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Article: No crowd records, no crowd complaints: Virgin Festival promoters are pleased.
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- Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- August 7, 2007
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Byline: Sam Sessa
Aug. 7--When Virgin Group founder and CEO Richard Branson announced this year's Virgin Festival lineup, he had high expectations.
"This year, if we don't sell out the two days, I'd be very surprised," he said in March.
Well, it didn't sell out the 120,000 two-day capacity.
But about 74,000 people turned out for the second year of the festival, which featured The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, the Beastie Boys and nearly 40 other acts at Pimlico Race Course. Promoters and city officials say they are pleased.
"I think this year what we did was really establish the festival as one of the biggest in the U.S.," said festival promoter Seth ...
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