On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Without wanting to be too harsh on the organisers or the spirt of the > festival, major > headliners at a festival that hopes to attract international punters should > be announced at > least 3 to 4 months in advance at the earliest. The summer period is > ridiculously laden with > festivals in Europe, and in most cases people can only afford 1 or 2 at the > very most and > have to make decisions in Jan or Feb from a financial perspective because > hotels, flights > and the like go up as demand increases. > > It's a shame if Detroit has to lose out.
my guess is that they care less about foreign visitors, this one is for the rave cadets in the US which is why they seem to be leaning towards alot of the same old crap you might hear at a european festival. instead of having the detroit cats play and getting the worldwide crew, they have jokers play and get the US crew. eh. i guess we will see once they announce the lineup (that our man on here has said in the past has been near completion for over 2 months. WTF?!) but my guess is less detroit, more nonsense, more price. i spend all my money over festival weekend at local detroit record stores, restaurants, and clubs that support the real music. so i know my monetary contributions go the right people no matter what is happening at the festival. tom
