Sasquatch Devoured by Canadian Cousin
Hot off of the internets:
Coldplay, Jay-Z, NIN Headline First Pemberton Festival
Billboard.com is reporting that Coldplay, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Jay-Z and Nine Inch Nails will headline the first-ever Pemberton Festival, set for July 25-27 in Pemberton, B.C. (Brace yourself: the three-day ticket is $240CDN and they go on sale Friday, 28 March. – ed.)
The festival is produced by Live Nation and Good Boy Productions. Live Nation Canada CEO Shane Bourbonnais will spearhead LN’s efforts on the event. Good Boy Productions is a joint venture between Coldplay manager Dave Holmes and Depeche Mode manager Jonathan Kessler.
Also on the bill are My Morning Jacket, the Tragically Hip, Interpol, Flaming Lips and Death Cab For Cutie, along with newer acts like Vampire Weekend, MGMT and Sia. The plan is to feature two stages, a dance stage and more than 50 bands.
Pemberton, a two hour drive from Vancouver, is a popular destination area due to its close proximity to Whistler ski resort, site for some competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The event will boast a festival village, camping facilities, an RV Park and shuttle service to and from nearby Whistler, tickets for the Pemberton Festival go on sale through PembertonFestival.com beginning Friday, March 28.
Concert-goers will be able to camp on site or sleep in accommodations ranging from motels to top notch luxury hotels in Whistler.
The confirmed line up as of today (March 13) is:
Coldplay
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Nine Inch Nails
Jay-Z
Flaming Lips
Interpol
Death Cab For Cutie
The Tragically Hip
Serj Tankian
My Morning Jacket
Metric
Sam Roberts Band
Vampire Weekend
Black Mountain
Minus The Bear
Wintersleep
Buck 65
Secret Machines
MGMT
Brazillian Girls
SIA
Fiery Furnaces
Mates of State
The Airborne Toxic Event
Carolina Liar
Grand Ole Party
Monte Negro
Low Vs Diamond
Annie Stela
The Crystal Method
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
Junkie XL
David Seaman
Booka Shade
MSTRKRFT
M.A.N.D.Y.
Tommie Sunshine
Chromeo
Deadmau5
3 OH! 3
Kevin Shiu
Timeline
Tony Pantages
I have been to Pemberton, and the idea of this kind of event in a small town with one road in and one road out makes me wince. I imagine a traffic cluster**** on the scale of White River Amphitheater. So I think I will be bringing my bike to get to and from the venue.
I always thought Pemberton was where you went to get a bottle of Vodka and a case of Kokanee when you were at Whistler so you wouldn’t have to pay the inflated resort prices.
It’s funny Sam Roberts is on this Sasquatch competition bill. They were one of the bands that got cancelled due to the huge hailstones at the 2006 ‘Squatch show. Having won Canadian album of the year later that same year, they are indeed the heavy hitters of the Great White North.. Wha?!?! Whaddaya mean you never heard of them…?
I might go to _Nester’s_ for booze, but I dunno about Pemby. That’s a bit of a haul.
Regardless, I think the operative acronym for that weekend is “BYOB”.
Greaaaaaaaaaaat idea/recommendation to bring a bike and plan on commuting to and from Whistler for this event. I’ve ridden the road to and from (about 20 miles or so each way, uphill on the way back to Whistler I think? either way, one direction is for the most part a climb, which means the way to Pemberton is mostly downhill yippeeee!), and agree this’ll be the most efficient mode of transportation and one that’ll leave you with the most mobility and freedom.
Wow – what a big event for Pembie, let alone Western Canadia. Awesome to see good ole’ Tragically Hip on the bill, these Canadian rockstars have been around fo-evah and have always put out great stuff.
Ahndrea and all:
My recommendation is to drive north part way to Pemby from Whistler with bikes in a car, and park on any of the many logging roads. Ride a bike from there – maybe it could be your campsite if you’re dirtbaggin’ it. After a day (or 3) of music festival’ing, I don’t think I could manage 40 miles of riding r/t. Esp on 99, packed with other cars and nutjobs.