REPORT: =vh = to headline australian festival april 20-21

[78/84 guy]

Well it's hard to find big crowds of people to play in front of these days. More acts will come if they get a call.

[BITEYOASS]

OK Eddie, you better not back out on the......

This song always pops up whenever I get a bonus.

[Droomer5150]

NO! F*CK NO! If this is true and they do end up playing...looks like I got screwed over again! I live in Perth and don't have the money to fly over. FFS. why. WHY!!!??

Soundwave Rev part 2

[PETE'S BROTHER]

I'm getting flashbacks..

no shit! i'm stayin' stateside this time

[PETE'S BROTHER]

..and remember the last time they were set for Australia it all fell apart just weeks before the show I think the whole weekend concert was cancelled.

we saw this show instead....

[vandeleur]

Fuck make this true ....

[sadaist]

i got a copy on my photobucket. Now it will have a friend with this new one.

[clarathecarrot]

we saw this show instead....

It is a good story for the book of making and good from a bad,around the old timers table when the topic is; well sonny let's gramps tell you about the time....

[VHscraps]

So, this Stone Festival - in celebration of a 1974 biker movie - names VH, Billy Joel and the Kings of Chaos (amongst others). As a premise for a festival, it seems ... novel! I have to keep checking it is not April 1st.

I just can't help being sceptical - even though VHND says it had the story confirmed by someone connected to the band.

In these days of instant info, maybe I am being impatient - but it is odd that not one of the acts, or their members - websites, twitter, facebook - makes any mention of this gig, which would seem to be a big deal - held in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Stadium - and there are some twitter posts in the last few hours from members of Kings of Chaos, but no one saying "hey dudes, we're playing an 83,000 stadium with the mighty VH".

Is this a promoter jumping the gun ... or ... something ... else ...

[FORD]

OK, now that I see the poster and see that it's a two day festival, it makes a little more sense. My first impulse was "what the fuck are Van Halen and Billy Joel doing on the same bill"??

Not that I don't like some of Billy's older stuff, but it definitely would be two different audiences there.

[Angel]

So, this Stone Festival - in celebration of a 1974 biker movie - names VH, Billy Joel and the Kings of Chaos (amongst others). As a premise for a festival, it seems ... novel! I have to keep checking it is not April 1st.

I just can't help being sceptical - even though VHND says it had the story confirmed by someone connected to the band.

In these days of instant info, maybe I am being impatient - but it is odd that not one of the acts, or their members - websites, twitter, facebook - makes any mention of this gig, which would seem to be a big deal - held in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Stadium - and there are some twitter posts in the last few hours from members of Kings of Chaos, but no one saying "hey dudes, we're playing an 83,000 stadium with the mighty VH".

Is this a promoter jumping the gun ... or ... something ... else ...

The Van Halen a Different Kind of Timeline FB page has posted it...

[VHscraps]

The Van Halen a Different Kind of Timeline FB page has posted it...

Would that be an alternate reality timeline!

[VHscraps]

OK, now that I see the poster and see that it's a two day festival, it makes a little more sense. My first impulse was "what the fuck are Van Halen and Billy Joel doing on the same bill"??

Not that I don't like some of Billy's older stuff, but it definitely would be two different audiences there.

This is an 83,000 seat stadium - probably holds more if need be when used for concerts. Are they really gonna sell out TWO days of this, with only two big name acts ...

Hopefully I am wrong, but I'm just not buying it at the moment.

[VHscraps]

OK, now that I see the poster and see that it's a two day festival, it makes a little more sense. My first impulse was "what the fuck are Van Halen and Billy Joel doing on the same bill"??

Not that I don't like some of Billy's older stuff, but it definitely would be two different audiences there.

Maybe my mind is befuddled, but I seem to remember reading an interview with Billy Joel back in the 80s, and I am pretty certain that he said Eddie Van Halen had met with him about the possibility of co-producing what became the album 5150 ...

[damngoodtimes]

this is two full months ahead of the Japan dates. I would actually feel better if it was closer to those dates; better chance of filling in a few more Aussie shows, maybe NZ and make it one trip.

This seems much more likely to be two separate deals.

I'd like to see enough activity where it becomes a real tour again and we start to see summer dates in the states. maybe...