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3rd Annual Olympic Island Concert line-up announced

Posted by Beth / April 4, 2006

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Once again curated by Broken Social Scene, on June 24th Toronto's Olympic Island will host its third summer Olympic Island Music Festival. The incredible day of music thus far includes:

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
BLOC PARTY
FEIST
J. MASCIS (of Dinosaur Jr.)
RAISING THE FAWN
and more…

Gates 1pm
All Ages
General Admission
Show goes rain or shine, no weather related refunds

Tickets are available to 102.1 The Edge listeners at a discounted rate for 48 hours. Starting at 10 AM Thursday April 6th, 2006, 1021 tickets will be accessible through edge.ca with a password for $38.50 plus $6.00 ferry and applicable service charges.

Public on sale starts Saturday April 8th, 2006 @ 10 AM through Ticketmaster, Rotate This and Soundscapes for $44.50 plus $6.00 ferry and applicable service charges. All tickets include the cost of the ferry to Toronto Islands Park.

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rotenblog / April 5, 2006 at 03:52 pm
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Am I the only one thoroughly unimpressed with this lineup?

BSS has been seen by everyone by now.

Bloc Party are very good, but kind of last year. It'll be the same songs we heard at The Docks months ago.

Feist doesn't do it for me, and it's really not an upbeat festival type of performance.

J Mascis & Raising the Fawn seem like opener level bands...

I'll probably still go cuz it's a fun day in the sun, but come on, $50 for this??? sheeesh.
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ladhaa / April 7, 2006 at 09:46 am
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Where on Edge102's site can I buy the $38.50 tickets?
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Marko / April 10, 2006 at 04:11 pm
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Yeah, I think you are the only one who is thoroughly unimpressed :-)
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goldhamer@gmail.com / April 10, 2006 at 05:10 pm
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I agree thoroughly unimpressive. Hopefully "and more" means..."and more good bands"...like...i dunno...Modest mouse?
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kennington / April 10, 2006 at 05:17 pm
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Rotenblog: Bloc Party are kind of last year?

Dude, you've probably had enough of Ladyfuzz, moved beyond the Klaxons and are well on your way to being too cool. Unless you're Steve Lamacq, just enjoy the music.
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el duche / April 10, 2006 at 07:35 pm
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Bloc Party played 8 new songs a night on their recent uk tour.
some of which sounded more like Echo and the Bunnymen played by Can than Gang of Four so go figure...
ill be there
btw have u guys heard klaxons??ouch i nearly ate my own ears.

a better bet for hugeness next year is Fields
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castigat0r / April 12, 2006 at 04:01 am
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How the hell can you guys say J Mascis should be an opening level band? Mascis and Lou Barlow founded Dinosaur Jr., which was a main stage band at Lollapalooza in both 1993 and 2005 and Mascis is a freaking genius on the guitar. We're talking one of the seminal acts to come out of the Northeast US in rock history and you guys think he should be leading off for Bloc Party?! If you think he's a side stage attraction you're crazy. Bend your ears children and you might learn something.
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me / April 14, 2006 at 04:13 pm
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someone stole my modest mouse shirt from the last show and i have no idea where i can get the same green one. so they better be there. theenn me thinks it might just be worth $50...
or somebody equally as interesting..
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Sweener / April 17, 2006 at 10:43 am
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Hey -
You're probably unimpressed with the line-up because you sound like a pretentious scenester. "Bloc Party was kind of last year"??? They are an awesome band regardless of whether or not in your mind their cool designation expired long ago.
This just in: good music doesn't have an expiration date. See the following: Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Beatles etc. etc.
Skip the show. We don't need anymore moody hipsters ruining the fun.
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Master Shake / May 27, 2007 at 11:02 pm
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That was a great show. Too bad there is nothing for 2007. It really depressed me.
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