Rest Of Virgin Announced

The entire Virgin Festival lineup was revealed this morning. Those who had hoped for some quality acts to balance out the mediocrity of the headliners, kinda sorta maybe got what they wanted.

There were some better acts added, with the stronger day clearly being Sunday the 10th. Highlighted additions by day include:

Saturday: Bloc Party, Cat Power, Chuck Berry, Lupe Fiasco, and Wilco

Sunday: Andrew Bird, The Black Keys, Bob Dylan, Lil Wayne, She and Him, and Chromeo (Nine Inch Nails and Kanye West headlining)

A nice little East Coast roadtrip weekend could be accomplished by catching Radiohead (2 nights), Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Kings of Leon, The Roots, Girl Talk, and The Black Angels at All Points West up in NYC for Friday and Saturday. Then heading back down to Baltimore on Sunday for the second day of Virgin. In fact, you would be oppositely following Jack Johnson's itinerary, completely avoiding him at both festivals. Bonus.

Richard Branson Named Some Bands

The third installment of Virgin Festival will be at Pimlico August 9th and 10th. The headliners were announced yesterday. Below I have provided a list that contains detailed and fully informative reviews and reactions of each artist.

Nine Inch Nails: Ok.

Kanye West: Hm.

Stone Temple Pilots: Oh.

Foo Fighters: Eh.

Jack Johnson: The link portrays my thoughts.

Half the bands might make this look like the 1998 HFStival lineup. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, and there’s room for potential I guess. There will be a lot more acts announced, and let’s hope they provoke more thought. If not, I suggest heading up to All Points West instead.