Make your own festival

[LemonMelon]

After watching a couple of hours of Live Earth, I decided that I probably could put together a better looking list of bands in about 10 minutes, so here it is. The game is that you have to come up with a list of 30 bands (they must be active, making records and/or touring occasionally) you would most want to see live. It would have to be stretched out over two days, so come up with an opening and closing band for each day.

Here's mine:

Day 1
---------------
1. The Shins
2. Spoon
3. The Go! Team
4. Beck
5. Beastie Boys
6. The Killers
7. Franz Ferdinand
8. The Streets
9. Muse
10. David Bowie
11. Prince
12. Supergrass
13. Coldplay
14. R.E.M.
15. U2

Day 2
---------------
16. Flaming Lips
17. Wilco
18. Ryan Adams
19. Bob Dylan
20. Bruce Springsteen
21. Super Furry Animals
22. Oasis
23. Gnarls Barkley
24. My Morning Jacket
25. Radiohead
26. Interpol
27. Sufjan Stevens
28. TV On The Radio
29. White Stripes
30. Arcade Fire

Seriously. I think I would cry.

 

[LMP]

I remember making a thread like this a while back, before my tastes were actually good.

This would blow my fucking mind:

The Festivus for the Rest of Us
June 14-15th
University Park
Orlando, FL

Day 1
---
1. The Shins
2. Modest Mouse
3. The Strokes
4. Sonic Youth
5. Andrew Bird
6. Wilco
7. Bright Eyes
8. The White Stripes
9. R.E.M.
10. Oasis
11. Pearl Jam
12. Bob Dylan
13. Paul McCartney
14. The Police
15. U2

Day 2
---
1. Beck
2. LCD Soundsystem
3. The Postal Service
4. DeVotchKa
5. Feist
6. TV on the Radio
7. Explosions in the Sky
8. Arcade Fire
9. Sigur Rós
10. Muse
11. Prince
12. Radiohead
13. The Flaming Lips
14. Roger Waters
15. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

 

[namkcuR]

It's An Attitude: A Festival For The Ages In The Greatest City In The World
Venue: Central Park, New York, New York
Admission: Free - if you can fit in the park, you can see the show.
Date: July 29

Day 1
1.Coldplay
2.Arcade Fire
3.Third Eye Blind*
4.Green Day
5.Beastie Boys
6.Beck
7.The Muse
8.Red Hot Chili Peppers
9.Alanis Morrisette
10.Tori Amos
11.REM*
12.Smashing Pumpkins*
13.Depeche Mode
14.Foo Fighters
15.Pearl Jam

Day 2
1.The Police/Sting
2.Radiohead
3.Guns'N'Roses*
4.Metallica*
5.Aerosmith
6.Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
7.Elton John
8.Billy Joel
9.Simon&Garfunkel
10.Bob Dylan
11.U2
12.Pink Floyd*
13.Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham*
14.The Rolling Stones
15.Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sean Lennon, and Dhani Harrison*

*1-3 = With original guitarist Kevin Cadogen
*1-11 = With Bill Barry
*1-12 = REAL Pumpkins lineup
*2-3 = One-time reunion of real GNR lineup, Slash and all
*2-4 = With Jason Newsted as the bassist(Cliff Burton would be better but he is dead), and playing mostly old-school stuff
*2-12 = Classic 70s Lineup
*2-13 = I won't call them Led Zeppelin, because it's not without John Bonham, but it's the next best thing.
*2-15 = Same thing, I won't call them the Beatles without John and George, but it's the next best thing. Could end the show with Hey Jude or All You Need Is Love or something like that.

The second half of Day 2 is just a fucking dream. Having the legends of legends marched out one after another...S&G, Dylan, Floyd, Faux Zep, Stones, Faux Beatles......the whole festival builds up to that.

Yeah, I really REALLY bent the 'must be active' rule.

 

[I'm Ready]

good idea

Location: Millenium Park, Chicago
Cost: Free

Day 1:
1. Wilco
2. Grizzly Bear
3. Cat Power
4. Menomena
5. Feist
6. Animal Collective
7. Akron/Family
8. Stephen Malkmus
9. The Mountain Goats
10. Broken Social Scene
11. The National
12. Okkervil River
13. The New Pornographers
14. Bruce Springsteen
15. The Arcade Fire

Day 2:
1. Andrew Bird
2. Califone
3. Yo La Tengo
4. Sonic Youth
5. Interpol
6. The Flaming Lips
7. The Hold Steady
8. Belle and Sebastian
9. U2
10. The Who
11. TV on the Radio
12. Sufjan Stevens
13. Bob Dylan
14. The Decemberists
15. Radiohead

pretty perfect lineup I would say, and both days are equally balanced

 

[Axver]

Venue: Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: 17 January 2008

Day 1

1. The Shadows
2. The Bats
3. Marillion[1]
4. Wolverine
5. Anathema
6. Devin Townsend
7. Circus Maximus
8. Sculptured
9. Agalloch[2]
10. Borknagar
11. Cynic
12. Orphaned Land
13. Opeth[3]
14. Blackfield
15. Dream Theater[4]

[1] With original singer Fish. Hogarth for some songs, but none of the recent bullshit is performed.
[2]As most members of Sculptured are in Agalloch, their sets segue seamlessly.
[3]Featuring Steven Wilson during Bleak, the last song. Wilson stays on stage and Blackfield's set begins.
[4]With original keyboardist Kevin Moore. Derek Sherinian does a guest appearance as Nicky Lemons (with the Migraines) for a return of I Don't Like You during Metropolis. At the end of the gig, Mike Portnoy fires Jordan Rudess and Kevin Moore returns to the band.

