27-Jul-08: Pemberton - Tickets, Preview, Meetups, Review/Photos

[crackerjack]

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725081

that means they should be in canada around then!


Billboard.com has learned that Coldplay, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Jay-Z and Nine Inch Nails will headline the first-ever Pemberton Festival, set for July 25-27 in Pemberton, B.C.

The festival is produced by Live Nation and Good Boy Productions. Live Nation Canada CEO Shane Bourbonnais will spearhead LN's efforts on the event. Good Boy Productions is a joint venture between Coldplay manager Dave Holmes and Depeche Mode manager Jonathan Kessler.

Also on the bill are My Morning Jacket, the Tragically Hip, Interpol, Flaming Lips and Death Cab For Cutie, along with newer acts like Vampire Weekend, MGMT and Sia. The plan is to feature two stages, a dance stage and more than 50 bands.

Pemberton, a two hour drive from Vancouver, is a popular destination area due to its close proximity to Whistler ski resort, site for some competitions for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The event will boast a festival village, camping facilities, an RV Park and shuttle service to and from nearby Whistler, tickets for the Pemberton Festival go on sale through PembertonFestival.com beginning Friday, March 28.


Concert-goers will be able to camp on site or sleep in accommodations ranging from motels to top notch luxury hotels in Whistler.

The confirmed line up as of today (March 13) is:

Coldplay
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Nine Inch Nails
Jay-Z
Flaming Lips
Interpol
Death Cab For Cutie
The Tragically Hip
Serj Tankian
My Morning Jacket
Metric
Sam Roberts Band
Vampire Weekend
Black Mountain
Minus The Bear
Wintersleep
Buck 65
Secret Machines
MGMT
Brazillian Girls
SIA
Fiery Furnaces
Mates of State
The Airborne Toxic Event
Carolina Liar
Grand Ole Party
Monte Negro
Low Vs Diamond
Annie Stela
The Crystal Method
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist
Junkie XL
David Seaman
Booka Shade
MSTRKRFT
M.A.N.D.Y.
Tommie Sunshine
Chromeo
Deadmau5
3 OH! 3
Kevin Shiu
Timeline
Tony Pantages

[Mimixxx]

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725081

that means they should be in canada around then!

Thanks ;)

[melanieau]

HOLY COW!!! They are getting closer to me...Vancouver here I come!:shocked2:

[busybeeburns]

good news.. thanks cj! :D

[Mimixxx]

July is not long away! So either the album will be out before then (:D) or they'll use the festival to debut it.

[kmm1482]

I think they'll play at the festival, THEN tell us the album title and release date

[Shaftell]

Woah! I am so going!

[RunForTheHills]

Awesome, the dates are getting earlier.

[Ebs757]

im going no doubt I need to find out closest airport ect. I will be coming from Chicago

[winigwl]

Well its good they got one good band in that festival. What a terrible list of acts!

[ricardo]

good news! thanks! this means lp4 is about to be released, by may maybe? or what do you think? because I think coldplay wants to let people listening their new album so they can sing along. So nothing dissapointing happens like in live 8 that people didn't know fix you.

[KissesBirds]

How fast do you think something like this sells out? March 28th is so soon!

[Shaftell]

Apparently the tickets are going to be very expensive.

Atleast, that's what the newspaper here is saying...

[Marisa]

Damnit. I always get excited when I see CP playing in Canada. It's only a hop, skip and a jump away from me. But this festival is so not close. haha. oh well. Fantastic lineup! The Flaming Lips would be amazing to see.


Keep these announcements coming!

[Cobalt]

Coldplay and Vampire Weekend at the same gig?

*bristles with jealousy*

[busybeeburns]

The quiet town of Pemberton will be a lot louder for three days this summer when a major music festival lands in the Pemberton Valley, bringing with it bands such as Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails and the Tragically Hip.

More than 50 musical acts are scheduled to appear at the expansive outdoor venue, attracting about 40,000 people to the bucolic mountain town north of Whistler. Jay-Z, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Black Mountain, Death Cab for Cutie and My Morning Jacket are also listed in the impressive lineup.

