Festivais, ah os festivais. Os brasileiros estão cada vez melhores, mas pelo mundo afora, eles deixam qualquer um de bom gosto babando. Olha só:
COACHELLA – Califórnia (EUA) – 27, 28 e 29 de abril
Björk, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Interpol, Klaxons e Mika, LCD Soundsystem, Arctic Monkeys, Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Youth, Faithless, DJ Shadow, Peaches, Felix Da Housecat, Digitalism, Tokyo Police Club, Of Montreal, Amy Winehouse, Noisettes, Arcade Fire, The Good, The Bad and The Queen, Travis, Kings of Leon, Gotan Project, The Rapture, , Regina Spektor, !!!, Hot Chip, MSTRKRFT, Peter Bjorn & John, CocoRosie, Justice, Air, Happy Mondays, Kaiser Chiefs, The Lemonheads, Lily Allen, Jose Gonzalez, Spank Rock, Ratatat, Junior Boys.
PRIMAVERA SOUND Barcelona (Espanha)- 31 de maio a 2 de junho
The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Bonde Do Role, Patti Smith, The Good The Bad & The Queen, The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Wilco, The Apples In Stereo, Of Montreal, Girl Talk, Girls Against Boys, Grizzly Bear, Architecture In Helsinki, Hot Chip, Billy Bragg, Portastatic, The Rakes, Black Mountain, Blonde Redhead, Justice, Klaxons, Built To Spill, Shitdisco, Buzzcocks, Slint, The Long Blondes, Los Planetas, Spiritualized acoustic mainlines, Low, Diplo, The Durutti Column, Maxïmo Park, Erol Alkan, Melvins, Múm, Explosions In The Sky, The Fall, Fujiya & Miyagi, entre outros.
SÓNAR Barcelona (Espanha) – 14, 15 e 16 de junho
Beastie Boys, Devo, Dave Clarke, Digitalism, Junior Boys, Miss Kittin, Mogwai, New Young Pony Club, Simian Mobile Disco, Justice e Black Devil Disco Club, Cornelius, Altern8, Dizzee Rascal, Matthew Dear e DJ Mehdi.
O2 WIRELESS – Londres e Leeds (Inglaterra) – 14, 15, 16 e 17 de junho
White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Kaiser Chiefs, Cansei de ser Sexy, Air, Editors, The Rakes, Satellite Party, The Cribs, Simian Mobilie Disc, New Young Pony Club, entre outros.
BONNAROO Manchester (Estados Unidos) – 14 a 17 de junho
The Police, Tool, The White Stripes, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System, Franz Ferdinand, Damien Rice, Ween, Ziggy Marley, The Decemberists, The Roots, Kings of Leon, Wolfmother, Regina Spektor, DJ Shadow, Spoon, The Hold Steady, Lily Allen, Fountains Of Wayne, Hot Chip, Tortoise, Cold War Kids, Brazilian Girls, Girl Talk, The National, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, entre outros.
T IN THE PARK Balado (Escócia) – 6, 7 e 8 de julho
Brian Wilson, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Snow Patrol, Scissor Sisters, Queens of the Stone Age, Kings of Leon, Bloc Party, Amy Winehouse, The Coral, Lilly Allen, The Killers, Razorlight, The Kooks, My Chemical Romance, Rufus Wainwright, The Skids, Interpol, Maximo Park, Goo Goo Dools, James, Damien Rice, Editors, Mika, Babyshambles, DJ Shadow, Dizee Rascal, Klaxons, James Morrisson, Wu-Tang Clan, The View, The Fratellis, Kasabian, The Gossip, Tori Amos, The Ocean Colour Scene, Badly Drawn Boy, The Maccabees, The Pigeon Detectives, Felix da Housecat, The Hold Steady, Josh Wink, Digitalism, Tiga, entre outros.
PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL Union Park (Estados Unidos) – 13, 14 e 15 de julho
Cat Power, Clipse, Iron & Wine, Grizzly Bear, Girl talk, New Pornographers, Stephen Malkmus, De La Soul, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, The Ponys, entre outros.
FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL – Niigata (Japão) – 27, 28 e 29 de julho
The Cure, Iggy & The Stooges, Joss Stone, Ash, !!!, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Justice, The Shins, Kaiser Chiefs, Kula Shaker, Mika, Muse, Ratatat, Simian Mobile Disco, Space Cowboy, Yo La Tengo, Shonen Knife, The Ataris, Blonde Redhead, Fountais of Wayne, G. Love & Special Sauce, Justice, Less Than Jake, entre outros.
FIB HEINEKEN – Benicàssim (Espanha) – 19 a 23 de julho
Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, The B-52’s, Iggy & The Stooges, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Os Mutantes, !!!, Animal Collective, Antony And The Johnsons, Cassius, Chloé, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Datarock, Digitalism, DK7, Ellen Allien, The Go! Team, The Hives, The Human League, Jamie T, Klaxons, The Magic Numbers, Muse, Peter Bjorn And John, The Pipettes, The Presets, The Rapture, Sascha Funke e Simian Mobile Disco.
LOLLAPALOOZA 2007 Chicago (Estados Unidos) – 3, 4 e 5 de agosto
M.I.A., Blonde Redhead, Sparklehorse, Sean Lennon, Polyphonic Spree, Peter Bjorn & John, Silversun Pickups, The Rapture, CSS, Pearl Jam, Daft Punk, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Muse, Iggy & the Stooges, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Snow Patrol, Patti Smith, Kings of Leon, Regina Spektor, Spoon, TV on the Radio, Wailers, Tapes n Tapes, the View, the Cribs, the Fratellis, Tokyo Police Club, Cold War Kids, LCD Soundsystem, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Silverchair, Yo La Tengo, the Hold Steady, Electric Six Juliette & the Licks, Viva Voce, David Vandervelde, Chin Up Chin Up
V FESTIVAL – Chelmsford e Staffordshire (Inglaterra) – 18 e 19 de agosto
Lily Allen, Mika, Amy Winehouse, The Killers, Kasabian, KT Tunstall, Editors, The Kooks, Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, Happy Mondays e Jarvis Cocker.
READING FESTIVAL – Reading (Inglaterra) – 24, 25 e 26 de agosto
The Smashing Pumpkins, Razorlight, Red Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Kings Of Leon, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Interpol, Maximo Park, Fall Out Boy, The Gossip, Ash, The View, Klaxons, We Are Scientists e LCD Soundsystem.
LEEDS FESTIVAL – Reading (Inglaterra) – 24, 25 e 26 de agosto
The Smashing Pumpkins, Razorlight, Red Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Kings Of Leon, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Interpol, Maximo Park, Fall Out Boy, The Gossip, Ash, The View, Klaxons, We Are Scientists e LCD Soundsystem.
CREAMFIELDS – Cheshire (Inglaterra) – 25 de agosto>
Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada, Kelis, Carl Cox, Eddie Halliwell, Erick Morillo, Sven Vath, Erol Alkan, Simian Mobile Disco, MSTRKRFT, Ladytron, Tiga, Miss Kittin, 2 Many DJs, Dave Clarke e New Young Pony Club.
