Parklife ranks with world's greatest festivals

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Mon 20th Jul, 2009 in Local News

For those who rank the national Parklife tour as one of the choice moments on the festival calendar, it appears you’re not the only ones. Global news service CNN has ranked the festival as one of the world’s finest, mentioning it in the same breathe as tried-and-tested international favourites like Glastonbury, Exit, Lollapalooza and Roskilde!

“The Parklife series of one-day music festivals kicks off the summer festival season across Australia,” the travel section of CNN quite correctly points out, referring to the fact that once Parklife kicks off, it’s festival mayhem until pretty much Easter.

“The dance-focused fests have featured heavyweights Justice, MIA, and Muscles over the past two years… so be prepared for a long one if you’re one of the estimated 100,000 people attending a Parklife gig in one of several cities across Australia at the end of September.”

What do you think of CNN’s choice? Here at ITM we reckon that with the breadth of quality acts featured in this year’s lineup, Parklife easily stands shoulder to should with some of the world’s finest festivals. If you’re feeling the same way, enter ITM’s massive competition to win your own private cabana at this year’s festival!

The national Parklife tour is proudly presented by ITM! Keep your eyes peeled to our Festival Page at inthemix.com.au/parklife and check out the national tour dates below…

Sat 26th Sep – Botanic Gardens & Riverstage, Brisbane
Sun 27th Sep – Wellington Square, Perth
Sat 3rd Oct – Birrarung Marr, Melbourne
Sun 4th Oct – Kippax Lake, Moore Park, Sydney
Mon 5th Oct – Botanic Park, Adelaide

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yazzie said on the 20th Jul, 2009

pfftt parklife was my worst festival last yr

Wowk said on the 20th Jul, 2009

I'd say they were retarded to ignore We Love Sounds :-/

Gazza23 said on the 20th Jul, 2009

must of been a typo

G005E said on the 20th Jul, 2009

lol muscles got a mention in there.. If CNN puts him in the article to make parklife sound good.. they have no idea.. what a joke.. i think Future kills parklife personally

nickko said on the 20th Jul, 2009

You've got to be fucking kidding.

sd88me said on the 20th Jul, 2009

lol @ mention of muscles.. wtf?

micsway said on the 20th Jul, 2009

nice

danmau5 said on the 20th Jul, 2009

contraversial!

mashedman said on the 20th Jul, 2009

lol cnn, great source for info on great festivals

partycub said on the 20th Jul, 2009

bull-fuckin-shit. line-up? perhaps production? I won't hold my breath

kevvy069 said on the 20th Jul, 2009

parklife ranks as one the worst festivals more like it...

LeZp said on the 20th Jul, 2009

LOL, you've got to be kidding !!! Parklife isn't even the best festival in Australia, let alone ranking along side Glastonbury, Exit, Lollapalooza and Roskilde. It's actually the odd one out in that list....... How much did Fuzzy pay for that write up ?

hiphop123 said on the 20th Jul, 2009

"Justice, MIA, and Muscles" "and muscles" hahahahahhahaa

spencer said on the 20th Jul, 2009

Same breathe ............. lol! Went to Roskilde festival , and trust me , our lineup and especially our production don't even come close. But hey , if it sells you tix by stating bullshit , then go for it!

benj-bam said on the 20th Jul, 2009

muscle a heavyweight? - that comment there shows the amount of credibility that article has....

taylor williams said on the 20th Jul, 2009

If they seriously think Parklife compares to Glasto or Exit they must be joking. Its not even the best festival in Australia let alone one of the best in the world.

princ3_ali said on the 20th Jul, 2009

The dance-focused fests have featured heavyweights .. Muscles CNN dont know what they are talking about

cheechvda said on the 20th Jul, 2009

heavy weights>>>> muscles??? i could think of alot heavier artsts that that thing

Scamology said on the 20th Jul, 2009

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Parklife is the worst festival in Sydney, barring any by Modular of course

stu_jacks88 said on the 20th Jul, 2009

Muscles is gay. First post. Boom.

mfrumar said on the 20th Jul, 2009

pffft this is a joke right?

chrisye said on the 20th Jul, 2009

meh future is way better

SlicyDicer said on the 20th Jul, 2009

%u201CThe dance-focused fests have featured heavyweights ... and Muscles lol

walkdogz said on the 20th Jul, 2009

can just imagine the american accent saying that

luisalow said on the 21st Jul, 2009

LEAVE PARKLIFE ALONE

Richierich5381 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

STOP PRESS: CNN now using search engine journalism. Muscleslol.

