Identity, the ?first-ever touring electronic only music festival?

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Starscape Festical sold out last year at Fort Armistead Park in Baltimore. That's a mostly DNB/Trance/Dubstep festival. I wanna say it was around 14-15 thousand people? And still huge crowds trying to get in. With pop music going the way it is and the mainstreaming of other electronic acts the music is only getting more and more popular.

True… but Starscape is a good bit cheaper than I imagine the Identity festival is going to be, and has fewer big names.

EDITED TO ADD:  Although looking at the Starscape site (http://www.starscapefestival.com/mainstage.cfm), they have some names that are perhaps bigger than I expected: Bassnectar, Lotus, Infected Mushroom, Rabbit in the Moon, Daedelus [sic], and Identity overlapper Steve Aoki.  And it's $75!!!  Somehow I thought Starscape was waaaaaay less expensive.

sweetcell wrote:

betao wrote:
Unless they announce Plastikman live. Then holy shit.

they are still claiming "more to be announced", so there is hope :)

i'm not up on my club-crap, but are any of those names headliners that can top a festival?  is kaskade really that big?

None of them can top a festival like Ultra or Coachella, but I guess given the "type" of acts that are being booked, those are fine. I mean, alot of them appeal to same demographic, so I can see this thing selling pretty well with what they have going for them.

Plastikman would be an expensive ad but well worth the price of admission alone. It wouldnt blend well though.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:

betao wrote:
Also, the mere fact that the site has Kaskade, Pretty Lights, Rusko, and Steve Aoki billed over DJ Shadow makes a point about who they're trying to market this thing to. Pass.


Unless they announce Plastikman live. Then holy shit.

There mere fact that these people have sold out giant venues across the globe.

That little, mere fact.

I'm not saying DJ Shadow doesn't deserve to be billed higher, I fucking love DJ Shadow, but cmon.

Note how I said "That's the unfortunate part"

personally i'd rather see Carl Craig, Model 500 or Aux 88 live than Plastikman…

I'd love to see all of them too, but Hawtin's Plastikman performance was out of the world at Coachella. I have to see that again.

Christine wrote:

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
There mere fact that these people have sold out giant venues across the globe.

The size of venues that people play at in other countries doesn't necessarily translate to the size of venues they play in the U.S.

Maybe my perspective is skewed, but I would've thought that DJ Shadow is bigger than Kaskade, Pretty Lights, and Rusko both in the U.S. and abroad.

Unfortunately probably not right now. Dubstep is a giant fucking cancer and every/any artist is being gobbled up by the rave kids. Like I said, it's unfortunate, but right now these people will probably attract the most fans. I'm not saying Rusko is better or even more talented, that's just the state of the dance music scene.

Seth wrote:
well…the obvious place for this, in terms of ambience & location…

Jiffy Lube Live!

ding ding ding… confirmed.

i'm out.

Gross! I was very disappointed when I opened that email. Ugh.

Did neither of you see that coming?

was it a possibility?  yeah, sure.  does it make sense?  why not.

but there are many other venues they could have hit up.  it wasn't a guarantee.  if you start bitching that you "knew this all along", i'm going up there and slapping you sillier.

Seth wrote:
well…the obvious place for this, in terms of ambience & location…

Jiffy Lube Live!

Seth rarely speculates on this board for myriad reasons, mostly professional. If he didn't already know it was booked at JLL then he most likely would not have posted the above. It's like the Hey Seth thread. If you suggest that he book a particular act and he responds with something like "That's a great idea" then you can rest assured that he's booked it. Until the contract is signed, mum's the word.

Yup. That was the deal closer for me.

beetsnotbeats wrote:

Seth wrote:
well…the obvious place for this, in terms of ambience & location…

Jiffy Lube Live!

Seth rarely speculates on this board for myriad reasons, mostly professional. If he didn't already know it was booked at JLL then he most likely would not have posted the above. It's like the Hey Seth thread. If you suggest that he book a particular act and he responds with something like "That's a great idea" then you can rest assured that he's booked it. Until the contract is signed, mum's the word.

Seth wrote:
well…the obvious place for this, in terms of ambience & location…

Jiffy Lube Live!

Oh, and BTW: No more tailgating at Jiffy Lube Live

Police say that the parking lots won?t open for the May 21 WMZQFest until 3 p.m. and the gates won?t open until 4 p.m. ? an hour and a half later than usual.

Fans, particularly ?Parrotheads? who flock to Jimmy Buffett shows, have flooded Jiffy Lube Live?s Facebook page with complaints. They?ve even started a Facebook page of their own called ?Boycott Jiffy Lube Live Tailgating Policy.?

Since 2009, four people have died in drunken driving crashes following concerts at Jiffy Lube Live.

http://idfestival.com/city/bristow/

Line-ups/stages and VIP ticket info anounced

link isn't working for me.

from the e-mail:

8.18.11 Bristow, VA

Main Stage:
Kaskade
Rusko
Avicii
Disco Biscuits
Chuckie
Booka Shade
Datsik

Dim Mak Stage:
Steve Aoki
DJ Shadow
The Crystal Method
Jessie and the Toy Boys
Modeskeletor
Nero
Holy Ghost!
Hercules and Love Affair
Le Castle Vania

Beatport Stage:
Steve Lawler
White Shadow
Manufactured Superstars
LA Riots
Chad Hugo
Nervo
The Eye
Marshall Barnes

where the hell are they going to put 3 stages at bristow?  oh, wait, i don't care.

They put like 10 up for Warped Tour. Isn't that still there? I can't ermember…

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d6a9f2bebe3c01052f974a836&id=1706b7dd17&e=93368dd24b


Tickets for $20.

azaghal1981 wrote:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d6a9f2bebe3c01052f974a836&id=1706b7dd17&e=93368dd24b


Tickets for $20.

Must not be selling very well for them to do that.

azaghal1981 wrote:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d6a9f2bebe3c01052f974a836&id=1706b7dd17&e=93368dd24b


Tickets for $20.

So pissed. I paid 60 fucking dollars.

so, who went to this train wreck?  any redeeming qualities?  how full/empty was it?

slappy wrote:
Ouch. That is not a lineup that can sustain a 20 city tour of the big sheds. I bet it doesn't make it past 2 dates before being cancelled.

it's still chuggin' along

azaghal1981 wrote:
Tours like this are the future of shed events. There are fewer and fewer individual bands that are able to fill up venues that big anymore so Ticketmaster Live Nation will rely on packages like "Identity" to try and draw bigger crowds.

my edit: there are fewer and fewer individual bands that are able to fill up venues that big at current prices.  as long as TM/LN believe that $80+ for a shed show is acceptable, they're going to have to stack the lineup to get people to come.