Ultra Music Festival has released its phase 2 line up according to Festival Outlook. It appears that “Orbital, Damian Marley & Nas, David Guetta, Little Boots, Fake Blood, Sasha & Digweed, Benny Benassi, Pendulum, Calvin Harris” will be joining the already stacked line up of performers and Dj’s for the weekend debauchery. The Official Ultra website has yet to release an image of the final flyer but I’m sure it will make it difficult to choose only attending one day.

In other festival news, Bonnaroo released its line up slowly yesterday via myspace and twitter. This unorthodox line-up release has stirred up mixed feelings from fans. People just want to know who’s playing and generating all this hype on the internet is the last thing people want but exactly what happened. The initial line-up release looks something like this.

Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Tenacious D, Weezer, The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform “Dark Side of the Moon,” The Dead Weather, Damian Marley and Nas, Phoenix, Norah Jones, Michael Franti and Spearhead, John Fogerty, Regina Spektor, Jimmy Cliff, LCD Soundsystem, The Avett Brothers, Thievery Corporation, Rise Against, Tori Amos, The National, Zac Brown Band, Les Claypool, Bassnectar, Kid Cudi, The xx, GWAR, Dan Deacon Ensemble, Deadmau5, and many many more!

See full line-up here

What bands are you looking forward to seeing the most this festival season?

Are you going for the Generic Spring Break this year?

Ultra Music Festival 2010 Teaser 2 from Richard Milstein on Vimeo.

According to Festival Outlook the 2010 schedule is looking as follows…

A-Trak, Above & Beyond, Afrobeta, Alex Metric, Armin van Buren, ATB, Bassbin Twins vs. Uberzone, Bassnectar, The Bloody Beetroots, Carl Cox, Crookers, The Crystal Method, Deadmau5, Diplo, The Disco Biscuits, Dirty South, Eddie Halliwell, Eric Prydz, Evil Nine, Faithless Sound System, Felix da Housecat, Freeland, Ghostland Observatory, The Glitch Mob, Green Velvet, Groove Armada, Infected Mushroom, Kevens, Lotus, LTJ Bukem, Major Lazer, Plump DJs, Pretty Lights, Rabbit in the Moon (3D), Rusko, Skream, Steve Aoki, Swedish House Mafia, Tiesto, Will.i.am

So do the smart thing and purchase your tickets for the festival or any other parties you plan on attending asap to avoid paying/scalping them day of show. Yeah i know it might seem unauthentic or a waste of money to actually pay to see the biggest names in guido-trance but once you’ve had the experience, seen the people, heard the speaker rigs that tower your parents’ house, and kicked it to the biggest names in the industry, you won’t be upset.

Here is a video from my favorite set from last year.

Now, if you’re like me, “Thai Elvis” probably caught your attention. A quick Google search resulted in this:

"I eat nothin' but hound dogs..."

I was never an “A” student in my AP English classes, but you’ll also notice that “Thai Elvis” was listed almost first in the list of events offered at the festival. The careful juxtaposition of the act compared to the other acts leads me to believe that Thai Elvis may be the most important thing to have ever happened to the Asian Cultural Arts over the last couple thousand of years. Certainly more so than this guy:

"I feel like Tom Cruise in 'The Last Samurai'"

In any case, the festival looks like a lot of fun. If you’re looking for something to do in Gainesville besides blacking out at Grog, then mark your calendars.

Sunday, October 25, 2009
12 – 6 PM
Historic Thomas Center
302 NE 6th Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32601
352.393.8746

Festival Website