Day 2

16. Alcest
17. Russian Circles
18. Osiris
19. Dredg
20. U2[5]
21. Neal Morse
22. Spock's Beard[6]
23. The Verve
24. The Bats
25. The Chills[7]
26. Neil Finn
27. Split Enz
28. Crowded House[8]
29. Pure Reason Revolution[9]
30. Porcupine Tree

[5]U2 promise that their set will consist mainly of eighties material, including rarities. Brian Eno makes a guest appearance for a couple of Passengers song.
[6]Neal Morse stays on after his set for a reunion with his former band. The reunion of Transatlantic is announced between the sets.
[7]Martin Phillipps, David Kilgour, Shayne Carter, and Andrew Brough all make guest appearances during The Bats' and The Chills' sets. Phillipps appears during The Bats' final song so he can stay on stage for The Chills' set. During The Chills' set, Phillipps and Kilgour reprise their Pop Art Toasters supergroup moniker for one song, a cover of The Avengers' Everyone's Gonna Wonder.
[8]The Neil Finn, Split Enz, and Crowded House sets are seamless, with Finn on stage the entire time. During Split Enz's set, Eddie Rayner announces the release of the Rootin' Tootin' Luton Tapes to mark the 30th anniversary of the recording session.
[9]Jim Dobson and Andrew Courtney make guest appearances. Subsequently, Dobson announces his return to the band.

Fuck, that would own so much.

 

[phillyfan26]

If U2 and Springsteen & the E Street Band are involved, then I'm in.

DAY 1
1. Employment (my band)
2. Wilco
3. The Strokes
4. Explosions in the Sky
5. Green Day
6. White Stripes
7. Muse
8. The Killers
9. Oasis
10. Radiohead
11. The Interferers
12. Prince
13. David Bowie
14. Bob Dylan
15. Roger Waters

DAY 2
1. Arcade Fire
2. DMB
3. R.E.M.
4. Coldplay
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Franz Ferdinand
7. Pearl Jam
8. Paul McCartney
9. Receding Hairline (my cousin's band)
10. The Who
11. Rolling Stones
12. Led Zeppelin
13. The Police
14. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
15. U2

Answers to your obvious questions:

- Yes, I loaded Day 2.
- I added my band and my cousin's band cause I wanted to. Sue me.

 

[Jack In The Box]

someone stole my idea for a festival:

http://www.rhaaalovely.net/

 

[annie_vox]

A mix of bands that I love and bands that I find "funny" (it's good to at a festival)


Day 1

U2 (strange but I think they could be the opening act )
Editors
Animal Collective
Calexico
Sons And Daughters
Klaxons
The Sounds
The Fiery Furnaces
Feist
Ryan Adams
Wolfmother
Bloc Party
The Strokes
The White Stripes
Muse

Day 2

The Long Blondes
Guillemots
Kaiser Chiefs
Interpol
Kasabian
The Good The Bad And The Queen
R.E.M
Belle & Sebastian
Arctic Monkeys
Placebo
The Killers
Franz Ferdinand
Roger Waters
Radiohead
Arcade Fire

I nedd to think about a better line up... But the bands are these ones

 

[WinnieThePoo]

Love + Earth = The Hope For Future

Brazil

Day 1 :

Air
U2
Paul Mccartney
Oasis
Bon Jovi
AC/DC
Queen
Velvet Revolver
Peter Gabriel
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Outkast
David Bowie

Day 2 :
bob Dylan
RadioheaD
Genesis
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
BLMC
Good , Bad & The Queen
Prodigy
Eric Clapton
Guns'n'roses
Prince
Rage Against The Machine
Rolling Stones
The Police






Elvis Presley

 

[Joey788]

Day 1

1. Coldplay
2. Keane
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Arcade Fire
5. Foo Fighters
6. Prince
7. Snow Patrol
8. Blue October
9. Radiohead
10. Queen
11. The Killers
12. David Bowie
13. The Police
14. Pink Floyd
15. Paul Mccartney and Ringo Starr

Day 2

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. R.E.M.
3. The White Stripes
4. Velvet Revolver
5. The Darkness
6. Outkast
7. Gorillaz
8. Linkin Park
9. Green Day
10. Pearl Jam
11. Bruce Springsteen
12. Eric Clapton
13. The Who
14. The Rolling Stones
15. U2