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We've actually been to the Virgin Mobile Festival (didn't it used to be called just the 'Virgin Festival'? Right?) in Baltimore before, and it's actually a pretty great time. It's a simple festival on the beautiful grass of the Pimlico Race Course, and if you get there a couple of days early, you can feast on delicious crab and catch an Orioles game and drive around the city pretending you're on The Wire (we don't actually recommend this last bit, btw).
The headliners for this year's festival - taking place on August 9 and 10 - have just been announced: Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters and a reunited Stone Temple Pilots (since that Velvet Revolver thing seems like it needs to decompress a bit). Oh yeah, and Jack Johnson, who is this year's festival slut. The full-lineup is expected in the next few weeks.
Here's the interesting question, though. Will people beyond the greater Baltimore/D.C. area travel for this? Lollapalooza happens the weekend before, in Chicago. And the new All Points West Festival, put on by the organizers of Coachella (and also featuring two days of Radiohead), actually happens ON THE SAME WEEKEND. Like if you live in Philly, where you gonna go?
The festivals are all a good thing but maybe folks could've spread them out a little more?
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