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1 [1]GO CHECK OUT MY NEW PAGE!! HFS2G, BABY!! 2 3 [banner1] [banner2] 4 The Site Thursday, September 30 I think we can sum up the 5 - [2]News HFStival Fall Edition with one word: ROWDY. From the 6 - [3]The Bands violence and ticket-tearing that went down before 7 - [4]Submit the gates even opened, to the early mosh pits (in 8 News one of which my friend got a nasty black eye), to 9 - [5]Contact Me Limp Bizkit's hell-raising set, this HFStival was, 10 in my humble opinion, the craziest EVER. I actually 11 Links fell down in the mosh pit during Bizkit's set. It 12 - [6]HFS.com was seriously the scariest thing that's ever 13 - [7]Official happened to me. No joke. 14 HFStival 15 Page It was great to have the festival back at RFK. 16 PSInet was nice, but taking the metro is sooo 17 Who was da best convenient, or at least it was in the morning... 18 act at the Fall Coming back was a different story entirely. There 19 Edition? were some great acts. A few of my favorites were 20 [8][ ] Fuel, Long Beach Dub Allstars, surprise guests Run 21 [9][Submit] DMC, Sev (Fairfax County. Aww yeah.), Jimmie's 22 Chicken Shack (who had a much better set than in the 23 [hfs99] spring), and of course Limp Bizkit. Words cannot 24 fully describe the spectacle that was Limp's set. 25 Fireballs! Foul language! Exposed breasts! And 26 100,000 flying plastic bottles! It was AMAZING. I 27 came home after their set and slept for FOURTEEN 28 hours. 29 30 Another year, another TWO great HFStivals. I'll see 31 yall in the spring! HFStival 2000, baby! 32 33 Friday, August 27 A friend of mind pointed me to a 34 bit o' HFStival news on the [10]SEV WEBSITE. It 35 seems that there will be not one, not two, but THREE 36 stages at the upcoming HFStival. There will be the 37 traditional inner stage, for the bigger acts, and 38 the outer stage, for the lesser-known ones, but this 39 festival will see the addition of a stage for local 40 acts. You can check out the [11]bands page for my 41 breakdown of the acts and their respective stages. 42 Just my guesses, but its the best I can do at this 43 point. And oh yeah, tickets tomorrow, 10:00am, 44 Ticketmaster, $25 each, cash only. 45 46 Wednesday, August 25 Outer stage! Outer stage! Party 47 time! Excellent! Just discovered the lineup for the 48 HFStival Outer Stage, the home of local music at the 49 festival. Here we go: Good Charlotte, Underfoot, 50 Laughing Colors, Mary Prankster, Colouring Lesson, 51 Modern Yesterday, Live Alien Broadcast, and the 52 Wakeing Hours. Sounds good to me. And in other news, 53 appearing at the Trancemissions Tent will be: 54 Thievrey Corporation, DieselBoy, DJ Touche of the 55 Wiseguys, John Tab, Feelgood, Lovegrove, Scott 56 Henry, and Lieven. 57 58 In other news, tickets for the 1999 HFStival: Fall 59 Edition go on sale this saturday at 10:00. Be there, 60 or... don't be at the HFStival. 61 62 Tuesday, August 24 I was just checking the official 63 HFStival page, and it seems that 6 more bands have 64 been quietly added to the line-up. These new bands 65 are HFStival veteran Sev, Staind, Jact, Bis, 66 Splittsville, and Uncle Ho (yeah, you read that 67 right). That brings our grand total to 16 bands, 68 with reportedly more on the way. Also, the 69 Trancemissions tent will be returning to this latest 70 HFStival, so all you dance fans can have something 71 to look forward to. 72 73 [12]And everybody wish my sister a happy birthday! 74 75 Thursday, August 19 I wuz listening to HFS last 76 night, and I heard about three more bands headed for 77 the fall festival... Fuel, Filter, and Bush! This 78 brings our grand total up to 10 bands, with more on 79 the way. Exciting stuff. 80 81 Wednesday, August 18 HFStival '99 -- FALL EDITION, 82 BABY! That's right, folks, for the first time ever, 83 the year of 99, the year of HFS, will host not one 84 but TWO HFStivals! This second HFStival will take 85 place on Saturday, September 25, at RFK STADIUM, 86 unlike the earlier HFStival. Tickets go on sale on 87 Saturday, August 28, at 10:00AM, and are available 88 through TicketMaster Outlets, TicketMaster 89 PhoneCharge, and, in an interesting twist, through 90 [13]TicketMaster Online. 91 92 And now on to what's really important, the bands. 93 HFStival Fall '99 will featured such acts as Limp 94 Bizkit, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Everclear, the 95 Chemical Brothers, Buckcherry, 311, and the Long 96 Beach Dub Allstars (basically Sublime without Brad 97 Nowell). Sounds awesome, although this list seems 98 short to me, and there is always a possibility that 99 other bands will be announced later. 100 101 Expect a new look for this page, as well as more 102 information as it becomes available. Two HFStivals 103 in one year! Who woulda thought... 