Posts Tagged ‘Voodoo Experience’
Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam and more to Play NOLA’s Voodoo Experience 2013
New Orleans' annual Voodoo Experience is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2013, and, as they did last year, the festival made an extra early initial announcement, this time revealing the first 15 acts to make up the festival's lineup. Notably, Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor will return to City... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (PART ONE)
While there's still plenty of live music magic yet to be made, the end is near and 2012 will be in the rear view in five short weeks. Furthermore, December is generally a skinny month for studio releases (although Big Boi's Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors drops on 12/11) so... more
PREVIEW: 4 Must See Acts @ Bear Creek Festival 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, the time is finally approaching for our pilgrimage to the fun and loving depths of Live Oak, Florida for one of the year’s most anticipated music festivals. That’s right, Bear Creek Music Festival is upon us, and we’ve got a little bit of insight to offer you... more
SETLIST / TWEETS: Metallica @ Voodoo Experience, New Orleans, LA 10/27/12
Photo Courtesy of Voodoo Experience Facebook Page After Green Day had to abdicate their headlining Saturday night slot at this year's Voodoo Experience, the festival decided to up the ante and reel in Metallica to close down Day Two at the annual New Orleans fall festival freak fest. The heavy metal... more
COUCH TOUR: Stream Voodoo Experience 2012 on UStream
WORSHIP THE MUSIC Down on the bayou, the annual Voodoo Experience is well underway and those unable to make it to the Big Easy can tune in below via UStream for select performances from City Park including Metallica, The Revivalists, Jack White and re-broadcasts of last night's Avett Brothers, Bootsy Collins... more
Metallica Joins 2012 Voodoo Experience Lineup, Replacing Green Day
Heavy metal legends Metallica have taken Green Day's spot as headliners of this year's Voodoo Experience. Having seen them recently rock Golden Gate Park quite possibly harder than it has ever been rocked before at this year's Outside Lands Music Festival, suffice it say, this is an excellent choice for... more
Green Day Cancels 2012 Voodoo Experience Appearance
Today, Green Day announced that they have cancelled their scheduled performance at this year's Voodoo Music + Arts Experience on October 27, 2012. Billie Joe Armstrong checked himself into rehab after a much-publicized wig out at the iHeart Radio Festival. "Canceling shows is something we rarely do," said Tré... more
A Closer Look at the 2012 Voodoo Experience Lineup
New Orleans' Voodoo Experience always has an off-the-wall lineup that you won't really find elsewhere and this year's edition is certainly no exception. Having Green Day, Skrillex, Jack White and Neil Young & Crazy Horse at the top says about all you need to know about this festival - but... more
Voodoo Releases 2012 Expansive Lineup: Jack White, Avetts, Bootsy Join The Ritual
BOOM GOES THE RITUAL. Check out our Voodoo 2012 playlist HERE. Via the festival’s Twitter page, a big chunk of the final 2012 lineup has arrived, meaning fans of the yearly City Park gathering won’t have to slog through an entire summer of one-at-a-time lineup drips that seemed to peeve a... more
Voodoo Announces Initial Headliners, On-Site Camping
Voodoo 2012 - October 26th-28th in City Park || Photo by Jimmy Grotting The first headliners for Voodoo Experience 2012 have just been announced and in an interesting twist, the initially scrapped plans from earlier in the 2000′s to have on-site camping at Voodoo will be realized this year – new... more
Green Day Will Headline Voodoo 2012
According to Billboard, the soundtrackers of my childhood and slingers of Dookie will headline this year’s ritual. The alt-rock giants are the first announced headliner for this Voodoo Experience -the band previously performed at the festival’s 2004 installment and follow up last year’s Soundgarden early announcement. The annual festival is... more
VIDEO ROUNDUP: Jazz Fest Fab Five Rookie Squad
After the lineup was unveiled, the first theme that struck us was the unprecedented caliber of the female artists in this year’s lineup. But also, a noteworthy attribute of the lineup that struck us was the admirable job festival organizers did tapping into not only (a) some great young artists... more
VIDEO ROUNDUP: The Ladies of Jazz Fest
The overriding WOW(!) factor that jumped out most when the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival lineup was released was the caliber of both the newer and established female artists in the lineup. This year the Jazz Fest organizers hit the nail on the head with their attention to... more
Year In Review: LMB NOLA Staff and Friends Live Music Highlights
This little corner of the Internet would not be possible without the hard work and support of the people below. We’ve got an eclectic confederation of folks keeping the wheels turning at LMB NOLA and we hope you enjoy reading our memories from the year in music.
