iTunes Festival: 51 Bands Throughout July, Live in the UK

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 at 5:15 PM - by

Apple Inc. has quietly, at least in the U.S., launched iTunes Festival, a music festival to take place throughout July in the Institute of Contemporary Arts in The Mall in London, England. The Festival will feature some 51 bands throughout July, with the bands all being available on iTunes. Every performance will be recorded and made available on iTunes, at least in the UK.

The event kicks off on July 1st with Mika, continue on the 2nd with Crowded House, offer Travis on the 3rd, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on the 4th. While the iTunes Festival Web site said that the event takes place over 31 consecutive nights, there are a few holes in the month's calendar. Several days have multiple performers.

Tickets to the event are being given away through the iTunes Festival Web site. To win tickets to a particular day, click on the "Win Tickets" link next to whichever performance you wish to see.

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gslusher said:

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Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:59 pm

"Apple Inc. has quietly, at least in the U.S., launched iTunes Festival, a music festival to take place throughout July in the Institute of Contemporary Arts in The Mall in London, England."

Since the event is occurring in the UK, it's not surprising that it's not been publicized much in the US.

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LaurieF said:

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Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:34 pm

[knee-jerk grump mode on]Well, if USArians kept a weather-eye on that which happens outside their own country, they might find out about these things! I'm much further away from the England-land than you are, and I knew about it.[/mode off]

Now that any ambiguity, acrimony and attorny-related antagonism has been clear up between Apple Corps and Apple Computer-as-was, it's great to see Apple getting into the concert promotion business. It's a good thing, with or without the (tm).

Many of the acts I had never heard of, but it's great to see Crowded House reforming, and I do like Travis, Stereophonics, Groove Armada. Also I've been meaning to look into Dhafer Youssef, to add to my Arabic jazz collection.

As for the others, I'll have a dabble. I can't make it to the concerts themselves, so I'll jump into iTunes to find out. Maybe I'll buy something - damn! it's advertising...I never knew.