104 105 Sunday, May 30 80,000 people crammed together like 106 sardines on a scorchingly hot day, listening to 107 music that was far too loud and doing things that 108 are illegal in most states? Yeah, I'd say that 109 pretty much sums it up. This year's HFStival kicked 110 ass! 111 112 The Chili Peppers were good, playing some classic 113 songs as well as new material, but I think we all 114 know who owned this year's festival: The Offspring. 115 They had the whole stadium going crazy. I'd put 116 their performance right up there with Green Day as 117 one of the all-time HFStival best. I didn't get out 118 to the side stage very much, but I hear Sev was 119 really good. If you've got any HFStival memories, 120 please, [14]send em my way. 121 122 I think the most exciting thing all day was an 123 announcement on the Jumbotron screen over the 124 stage... a second HFStival! The message said 125 something like, "Only once a century does it happen 126 twice a year: May 29 and September 25." I was like, 127 oh my god! More info as I hear it. 128 129 Saturday, May 29 Hell yeah, folks. The festival is 130 here. I hear it's gonna be a scorching 91 degrees 131 today, and it'll feel more like 130 inside the 132 stadium. It's gonna be freakin' insane. 70,000 or 133 more people dancing, yelling, smoking, and having an 134 all around hell of a good time. It's BS that we 135 can't bring in water, but there should be enough to 136 go around. I hear about a booth they are going to 137 set up that sprays people with cool, soothing, 138 life-giving mist. That's where you'll find me :) If 139 you have any last minute questions, send them my 140 way, and I'll be back with my HFStival wrap-up after 141 I recover (36 hours of sleep, minimum). I hope you 142 all have a great time, and I'll be seein' ya'll at 143 the 1999 HFStival, baby! 144 145 Wednesday, May 19 Well, the HFStival is only 10 146 short days away! Aww man, it's gonna rock your 147 world. 148 149 If I had only one piece of advice to offer you, 150 fellow HFStivalgoer, sunscreen would be it. Put some 151 on before you leave. Put some on when you get to the 152 stadium. Put some on after every band you see. If 153 you think you have too much sunscreen on, put on 154 some more. I promise you'll still get a tan, and 155 this way you might not get burned too bad. Also, 156 bring enough money for drinks. Water is hard to 157 find, and a drink'll run about $3. I know it's 158 expensive, but you won't care after you've been 159 standing in the heat for five or six hours. 160 161 I'll be back with more helpful advice as we get 162 closer to the festival. Some of my ideas may not be 163 the greatest, but trust me on the sunscreen :P 164 165 Thursday, April 28 Tickets this saturday! They go on 166 sale this saturday at 9am through MOST TicketMaster 167 outlets and through TicketMaster PhoneCharge. There 168 are a few locations that won't be selling HFStival 169 tickets, and I'd advise you to check [15]here to see 170 if you're local ticket outlet is one of them. 171 172 My advice to all of you is to go to where ever it is 173 you plan to buy tickets on friday night and see 174 what's up. Talk to the ticket sellers and mall 175 security and see what their plan is, and try to get 176 your name on any list, official or unofficial, that 177 you can find. Remember: you can only buy tickets 178 with cash. Tickets are $25 plus a service charge of 179 less than $5 per ticket. Four tickets per person 180 limit. Good luck to everyone, and just try to be 181 civil about it. 182 183 Wednesday, April 21 Sorry for the lack of updates. 184 I've been feeling a little bit under the weather, 185 and I needed to get my beauty sleep. Anyway, we've 186 got the complete band list (aside from any surprise 187 bands) and all the ticket info. Tickets will go on 188 sale on Saturday, May 1 at 9am, available at 189 TicketMaster outlets, through TicketMaster 190 PhoneCharge, and at many other places, including RFK 191 Stadium (I'd call there first, though) and Mailboxes 192 Etc. Like last year, tickets will cost $25 with a 193 $4-5 service charge. 194 195 And now, what you've all been waiting for: the 196 bands! They've got some great acts lined up this 197 year. Headlining the festival will be the Red Hot 198 Chili Peppers. Other major bands include the 199 Offspring, Live, Sugar Ray, Goo Goo Dolls, 200 Silverchair, Blink 182, and the Mighty Mighty 201 Bosstones. The other main stage performers will be 202 Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Orgy, Lit, and Sev, for a 203 total of 12 bands. 204 205 On the outer stage, the more popular bands playing 206 are 2 Skinee J's, Citizen King, and Fountains of 207 Wayne. Also, we'll be hearing Buck Cherry, the 208 Freestylers, the Living End, Ozomatli, and Beth 209 Orton, the only female performer at this year's 210 HFStival. 211 212 Expect some surprise announcements from HFS, this 213 being the 10th HFStival and whatnot, and listen to 214 win tickets. They've already started giving them 215 away. Good luck, and I think this year's festival is 216 going to be a blast! 