ATP Updates on Stooges, Pavement

Pavement ATP is already sold out, kids...

By Fred Mills

Punters are literally agog at the talent that's recently been announced for the 2010 All Tomorrow's Parties events - and some are also weeping at the new that one of them is already SOLD OUT.

If you had your sights set on the British ATP, to be held May 14-16 at Butlin's Holiday Centre in Minehead, you're out of luck. No doubt a huge factor in the speedy ticket sales was when Pavement was announced at the guest curator. In addition to Pavement, appearing will be Mission of Burma, Calexico, Broken Social Scene and the Walkmen, plus 17 others. The complete lineup:

Broken Social Scene
Mission Of Burma
Calexico
The Raincoats
The Fiery Furnaces
The Walkmen
Omar Souleyman + Sublime Frequencies
Atlas Sound
Grails
The Drones
Saccharine Trust
The Clean
Wooden Shjips
Sic Alps
Pierced Arrows
Spiral Stairs
Blitzen Trapper
The 3ds
Marble Valley
The Authorities
Wildbirds And Peacedrums

Meanwhile, you might want to consider queuing up for tix for the U.S. ATP, taking place Sept. 3 - 5  at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, NY.

In particular, the Sept. 3 installment of the event's "Don't Look Back" series promises to be the wildest ever. As you may have surmised from the AWESOME poster above, it will feature these artists and these albums, performed in their entirety:

Stooges - Raw Power

The Scientists - Blood Red River

Sleep - Holy Mountain

Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff

Other artists performing that weekend will be announced soon. Note that while tickets are available, lodging reservations appear to be going fast, so don't delay.

Also sold out is the Dec. 4-6 "Nightmare Before Christmas" ATP curated by My Bloody Valentine, along with the Dec. 11 - 13 "Ten Years of ATP," both in Britain. The Dec. 7 - 10 "In Between Days" (also Britain) featuring Lightning Bolt, Mum, Apse, Polvo, Dirty 3 and others is still showing tickets as available. And the other May event, May 7 - 9, curated by Matt Groening and featuring the Boredoms, the Raincoats, Danielson, Toumani Diabate and more, hasn't sold out yet either.

Your contacts:

Main site: http://www.atpfestival.com/

ATP UK w/Pavement: http://www.atpfestival.com/events/pavement.php

ATP US w/Stooges:  http://www.atpfestival.com/events/atpnewyork2010.php