Seriously? Well I guess it is about that time of year again. The time when music fans are starting to get antsy about wanting to know who will be playing their favorite festival in 2010. For those of you who don’t know, think of festival rumors as the placement of teams in March Madness, assuming you’re a college basketball fan. Or you can think of it as matchups in the NFL Playoffs. Or the NFL Draft for that matter. Get it? Got it? Good.
Here in the United States, we’ve only seen one group of rumors so far. It’s for one of the first ”big” festivals of the year (Coachella), which is typically held in the middle of April in the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. Among the list of rumors, are Thom Yorke (of Radiohead, as if you didn’t know who he was), the reunited Pavement (hey it could happen…Coachella has a history of bringing in reunited bands, and Pavement has already confirmed a reunion for next year), Jack White (in some form), The Stooges and Faith No More. Others rumors (but bands you may not know) include Imogen Heap, Tegan & Sara, Pretty Lights, The Raveonettes, The Avett Brothers, Spacemen 3 and Craze & Klever.
Across the ocean, at what is undoubtedly the world’s largest music festival, Glastonbury, we’ve got rumors of The Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, Radiohead, Bon Jovi, Dolly Parton, Pavement, Fatboy Slim and Muse.
There is some good news however…some truth. It involves some of the acts already scheduled to perform at Austin’s South by Southwest Festival in March. They include a bunch of smaller bands that even I’ve never heard of, but some I know: Ted Leo & the Pharamcists, Midlake, Headlights, Film School, Jukebox the Ghost, Cale Parks, Japandroids and Obits.
To stay on top of all the festival rumors and confirmations, check out a music blog with the best festival coverage, Consequence of Sound.
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