NASHVILLE |DATE: JUNE 24, 2005
FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON
ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/MITCH SCHNEIDER
VOODOO MUSIC EXPERIENCE 2005:
NEW EXPANDED 62-ACRE SITE, ECLECTIC MUSICAL LINE-UP
AND FIRST-EVER ON-SITE CAMPING FACILITIES
ALL IN PLACE FOR
AMERICA’S MOST DIVERSE MUSIC FESTIVAL;
HALLOWEEN WEEKEND 2005 (OCTOBER 29 AND 30)
PERFORMANCES FROM MORE THAN 80 ACTS
FROM NINE INCH NAILS TO THE NEVILLE BROTHERS
FROM THE BRAVERY TO BRAZILIAN GIRLS
ALL FOR THE INITIAL TICKET PRICE OF
$50 FOR A WEEKEND PASS
An eclectic line-up, ranging from Nine Inch Nails to the Neville Brothers, from The Bravery to Brazilian Girls, a new expanded 62-acre site in New Orleans’ City Park and the first-ever on-site camping facilities are all in place for VOODOO MUSIC EXPERIENCE. Now in its seventh successful year, the country’s most diverse music festival will take place Halloween Weekend 2005–Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30–in America’s most authentic, exciting and bohemian city. Music fans traveling from across the country and around the world will come together to experience a musical convergence amidst 11 lush miles of bayous and lagoons to see how the locals do Halloween – with a little help from some of the most celebrated artists in the music world today.
Tickets will be on sale July 8 at www.voodoomusicfest.com <http://www.voodoomusicfest.com> and at www.ticketmaster.com <http://www.ticketmaster.com>. Single day tickets–pending availability–will be on sale in September.
This year, on-site camping will be available for the first time. Concert-goers won’t even need to leave the venue site (City Park) for the entire weekend, thanks to the expanded grounds. The camping and RV areas will be adjacent to the Festival grounds.
Rehage Entertainment has worked with city and park officials to expand the event’s grounds in City Park. The new location will accommodate the addition of the WWOZ Presents the “One Basin Street Stage” along with the Festival’s three main stages, five additional unique performance areas and an outdoor movie theater.
“Every year, we look for ways to make Voodoo better,” says Founder and Independent Producer Stephen Rehage. “This year, we turned the Experience inside-out. We expanded the site, added new features like camping and in-and-out privileges, and returned to Halloween weekend. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to the music, the Experience and the incredible live performances.”
The initial VOODOO MUSIC EXPERIENCE line-up–an intriguing mix of top tier artists, iconic musicians and indie favorites–is as follows, with additional artists to be confirmed throughout the summer: NIN, The Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age, Billy Idol, Social Distortion, Tiesto, My Chemical Romance, Secret Machines, New York Dolls, Cake, Ryan Adams, Mickey Hart’s Voodoo Drum Circle, The Bravery, Louis XIV, LCD Soundsystem, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Digable Planets, Carl Cox, Brazilian Girls, The Decemberists, Death From Above 1979, VHS or Beta, King Wilkie, Dan Dyer, The Giraffes, World Leader Pretend, Mindless Self Indulgence, Something For Rockets, Ballzack, Ghost, Prince Paul, Dan The Automator, Worms Union, Noomoon Tribe, Nag Hammadi, Atone Pain Tribe, Frame of Mind and many more to be announced in the coming weeks.
The WWOZ Presents “One Basin Street Stage” will include performances from New Orleans’ legends such as The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins with Rebirth Brass Band, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Bonerama, Spam Allstars, Fi Yi Yi – Spirit of the Mandingo Warrior and Morning 40 Federation, as well as other soulful acts including Joss Stone, Michael Tolcher, Brotherhood of Groove and Jose Conde y Ola Fresca, with more to be announced.
Sponsors for this year’s VOODOO MUSIC EXPERIENCE include: PlayStation®, Miller Lite, RollingStone.com, Southern Comfort, MTV2, nine.com, SPIN, MySpace.com, STA Travel, KKND, WWOZ and Spencer’s.
For up-to-the-minute information, additions to the line-up and any and all things VOODOO MUSIC EXPERIENCE related, visit: www.voodoomusicfest.com <http://www.voodoomusicfest.com>.
MSO Contacts: 818-380-0400
Marcee Rondan marcee@msopr.com ext. 248
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson kashton@msopr.com ext. 233
Alexandra Greenberg agreenberg@msopr.com ext. 223
Mitch Schneider mschneider@msopr.com ext. 235
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