The Area Festival was a music festival founded by popular electronic musician Moby, who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of Lollapalooza", and wished to create a similarly "genuinely eclectic, interesting, alternative music festival". Moby organized the first such festival, called Area:One in 2001, and the sequel tour Area2, in 2002. The festival is currently on indefinite hiatus. The festival featured diverse genres of music. Besides headliner Moby, the main stage mostly featured rock and pop acts. The second stage was an air-conditioned tent where electronic, dance and smaller bands performed.
Acts The 2001 Area:One acts included Moby, OutKast, The New Deal, Carl Cox, Nelly Furtado, Incubus, Paul Oakenfold, The Roots, The Orb, New Order, and Rinôçérôse.
The 2002 Area2 acts included Moby and David Bowie in alternating headlining slots: as well as Ash, Blue Man Group, and Busta Rhymes.
The festival also featured a DJ tent with a rotating list of artists.
The main sponsors for the tour were Intel, KMX, and Pepsi.
Area:One This concert in 2001 featured: Moby Jurassic 5 Outkast Kelis New Order Gwen Stefani Nelly Furtado Incubus The Roots Paul Oakenfold The Orb Carl Cox Rinôçérôse Timo Maas Kevin Saunderson Derrick May Juan Atkins
Area:One tour dates Area:One was a three-and-a-half-week touring festival in the Summer of 2001.
Date City Country Venue July 11, 2001 AtlantaUnited States Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre July 13, 2001 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion July 14, 2001 Camden Tweeter Center at the Waterfront July 15, 2001WantaghJones Beach July 16, 2001 July 18, 2001 Mansfield Tweeter Center July 19, 2001 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center July 21, 2001 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Center July 22, 2001 Toronto Canada The Docks July 24, 2001 ClarkstonUnited States DTE Energy Music Center July 25, 2001 Tinley Park Tweeter Center July 26, 2001 Saint Paul Midway Stadium July 28, 2001 Denver Mile High Stadium July 31, 2001 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre August 2, 2001 Vancouver Canada Thunderbird Stadium August 3, 2001 GeorgeUnited States Gorge Amphitheatre August 5, 2001 Devore Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion
Area2 This concert in 2002 featured:
Main Stage Moby David Bowie Billy Talent in Toronto Busta Rhymes Rhymes never played in Toronto - he was held up in immigration on the way in. Blue Man Group Ash
Stage Two: Carl Cox John Digweed Tiësto DJ Dan The Avalanches Dieselboy DJ Tim Skinner
Area2 tour dates Area was a three-week touring festival in the mid-2002.
Date City Country Venue July 28, 2002 Washington, D.C.United States Nissan Pavilion July 30, 2002 Camden Tweeter Center at the Waterfront July 31, 2002 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center August 2, 2002 Wantagh Jones Beach Theatre August 3, 2002 Mansfield Tweeter Center Boston August 5, 2002 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre August 6, 2002 ClarkstonUnited States DTE Energy Music Center August 8, 2002 Tinley Park Tweeter Center Chicago August 10, 2002 Denver Universal Lending Pavilion
(former temporary venue located within the Ball Arena parking lot) August 13, 2002 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater-Irvine August 14, 2002 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre August 16, 2002 George The Gorge Amphitheatre
Due to illness, DJ John Digweed was unable to attend the final event of the tour. DJ Tim Skinner was also unable to attend.
See also
List of electronic music festivals
References
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