THE BEST ARE ON THEIR WAY

THE BEST ARE ON THEIR WAY AND WE’RE NOT TALKING RUGBY
LIVID 2003 tour kicks off this weekend!

Which festival gives you the world’s biggest bands (LINKIN PARK), coolest bands (THE WHITE STRIPES, YEAH YEAH YEAHSs) and plain weirdest bands (TURBONEGRO, HAR MAR SUPERSTAR) plus about 55 other acts on the same bill for about the same price you’d usually pay for one show? LIVID of course!

As you should all know by now Australia’s longest running, little battler of the music festivals, LIVID, gets underway this weekend.

You all know how big the 2003 line up is – Linkin Park, The White Stripes, The Living End, Jurassic 5, The Roots and many more. These are scoring points wherever they go!

Take, for example, LINKIN PARK. Rolling Stone called their debut album, Hybrid Theory "twelve songs of compact fire indivisibly blending alternative metal, hip-hop, and turntable art". They then followed that up with the awesome Meteora. So far round 22 million people around the globe have agreed with Rolling Stones call on this awesome band! They are HUGE!

Livid’s headliners have been very busy of late collecting a heap of prestigious awards around the globe. LINKIN PARK has recently won the Best Rock Video category at the recent MTV Music Awards for Somewhere I Belong, beating Red Hot Chili Peppers, Good Charlotte, System Of A Down and Metallica to win Best International Act from the prestigious Kerrang Magazine (the world’s biggest selling weekly Rock magazine).

Then we have The White Stripes. If it’s not enough that they are constantly heaped with music critics’ praise, or hailed as the “saviors of rock”, they also have to contend with winning a heap of accolades for their most recent album Elephant. The first single from this album, 7 Nation Army, was nominated for Best Rock Video, Best Group Video, Best Editing In A Video, Best Special Effects In A Video and Viewer’s Choice for Best Video at the recent MTV Music Awards. They were also nominated for Best Album in the Kerrang Music Awards.

And here’s a little bit of goss for ya to prove just how popular The White Stripes are – when the band had to pull out of a UK festival due to frontman Jack White’s broken finger, their festival replacements, music legends The Flaming Lips, dressed up in red and white like the Stripes duo and played a couple of White Stripes songs as a tribute to the band.

If you don’t believe us, how about we tell you what the influential overseas press has been saying about some of our Livid favourites’ live performances?

NME summed up Linkin Park’s recent UK show with this little comment, “With Linkin Park, it's all or nothing. And 50,000 fans…singing along to every word, welcome every single note. The stage looks great - an accident of light and graffiti spray; they run and they shout and as the dust settles it makes perfect sense".

Because they're so tops, we thought we would throw in a couple of live reviews for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who are sure to be one of the highlights of Livid if these are any to go by.

Dotmusic.com said Karen O is an immediately electrifying presence, flinging her rag doll, lanky body at each song like it's a wall she needs to break down. Coupled with her brilliant Siouxsie Sioux yowl of a voice, she proves she is one of the few truly bright stars shining in the dull indie firmament. 'Rich' is as hot and sweaty as the crazed moshpit, while 'Date With The Night' has the grouchy, punky cool that Elastica once oozed. Their set seems to flash by in mere seconds, leaving fans collapsed in sweating heaps and begging for more of the same”.

And from NME – “Karen 's dressed in the kind of skintight black dress last seen on Kylie Minogue in about 1988, prancing and rolling around the stage like a small child that's just eaten too many smarties, while her cohorts hold the whole thing together in thrilling style. And when they play 'Our Time', each and every person in this rammed tent sings along. Today belonged to them".

It’s not often you get to see some of the world’s biggest bands on the one day, but that’s what you get at this year’s Livid. Plus there’s a heap of other top bands not mentioned here who will also be playing on the day.

Trust us, you don’t want to be the loser kid who sits at home and doesn’t go to Livid this year!

LIVID 2003 - Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane

All shows on sale now from Ticketek and all good indie record stores. Get in while you still can!

LIVID is an all ages/licensed event. You must bring photo ID if you wish to drink.

Stage Diving and Moshing are activities that create dangers for both yourself and others, and are not permitted at Livid. Offenders will be evicted from the festival site without right to re-entry or refund.

SYDNEY Saturday 11 October - MOORE PARK

NB: The Sydney Livid site has been redesigned and extended but has a strictly limited capacity. 2002 sold out in a jiffy so act early to avoid disappointment.

Public transport is the way to go to enjoy the show. Contact Transport Infoline on 131 500 or visit www.131500.com.au.

MELBOURNE Sunday 12 October - MELBOURNE PARK

BRISBANE Saturday 18 October - RNA SHOWGROUNDS

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