News: Who wants to listen to Jay-Z, Coldplay, NIN, Deathcab for Cutie and Vampire Weekend in the mountains?
March 17th, 2008 - by Eddie
You do, that’s who.
All those mentioned above, plus a multitude more, will be at the very first Pemberton Festival, located in Pemberton in British Columbia, an area most-known for Whistler Mountain and drunken donkeys roaming the streets (maybe not the last one).
It’s being put on by Live Nation, which explains why they got so many names involved with the inaugural show that include Coldplay, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Flaming Lips and My Morning Jacket (entire lineup after the jump).
It’s also the first “European-style festival” that Live Nation has put together from scratch, which means I expect it to be pretentious and exclusive in the coming years.
Not familiar with Canada? Find Vancouver (it’s north of Seattle) and drive north. If you end up in the middle of nothingness, you’ve gone too far.
Coldplay
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Nine Inch Nails
JAY-Z
The Tragically Hip
The Flaming Lips
Serj Tankian
Death Cab For Cutie
Interpol
My Morning Jacket
Sam Roberts Band
Metric (Hey, we wrote about them!)
Black Mountain
Vampire Weekend
The Crystal Method DJ Set
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
Booka Shade
Junkie XL
Dave Seaman
Wintersleep
Buck 65
Secret Machines
SIA
MSTRKRFT
Deadmau5
Brazilian Girls
MGMT
The Fiery Furnaces
Mates Of State (they are a 52shows fav)
Grand Ole Party
Carolina Liar
The Airborne Toxic Event
Monte Negro
Low VS Diamond
Annie Stela
M.A.N.D.Y.
Tommie Sunshine
Chromeo
3 OH! 3
Kevin Shiu
Timeline
Tony Pantages
March 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
AMAZING. finally a great festival in canada…
i love this shit.