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I enjoy live music but don’t have the chance to go to as many concerts as I used to. Mostly because I’m a student with a dwindling bank account and concerts are not cheap. So far this summer I only have tickets for:

• R.E.M. at the Molson Amphitheatre on June 8 w/The National & Modest Mouse
• Radiohead at the Molson Amphitheatre on August 15 w/Grizzly Bear

Reading this article about an R.E.M. show recently in Vancouver made me very excited for the show. How neat that Douglas Coupland was in attendance.

I’ve been considering going to The Rogers Picnic as I really enjoy Cat Power, Animal Collective, Vampire Weekend, Chromeo, etc. But the issue is money. And even though everyone is bashing the lineup, I do want to go to the Virgin Festival as it has bands that I used to love long ago like: Oasis, Foo Fighters, Stereophonics and Spirtualized. Also with Wintersleep, MGMT, Constantines and more TBA. But the price tag is really expensive, $87 per day of $159 for both days. And I can guarantee Oasis will suck, but I will always like them anyway.

I’m going to wait and see how my financial situation will be come internship time and if I will be earning a wee bit of money I may go to these. I went to the second day of the festival the first time it was in Toronto and it was pretty fun, but of course it being Canada it was a freakishly cold and windy day on the island, which made it pretty uncomfortable.

My real dream is to go to this year’s Lollapalooza in Chicago, August 1-3. You can read the really good lineup here. I would love to have the opportunity to see Wilco in their hometown of Chicago. Tickets are $190US for 3-days, which is really good considering the price of the Virgin Festival’s much weaker lineup. This would be the best end of school present to myself, but I don’t know anyone who wants to go. I might seriously consider going if landing an internship goes well.