MMJ @ Hop Farm Music Festival, June 29-July 1, Kent, UK

[johnnYYac]

MMJ will join Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and others at this fest whilst revisiting Europe in June.  Looks like a tight schedule forming.

http://hopfarmfestival.com/line-up

Bob Dylan • Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra • Suede
Damien Rice • Primal Scream
My Morning Jacket • Maximo Park
Patti Smith & Her Band • The Stranglers
Dr John And The Lower 911 • Joan Armatrading
Billy Ocean • The Psychedelic Furs
Lianne La Havas • The Jezabels • Slow Club
Benjamin Francis Leftwich • Frightened Rabbit
Tom Vek • White Denim • Ben Kweller
Lucy Rose • fiN • Dog Is Dead • Race Horses
Steve Smyth • Sian Sanderson • Ligers
Many More Acts To Be Announced
Comedy Stage • Buskers Boulevard • Camp Acoustic Stage

[walterfredo]

I hope billy ocean and the jacket do carribean queen together. That would be worth the airfare to Europe alone.

[Penny Lane]

I hope billy ocean and the jacket do carribean queen together. That would be worth the airfare to Europe alone.

i would make the trip for that alone...audio would not be good enough  ;)

[coldnebraskablue]

Oh man, Hop Farm... never again. Saw MMJ w/ Neil Young back in 2008 I think it was... show was great but getting out of the place was a joke. Never again. I just hope they come up with some indoor UK dates.

[tdb810]

MMJ will join Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and others at this fest whilst revisiting Europe in June.  Looks like a tight schedule forming.

http://hopfarmfestival.com/line-up

Bob Dylan • Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra • Suede
Damien Rice • Primal Scream
My Morning Jacket • Maximo Park
Patti Smith & Her Band • The Stranglers
Dr John And The Lower 911 • Joan Armatrading
Billy Ocean • The Psychedelic Furs
Lianne La Havas • The Jezabels • Slow Club
Benjamin Francis Leftwich • Frightened Rabbit
Tom Vek • White Denim • Ben Kweller
Lucy Rose • fiN • Dog Is Dead • Race Horses
Steve Smyth • Sian Sanderson • Ligers
Many More Acts To Be Announced
Comedy Stage • Buskers Boulevard • Camp Acoustic Stage

HOLY FUCK! Frightened Rabbit WHAT? Damien Rice WHAT? fuckfuckfuckfuck that's amazing! i want to be independently wealthy, for nothing else but to follow the Jacket. 

[headhunter]

MMJ will join Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and others at this fest whilst revisiting Europe in June.  Looks like a tight schedule forming.

http://hopfarmfestival.com/line-up

Bob Dylan • Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra • Suede
Damien Rice • Primal Scream
My Morning Jacket • Maximo Park
Patti Smith & Her Band • The Stranglers
Dr John And The Lower 911 • Joan Armatrading
Billy Ocean • The Psychedelic Furs
Lianne La Havas • The Jezabels • Slow Club
Benjamin Francis Leftwich • Frightened Rabbit
Tom Vek • White Denim • Ben Kweller
Lucy Rose • fiN • Dog Is Dead • Race Horses
Steve Smyth • Sian Sanderson • Ligers
Many More Acts To Be Announced
Comedy Stage • Buskers Boulevard • Camp Acoustic Stage

HOLY FUCK! Frightened Rabbit WHAT? Damien Rice WHAT? fuckfuckfuckfuck that's amazing! i want to be independently wealthy, for nothing else but to follow the Jacket.

Trish I LOVE the way you describe things!!!! Would LOVE to see Damien Rice!  Saw him for 2 shows at the Beacon years ago and he is one seriously talented guy!
Patti Smith also is spectacular!  Joan, Peter, BOB!!!   Wow or "fuckfuckfuckfuck" as TDB would say.