Inspired by the success of other large-scale outdoor music festivals such as England's Glastonbury Festival, California's Coachella Festival, and Washington's Sasquatch Music Festival, the Pemberton Festival will have on-site camping, food, a farmer's market, attractions for kids, a medical clinic and more. The site is located just off Highway 99, close to central Pemberton.

Three-day passes go on sale March 28 at 10 a.m. and will cost $239.50. No single-day passes will be available. The festival will take place July 25, 26 and 27.

News of the festival was leaked today by Billboard.com, a music industry website. The festival was supposed to be announced this morning by selected radio stations.

Shane Bourbonnais, president of concert production company Live Nation, spoke to The Vancouver Sun this afternoon from Pemberton, where he was preparing to meet with residents and local officials later in the day to discuss the festival.

Bourbonnais said he first approached Pemberton Village officials and the community last October to propose the idea of the major festival.

"The people of Pemberton have opened up their arms and welcomed us right from the beginning, which makes it a lot easier to put on an event like us," he said.

"The setting is second to none and with the proximity to Whistler and the new highway, there are so many things going for Pemberton right now."

Coldplay - a British band that has sold more than 30 million albums - is releasing a new album in May, but Pemberton is the only festival they will play at this summer, Bourbonnais said.

Attracting bands to the festival - once organizers had been given the go-ahead by RCMP, transportation authorities, health authorities and others - was fairly easy, he added.

"One of the great things about this festival site is, it's incredibly beautiful. I don't think there's a festival site that can compare to this one. You're at the base of Mount Currie, you're 25 minutes from world-class Whistler," he said.

"Festivals are becoming very popular and bands really like to play festivals because there are great audiences and there's great camaraderie among the bands.

"You start to get a couple of bands and then next thing you know, another band hears about it, and another band hears about it and instead of us making the calls, they're starting to call us."

It helped, of course, the Live Nation has a good track record in this region and that Bourbonnais has been working with Coldplay since the band was playing the Commodore.

Bourbonnais said some of the bands are planning vacations around the festival and he hopes festival-goers will also take advantage of the outdoor activities available in the region.

Live Nation is dedicated to making this a green festival, meaning those who carpool with four or more people will get free parking, and hydro-electric energy will be the main power source. Local farmers will benefit from the event through the farmers market and an effort will be made by the festival to serve local produce wherever possible.

About 20,000 tent campers can be accommodated on the 360-acre site and there will also be an RV park. For those who prefer to have a roof over their head and a bed under their back, there are plenty of hotel and motel rooms in the village of Pemberton and down the highway in Whistler.

Bourbonnais said he hopes to make the festival an annual event and added there is room for growth in the future. About 37,000 people at this summer's festival will be ticket-holders, while the remaining 3,000 will be volunteers and support workers, but that will be just 60 to 70 per cent of the festival's allowed capacity.

To compare numbers, capacity at the Coachella Festival is about 60,000. Capacity at Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival is about 70,000, and capacity at the Sasquatch Festival in the Gorge is about 20,000.

For the full festival lineup and information on buying tickets, go to www.pembertonfestival.com.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=aa370475-98af-4d0a-b63b-3c82d2e62481&k=96736

[CRYSTAL]

it's great they're atleast playing near to US and it made me happy!:)

[Larry]

First Japan... now Canada... Ehhm, what about Europe?! :dozey::D

Well, good news for everyone in North America though. But I cannot understand why Coldpaly are just performing there. I only know 3 or 4 bands/artists. :P

[chrisbuckland]

Well its good they got one good band in that festival. What a terrible list of acts!

You must be joking...

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Nine Inch Nails
Jay-Z
The Flaming Lips
Interpol
Death Cab For Cutie
The Tragically Hip
Serj Tankian
My Morning Jacket
Metric
Sam Roberts Band
Vampire Weekend
MGMT
Sia

No? Nothing there?

[kmm1482]

You must be joking...

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Nine Inch Nails
Jay-Z
The Flaming Lips
Interpol
Death Cab For Cutie
The Tragically Hip
Serj Tankian
My Morning Jacket
Metric
Sam Roberts Band
Vampire Weekend
MGMT
Sia

No? Nothing there?

Really? I hope that's sarcasm ;)

[Ebs757]

Coldplay - a British band that has sold more than 30 million albums - is releasing a new album in May, but Pemberton is the only festival they will play at this summer, Bourbonnais said.


