Austin Music Source

By contemplativefrog

August 19, 2009 11:36 AM | Link to this

Why no Thursday night show at Stubbs this year? Any leads on replacement for Beasties?

By umm err

August 19, 2009 12:42 PM | Link to this

What day is the Hanna Montana showcase??????

By Michael Corcoran

August 19, 2009 12:50 PM | Link to this

Hey C-Frog- No word on Beastie Boys replacement, but since the fest’s already sold out, I wouldn’t expect C3 to spend any money. The Beastie Boys probably cost about half a million dollars C3 doesn’t have to pay now. Bonus!

By beastiesreplacement

August 19, 2009 1:02 PM | Link to this

Hopefully C3 is working on a thursday night stubbs show. otherwise a waste of a good opportunity to sell out.
Beasties replacement? After thoughtful analysis and discussions with friends, my best guess is Flaming Lips or Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Flaming Lips because they are open that weekend and will be touring for new album. Also, they are close. Yeah Yeah Yeahs because they are also open and C3 booked them for Lolla.

By GayCL

August 19, 2009 1:10 PM | Link to this

Great, I’m leaving town that week.

By Jackie

August 19, 2009 1:24 PM | Link to this

$500K for the Beasties? That’s insane. Right?

By dave

August 19, 2009 1:41 PM | Link to this

overjoyed i didn’t waste money buying tickets this year. what a scam..acl crowd for the most part are easy-to-please pushovers and c3 knows it apparently.

By dave

August 19, 2009 2:00 PM | Link to this

haha, poi dog pondering…your new acl headliners!

By anonymous

August 19, 2009 2:44 PM | Link to this

them crooked vultures for thurs. stubbs? please?

By larry

August 19, 2009 3:25 PM | Link to this

There goes the new lawn.

By Hans Schnitzel

August 19, 2009 3:47 PM | Link to this

What!? No polka?

By Daniel

August 19, 2009 3:53 PM | Link to this

Do we get to use our park after this ACL? C3 needs to get their own venue and give us our bought and paid for with tax dollars park back.

By ACL-SUX

August 19, 2009 4:20 PM | Link to this

Move ACLfest out of Zilker Park NOW!! There are many good reasons to move it to the Travis ExpoCenter.

It gets worse every year.

By Stan

August 19, 2009 4:48 PM | Link to this

I have come to the conclusion that a bunch of losers trolling the Statesmen blogs, to post comments, have not and will not ever attend ACL.

By sunnydae

August 19, 2009 5:22 PM | Link to this

Hello, Please do some research and you will find that C3 paid for a significant portion (if not all) of the new zilker lawn. they care about austin and the park! and i have been to every year of ACL and it rocks. thank you.

By crybaby

August 19, 2009 9:27 PM | Link to this

Wah wah wah. Why are you commenting on a concert you have no interest in?

By Iatolla of Rock N Rolla

August 20, 2009 3:11 AM | Link to this

HUH?? The Travis Expo center for ACL??? LOL. it’ll be dubbed the ACL redneck/ghetto fest.

By Sunshine

August 20, 2009 8:07 AM | Link to this

It’s no surprise it sold out so quickly, but not because of the fans. The tickets are all over the secondary (scalper) market, for 4-5 times the face value.

By steve Hafner

August 20, 2009 10:08 AM | Link to this

How could Austin let acl ruin and steal the zilker park from thousands of kids and locals? They ruin the grass by over using it .70,000 people 3 days in a row. Then claim to be making the fields better. After killing every blade of grass Acl should be ashamed. Stealing from kids for their own gain. I think that i know who the losers are. Our kids… Give Austin’s kids their park back. Shame on asl.

By UrbanLiberal

August 20, 2009 4:23 PM | Link to this

Well Stan, only LA trumps Austin with highest douchebag percentage in America. Zilker Park won’t suck for 3 days out of the year, but know this; I will have to be stumbling drunk to enjoy that abysmal Austin food scene! Bassnectar will bring that SF culture that Austin so pathetically fails in attemtping.

By duanepeters

August 24, 2009 4:31 PM | Link to this

Please, anybody complaining move away now. So what if every band isn’t your favorite, it’s still really fun. And for one weekend why don’t you take your kids to one of the other hundred parks in Austin. Instead of complaining about every unsubstantiated idea that comes into your closed mind, why don’t you just try and have a good time. People that ***** about all the festivals in Austin muust have just moved here. Move back where you came from, we’re having a good time!