Chili Peppers Still Love You Tomorrow
The L.A. rockers put on a fine show (despite some ominous covers), but some people just want to dance in the techno tent.
By Spin Staff 09.24.06 3:00 AM
Twenty minutes after the Red Hot Chili Peppers were supposed to be appear, the crowd started getting antsy. They've gone from chanting "Chili!" to chanting "Boo!"
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Faces of the Festival
Meet the people who made up the 40,000-strong throng at Virgin Festival.
By Spin Staff 09.24.06 3:00 AM
As we roved the infield at Pimlico Race Course, we met lots of friendly folks who were making the Virgin Festival's U.S. debut a stellar one. While the now-famous wandering human shrubberies and Swiss Miss maidens were a story unto themselves, we asked the shiny happy people to introduce themselves, and answer an election year question with Washington, D.C. just a few miles away.
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The Who Bridge Generations
The legendary rockers prove they can still rock as hard as the up-n-comers -- and appeal to the under-10 set.
By Spin Staff 09.24.06 3:00 AM
With one scan of the crowd watching the Who, it was clear that the families wandering the V Fest grounds today were here primarily for these British veterans. Now playing as a quintet, they delivered a canon that sounded like it hadn't aged a day, featuring hits like "Who Are You," "Baba O'Riley," and "Pinball Wizard."
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Fans Plead 'Turn it Up!' as V Fest Kicks Off
Beach balls fly for Kasabian's set, and bushes crowd-surf for Wolfmother in the early hours of V Fest.
By Spin Staff 09.23.06 3:00 AM
Purple and white beach balls were punched up to the sky at the Pimlico Race Course in anticipation for the first Virgin Festival in America as a heavy, dramatic synth melody announced Kasabian to the Grandstand Stage.
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On the Margins
Music isn't the only art onsite at Virgin Festival.
By Spin Staff 09.23.06 3:00 AM
V Fest is many things -- a chance to see great music, a display of community spirit, and a killer party. Ultimately, though, despite the corporate logos plastered everywhere, it's a celebration of a culture outside the mainstream, a glorification of the fact that you're listening to music as loud as you can and your mom isn't there to tell you to turn it down.
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Rock'n'roll Rest Stop
Festival-goers search for a break at Baltimore's V Festival.
By Spin Staff 09.23.06 3:00 AM
With V Fest running from noon to 10 P.M., even the most dedicated festival-goer is bound to need a break.
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Musical Theater
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Gnarls Barkley, and Brazilian Girls up the energy for their V Fest performances.
By Spin Staff 09.23.06 3:00 AM
"Shed your rattlesnake skin and become a part of society," Alec Ounsworth said. Ounsworth, the frontman for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, might have just been singing "In This Home on Ice," but it could have been a call to arms for his band, who turned the songs from their tense self-titled debut into unlikely party starters.
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Virgin Fest Comes to U.S. Tomorrow
Baltimore, Maryland hosts the debut American version of the successful, decade-old British fest, and SPIN.com will be there.
By Spin Staff 09.22.06 3:00 AM
A party this big comes never comes without a legacy.
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SPIN.com Picked Me!
Eight college students become SPIN.com's eyes and ears at V Festival '06.
By Spin Staff 09.22.06 3:00 AM
At V Fest '06, SPIN.com is on the ground with eight college students -- four writers, four photographers -- to cover the festival for SPIN.com, live. We'll be sending them out on mini-missions throughout the festival, and they'll be reporting live from our booth on the festival grounds. Here's one writer's perspective on being picked to cover V Fest.