Thats funny

[black&white]

omg omg omg
omg omg omg
omg omg omg
omg omg omg
omg omg omg
omg omg omg

I live in Vancouver and omg omg, Pemberten is a really small (nothing) town according to my friend and it took her 1 hr to find a pizza place when she was there. but omg, wth is coldplay going there? and jay-z? its so random. o well! i will buy the tickets no matter how much the cost. this is amazing. omg omg omg. i cant wait until march 28 when i can buy the tickets!

coldplay is being really random. theyre announcing tour dates but no album details? theyre up to something...

[Darkedge]

Well its good they got one good band in that festival. What a terrible list of acts!

That must be a joke! That's an incredibly good list!

[kmm1482]

Thats funny

They really think that's the only festival they are playing at? Did they not hear about Summer Sonic?

[Ebs757]

How long do u guys suppose these tickets will be being sold? Im not gonna have the money for a few weeks but im really willing to pay for it

[Mimixxx]

http://www.exclaim.ca/images/up-pemberton.jpg

[KissesBirds]

How long do u guys suppose these tickets will be being sold? Im not gonna have the money for a few weeks but im really willing to pay for it


Are you going alone? I'm starting to worry they won't come to Chicago soon enough.

[Texasluvsjonny]

3-Day Event Ticket
This is a standard weekend ticket giving access to the arena only. It does NOT include a camping ticket.

Booking Fees and Service charges apply.

No refunds or exchanges / Rain or Shine.

EARLY BIRD PRICE (while stocks last) $239.50 CDN
plus applicable fees and service charges
(to compare, the ACL fest sold out early bird tickets with in about 2 days, then the price went up for the rest of the tickets, but they also sell theirs before announcing the line up, so these will prob go the first day)



3-Day Event Ticket
FESTIVAL CAMPING TICKET
Festival Camping Ticket (per person / camping space = 10 x 10)

Festival Camping Site Opens Thursday, July 24 @ 9:00 AM and Closes Monday, July 28 @ 5:00 PM. - If you show up prior to 9:00 AM on Thursday, July 24th you will be turned away!

No refunds or exchanges / Rain or Shine

Festival Camping Tickets will only be valid if accompanied by a 3-Day Event Ticket.

Festival Camping locations will be General Admission with spaces assigned on a first come, first served basis.

All festival camping attendees MUST be 19 years of age or older & have valid I.D. - Sorry NO exceptions.

Sleeping in cars in parking lots is not permitted.

FESTIVAL CAMPING TICKET (while supplies last)
PRICE $60.00 CDN, plus applicable fees and service charges

VIP Event Ticket
This 3-Day Festival VIP Event Ticket includes

- Access to VIP Viewing Platform
- Access to VIP Lounge / Tent
- VIP Parking
- VIP Entrance
- VIP Pemberton Festival commemorative merchandise piece

There is no accommodation included in this package.

No refunds or exchanges / Rain or Shine

Availability is limited, so book soon!

3-DAY FESTIVAL VIP TICKET (while supplies last)
PRICE $599.50 CDN, plus applicable fees and service charges



They don't have any info about single day tickets.

[Shaftell]

Thanks for the info

[Ebs757]

Are you going alone? I'm starting to worry they won't come to Chicago soon enough.
I don't think so. Flying into Vancouver than a 2 hour drive, I don't think im old enough to get a rental car. I will probably bring a friend though. What are you planning?

[trueblue1]

This is fantastic! I think that there will still be some acts added as they said 50 bands and there are not yet 50 on the list.

There will be no single day tickets available according to the news I've heard.

I do hope that the new CD will released before then, but the word seems to be changing on a day to day basis as to when the album will come out.

Accomadations in the Pemberton area are pretty sparse and many are already booked up and the next closest place is near Whistler. Since this is a ski resort ... summer rates are a little more reasonable although still pretty expensive. I'm not into the whole camping thing so I'm going for comfort! I'd like to stay near Pemberton for convenience sake but Whistler would be a whole lot more fun. That's most likely where Coldplay will be staying.:)

[KissesBirds]

I don't think so. Flying into Vancouver than a 2 hour drive, I don't think im old enough to get a rental car. I will probably bring a friend though. What are you planning?


