Virgin Festival Canada Cancellations – Canada Deserves A Major Outdoor Festival I was sad yesterday to hear the announcement that there would be no Virgin Festivals in Canada this year. Financial reasons were cited, as well as the lack of availability of headline acts. Admittedly, V-Fest ’09 in Toronto was a bit of a...
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Virgin Mobile Canada has pulled the plug on all of it’s Virgin festivals for this year. Speaking to the Toronto Sun, they blamed the economy and the difficulty of finding headlining acts as the reason for their decision. Virgin Mobile Canada Chief Marketing Officer Nathan Rosenberg said, “Like everybody last year, 2009, for the...
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All the action from Saturday at Virgin Festival Ontario 2009 in Toronto headlined by the Pixies, also featuring Franz Ferdinand, Paulo Nutini and Thunderheist.
Molson Amphitheater, Toronto
In one word: Pneumatic
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The second day of V-Fest Toronto where the headliners Nine Inch Nails played their last ever show in Canada and were joined by The Pet Shop Boys and Datarock.
In one word: Farewell
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An interview with Warren Oakes, the drummer of Against Me! This interview happened backstage at Virgin Festival Toronto, September 6, 2008. Interview by Brian Banks. Topic’s discussed include the move to a major label, the change in demographic of AM!’s fan base, and working with producer Butch Vig on New Wave as well as...
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Interview by Music Vice editor Brian Banks – September 16, 2008 Listen to an interview with The Airborne Toxic Event. The interview was recorded in the band’s trailer backstage at Virgin Festival Toronto. The ATE talk about their origins as a band/top-secret-US-military-project, the unique appeal they have to U2 fans who don’t like U2,...
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Festival review and photos by Music Vice editor Brian Banks Gig/Concert: Virgin Festival Toronto 2008 by Virgin Mobile Venue: Toronto Island Park, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 9 September 2008 Headliners: Oasis, Paul Weller In one word: Opopo Alright, first things first… the whole world seems to be talking about THAT incident on the second...
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Festival review and photos by Music Vice editor Brian Banks Gig/Concert: Virgin Festival Toronto 2008 by Virgin Mobile Venue: Toronto Island Park, Toronto, ON, Canada Date: 8 September 2008 Headliners: Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, Against Me! In one word: Intoxicating For the second time this summer I was taking a ferry to Toronto Island...
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