Is All Points West Down For The Count?

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The attendance figures from last weekend’s All Points West Festival have been released and they ain’t pretty. Paul Tollett, president of Goldenvoice, the promoter, told the New York Times that paid attendance was 71,500 for all three days. Tollett also mentioned to the grey lady that attendance was down about 4,000 from last year due in large part to the horrible weather that enveloped the NYC area over the course of the weekend.

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The promoter hopes that All Points West will return to Liberty State Park next summer saying “This show needs time to develop and find its home,” but no contract has been signed with the venue - an ominous sign for the festival’s survival. In my opinion, even if the Beasties were able to play and the weather was gorgeous the numbers still would’ve been bad. The lineup was all over the place and there weren’t any headliners able to draw in the masses like Radiohead did for the first two nights of last year’s APW.

Goldenvoice’s next festival will feature Phish at Festival 8 in Indio, CA on October 30 - November 1. Does anyone doubt that the jam titans will outdraw all of APW ‘09?

READ ON to view some videos from APW ‘09 including Coldplay covering You’ve Gotta Fight For Your Right…, Jay-Z tackling No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn, MGMT’s new song, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s doin’ Maps and much more…