NASHVILLE |FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MARCEE RONDAN/
KRISTINE ASHTON/ALEXANDRA GREENBERG
THIRD ANNUAL “ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES”
SET FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 AT THE QUEEN MARY IN LONG BEACH, CA;
FESTIVAL CURATORS MODEST MOUSE TO
HEADLINE SATURDAY’S FESTIVITIES;
THE FLAMING LIPS WILL HEADLINE SUNDAY ON A BILL FEATURING THE SHINS
Mark your calendars.
Saturday, November 6 and Sunday, November 7 are the dates set for the third annual ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA with festival curators Modest Mouse as Saturday night’s headliners, while The Flaming Lips will headline Sunday on a bill featuring The Shins.
Both Modest Mouse and The Shins performed at last year’s event and they continue the tradition of consecutive repeat performances. Sonic Youth curated the inaugural Los Angeles event and performed last year, while “The Simpsons’“ creator Matt Groening curated the 2003 event, describing it as “one of the high points of my life.” Noted Richard Cromelin in the Los Angeles Times (11/10/03), “All Tomorrow’s Parties’ reputation as pop’s most adventurous musical safari stems from its policy of turning over the programming to a designated ‘curator’.”
Once again, event organizers Barry Hogan/Helen Cottage for ATP Concerts will team with Los Angeles partners Goldenvoice and the curator to bring together a variety of eclectic musicians for the two-day musical experience.
ATP’s BARRY HOGAN says: “We are looking forward to exploring the depths of the Modest Mouse record collection to put together this year’s ATP Pacific and producing another killer line-up.”
Tickets are $55 per day with two-day passes available for $90. Advance tickets will go on sale Friday, September 10 at the festival’s website (www.atpfestival.com) and then on Thursday, September 16 at 10:00 AM through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at (213) 480-3232, at all Ticketmaster retail ticket centers or via www.ticketmaster.com.
ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES was founded in England six years ago and debuted in Los Angeles in 2002. Past performers have included:
Los Angeles: Sonic Youth, Iggy & The Stooges, Television, Mars Volta, Built to Spill, The Magic Band, Big Star, James Chance & The Contortions, Eddie Vedder, Sleater-Kinney, Mike Watt, John Wesley Harding, Aphex Twin, J Mascis…
Camber Sands: Autechre, Boards Of Canada, Television, Yo La Tengo, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead, Shellac, Tortoise, Mogwai, The Boredoms, Stephen Malkmus, Blonde Redhead, Low, Smog, Bonnie Prince Billy, Aphex Twin, Love, Tindersticks, Jim O’Rourke, Public Enemy, Kool Keith, The Magic Band…
Los Angeles quotes:
“…the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, which brought more than 50 artists and more than 10,000 fans to the UCLA campus over the weekend, was a landmark pop moment…”
–Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times, 3/18/02
“Crowds eagerly gathered in both the ship’s smaller nightclub room and the nearby waterfront park, with seemingly everyone converging on the outdoor space for an electrifying closing set by Iggy & the Stooges.”
— Natalie Nichols, Los Angeles Times, 11/11/03
UK quotes:
“Britain’s most inspired festival.”
–Daily Telegraph
“The much-adored, boundry-stretching, holiday-camp based alt. rock festival celebrates its fifth birthday.”
–Independent Information (from their 50 best things to do in 2004)
“Always intriguing avant-garde weekenders, based in a holiday camp.”
–Sunday Times
“Just about the only acceptable music festival.”
–Arena
“The weekender boasts an egalitarian spirit which goes against the music industry’s guest list excesses.”
–Time Out
“Annual indie rock shebang with chalets rather than tents.”
–Sunday Telegraph
“It’s the classic seaside vacation – sun, sand, sea and, if not exactly sex, then certainly a very stirring set by The Fall.”
–Guardian Guide
“It’s a bit of a surprise to discover that, for the past three years over a long weekend in April, 3,000 young people have headed to Camber Sands in search of the perfect party.”
–The Telegraph
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