapalooza lineup…i think it will be tops this year.

i’ll keep you posted on my final decision.

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