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Virgin Mobile Festival Schedule Announced

The Schedule for the 2008 Virgin Mobile Festival has just been released. Plan your day(s) ahead of time and make sure you see your favorites. Lots of other stuff to see, do, eat and drink at the Festival so plan time for that as well!

Visit www.virginmobilefestival.com for more information.

Saturday, Aug. 9 GATES OPEN - 10am

    NORTH STAGE (all times E.T. p.m.)
    12:00 - 12:50 Cat Power
     1:10 - 1:55 Duffy
     2:15 - 3:05 The Swell Season
     3:25 - 4:15 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
     4:35 - 5:25 Rodrigo y Gabriela
     5:45 - 6:35 Citizen Cope
     7:00 - 8:15 Wilco
     8:45 - 10:00 Jack Johnson


    SOUTH STAGE
    12:15-1:00 KT Tunstall
     1:20 - 2:10 Gogol Bordello
     2:30 - 3:25 Lupe Fiasco
     3:45 - 4:35 Bloc Party
     5:00 - 6:00 The Offspring
6:30 - 7:30 Chuck Berry and The Silver Beats
     8:15 - 10:00 Foo Fighters


    DANCE TENT
    12:00 - 12:30 JDH & Dave P
    12:30 - 1:45 Erol Alkan
     1:45 - 3:15 DJ Dan & Donald Glaude
     3:35 - 4:35 Soulwax
     4:45 - 6:10 Steve Lawler
     6:10 - 7:40 Ferry Corsten
     8:00 - 10:00 Underworld


    Sunday, Aug. 10 GATES OPEN - 10am


    NORTH STAGE (all times p.m.)
    12:00 - 12:45 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
     1:05 - 1:55 Shudder to Think
     2:15 - 3:05 Paramore
     3:30 - 4:20 Taking Back Sunday
  4:50 - 5:50 Iggy and The Stooges
      6:20 - 7:35 Stone Temple Pilots
     8:05 - 10:00 Nine Inch Nails


    SOUTH STAGE
    11:30 - 12:00 Hollywood Undead (Book the Band winner)
    12:20 - 1:05 The Go! Team
     1:25 - 2:10 Andrew Bird
     2:35 - 3:25 She & Him
     3:50 - 4:50 Lil' Wayne
     5:15 - 6:15 The Black Keys
     6:45 - 8:00 Bob Dylan
     8:30 - 10:00 Kanye West


    DANCE TENT
    12:30 - 1:30 Chromeo
     1:50 - 3:20 Rabbit in the Moon
     3:30 - 5:00 Deadmau5
     5:00 - 6:30 Richie Hawtin
     6:30 - 8:00 Moby (DJ Set)
   8:00 - 10:00 Armin van Buuren

            

Virgin Mobile Festival 2008 Preview

Just a couple of weeks to go until the 3rd V-Fest at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore. It's time to start learning a bit about those acts in the lineup that you may never have heard or seen before.

Rodrigo y Gabriela are an acoustic guitar duo from Mexico City who are now based in Dublin, Ireland.  They met while playing in a thrash metal band and their set list includes thrilling original material as well as cover versions of songs by Metallica and Led Zeppelin.

This video is a song called "Tamacun" which received airplay on many of America's finer radio stations including WRNR and WTMD.

All Time Low at Ram's Head Live

There were four bands on the bill Saturday night but for Chelsea and her 30 friends and most of the sell out crowd only one band mattered. All Time Low. 4 kids from Timonium Maryland who graduated from High School in 2006 and have been on the road most of the time since then.

We had a special section - a third floor balcony - for the party and had made signs so that arriving parents and kids could easily spot us outside and we would escort them in.  One of these signs was dropped to the stage by one of the guests and settled nicely, labeling this show as "Chelsea Party"!

This clip is from the opening number, "Holly (Would You Turn Me On)" - you can hear complete songs and see where they are off to next on their MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/alltimelow

Chelsea's Super Sweet Sixteen

Over on the left hand side of the page if you click on the Sweet Sixteen Gallery you will be able to view photos from Chelsea's Sweet Sixteen Party at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore featuring All Time Low and a fantastic cake from Charm City Cakes.  The cake was a total surprise to Chelsea, courtesy of the Bumbleduck. Yes, that half duck half bumblebee creature atop the cake is a BumbleDuck.  They have magical powers!

More details soon including a couple video clips, but for now check out that cake!