Virgin Festival

Oh well, it can only get better from here, I guess.

Can’t wait to hear the rest of the line-up.
PLEASE PLEASE BRING ALTERBRIDGE!!

OMG! As if! I cant believe how rubbish this lineup is! Why is it so hard for SA to get decent bands to come to the country! Yesterday when I heard about V fest coming to SA it was good news, now im so bleak! Snoop Dogg???!!! WHY! They all watered down rubbish “bands”

Maybe this is what the majority of SA’s public want to see?? If so im sad for them!

[...] As you know Virgin don’t go small and they have not let us down now! Check out the bands that will be playing: (courtesy of Virgin Festival Blog) [...]

LINKIN PARK!!!!!!

Can we have some REAL bands please???? eg. Limp Bizkit, Green Day, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, The Kooks, etc…

It’s not worth forking out R600 for so far, I hope this is just the Pop section and the Rock bands get announced next…

Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks, Bloc Party, AFI, Kings Of Leon, Biffy Clyro, The Pigeon Detectives, The Fratellis, Lostprophets. Guess ill need to move to the UK to get anything along those lines. I mean Kings Of Leon are playing 14 times in a month over in the UK. Dont people like that kinda music in SA? Is it just me and a bunch of people that do?

Id be embarrassed to host a “festival” with a lineup like this one currently has, I doubt it will get better, im sure they’d announce the biggest names first.

Hey eddy grant is for the older generation. My cokefest had better bands. I predict very low ticket sales.

this is a shit line up so far we need metal bands

what a crap line up. i mean one republic and maroon five are okay, but i wouldn’t rush out and buy my ticket for them, and what the hell is snoop dog doing there? bring sum real bands like bloc party!

It’s a festival for ALL kinds of music… Think it’s going to be awesome! Besides, the COKE FEST is there for rock. Looking forward to seeing who else is coming if I look at the band line up in America… Whoop whopp whoop!

PLS BRING LIL WAYNE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.. or timbaland

Virgin Festival is about breaking down barriers between the different genres of music, cutting edge production over multiple stages, established international artists mixed with local artists and progressive people who are into having a good time. It’s a South African festival and is not supposed to be a carbon copy of the UK, Canada or any other country for that matter, that’s as stupid as the tuscan style villas in Joburg….

Dirty Skirts were rated one of the best live SA acts of 2008, Eddy Grant will be performing with Lucky Dube’s band (which will be revolutionary), Snoop Dogg is one of the biggest urban artists in the world (one of few artists who appeals to a cross-over audience), Maroon 5 and One Republic are platinum selling pop rock artists who have been playing massive festivals … so far its a great line-up and rumour has it that the Sugababes and Goldfish will also be playing.

Cokefest is a well established platform for Metal & Hard Rock (Green Day, Linkin Park, Limp Bitzkit, etc.), don’t think Virgin Festival will see any of that.

Well I won’t be coming with this gay ass line up.
I’d rather go watch the local bands and not pay out my ass.
Where are all the good bands, that lineup consists of ppl who can’t play live for shit, its all studio music and crap.
PLEASE BRING US SOMETHING DECENT!!!!!

The Virgin Festival is not a rock concert as far as I can see so why are some people raining on the hip hop parade? I hope they can secure a good mixture of artists from all genre’s of music. Where’s the R&B? Any live event is awesome.

Looking forward to it!

awe that line up rules ’snoop dog’ wooo hooo im going

I agree with bringing more rock bands. Come on! The kooks would be like a dream come true!!!!! Breaking benjamin! Coldplay! Rem! Linkin park!! Plz oh plz… :) :) :)

A dissapointing line up. Not one that i would pay almost R500.00 for. But that is my point of view, many people will be happy with the line up but think the majority will stay away if the remainder of the line up is similar which will result in poor turnouts again. South Africa is infamous for not selling out venues and events and this will be no different unless that line up changes drastically! Your right, this is not the UK, or Aus or even the US. It is difficult to get the big bands here, just feel we lacking a big seller, like Foo Fighters, Chilli Peppers, Kings of Leon, Stereophonics, the Kooks, Metallica, Counting Crows, Coldplay, Muse, Green Day, Powderfinger. Virgin must realise if they want to make this a success they need to invest, get the big boys here or this will be a flop once again!

