Wednesday, January 6, 2010 11:06AM - By Seraphina L.
We previously told you the man behind the The Simpsons and Futurama will be curating his own ATP Festival this coming year. On May 7 – 9, 2010, Matt Groening will be bringing you legends such as Iggy & The Stooges and other bands such as Built To Spill, The Raincoats, Broadcast and more.
It sounds like Groening has pretty great taste in music.See if one of your favorite bands has been chosen. We’ve got the line-up so far for you after the jump!
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Thursday, November 5, 2009 5:21PM - By Seraphina L.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been selected for the ATP Festival lineup which is great news. However, what’s even more fantastic than that is the fact that they will be playing fan favorite album, Fever To Tell, in its entirety!
That’s right. They’re reminding us why we loved them in the first place, and it’s probably fun to play a whole album for a show anyway. Everyone’s doing it. Pixies did it last night in LA, and Bruce Springsteen’s been doing it as well among many others. Pitchfork Festival always has a band play an entire album on the first day. It’s what the fans want!
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:24PM - By Krystal Clark
You read the title right, Matt Groening the man behind The Simpsons will be at next year’s ATP Festival. ATP stands for All Tomorrow’s Parties and was created in 1999 as a means to promote festivals and concerts throughout the world. For 10 years the London based organization has been bringing festivals to the masses and next year they’ll get some help from a TV legend.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 12:09PM - By Seraphina L.
We get a Pavement reunion in New York for 2010 but the UK has gotten them to curate the prestigious All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival the same year! Although, they said they wouldn’t be doing any “silly” like festivals, headlining and curating ATP in the country where it originated is a pretty big deal.
ATP is known as the festival of festivals in Britain for starting something alternative against the corporate guys like Glastonbury and Reading. They’ve also been very involved with the States’ indie scene by booking stages for Pitchfork and Primavera Sound, and eventually launching an ATP festival here as well.
Since Pavement was chosen to headline and curate, this means that they will basically get to make their own mixtape out of the festival by handpicking the lineup themselves. It all happens on May 14 – 16 in Minehead, England. See more info after the jump!
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