[tdb810]

I know HH  ;D  I think I was a truck driver in a former life  :D

[Fully]

MMJ will join Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and others at this fest whilst revisiting Europe in June.  Looks like a tight schedule forming.

http://hopfarmfestival.com/line-up

Bob Dylan • Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra • Suede
Damien Rice • Primal Scream
My Morning Jacket • Maximo Park
Patti Smith & Her Band • The Stranglers
Dr John And The Lower 911 • Joan Armatrading
Billy Ocean • The Psychedelic Furs
Lianne La Havas • The Jezabels • Slow Club
Benjamin Francis Leftwich • Frightened Rabbit
Tom Vek • White Denim • Ben Kweller
Lucy Rose • fiN • Dog Is Dead • Race Horses
Steve Smyth • Sian Sanderson • Ligers
Many More Acts To Be Announced
Comedy Stage • Buskers Boulevard • Camp Acoustic Stage

HOLY FUCK! Frightened Rabbit WHAT? Damien Rice WHAT? fuckfuckfuckfuck that's amazing! i want to be independently wealthy, for nothing else but to follow the Jacket.

Buying lottery tickets as we speak. If I win the megamillions game this week, I'll take all of you. (A girl's gotta have a dream.)

[tdb810]

MMJ will join Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and others at this fest whilst revisiting Europe in June.  Looks like a tight schedule forming.

http://hopfarmfestival.com/line-up

Bob Dylan • Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra • Suede
Damien Rice • Primal Scream
My Morning Jacket • Maximo Park
Patti Smith & Her Band • The Stranglers
Dr John And The Lower 911 • Joan Armatrading
Billy Ocean • The Psychedelic Furs
Lianne La Havas • The Jezabels • Slow Club
Benjamin Francis Leftwich • Frightened Rabbit
Tom Vek • White Denim • Ben Kweller
Lucy Rose • fiN • Dog Is Dead • Race Horses
Steve Smyth • Sian Sanderson • Ligers
Many More Acts To Be Announced
Comedy Stage • Buskers Boulevard • Camp Acoustic Stage

HOLY FUCK! Frightened Rabbit WHAT? Damien Rice WHAT? fuckfuckfuckfuck that's amazing! i want to be independently wealthy, for nothing else but to follow the Jacket.

Buying lottery tickets as we speak. If I win the megamillions game this week, I'll take all of you. (A girl's gotta have a dream.)

Deal!!!

[stackjacket]

Im heading home to Ireland that week:):):) Gonna try and pop over to the uk.HOPEFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tdb810]

Im heading home to Ireland that week:):):) Gonna try and pop over to the uk.HOPEFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW, Owen! That would be amazing, hope it happens!!!!!!!!!  Don't let it be another red rocks 

[SaraBananaBear]

Oh man, Hop Farm... never again. Saw MMJ w/ Neil Young back in 2008 I think it was... show was great but getting out of the place was a joke. Never again. I just hope they come up with some indoor UK dates.

I was almost considering going, but that doesn't sound good. ???

[coldnebraskablue]

I was almost considering going, but that doesn't sound good. ???

Well... we left before Neil's encore, and promptly got stuck in the car park for something like 3 hours. It looked like there was only one exit in operation, at least that I could see, and it was tiny - opening out on to a pitch black country lane with no signs. So, we then promptly got lost  ;D

There were no staff in the car park at that time that I could see, and it was pretty scary trying to get the car over some narrow wooden planks across ditches to even get close to the exit. Luckily it remained good natured. I think we got home around 3:30am in the end, only live 60 miles away by road  :-\

This was the first Hop Farm festival, and it was 4 years ago, so maybe things are better now. I remember afterwards their website had a forum on it where loads of people were complaining about the car park situation, so much so that the forum got taken down in the end. It was cold and wet too, Neil Young actually put his coat back on onstage at one point!

Edit: According to this page: http://www.safeconcerts.com/reviews/hop-farm/2011/ the car praking situation is still bad, but overall the event is regarded highly:

There is only one complaint about the whole event, the traffic. For some obscure reason the most impressive mis-management of the car park resulted in chaos, anarchy and frustration on each and every night. Please don't use this company again. That's the only grumble from the whole festival and whilst it was unacceptable on every level I don't want it to be a focus for this exceptional event.