Aug. 4-5: Beastie Boys, Wu-Tang, LCD, Deep Dish Play Virgin Festival
May 22, 2007 6:41 PM
The second annual Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile is set to take place Saturday, Aug. 4 and Sunday, Aug. 5 at the historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD. The two-day festival features a world-class list of bands and DJs, encompassing more than 20 acts per day.
Saturday's lineup includes headliners The Police (in their only area appearance), Beastie Boys, Ben Harper, Modest Mouse, Amy Winehouse and Sasha & John Digweed, while Sunday's bill features headliners Smashing Pumpkins (in their only announced U.S. festival date), 311, Wu-Tang Clan, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Deep Dish. Additional acts for the second day will be announced soon.
The 140-acre Pimlico Race Course site is located within a few hours of numerous major metropolitan areas, including Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New York City.
Single-day tickets are available for $97.50 for general admission and $250 for single-day VIP. Additionally, two-day passes are available at $175 for general admission and $450 for VIP. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com or 1-800-551-SEAT). A charity donation of $1.50 per day will be applied to each ticket.
The lineup thus far (listed in alpha order) is as follows:
311
Beastie Boys
Booka Shade
Bad Brains
Cheap Trick
The Crystal Method [DJ set]
Felix Da Housecat
CSS
Fiction Plane
Deep Dish [Dubfire + Sharam]
Fountains Of Wayne
Dieselboy & Andy C with The Fratellis
MC GQ and MC Messinian
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Girl Talk
Incubus
Infected Mushroom
LCD Soundsystem
Interpol
Miguel Migs [Petalpusher]
M.I.A.
Modest Mouse
Matisyahu
Paolo Nutini
The Smashing Pumpkins
Peter Bjorn And John
Regina Spektor
The Police
Spoon
Sasha & John Digweed
Velvet Revolver
Shout Out Out Out Out
Wu-Tang Clan
Danny Tenaglia
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
TV on the Radio
James Zabiela
Sander Van Doorn
Amy Winehouse
More information about Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile can be found at www.virginfestival.com.
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