Friday Five: 5 International Music Festivals to Aspire to

In a good, good world, we’d be jetted off to California this weekend for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, watching bands like Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Angus and Julia Stone, City and Colour, The Strokes, The National and thousand more acts performing live. Alas.

Here are 5 music festivals to aspire to, to someday, before we die, we can experience at least one of them, at least once in our lifetime.

#1: Big Day Out
When: End of January, early February
Where: Throughout Australia and New Zealand
How much: AUD155 (approx. RM479)
2011 Headliners: Tool, Rammstein, Iggy and The Stooges, M.I.A

My Own Summer by Deftones
Big Day Out 2011
W: BigDayOut.com
T: @BDO_Official

#2: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
When: Mid-April
Where: California, United States
How much: USD269 for a 3-day pass (approx. RM820)
2011 Headliners: Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, The Strokes

Time is Running Out by Muse
Coachella Festival 2010
W: Coachella.com
T: @Coachella

#3: Glastonbury Festival
When: End of June
Where: Pilton, Somerset, United Kingdom
How much: £195 for a 3-day pass (approx. RM956)
2011 Headliners: U2, Coldplay, Beyonce

Forced to Love by Broken Social Scene
Glastonbury Festival 2010
W: GlastonburyFestivals.co.uk
T: @GlastoFest

#4: Roskilde Festival
When: End of June, early July
Where: Roskilde, Denmark
How much: DKK1,725 for a 4-day pass (approx. RM970)
2011 Headliners: Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon, PJ Harvey

Brick by Boring Brick by Paramore
Roskilde Festival 2010
W: Roskilde-Festival.dk
T: @OrangeFeeling

#5: Summer Sonic Festival
When: Mid-August
Where: Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
How much: ¥22,500 for a 2-day pass (approx. RM839)
2011 Headliners: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Strokes

Boy Lilikoi by Jonsi
Summer Sonic Festival 2010
W: SumerSonic.com
T: @SummerSonic_OSK

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