JAZZ FEST 2012: Rumors, Guesses, Wishes & More
The Voodoo Experience is now in the rearview and the relentless fall concert schedule is starting to slow down (although one could easily keep themselves busy on the live circuit until NYE) and therefore it’s time to start speculating about the 2012 Jazz Fest lineup. Hard to say who will... more
PHOTOS: Deja Voodoo Is Verboten @ The Howlin’ Wolf & Republic New Orleans
Over this year’s Voodoo Experience weekend Verboten hosted the Deja Voodoo Is Verboten after parties from midnight to 6 a.m. at The Howlin’ Wolf and Republic New Orleans, inviting many of the DJ’s who had performed at the festival over the weekend to the warehouse district for some all night... more
PHOTOS / HIGHLIGHTS: Day Three @ Voodoo Experience 2011
My experience since being in New Orleans is that Sundays are an exceptionally treasured day in the city, and this perhaps never rings truer than during the all-too-common special weekends and particularly, during local music festivals. Sunday during this year’s Mardi Gras was a picture of perfection and one of... more
PHOTO / HIGHLIGHTS: Day Two @ Voodoo Experience 2011
However, Saturday was when the full realization hit that this fest really was about as grab bag as a musical gathering can be – headed up by the fact that the SoCal Punk Retrospective was going down (out of the three bands, X was the strongest, delivering an impressive evening... more
PHOTOS / HIGHLIGHTS: Day One @ Voodoo Experience 2011
How many more years will we be able to see a band as heavy, psychedelic and powerful as Soundgarden headline a major music festival? If the days of this kind of rock music still having enough popularity and relevance are waning, I’m glad I got a chance to see it... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Peelander-Z @ Voodoo Experience 10/28/11
This one was every bit as zany as expected multiplied by 10. Human bowling, a crowd walking bass player, spandex and fish netting, baseball and some aggressive action comedy punk all transpired on Friday afternoon when the Bingo! Parlour Stage was transformed into a scene from the distant planet of... more
REVIEW / PHOTOS / VIDEOS: The Original Meters @ Voodoo Experience 2011
The Meters’ show yesterday was perhaps the most highly-anticipated festival set of the year in New Orleans (up there with the Rads’ final Jazz Fest blow out) and the holy funk quartet did not disappoint, far exceeding expectations with an hour long funk session alongside a horde of special guests... more
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ODD FUTURE ‘slaps a bitch’ at Voodoo Experience [updated]
This weekend was full of Halloween revelry at the annual Voodoo Experience festival down in New Orleans, which I can't wait to hear more about once our very own LMB NOLA crew gets their act together and gets some posts published from the weekend. I did get a few... more
SoCal Punk Rock Retrospective Set for Saturday at Voodoo
When I was five years old, my parents walked in on me listening to “Achy Breaky Heart.” By the time I started singing along, they simply had enough. A stern talk ensued, and I quickly learned that I was the son of punk rock parents. They still ridicule me to this... more
Deja Voodoo After Party Series, Artist Downloads
This Halloween, Verboten descends upon the Big Easy for a long weekend of music, art and debauchery at the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans. Based on the overwhelming response to its dedicated electronic dance music area LE PLUR, the festival continues the dance marathon with DEJA VOODOO IS VERBOTEN after... more
Fort Knox Five Delivers Unofficial Voodoo 2011 Theme
Instead of just sending a “hey, come see my band…here’s where they are playing, etc…” promo out, the D.C. funktronic purveyors Fort Knox Five gives the unitiated amongst the Voodoo crowd a sampling of their style in the form of new jam to get ready for the weekend, a remint... more
Must See Sets @ Voodoo Experience 2011
The Original Meters – 6:15 p.m. – Le Flambeau WWOZ Stage The announcement that the Meters would be re-forming for an extra special set at Bonnaroo alongside Dr. John (where they performed his classic album Desitively Bonnaroo) got me hoping that the quintessential funk quartet would have enough fun to get... more