TroyShaun said on the 21st Jul, 2009

sounds like a reporter from a certain Melbourne newspaper has got a promotion :)

tommyhans said on the 21st Jul, 2009

One day = event Two days = festival It finishes at 10pm!

tylerj23 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

Future Music Festival - 10x better than Parklife

brenly said on the 21st Jul, 2009

well i came here to write something along the lines of what everyone else has said. looks like cnn don't have a clue!

Fourthstate said on the 21st Jul, 2009

I think this is a joke, parklife is among the worst

jbgillet said on the 21st Jul, 2009

haha wish i had something original to say.... but Parklife = *two thumbs down*

dlev0 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

they've just looked at the 08 line up and grabbed three names..

Zodiac said on the 21st Jul, 2009

lol, Parklife is probably one of the worst festivals each year.

Cheeky Banjo said on the 21st Jul, 2009

parklife rocks - much better musical diversity than fmf/summdayze etc, more punters there for the music rather than for taking their tops off and oiling their muscles, better and friendlier vibe all round.........good vibes is oz's best though by quite a

kevvy069 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

take this article down its bs

thursday said on the 21st Jul, 2009

*CNN closes eyes, waves finger, points at random festival on table*

bkinluvwithsound said on the 21st Jul, 2009

The only reason Parklife gets such a good response is because it's the first festival of the season and punters are basically just keen to get amongst it. Put it half way through or towards the end and I think the response would be somewhat different.

cozza147 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

i believe they are talking about the fact that parklife is a travelling festival. a few blogs i have read from artists describe the way that parklife treats atrists and allows them to party with each other across the country as being an amasing experience

mr_doobi said on the 21st Jul, 2009

wow that is really good for at least an aus festival to even get noticed globally. and i really dont no wat everyone is complaining about with parklife, last year they had some amazing artists like goldfrapp and dizzee and peaches, they are all headliner

SqyquesT said on the 21st Jul, 2009

There's no mention of Coachella on the whole list! How could any such list be complete without it?

scottyk82 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

nice pr stunt fuzz-whack

Frankie123 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

Wow... rather than being happy at the fact that despite your own opinions an Australian Festival was mentioned, you all sit there and bad mouth the article and Parklife and everything else... whether you think it's good enough to compare with Glasto or an

scottyk82 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

go check out the actual CNN page, you'll understand why sadlife was included, too many holes to list here

nickyboy said on the 21st Jul, 2009

its not april fools day is it?! parklife is fucking terrible! sorry!

Authorised said on the 21st Jul, 2009

come on what does CNN know.... Frank123 its becos out of all the festivals Australia has to offer they think PL is worth ranking, thats why people on here are bitching. there are a handful of events/festival that are recognized globally like Bigdayout,

The3rdPlumpDj said on the 21st Jul, 2009

Wow%u2026 any kind of support here for something Australian on the world stage is non existent. How many of you bad mouthing this festival will actually be there? Probably all of you%u2026

Elliot G said on the 21st Jul, 2009

Says more about the quality of CNN journalism than it does about Parklife.

thursday said on the 21st Jul, 2009

Artist mentions on Twitter that Parklife was good = CNN feature

nickko said on the 21st Jul, 2009

"Parklife easily stands shoulder to should with some of the world%u2019s finest festivals." This from ITM, not CNN. Astounding.

lanesra23 said on the 21st Jul, 2009

Muscles is a joke. No Aussie fest comes close to the 4 mentioned, let alone the massive list of other outdoing international festivals. MIA is the only decent 'artist' mentioned.

James Brooks said on the 21st Jul, 2009

CNN............... FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!

casual_tom said on the 21st Jul, 2009

Good to see that the 'Tall Poppy Syndrome' is alive and well in our country. Give it a break people. If you hate this festival so much a) don't attend or b) go do something about it like start your own festival. In turn stop hacking companies/organisatio