All Points West Festival 2009

[the_gloaming09]

FRIDAY, JULY 31st

* Beastie Boys
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs
* Vampire Weekend

the National/Fleet Foxes/MSTRKRFT/Q-Tip/the Pharcyde/Organized Konfusion the Knux/Ra Ra Riot/Seasick Steve/Telepathe/Shearwater/Heartless Bastards Flying Lotus/CollegeHumor Live/Arj Barker/Eugene Mirman/Bo Burnham



SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st

* Tool
* My Bloody Valentine
* Gogol Bordello

Arctic Monkeys/Neko Case/the Ting Tings/Yelle/Crystal Castles/St. Vincent Tokyo Police Club/the Cool Kids/Kool Keith/Cage the Elephant/Chairlift/White Rabbits/Electric Touch the Postelles/Black Gold/CollegeHumor Live/Tim & Eric/Judah Friedlander/Jim Jeffries




SUNDAY, AUGUST 2nd

* Coldplay
* Echo & The Bunnymen
* MGMT

the Black Keys/Elbow/Silversun Pickups/Mogwai/We Are Scientists Ghostland Observatory/the Gaslight Anthem/Etienne De Crecy/Lykke Li Akron/Family/Steel Train/Kitty, Daisy & Lewis/CollegeHumor Live/Janeane Garofalo/Michael Showalter/Todd Barry

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Looks like an interesting lineup. I went last year where I saw Radiohead. It's a nice venue. I might try to go to this but I dunno which one... probably the Sunday show because I'd like to MGMT and Black Keys

[berrywoman]

^ I went last year as well. I thought it was well run for being the first one. I'm glad they're coming back! The highlight for me was Radiohead. It was the first time I had ever seen them live, and I was thoroughly pleased with the venue. Sound was ace, and my video was sweet! I'm definitely looking forward to this years. I plan on going to Sunday's as well.. however I love Organized Konfusion!!!! So, I might do both days. How can I pass on the opportunity to see Echo and the Bunnymen AND Coldplay in the same night!!! lol Saw Echo this past October at Radio City... amazing as well.

[the_gloaming09]

^ I went last year as well. I thought it was well run for being the first one. I'm glad they're coming back! The highlight for me was Radiohead. It was the first time I had ever seen them live, and I was thoroughly pleased with the venue. Sound was ace, and my video was sweet! I'm definitely looking forward to this years. I plan on going to Sunday's as well.. however I love Organized Konfusion!!!! So, I might do both days. How can I pass on the opportunity to see Echo and the Bunnymen AND Coldplay in the same night!!! lol Saw Echo this past October at Radio City... amazing as well.

what day did you go last year?

[berrywoman]

I believe it was Saturday night.. I want to say Aug. 8th... ? It was the first night Radiohead headlined. I know they closed out the festival on Sunday as well...

edit: no it was a Friday! I remember because I took the day off from work. :)

[the_gloaming09]

oh cool... i went to the same show.

[berrywoman]

we were by the control tower thingy, like where the sound boards where and stuff. Some kids had those VIP passes and stood on the platforms right in front of our view! :( I had to settle for watching Thom on the big screen :( lol

[winigwl]

i wanna go all 3 nights! i'll be at camp and i'll try to sneak out for one night, i guess the third although the first night seems great too! and for anyone who's wondering, arj barker is hysterical!

[MrMagpie]

^yeah, if I wasn't at camp I would have went :(

[SwallowedInSea]

I'll definitely be there for the Sunday night!

[the_gloaming09]

i'm strongly considering going to the sunday show

[the_gloaming09]

anyone else going this year?... i'm pretty sure i'm going to the sunday one

[the_gloaming09]

so the Beastie Boys cancelled due to one of the members getting cancer. I'm interested to know who will take their place.

Also I hope that they post the set times soon, afterall the show is only about a week away

[the_gloaming09]

Jay-Z has taken the headliner spot since the Beastie Boys had to cancel... still waiting for set times.

http://www.apwfestival.com/

[the_gloaming09]

set times posted...

Friday:
http://www.apwfestival.com/sitecontent_assets/image/apw2009_friday.jpg


Saturday:
http://www.apwfestival.com/sitecontent_assets/image/apw2009_saturday.jpg


Sunday:
http://www.apwfestival.com/sitecontent_assets/image/apw2009_sunday.jpg


...well this really sucks, because the two main acts I wanted to see are MGMT and Coldplay and now I gotta choose between the two.

[Black Rose]

If you have a problem with stage clashes with 3 stages, think of poor me when i had 15 odd stages

[the_gloaming09]

oh man, that sucks!

[Black Rose]

It does.

And throw in "special guests" in the program and it gets worst.

[taylor58]

Bought Coldplay tickets last night and i'm just so excited that i cant wait to see them!!!! :)
Those wanting to buy tickets should also visit TicketLuck...you may end up finding good discounted tickets there. And also dont forget to use their special promo code AMY for decent savings!! Go Coldplay!! :):)

[the_gloaming09]

map of place posted

http://apwfestival.com/sitecontent_assets/image/apwmap.JPG

[Black Rose]

So I hear Friday was a bit of a wash-out

[the_gloaming09]

...yup that's what i heard as well. it was such a was out that people that got friday tickets are able to go to either the saturday or sunday show for free

[Christa42]

according to the NY Times, 2010 is still up in the air

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/arts/music/24west.html

[the_gloaming09]

I really hope that they have it... there's no other really good music festivals on the East Coast. I think that it was a great thing to have in this area (dispite the amount of mud). I can see how it may have been a pain (though I didn't take public transportation), but still it would be an event that a lot of people would like.

[winigwl]

this better happen. i oculdn't go last year and can this year. i'd be so angry!!!!
Arcade fire to headline!!!

[the_gloaming09]

^ that'd be great if they headlined. Did you go in 2008 when they had the first year of it?

[winigwl]

no. i've been at camp for the last 9 summers. this is the first i'm not. so i wanna go so badly

[the_gloaming09]

yeah... you should go. I've gone these past two years and it was awesome!

They need to have this because there are no other good festivals in the tri-state area.

If you go just hope there's no rain (or a lot of it). I went last year and it was pouring so much that when I got to the venue it was a total mud fest.

[the_gloaming09]

looks like All Points West will be dead for good...

Phillips said the future looked bleak for AEG Live's nascent All Points West festival, which took place in 2008 and 2009 across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J.

"We're probably going to kill it," said Phillips. "As beautiful as (the site) is, it's very hard to get New Yorkers to cross that river. All Points West is an experiment that just didn't work."

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63K68M20100421

Total BS.... there are no good festivals on the East Coast

[MrMagpie]

:(

Come up to Osheaga!

[Christa42]

what about the place in brooklyn where rxp is hosting some concerts this summer? i havent been there yet, but i gather its not big enough?

[professa95]

the waterfront at williamsburg? i dont think it would be big enough for a festival. That sucks though that they're going to kill All Points West cause i had alot of fun last year.

[the_gloaming09]

you have no idea how much I'm dissapointed about APW being cancelled (or at least it seems like it). I enoyed the festival so much (both 2008 & 2009). It's total BS that the east coast doesn't have any good festivals. I mean California has a few of them so why not NY?

If anything they should try central park... it'd be cool if they did that

[the_gloaming09]

someone on the MB for APW sent a message to contact them, and they responded that there is no APW for 2010... what a bummer! :(