I would love to go, but I don't think any of my friends would be willing to go with me b/c they are not rabid Coldplay fans. I am certainly old enough to rent a car though (I'm 27) :laugh3:.

[busybeeburns]

Anyone seen any promo posters for this festival yet?

[Texasluvsjonny]

Anyone seen any promo posters for this festival yet?This poster?

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2270203&postcount=26

[busybeeburns]

thanks :dance:

[Mimixxx]

I have indeed :smug: :P

[seraphly]

Apparently the tickets are going to be very expensive.

Atleast, that's what the newspaper here is saying...

emmmm....missed....

[tracgyrl]

This is my first post here, so "Hi everyone!"

This festival sounds awesome! I'm going to start planning to attend. I wonder if there will be any groups of fans forming to go.

I'm totally not camping though, I'll probably have to stay over in Whistler in one of the hotels that hasn't been booked up.:cool:

[Kaycee]

Bought my 2 tickets today!!!!

YAYYYYY!!!!!!!

[busybeeburns]

PEMBERTON/CKNW(AM980) - Tickets for this summer's Pemberton Festival- to be headlined by British rock band Coldplay- are selling fast.
Organizers are reporting the first block of early-bird tickets have sold out and a new block priced at more than $260 each are now on sale.

The inaugural three-day festival which starts Friday, July 25th, will also feature performances by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nine Inch Nails, Jay-Z and Canadian band The Tragically Hip.

Up to 37,000 people are expected to show up, with more than half being allowed to set up camp at the 500-acre site.

The current population of Pemberton is about 2500.

http://www.cknw.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428218912&rem=88220&red=80121823aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm

[Ebs757]

I hope the tickets don't sell out all together... is Coldplay playing just on the 27th? I really wish they have one or two day passes

[yamfox]

Well its good they got one good band in that festival. What a terrible list of acts!
Flaming Lips and Interpol aren't bad acts! Not for me, at least.

[busybeeburns]

Early bird tickets already sold out; organizers add Wolfmother, N.E.R.D. and others to lineup

Weeks after the official announcement was made, buzz for the upcoming Pemberton Festival only seems to be growing, and so far, sales are going strong.

The three-day event will be held on the Ravenscrest property in the Pemberton Valley July 25 to 27, and will feature performances by almost 50 musical acts, including Coldplay, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jay Z, Nine Inch Nails, and The Tragically Hip. The maximum capacity for the site is 40,000 people, and organizers say they are now expecting to sell out.

“It’s been an incredible response, surpassing our expectation,” organizer Shane Bourbonnais said in an interview Tuesday afternoon. “…We’re well on-track to where we want to be, and we’re well on track to selling this event out, which is an incredible feat for a first-year festival.”

There have also been some slight changes to the massive 50-act lineup — while MGMT had to pull out because of scheduling conflicts, N.E.R.D., Matisyahu, Minus the Bear and Inward Eye were added in late March. And organizers just announced that Wolfmother, an Australian hardrock band, and Canadian vocalist, Kathleen Edwards, will be joining the festival, as well.

“We’ve got a partnership with Whistler-Blackcomb and the reservations have also been good, so we’ve got a lot of people coming to stay in Whistler, as well,” said Bourbonnais. “So it seems like a lot of people are traveling from all over, really, to come and enjoy the festival, which is exactly what we’d hoped.”

The first round of 500 tickets went on sale to Pemberton locals at a rate of $199.50 on Monday, March 24, and sold out in about five hours. Then, the next week, another 500 were made available, and this time, they sold out in about three hours.

Organizers also offered a round of tickets at a reduced price of $219.50 to Whistler-Blackcomb season pass holders and staff members on March 25, which quickly sold out, though Bourbonnais wasn’t sure exactly how many were sold.

“I don’t have that data yet, but I know that it was very well received,” Bourbonnais said.

Finally, on March 28, the general early bird passes, which account for about 35 to 40 per cent of all passes, went on sale for $239.50 and sold out quickly. Now, passes are available at the regular price: $259.50.

The four-day camping passes, which provide access to either the family or festival campgrounds, have also been selling well, with the early bird passes already sold-out, and spots at the RV site almost gone.