217 218 Sunday, April 18 Official HFStival announcements 219 coming on monday! We'll finally learn about the 220 bands and when we can finally get tickets. I'll 221 listen to as much as I can, but I'd appreciate it if 222 you'd tell me about any of the bands you hear. 223 224 Also, we have our first confirmed band: SEV. This 225 local act won the Big Break dealie and now they get 226 to open the main stage. Way to go guys. 227 228 Thursday, April 15 Just got an email announcing the 229 new offical HFStival page. Now, it's still under 230 construction, and some of the links don't work, but 231 it's a good sign of things to come. You can find it 232 [16]here. Keep the rumors coming folks! 233 234 Monday, April 12 Big update today. It turns out that 235 the rumors I heard earlier were from a Rolling Stone 236 article (which can be found [17]here). Now, I've 237 been told that the author of this article tried the 238 same stunt (leaking HFStival bands before the 239 official announcements) last year, and half of his 240 article turned out to be wrong, so don't have too 241 much faith in anything you hear from non-HFS 242 sources. 243 244 On a more positive note, I've heard some great 245 things about Raven Stadium (actually called "PSInet 246 Stadium"), where the 1999 HFStival will be held. One 247 reader described it as "nothing less than A FRIGGIN' 248 PALACE with a football field in the middle." I've 249 never been to the stadium, being a Redskins fan 250 myself (hold your laughter until the end of the 251 presentation). I hear it has great audio and video 252 systems, as well as 100,000 parking spaces, so 253 parking won't be a problem. Also, Raven Stadium is 254 larger, allowing HFS to sell approx. 10,000 more 255 tickets. There's a light rail system in Baltimore 256 that stops right outside the stadium that could be 257 used by festival-goers (is that a word?). Overall, I 258 feel that the choice to move the HFStival was 259 probably a good one and won't be a major 260 inconvenience for fans in Washington. 261 262 Still haven't heard much about ticket sales. One 263 source told me that tickets will go on sale this 264 saturday, april 17, but that seems a little too soon 265 to me, considering that they haven't announced 266 anything yet. 267 268 Sunday, April 11 Hey folks! Wasn't sure if I was 269 gonna do this again this year, but I got an email 270 with a whole bunch of HFStival info (thanks Dave), 271 and I felt like I had to post all this stuff. So 272 here I am, back again this year, bringing you all 273 the info as I hear it. 274 275 The 1999 HFStival will take place on May 29, 1999. 276 If you hadn't heard yet, the '99 HFStival will NOT 277 take place at RFK as it has in the past, but rather 278 at Raven Stadium in Baltimore. This raises some 279 questions in my mind, but I'll reserve judgement 280 until I hear more info. I guess I'm not taking metro 281 this year. 282 283 This year, I've got a TON of info about the bands, 284 unlike last year, when I didn't hear much until they 285 were officially announced. Here's what we've got so 286 far: 287 288 Keeping in mind that this is all just rumors at this 289 point, my source tells me that the Red Hot Chili 290 Peppers and the Offspring could play the festival, 291 as well as the Goo Goo Dolls, Sugar Ray, the Mighty 292 Mighty Bosstones, Lit ("My Own Worst Enemy"), Orgy, 293 Blink 182, and four others. The Chili Peppers and 294 Blink will preview material from their forthcoming 295 albums, called "Californication" and "Enema of the 296 State," respectively. And those are just the main 297 stage bands. 298 299 On the outer stage, slated artists include Fountains 300 of Wayne, Beth Orton and Zebrahead. Other 301 possibilities are Citizen King, Marvelous 3, Puya, 302 and Buckcherry. The winner of the HFS Big Break will 303 also get a spot. The three finalists are Sev, the 304 Martians, and Sampson. The finals will be on April 305 15th at Bohagers in Baltimore. 306 307 "In all, twenty bands are expected to play this 308 year's HFStival -- twelve on the main stage and 309 eight on the second stage." -Dave (my source) 310 311 Like always, I love your input. If you've got some 312 info or thoughts on improving the site, email me. 313 Lets hope this year's HFStival turns out to be as 314 cool as the festivals from years past. 315 316 [banner4] 317 318 References: 319 320 [1] http://hfs2g.tripod.com/ 321 [2] https://hfs99.tripod.com/~hfs99/ 322 [3] javascript:bands() 323 [4] javascript:submit() 324 [5] mailto:[email protected] 325 [6] http://www.whfs.com/ 326 [7] http://www.whfs.com/festival/1999fall/ 327 [10] http://www.24sev.com/ 328 [11] javascript:bands() 329 [12] mailto:[email protected]?subject=Happy_Birthday!! 330 [13] http://www.ticketmaster.com/ 331 [14] mailto:[email protected] 332 [15] http://www.whfs.com/festival/1999/festnews.htm 333 [16] http://www.whfs.com/festival/1999/festmain.htm 334 [17] http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/news/text/newsarticle.asp?afl=mnew&NewsID=7551&ArtistID=80origin=news