R. Kelly, Björk, and Belle and Sebastian to Headline Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
This year's Pitchfork Music Festival will take place July 19-21 in Chicago's Union Park. Today, we're excited to confirm that this year's headliners will be R. Kelly, Björk, and Belle and Sebastian. The full lineup, which will consist of over 40 artists, will be announced in the coming weeks.
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In addition to its musical offerings, the Pitchfork Music Festival will also feature a wide array of other activities. The fest not only supports local businesses and economy with its 50 individual vendors and specialty fairs, but also promotes the Chicago arts community as a whole.
Individual day tickets and three-day passes for the festival are on sale now. Three-day passes are available for $120 and individual day tickets are available for $50. Buy ticket here. We're offering an installment plan for three-day passes, in which you'll be able to buy passes in two easy payments. Find more information here. Stay tuned for future layaway updates.
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OMG.
My only regret is not being born early enough to have seen the Vespertine tour
i better go to osheaga this year though
my taxes ain't never gonna get paid D:
Edited at 2013-02-01 04:30 pm (UTC)
but i'd be there for Bjork.
nhf belle and sebastian. might be that i was very high and impatient to hear pupl afterwards, but what a shitty concert i had to sit through.
Edited at 2013-02-01 04:36 pm (UTC)
My exact reaction. Like, "Pitchfork WOULD add R. Kelly to the lineup." Then, I just shook my head.
I mean, Varg Vikernes is a murderer and a racist, but that doesn't stop me from listening and liking Burzum, despite the fact he probably wants me dead. Somehow in my head I can compartmentalize and separate the despicable human from the music.
* The late Aaliyah D. Haughton, Kelly’s celebrated 15-year-old protégé, whom he illegally married in 1994 shortly after producing the debut album he titled “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number.” (The marriage was annulled, and Kelly paid Aaliyah a token sum in a settlement.)
* Tiffany Hawkins, who sued Kelly claiming that he began having sex with her when she was 15 after he picked her while visiting her choir class at his alma mater, Kenwood Academy. (Kelly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.)
* Tracy Sampson, a former intern at Epic Records who sued Kelly claiming that she lost her virginity to him at age 17. (Kelly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.)
* Patrice Jones, a Chicago woman who sued Kelly alleging that they began having sex after he met her at the Rock ’n’ Roll McDonald’s following her high school’s senior prom. (Kelly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.)
* And Montina Woods, a legal-age dancer who sued Kelly claiming that he videotaped her without her knowledge while they were having sex. (Kelly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.)
I am furious and I am done with the Pitchfork Festival entirely. Jim Derogatis wrote a good article about this: http://www.wbez.org/blogs/jim-derog
The prosecution chose to pursue a very narrow case against the superstar, solely concentrating on a 26-minute, 39-second tape anonymously sent to The Chicago Sun-Times in February 2002. But as the paper first reported in December 2000, for more than a decade, public records and lawsuits allege that Kelly abused his staggering wealth and fame to pursue sexual relationships with underage girls, many of whom were left deeply wounded by those encounters.
The voices of those girls were never heard in Judge Vincent Gaughan’s courtroom. But they include:
* The late Aaliyah D. Haughton, Kelly’s celebrated 15-year-old protégé, whom he illegally married in 1994 shortly after producing the debut album he titled “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number.” (The marriage was annulled, and Kelly paid Aaliyah a token sum in a settlement.)
* Tiffany Hawkins, who sued Kelly claiming that he began having sex with her when she was 15 after he picked her while visiting her choir class at his alma mater, Kenwood Academy. (Kelly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.)
* Tracy Sampson, a former intern at Epic Records who sued Kelly claiming that she lost her virginity to him at age 17. (Kelly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.)
* Patrice Jones, a Chicago woman who sued Kelly alleging that they began having sex after he met her at the Rock ’n’ Roll McDonald’s following her high school’s senior prom. (Kelly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.)
* And Montina Woods, a legal-age dancer who sued Kelly claiming that he videotaped her without her knowledge while they were having sex. (Kelly settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.)