Are you kidding me???? Have you been to a V Festival in the UK, you guys are going to be laughed at if this line up doesn’t get better! Snoop Dogg…come on!!!! Rubbish!

please please please say LINKIN PARK is Playing at the V-Fest….

You really need some super Brill SA bands to show the world what SA is all about.. it needs to show diversity and the real South Africa so an Eclectic Line up is needed something for everyone not just the regular concert goers it
must appeal to all! Definately Freshlyground & Hot Water & The Dirty Skirts! Foo Fighters …!!!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring Linkin Park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please bring Rihanna

OMG!!!!! PLEASE bring a brilliant and famous international band that’s NOT gay and boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya i must say that the line up is very dissapointing so far!! Snoop Dog - why oh why!! I understand that we want a concert for everyone but cmon!! make sure you put him on around lunch time so we can all get food until he’s done!! Please bring some real talent like Linkin Park or Chevelle!! Something to wake us up after the other bands!! PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!

To Gregg…….. this is a public domain and people are free to complain n about the line up. That’s the point isn’t it to get feedback. If this music suites you fine you will probably be the only one there with you’re Sugababes poster and face full of glitter. Bring the rock and roll and leave these soft c*ck acts out.

OMG!!! and it gets worse!! I didn’t think it would be possible!!! Cmon man some rock here guys, please!!
Goldfish has got some talent but sorry to say Its still not worth the money!!!! Wheres Richard?!?! Someone please tell him whats going on!!

If the jonas brothers are added to this already weak line up it will be even more of a disaster. The bands that have been selected and the reaction from some people just show the level of SA’s cultural intelligence. These bands are musically weak, culturally inimportant and merely exist to steel your money. Virgin is selling music as a brand. How very very very sad that music doesnt exist as a artistic medium anymore. Bet anybody R500 that none of the bands on that line up will even be remembered 10years from now. Very sad

am sooo not keen on this lineup either!sugababes???BARF!!!

This is another quick money making skeem. Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Snoop around like coupla months back? He’s good but give us some new material.Sounds like these people didn’t put much effort into this. Frankly I’m not a big fan of big concerts like this, prefer what NoFX and Arrested Development did at Baseline.More personal.Artists like Lil Wayne, Foo Fighter and Linkin Park are too big to share the R500 ticket.Lione Richie is selling his tickets for R800 cause his big.Would people be willing to cough up that amount if all the good bands came.Sad, but ya it’s all bout the money.

LP people and how about Bullet for my Vallentyn? please just get a better line up this is really not good….

What a crock of @%^& line-up …
Snoop is prob the ONLY reason I would go to this, and I don’t even listen to Snoop normally…
overseas versions of this fest have LOADS better bands playing… I’ll see if they get better bands for next year, but unless my ticket is free I’m not wasting money on this….

only some of those bands are kwl …
hello what about slipknot? that might be hard but they awesome! and bullet? or what about evanescence? or seether?? they are good!!! but here’s an idea how about giving South African bands a chance of getting known!!! why dont you have auditions for a few South African bands playing!! i know a really good band from Cape Town! they are awesome! they called ‘When Karma Sleeps’ they have what it takes and i’m sure there are other bands too … i think that would be a great opertunity for South African music to be know aswell ..

FOO FIGHTERS OR KINGS OF LEON!!! virgin fest needs to bring some rock to really make this a concert!! two of the best live performing bands in the world. RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS even!! And whoever said linkin park isn’t good enough then dude live music ain’t for you. So far my coke fest has had way better line ups than this. KINGS OF LEON or FOO FIGHTERS. THE END

Virgin Fest is going on about “Rocking Out” and giving this whole rock concert vibe. It all Bladdy pop…change the colour and style of your adverts to like pink etc. You talking about rocking out then bring a big rock band!!!!!!!!!!!! not maroon 5???

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…..SUM OF U GUYS ARE SUCH IDIOTS! OF COURSE THE CONCERT SHOULD CATER FOR ALL MUSIC GENRES, HENCE….YES…..WAIT FOR IT……SNOOP DOG!!!!!!

this line up is really not worth the cash……

what about rise against or kings of leon???

kings of leon , mountain goats , athlete, the features something that will keep us rocking.please none of these second rate plonkers

Rammstein! and Muse