toe will be performing at the Bentley Music Auditorium, Malaysia next Wednesday (March 14 – RM88 @ Soundscape-Records.com), and at Esplanade Theatre Studio, Singapore next Thursday and Friday (March 15 and 16 – SGD40 @ Sistic.com.sg) in conjunction with the Mosaic Music Festival. Also performing at Mosaic is Elbow at the Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore next Sunday (March 18 – From SGD40 @ Sistic.com.sg).
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
#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
#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
#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
#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