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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, Yesterday, 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, Today, 12:19 AM.