Where are all those Virgin Fest rumors?
Where are the rumors for this year’s U.S. version of the Virgin Mobile Festival? This has probably 
been one of our most asked question over the last week or so. After all, the dates have been announced (August 9-10, 2008) and its European counterpart, V Festival, has already confirmed Muse as a headliner.
Lets take a shot at answering the question…
David Malitz over at the Washington Post’s Post Rock music blog recently offered his Virgin Fest predictions, which featured the likes of the Foo Fighters, Feist, the B-52’s, and Wilco…
We think the Foo Fighters are a pretty safe bet. They have a pretty strong history of attendance at past Virgin events (most recently at the V Festival in 2007) and will likely be touring the U.S. in July and August.
As for Feist? Malitz offers this explanation for the prediction…
Like the Foos, her upcoming tour finds her with New York and Philadelphia shows (also Charlottesville) but nothing any closer to us. By the time August rolls around it will have been more than a year since her last Washington show and almost a year since she played at Rams Head Live in Baltimore. Since then she’s become a true breakout star, big enough to be a major draw at a festival.
Makes sense, plus the folks behind Virgin seem to favor female performers. Amy Winehouse, Regina Spektor, and CSS were all at last year’s festival.
As for other possibilities? Well, Muse seems realistic, especially since they are already confirmed 
for V Festival. Plus, an announcement of a world tour is likely coming soon…
There will also be some overlap with the Lollapalooza’s and All Point West’s lineups, meaning bands like Cat Power, Kings of Leon, Bloc Party, and Flogging Molly could all be potential acts at Virgin.
The newly reunited Stone Temple Pilots and Rage Against the Machine, who were originally supposed to be at the now postponed Vineland festival, could also be considered as realistic options.
And then there are those acts that are popping up at nearly every U.S. festival this summer, such as M.I.A. and The Racontouers. We wouldn’t at all be shocked to see them gracing the beautiful green fields of Pimlico this summer as well.
So there you go…
Hope this satisfies your impatience…at least temporarily.
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Jack Johnson is confirmed
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i would travel to baltimore to see muse, they are so sick. it would also be sick to see foo and arctic monkeys
Jack Johnson is confirmed.
STP are confirmed.
Wilco is confirmed.
Foo Fighters have been confirmed. Elliott on DC101 slipped up and revealed that they are headlining one of the days for the Virgin Mobile Festival.
i heard rumors about jack johnson, foo fighters, wilco, and daft punk
but i hope they get the arctic monkeys
i think there is substance to a possibility of Led Zepplin headlining
Rage would be unbelievable. Im kind of an indie guy so i hope to see some indie bands we havent seen there yet. The Hold Steady just finished up an album. Weezer is going on tour according to their website, Flaming Lips played there the first year but I would love to see them there again. Im praying the line up is as solid as last year. For me last year was great.
Nice blog. Live outside of Baltimore and have been waiting forever for the lineup. Huge Foo fan and I have not doubt they’ll be there. Muse is sick too. Dude my dream concert, Foo and RATM. How sick would that be??
Mar 25th, 2008 at 9:38 am
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