2010 Winter Olympics rounds up Wilco, Broken Social Scene, K’Naan, and more!
Vancouver won’t be the only thing Canada will be showing off when it hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics early next year. As it turns out, the country will also be showcasing its incredibly talented and diverse music scene throughout the Olympic’s two+ week run, set to take place from February 12-28.
Broken Social Scene, K’Naan, Stars, Joel Plaskett, Steve Earle, Laurie Anderson, Martha Wainwright, Blue Rodeo, Iron & Wine, Corb Lund, Ron Sexsmith, Joan As Policewoman, and Sun Kil Moon are all confirmed to be performing in some capacity at an Olympic related event. What’s more, the boys of Wilco, who will basically be Canadians for the first part of the new Year, are also scheduled to perform at an Olympic event, this taking place on February 13th at Vancouver’s David Lam Park.
As those Canadians would say, not bad, eh? And to think, we still have a few more months to go before that ol’ torch is lit…
In celebration of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, I created a post of EVERYTHING you wanted to know about the Winter Games including information from the official Vancouver 2010 website, tracking the Olympic torch, FREEbies, Olympic events schedules, the official video game, and fan information (follow athletes and teams on Twitter and Facebook!)
http://geekettebits.com/information/2010-vancouver-winter-olympics/
OMG i love K’Naan!!i can’t believe Sarah got da theme song! i mean she’s good, but the song itself is kind of boring don’t ya think? Wavin Flag would’ve been a more suitable choice..just my opinion.
woow i can’t wait for the k’naan performance!!
The Olympics are self destructive. With the threat of global warming we cannot afford such flagrant displays of excess and overconsumption. The best way to avoid 300,000 tons of emissions is for people to simply stay at home.
http://selfdestructivebastards.blogspot.com/2009/10/olympics-are-self-destructive.html
Wilco can fuck right off! Sell out tossers! HEALTH CARE BEFORE OLYMPICS. First it’s starbucks counters then the Olympics! We’ll be listening to them on the Easy listening station along with the likes / shites such as Phil Collins, U2 Sarah Maclaughin etc…..
“DON’T BRING THE OLYMPICS TO OUR TOWN BUT WE”LL PLAY THEM IN SOMEONE ELSE”S TOWN”
Always wanted to see them live….now they can fuck off!
Hellz yes wilco is the shit, canadian music… even better, attack in black, ladyhawk, the constantines, weakerthans and shotgun jimmie should play as well. Not to mention the tragically hip… thatd be nice
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