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Bumbershoot 2008 works hard over Labor Day weekend
If you’re not familiar with Bumbershoot, let’s refresh your memory. Founded originally in 1971, as the city-funded “Mayor’s Arts Festival”, the Seattle, Washington-based music and arts festival has since evolved into one of the bigger events in the music world, now hosting 100,000+ attendees each and every Labor Day weekend. Of all places, the iconic [...]
Watch: Neko Case debuts new songs at Bumbershoot
Giving fans an early taste of what to expect from her upcoming release, Middle Cyclone, Neko Case took some time during her performance at Bumbershoot this past weekend to unveil some new tracks. Included in the alt-friendly set were three untitled selections, all of which will apparently make an appearance on Case’s latest solo endeavor [...]
Bumbershoot is this weekend, offers up schedule and festival map
This weekend will see the likes of Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Death Cab for Cutie, and T.I. among others head to Seattle to take part in the 38th annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. While Prince and Rage Against the Machine may not be showing up, with a solid pick of quality headliners, mid-tier favorites, [...]
STP keeps the tour dates coming
Believe it or not, some six months after reuniting, Scott Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots are still alive and kicking. In fact, after a summer which has seen headlining performances at Summerfest and Virgin Mobile Festival, the California based rockers have chosen to add more tour dates for the coming months, pretty much confirming that [...]
Since when was Prince in Death Cab for Cutie?
Remember that mysterious Billboard.com posting back in May that included Prince and Rage Against the Machine on the lineup for this year’s edition of Bumbershoot?
While it certainly seemed unrealistic, at the time, the rumored inclusion of Prince and Rage Against the Machine to an already announced lineup featuring Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, and T.I. caused [...]
Xavier Rudd plans album release, tour
Bumbershoot and Austin City Limits are no longer the only places you’ll be graced by the many sounds of Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd. Along with the upcoming release of Rudd’s new studio album, Dark Shades of Blue, thanks to a newly announced North American tour, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to watch socially conscious performer [...]
Festival Outlook (Part XIV)
For whatever reason, it has been a hectic week in terms of festival news. In fact, we’re not even sure we caught everything. In an effort to catch our breaths and make sure you didn’t miss anything, how about a nice post edition of Consequence of Sound’s Festival Outlook.
Rothbury Music Festival: Set to kick off [...]
Festival Outlook (Part XVIII)
For those who have recently joined us, you may not be too familiar with the individual posts we did that sought to take a look at some of the current news and rumors pertaining to some of the upcoming summer music festivals. However, thanks to our new Festival Outlook page, we generally don’t have a [...]
Rock the Bells + Bumbershoot = ?
A few people have thought it, but Ear Candy’s Travis Hay is probably one of the first to actually say it. Could Bumbershoot and Rock the Bells be joining forces later this summer?
The [Rock the Bell's] tour ends Aug. 30 in Vancouver, B.C.
Could a Bumbershoot main stage spot be an unannounced destination for the whole [...]
Bumbershoot gives a taste
Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival is scheduled to take place at the edge of summer, August 30-September 1, in Seattle, WA. Tonight, the folks behind the Seattle music festival gave us a taste of this year’s lineup. Looks like some of us might need to pull a Christopher McCandless and hike it to the Pacific [...]
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