NINE INCH NAILS and BEN HARPER & RELENTLESS7 will headline Virgin Festival Ontario! - Burl's Creek Park confirmed as 2009 festival site so festival-goers can camp! - It all goes down on August 29 and 30, 2009 to 35,000 expected fans! TORONTO, July 14 /CNW/ - Virgin Festival, Canada's hottest summer music
festival, today announced 32 hot acts including industrial rock gods NINE INCH
NAILS and legendary rockers BEN HARPER & RELENTLESS7 as headliners for this
year's Virgin Festival Ontario! On top of that, Canada's tenth Virgin Festival
is packing up and heading out to a super-hot new festival site this year at
Burl's Creek Park in Orillia, Ontario on August 29 and 30 for an all night
camping experience. Other exciting day one acts joining BEN HARPER & RELENTLESS7 on the
Virgin Mobile stages will be alternative rock legends THE PIXIES; Scottish
rockers FRANZ FERDINAND; singer-songwriter PAOLO NUTINI; Brooklyn indie
rockers GRIZZLY BEAR; American rock duo MATES OF STATE; Canadian faves SLOAN;
Juno Award-winner LIGHTS; Montréal indie rock band PLANTS AND ANIMALS;
progressive indie artists DOWN WITH WEBSTER; Canadian rockers THE RURAL
ALBERTA ADVANTAGE; and California new wave rockers IGLU AND HARTLY. On top of
that, Canadian singer-songwriter ANJULIE; and electro club artists CANDY
COATED KILLAHZ will be pumping up the volume on the Virgin Radio stage, along
with a soon to be announced hot act! Joining day two headliners NINE INCH NAILS on the Virgin Mobile stages
will be English electronic dance icons PET SHOP BOYS; Juno Award-winning band
OUR LADY PEACE; American funk and hip hop band N.E.R.D.; American indie band
COLD WAR KIDS; Grammy Award-nominated rock band MUTEMATH; Danish rockers MEW;
Toronto electro-rock duo THUNDERHEIST; Quebec songstress COUER DE PIRATE;
alt-rockers THE VON BONDIES; Norwegian electro-rock group DATAROCK; electro
hip hop group HYPER CRUSH; punk rocker TROUBLE ANDREW; Montreal indie rockers
SILVER STARLING and alt rockers D'UBERVILLES! Day two on the Virgin Radio
stage will be reggae fusion singer SEAN KINGSTON; Canadian R&B
singer-songwriter MELANIE FIONA; and synth-pop specialists THE NEW CITIES. More hot talent will be announced in the coming weeks as summer heats up! The Festival has continued to grow each summer and this year Virgin
Festival Ontario is heading north to Burl's Creek Park in Orillia. Not only
does the new site deliver a big time space upgrade for even more
Festival-goers, it also makes room for all music fans with a passion for
camping. "Thanks to the growing number of fans that come back for more and more,
Virgin Festival keeps getting bigger," said Nathan Rosenberg, chief marketing
officer, Virgin Mobile Canada. "Camping is huge at V-Fest in the U.K., and we
know fans want the chance to hear their favourite artists all day long and
then camp it up all night. The new site at Burl's Creek Park is the perfect
outdoor venue to take the party from day right into the night... and then do
it all over again the second day!" "Virgin Festival Ontario at Burl's Creek is going to be a totally
unforgettable weekend," said Andrew Bridge, director of Virgin Festivals.
"We've got a line-up that will rock Ontario this year with an experience
that's second to none! With heavyweight acts like Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper
& Relentless7 and The Pixies and a hot new camping experience, our tenth
Virgin Festival in Canada will be the hottest Festival blowout of the summer!" Keep an eye on www.virginfestival.ca/ontario for the latest breaking news
and further line-up announcements for Virgin Festival Ontario. Fans can also
keep up to date with Virgin Festival on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/virginmobilecan and on the Virgin Festival Canada Facebook(R)
fan page. Virgin Festival is way more than a concert! On top of checking out the three stages - Virgin Mobile Stage, the
Festival Stage and Virgin Radio Stage - music lovers will be able to explore a
transformed Burl's Creek Park with all the excitement to make the weekend a
rockin' good time. The Festival creates an on-site experience like no other -
from interactive displays and contests, a vendor village, beer gardens,
special perks for Virgin Mobile customers, and way more - there is always
something to keep everyone going while they're waiting for their fave artist
to take the stage. We're moving to the country! Burl's Creek Park is located in Orillia, Ontario, just off Highway 11.
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really old NIN photo... Alessandro isn't with the band Neither is Josh F.
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