An interesting item surfaced on Twitter the other day. CBS radio might be reviving the famed HFS-tival. The rumor started when Billy Idol posted tour dates on his web site the included a September appearance in Gaithersburg, Maryland at the HFS-tival.
There are several questions that spring to mind:
1 Gaithersburg??? Would that mean The Montgomery County fairgrounds? Really?
2. How can you have an HFS-tival without an HFS? Yes, I realize that there is something called HFS being carried on some CBS station's HD2 channel, but do more than 12 people listen to it?
3. Do you even know anybody with an HD radio?
4. Do you know that HD stands for Hybrid Digital and not High Definition?
5. Do they have no shame?
The HFS-Tival was started as a 4th of July Picnic at Lake Fairfax and grew into a huge moneymaker of a Festival. It got there via the passion and commitment of dozens of HFSters. The vibe was fantastic, the value was amazing – 20 bands for $20! It became a legend, a communal ritual, people bought tickets BEFORE the line up was announced!
But that is over and gone. Squashed, squeezed and squandered.
If this is for real, and they are going to promote an HFS-tival, they will no doubt do it via all the various DC and Baltimore stations CBS owns. Which will still not sell it out, because no matter what the line up is, no matter what the ticket prices are, there is no soul, no passion, no mission, no reason to care.
It's a bad idea and the public will not be fooled.
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