Bourbonnais is pleased that a lot of people are purchasing the camping passes, because he says it will not only add to the atmosphere of the event, but may enable them to offer one-day tickets to the festival.

He explained that traffic consultants provided a formula to organizers to help maintain a balance of people moving to and from the area.

Despite brisk sales, Bourbonnais says people holding off on buying their passes until their next payday shouldn’t worry too much about the event selling out entirely.

Some locals may also be able to score a free pass — organizers are currently putting together a volunteer program, so those who give up a certain amount of their own time will be eligible for a pass. More information on this program will be released in early May.

http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/pique/index.php?cat=C_News&content=npembertonfest1514

[Open, Politik]

Cool, looks like its going to be a good festival.
I wish I could go.

[TraceOddity]

It's the same date as the X Files movie release...and the movie was shot in Pembedton. God, I'd love to go to this one!

[Open, Politik]

You should and watch the X Files thing the next day!

[TraceOddity]

NEVER!!!:lol: I HAVE to see it as soon as it's in the theatre,lol. I'm as big a fan of the show as I am of coldplay, so getting to see both in one city in one day would make me explode! I might just have to say 'SQUEE' if that happens.:laugh3:

[busybeeburns]

http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/idl/vapr/20080515/168623-55926.jpg
Tom Petty is one of the headliners at the Pemberton festival.

WHISTLER -- Organizers of the largest three-day outdoor music festival in B.C. are likely to put day tickets on sale soon.

"It looks very promising that we will be doing day tickets, which is fantastic and that is great news," said Shane Bourbonnais, president of touring and business development for Live Nation, which is co-producing the Pemberton-based event to be held July 25-27.

The decision follows the sellout of all the camping sites for the festival, which have a total capacity of 20,000, and the organization of shuttle buses between Pemberton and Whistler and a car-pooling service.

There will be 50 buses ferrying concertgoers around the 500-acre site, which will have two stages and a dance tent.

Another 50 buses will act as shuttles between Whistler, 30 km to the south, and the festival site. A three-day shuttle pass will cost $90.

Anyone who carpools with four in a car will also get a free VIP parking spot.

"We really want to get people in the carpool or get them on the shuttles and minimize the environmental impact," said Bourbonnais.

Total attendance is expected to be 40,000. Already over 30,000 tickets have sold for the festival, which features Coldplay, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nine Inch Nails,

Jay-Z, the Tragically Hip and more than 45 other bands.

"What we didn't want to do was have 40,000 people on the highway," said Bourbonnais.

This week also saw the launch of the volunteer program for the festival. About 500 people are needed to act as sources of information, goodwill ambassadors, parking lot attendants, set-up and tear-down helpers, and to keep the site as "green" as possible.

Bourbonnais has already approached local volunteer organizers through groups such as Rotary and the Pemberton Chamber of Commerce.

"The mood is very, very positive about the concert," said Chamber president Paul Selina, adding that locals are excited about the chance to get involved.

"It has already had a remarkable effect from a marketing point of view for Pemberton, too."

The rural farming town -- population 2,192 -- has been mentioned in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone and the U.K.'s Sunday Times.

To volunteer, go to www.pembertonfestival.com and look for the volunteer tab under General Event Information.

There will be camping available for volunteers who come from outside the local area.

"I got a call from a guy in California yesterday, he is 50 years old and he is going to bring his 25-year-old son up and [they are going to] volunteer at the festival together," said Bourbonnais.

"And I am thinking what a great thing . . . that is something they will always remember."

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=ac17a10b-55ec-41a5-ae48-32f05e64ac6c

[Malcolm-Edge]

I am no longer excited about this headline, why? Well because of this they have omited a Vancouver date. Which infuriates me greatly. Why? here is a few reasons: The festival will cost a good $400 for tickets, accomidations and food for the weekend, as well as travel time to Pemberton from Vancouver it adds up!

another reason is Im a minor so Im not allowed on the festival ground or a ride to Pemberton, which i would gladly spend the money on.

As amazing as festivals are, an Arena rock show is much much better in my opinion. Plus it is way easier for most people. I am disappointed Coldplay looked over the best audience in Canada and probably a strong strong contender for the best in the world. I know they'll add a date on a later leg, they have to!