COLDPLAY - COLDPLAY TO HEADLINE FIRST PEMBERTON VALLEY FESTIVAL

COLDPLAY TO HEADLINE FIRST PEMBERTON VALLEY FESTIVAL

COLDPLAY are to play their only summer festival in Canada after signing on to headline the inaugural Pemberton Valley event in July (08). The Brits will join rapper Jay-Z, Tom Petty + The Heartbreakers, Nine Inch Nails and the Tragically Hip at the first festival, which is modelled on Glastonbury in England and Coachella in California. More than 40,000 music fans are expected to attend the festival, which takes place just outside mountain town Pemberton, which is north of Whistler. Shane Bourbonnais, president of festival promoters Live Nation, tells The Vancouver Sun newspaper the Pemberton event is sure to become one of the world's most beautiful three-day music festivals. He explains, "The setting is second to none... I don't think there's a festival site that can compare to this one. You're at the base of Mount Currie and you're 25 minutes from world-class Whistler." Live Nation is dedicated to making this a green festival by offering free parking to those who can fill a car with festivalgoers, and powering the event with hydro-electric energy.