Pavement Tickets

The bands were all pretty impressive. Hilights for me were Band of Horses and Pavement. Obvious by crowd response that many in attendance were there for Broken Social Scene. Easily one of the top 5 shows I've ever been to. Beer tent lineups were terrible. Should learn from this error. In short, bands were incredible. Long , yet expected lineups for food. Need better beer vendors, or more of them.

The bands were all amazing!!!! There were not enough food stands and people were not allowed to bring food so they had to line up for almost an hour for food. We were lucky with the weather but they were calling for thunderstorms all day and that concert would have been pretty unpleasant in a thunderstorm. They should have a covered area.

Music was great. Broken Social Scene seemed to be having a bunch of technical problems but they still sounded awesome. What I didn't like - Not allowed to bring food THEN on top of that, charging $10 for a plain cheese-burger. Swan burgers is trash in my mind just for that. They didn't even hang a sign out advertising their prices. That said, the lines for food were so disorganized that if you knew what line you were in, you wouldn't have been able to see the signs anyways. Another of my beefs was with the toilets. There was a good 5 to 10 minute line-up for them. Inside the beer area, there were almost just as many, and they were almost all free, but the guard said that if I wanted to use them, I would have to wait in the beer-line which was mind-bogglingly long. As much as I liked the music, I can't help but feel I've been exploited having gone to such an event. Heck, I probably would have felt fine paying more for the ticket if I wasn't charged unreasonably jacked up prices for food. Once you've been on the island for a few hours in the hot sun, you either have to eat at one of the vendors or leave and not come back, so they know they can charge ridiculous rates and still have huge lines of hungry people.

Having listened to all the bands before, I knew what to expect. Which is why I purchased the tickets. Never knowing but always hoping everyone would show for Broken Social Scene I wasn't disapointed. Awsome show. And to top it off, I stood beside Kevin Drew on the ferry to the island, but chose not to bother him and ambarass myself in the meantime. Only downer was the line to purchase beer tickets. Can't wait 'till next year.

Aside from the absurd restrictions and what attendees could bring to the island, and aside from the insanely overpriced food and drinks, it was an incredible event. The artists involved and their performances were top notch.

I couldn't believe how good Pavement has become over the years. The sounded just like all thier records with some tweeks that made a more inspired show. I was alittle disapointed thier wasnt more inprov in the lyrics, but it really didn't matter because everyone was singing and dancing along anyways. I am a HUGE fan so I am completely bias in this review. As for the venue..... It was a bitch to get off and they reall should have had more tents for a crowd as large as this one. The lines were way too intense.

The bands were outstanding and the weather could not have been better. But having to wait in line for 2 1/2 hours (no exaggeration) for drink tickets because only one staff was servicing several thousands of people, followed by having to wait in another line to redeem beer (only four per person cap!) with these tickets, hardly made the event worthwhile.

Sweet festival. Pavement truly stole the show with their charismatic performance. Definitely a once in a lifetime event as they probably won't be on another tour after this reunion tour finishes. Beach House and Broken Social Scene provided really amazing performances as well.