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...same time, Bonnaroo and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, held in a polo field in the desert outside of Palm Springs, California, were attracting huge crowds to multi-day marathons that strived to create an alt-culture atmosphere. Getting their cues from European music festivals like England's Glastonbury, Italy's Evolution Festival, Denmark's Roskilde and Norway's Lillehammer, U.S. promoters have realized that once-a-year mega-events have financial and logistical advantages. Multi-day music fests not only allow bands to reach more people in less time for more money, but the scale of such...
...California's Coachella, which was launched in 1999, has carved a niche as a haven for alternative and progressive artists with acts such as The Cure, The Crystal Method, Zero 7 and The Flaming Lips. Along with Lollapolooza, which will present the Red Hot Chili Peppers and other groups on August 4-6, other festivals making waves this year are Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, featuring Spoon, Os Mutantes, Mission of Burma and The Futureheads; and Austin City Limits, which boasts Ben Harper, Willie Nelson, Van Morrison and Massive Attack...
...beperforming songs from their as-of-yet-unreleased new album. Nabbing Radiohead for its only U.S. festival appearance was a coup for Bonnaroo, demonstrating that the festival, previously regarded as a backwoods Mecca for roots rock and hippie-tinged "jam bands,"has managed to shift its image and dent Coachella's reputation as the nation's coolest summer rock happening. Coachella's relatively underwhelming lineup last April was probably hurt more than helped by the last-minuterecruitment of Madonna, who had some hard-core rockers grumbling that the festival hadbesmirchedits indie-rock soul with Material Girl pop gloss. The resulting...
...tough call," wrote "Mark" last March in a message board on bigtakerover.com. "I agree that Bonnaroo appears to have more of a roots/blues/folk-rock vibe to it, whereas if you're looking for more of an indie-rock flavor, then Coachella is the place. Looking at the long list of smaller bands, there's probably more I'd like to see at Coachella. But if the decision must be based on headliners, then [for me] the scales would be tipped toward Bonnaroo with Radiohead." Opined Elizabeth Brady, in her article on the same site: "Life is full of difficult decisions...
...Bonnaroo's Mayers, for one, downplays the festival face-off, noting that Coachella was an inspiration for Bonnaroo and shares its genealogy as a descendent of Woodstock, the iconic '60s music festival that started it all. "We're not in a competition with anyone," Mayers says. "We're much different events. First of all, we're on the other side of the country, and we're a camping event too. Everyone is living here together and I think that really differentiates us from a festival like Coachella...