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[Mike K.]

Seems like a reasonable question.

The one time I attended the festival the headliner cancelled the day before or day of. I dunno, small town importance sometimes makes festival organizers forget that the price of these tickets is high for a lot of people. It isn’t out of line to want to know who will be performing. The username might be getting spammed now, when the question was what I’m sure many were thinking.

[dasmo]

Both are valid frankly. I’ve only been a few times and it didn’t disappoint. But I also knew who was playing haha.

[Victoria Watcher]

I can see both points of view.

 

The ones I shded green are the only ones I had heard of last year.

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 April 2024 - 07:08 AM.

[spanky123]

Seems like a reasonable question.

The one time I attended the festival the headliner cancelled the day before or day of. I dunno, small town importance sometimes makes festival organizers forget that the price of these tickets is high for a lot of people. It isn’t out of line to want to know who will be performing.

 

I would think that any major act performing this summer/fall is booked by now.  Having said that, Rifflandia didn't announce last year's lineup until May.

Edited by spanky123, 11 April 2024 - 09:16 AM.

[m3m]

I don’t think it’s that much of a difference between previous years and this year in terms of format. The first performances at RAP usually started in the early afternoon. Then the last performances at RAP ended around 9pm. Then everyone would trek over to electric avenue where the bigger names performed from around 10-12.

It’ll prob be basically the same this year, just all at one venue with performances going from early afternoon to midnight-ish. No commute. I’m happy about that.

[boomboombarrie]

They hinted on Instagram the other day they will be releasing some of the acts the day before the tier 1 ticket prices expire. So people will have an idea of some perfomers before the prices go up.

[Matt R.]

I’m guessing they aren’t having any issues early bird ticket sales.

[Victoria Watcher]

Rifflandia Festival has announced the first wave of performers for its 2024 edition, a list that includes platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule, ’90s hitmakers C+C Music Factory, and dance music favourite Rezz.

 

Other acts announced include rapper Channel Tres (who will perform a DJ Set), indie rockers Tokyo Police Club and Born Ruffians, bluesy rocker Garret T. Willie, and electronic acts Slayyyter, Nostalgix, and SkiiTour, among others.

 

https://www.timescol...dliners-8620857

[m3m]

Honestly this is a pretty typical rifflandia day. Good mix of genres and styles, local and international acts, up-and-comers and past-their-primers, and some good party djs for late into the night.

I’ll be there.

Also, very excited to see Garrett T Willie again.

Also nice to see Club Loading involved. I was very sad when their nightclub got shut down recently.

Edited by m3m, 18 April 2024 - 08:03 PM.

[Matt R.]

I think Tokyo Police Club are on their final run of shows as well. Calling it quits.

[m3m]

The Phillips Backyard Weekender has a stacked line up this year too

https://www.phillipsbackyard.com/

[Victoria Watcher]

I think Tokyo Police Club are on their final run of shows as well. Calling it quits.

 

Indeed, they have been banging it our for two decades with pretty limited commercial success.

 

On January 23, 2024, the band announced that they were splitting up. In tandem, they announced a farewell show at History in Toronto scheduled for November 29, 2024.  On March 12, the band released their final single, “Just A Scratch” / “Catch Me If You Can", and announced their farewell tour culminating in four sold-out shows at History in Toronto.

 

https://en.wikipedia..._Club#Accolades

 

According to Setlist they have played 760 shows (38 per year, ~3 per month).

 

https://www.setlist....b-6bd6327e.html

 

Nominated for 7 Junos, never won.

 

That's got to be a pretty hard life.  If they just had 2 or 3 bigger hits, they'd probably be a different band.

 

Bambi VIDEO on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/smq...DriTuCOBTm0Km-Q

 

(easily their most popular song, but only 3m views on YouTube)

 

 

 

 

 

Tokyo Police Club formed as teens in Newmarket, Ontario and blasted into the indie mainstream with their poppy, eclectic 2006 debut EP A Lesson In Crime. That’s one of the more impressive EPs of the aughts; it finds the band jumping from Strokes-y rock ‘n’ roll on “Cheer It On” to post-Microphones synth balladry on “Citizens Of Tomorrow” and successfully melding all kinds of the dominant styles of the moment. From there, the band released four albums between 2008-2018 in addition to a flurry of other projects. It makes total sense that, nearly two decades later, they’re ending a band they started in high school. But they were good while they lasted.

 

https://www.stereogu...well-show/news/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 April 2024 - 12:19 AM.

[Matt R.]

They probably had jobs the whole time.

A friend of mine is in a popular local duo, very successful. He has a regular job, the partner is a musician full time. He told me once how they could make a very nice living just touring up and down the coast of California, filling 500 seat venues nightly instead of criss-crossing across Canada in all sorts of conditions.

[AllseeingEye]

You know you are well and truly of the mid-late boomer set when you've never heard of any of these groups, lol.

[Nparker]

Not even C&C Music Factory? Weren't you shaking your groove thing anymore in the early 90s?

[LJ]

You know you are well and truly of the mid-late boomer set when you've never heard of any of these groups, lol.

I'm with you ASE.

[AllseeingEye]

Not even C&C Music Factory? Weren't you shaking your groove thing anymore in the early 90s?

 

Gotta think...early 90's....quick synopsis: was 30/1, just graduated with MA from UBC embarking on my corporate career. That period also marked the end of my 'clubbing' years after moving back here in '91 and briefly hitting the old haunt at Sweetwaters, lol. Took one look realized I was too old to be in that place at that time and never went back to that or any niteclub.

 

Only exception was a corporate jaunt to Cabo San Lucas in 2012 on a company paid gig for a week to CSL. That involved sixty altogether too drunk business types staggering into Cabo Wabo way too high on too much liquor to recall details other than that was also the last time I touched booze. We hoped to meet Sammy Hagar but alas he was not in the house that night....

 

Gotta remember like everyone of that vintage I was raised on rock n roll, then hard rock (early 70's...my Led Zep - Bad Company - King Crimson - Yes phase) then later British-style punk (notice I ignore the disco era which does not exist insofar as I am concerned) including getting into a London club underage thanks to my cousins to see some group called the Clash - life changer!

 

Then later primarily 80's Brit-led bands like the Police, Flock of Seagulls, Human League, Depeche Mode etc. Then in a nutshell I got my degrees, went corporate, eventually got married, kid came along and.......I got too old to follow trends. Next thing I know I wake up and there's a world ruled by something called "Swifties". These days I stream King Crimson and worship at the alter of my Paul Rodgers-autographed glossy (if you don't know who Paul Rodgers is then don't talk music to me), lol

Edited by AllseeingEye, 19 April 2024 - 07:57 PM.

[Nparker]

This is for you ASE: https://youtu.be/LaTGrV58wec

Enjoy! 

[AllseeingEye]

This is for you ASE: https://youtu.be/LaTGrV58wec

Enjoy! 

 

Uggggh: but thanks NParker since that link included this classic from Joe Bonnamassa on the right hand side of the page: now THIS is a global world-class musician and wow can this dude play a guitar. Clapton once asked "if it would be ok" for him to come up on stage and play with Joe. I would have temporarily traded my kid for two hours to see this master class in musicianship at the Royal Albert Hall - this is what old guys like me listen to these days. Check out that mind blowing segment starting especially about the 4:45 mark....

 

https://www.youtube....&rv=LaTGrV58wec