Pemberton Festival 2009 Cancelled

[magmazing]

http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/pique/index.php?cat=C_News&content=Pemb+fest+cancel+1603

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.wpemberton0108/BNStory/Entertainment/home

http://www.theprovince.com/Pemberton+Festival+cancelled+2009/1156128/story.html

http://www.straight.com/article-179143/pemberton-festival-cancelled-2009

Pemberton Festival 2009 in Pemberton BC Canada has been cancelled until 2010. Damn Agricultural Land Reserve and their late approval of the land!

Here's hoping 2010 is stellar and they make a really good transportation plan in the next year and half!

[MassiveChemicalPunk]

damn... my condolences to rage and paulb and all the other peeps from canada.

[CalmerThanYou]

land approval?

FUCKING RECESSION

[BlackSwan]

yea, that land approval is just a bs excuse.

[ThomThom]

yea, that land approval is just a bs excuse.

Yep, they had to can it because of $$$

[JebusLives]

DAMN. Had a total blast last year :(

[CalmerThanYou]

RIP Pemberton/Vegoose


at least we know what festivals to look forward to in heaven (hell, in my case)

[magmazing]

Added 3 more articles from the Globe & Mail, The Province and The Georgia Staight.

[Young blood]

wasnt last year a giant cluster fuck?

[DRcube]

RIP Pemberton/Vegoose


at least we know what festivals to look forward to in heaven (hell, in my case)

Dont forget Vineland, unless they decide to give it a go this year

[JebusLives]

wasnt last year a giant cluster fuck?

YES! The good kind as well as the bad.

[menikmati]

I'm glad, there were to many festivals as is.

[ZackQ]

I'm glad, there were to many festivals as is.

QFT. Waaaaaaaaay too many festivals, but it looks like the recession will clean that up.

[CalmerThanYou]

I'm glad, there were to many festivals as is.

Doood....saying there are too many places to have fun and listen to music is just retarded. I like you Erik, but come on.

[bartelby]

this is too bad....

i had mega-fun there last year

[rage patton]

FUCK YES!

I was really hoping this would happen. Seriously. Last year was a total shit show. The bands were great... al of them. I saw some amazing acts that weekend. But seriously, wost organized festival EVER.

Let us not forget though, Pemberton 2008 was the premier of NIN's amazing light show.

[paulb]

:( I probably wouldnt have gone this year anyways...but compairing lineups is always fun...

[rage patton]

Actually, I was planning on sneaking in. And if I got kicked out... oh well. Now I am bummed.

[paulb]

dude, with it being Live Nation......U2 would have headlined....and Jay Z would have came back...and Bloody Beetroots would have been in the Bacardi dance tent, lol...oh, and The Prodigy!

[rage patton]

Fuck the Bacardi "dance tent."

[sin213]

RIP Pemberton/Vegoose


at least we know what festivals to look forward to in heaven (hell, in my case)


just announced....JJ headlining all festivals in hell. still lookin forward to it?? ;)

[nationocean]

just wait, we are just starting on this rollercoaster.. hope you guys enjoyed your surge of festivals in 08

[rage patton]

I hope since Pemberton isn't comming back, V-Fest Vancouver comes back.

[HEADSTRUCK]

I really liked the line up lat year too. hopefully they comeback strong

[paulb]

I hope since Pemberton isn't comming back, V-Fest Vancouver comes back.

thats the least they could do....remember, RATM/Prodigy are the headliners.

[magmazing]

dude, with it being Live Nation......U2 would have headlined....and Jay Z would have came back...and Bloody Beetroots would have been in the Bacardi dance tent, lol...oh, and The Prodigy!

Probably would've been U2, Madonna and *cough* Nickelback *cough*.

And the "Bacardi" part of the dance tent would probably have been dropped for an open to anyone dance tent.


I hope since Pemberton isn't comming back, V-Fest Vancouver comes back.

With Virgin radio launching today (formerly Z95.3/Crave), V-Fest could be a huge possibility.

[Ardentbiscuit]

That's cool, I'll just go to the Whistler Music Festival this year instead.

I'm sure that one is coming back, smaller but still cool...

2008 Line Up was...

Serena Ryder
Meshell Ndegeocello
Bedouin Soundclash
The Roots
Theivery Corporation
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Allen Toussaint Band
Broken Social Scene
Elvis Costello and The Imposters

http://www.whistler.com/whistler_music_festival/

[rage patton]

With Virgin radio launching today (formerly Z95.3/Crave), V-Fest could be a huge possibility.

Huh? What is this?

[magmazing]

Huh? What is this?

95 Crave (95.3 on Vancouver's FM dial) tweaked their radio format and became Virgin Radio. Same DJs and basically the same music top 40 playlist...just under the Virgin name now. Toronto recently had a station rebrand as Virgin Radio.

http://www.virginradio.ca

[paulb]

hopefully.....95.3 aint too horrible. much better than that fuckin awful 94.5 JT/Akon channel

[PrettyRagdoll]

RIP Pemberton/Vegoose


at least we know what festivals to look forward to in heaven (hell, in my case)

But isn't odd these festivals died after the insane line-ups they had? Damn economy.... :nono

[MarkO]

The economy had nothing to do with Vegoose. They had the two biggest draws of '07 (Daft & Rage) and still couldn't sell out.