More good show news! The Vines will be playing the Southern Roots Festival on Saturday 7th April 2007 at Royal Hobart Showgrounds, Tasmania.



http://www.southernrootsfestival.com.au/

WHAT: Southern Roots 2007
WHEN: Saturday April 7, 2007
WHO: The Pixies, Wolfmother, Gomez, The Vines, The Lemonheads, Ben Kweller, Tex & Tim, Angus & Julia Stone, Pnau; plus more to be announced soon.
WHERE: Royal Hobart Showgrounds, Glenorchy

TICKETS: An internet-only allotment of discounted tickets will go on sale for 48 hours only from 9am Thursday February 8 via www.thedwarf.com.au and www.southernrootsfestival.com.au for $89 (plus booking fee). General tickets will then go on sale from selected outlets on February 15 for $96 (plus booking fee).

This is the day after the Great Escape Festival so it will be a busy weekend for our boys!

I. WANNA. GO. SO. BAD.

Jen are you going to this while you're in Aus? Cause if you are I'll keep you company . I have a friend in Hobart, I might ask her if we can stay at her place .

If you two go...oh god I will want to!!! How far away is Tasmania from Sydney? how long is the flight?

I wonna go too..But forget it. I live far far away from there...........And i dont have money and all that.
Fuck ...sometime i feel mi life its a shit you know?!

^You'll get to see them one day Sara! Just hang in there .


Tasmania is about 2 hours flight I think - it's below Victoria - so it'll be about twice as long as the flight to Melbourne we went on in September I think. I've looked around at airfares and it'll be between $150-$200 each way. If we can stay at my friends house over night we won't have any accommodation costs though so it shouldn't cost us more than $600 each for the whole trip including tickets.... . Very tempting . I think you need to come Maddie - you didn't work at Bon Tons all your holidays to spend that money on sensible things!

wow, that's actually more than I thought...it being that much each way? ...and that ticket is pretty expensive!!!

Ohhh and with the job...they stopped giving me hours after early January and the money is pretty much gone cause I got that guitar among other things when I thought I would have more hours! The guitar wasn't really that expensive, but it wasn't one of those junky guitars that lots of people get to start. I'm not one of those people who would just quit. Yeah, all that to say that I have no money. Again ...and my dad is being so jerky about money lately...so i don't think I can make it

Well you should see Australia while you're here, so maybe pitch it to your dad on that angle? Although there's not much to see in Tassie unless you drive to Cradle Mountain or their costal areas like The Hazzards. Very pretty. I dunno if I'd have the cash to go for more than a day or two though. Oh well, your dad doesn't need to know that . I'm such a bad influence on you .

You ARE a bad influence

Oh man, The Pixies AND The Vines? Tas is getting it good, though it's fair seeing as they did miss out on BDO. I would go to the V festival if The Vines went to that, but there would be no chance of this happening right..? I decided to give it a miss since the Pixies are really the only good thing about the line-up.

you, me, mads...we just need to get joey!


never thought i'd go to tasmania.

it's unfair .... i'm stick with my camembert !

this isn't fair... what about some EUROPPEAN shows?? why does Australia get everything...
but it's great that they're actually doing some more concerts

god there packing those shows in

jen do you reckon that u could get the vines to play give it a name festival in england?

I know! I'm so sending a globe to Craig for his next birthday, with Europe marked on it with a nice little red flag! Haha, I'd like to see his highschool Geography marks. They manage to avoid continental Europe every time. I suggest we start a bonfire to get their attention.

Ha ha ha, and not to mention Latin America as Sara has pointed out...and while they have been to America lots, I've never seen them...

aahhh yet another show i will miss out on.... wish i had $600 to pull out of my ass.... any idea whether they will do just a regular gig in Sydney or Brisbane any time soon (or better still, Port Macquarie )

I really want to go to this. But, I'm not sure I can afford it since I'm starting uni this month and I'll be doubling my petrol bill, plus having to cut down hours at work... Maybe if I sleep in the airport, that'll cut the cost down some. I'm looking for some super cheap flights right now, but it's not looking so good.

Far out, this would be the bestttt festival! Its got all my favourite bands from TGE playing on it too!
Why does it have to be in tasmania
NO BODY EVEN LIVES THERE!!!!!!!!!

I think this guy does:

^

i know someone living there
....



Ove, you read my mind!!!



Ok i got it, the Vines decided to play exclusively for kangoroos and Taz, i got it

omg, you both make me laugh so much

Likewise, I definately do not have an extra $600 laying around...if that's how much it would set me back, there's no way I am going ...especially hard if you've got friends going

yeah that would be amazing if they would do a regular gig in one of those areas soon, all we can do is hope!!!

Yeah I already I'm going to be set back about$600 on just my TGE weekend with Bridgie, so pulling an additional $600 out of my arse would be quite a feat :S You can always come play with me and Bridgie we are getting a hotel and are planning shopping, boozing, photoshooting and hopefully some local gigs*squee*
I wish I got to see the vines AND the pixies Kim Deal is my idol

Im still mad about this festivalllllll hahahaha
I want everything for myself!

I bet Craig will play Tasmania and say "thank you New Zealand!!!!!!!!"

maybe!

I wish I could go to this, I really do. oh well, TGE weekend is gonna be heaps of fun anyway.
I'm going to Tasmania in a couple of weeks for my cousins wedding, why couldn't the Vines be playing then?

Don't worry, Bridget, I can't do this either

Yay! Jen, I'm just about to go to the post office to collect our tickets! Woot! Only one and a half months to go!