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# Fans enjoy? SEAN RAYFORD Staff Writer The uptown district of Charlotte recentl; played host to 48 bands on five stages spreai across a two-day period. The action was centered on College and Try on streets where the main stage was located Sept 26 and 27. The big acts included Local H, Barenaket Ladies, Violet Femmes, Cravin' Melon, Jump Lit W tie Children, Jerry Lee Lewis, C&C Music Fac tory and Foo Fighters. The Carolina Music Fest began Friday whei all five stages opened at 5 p.m. A fairly small, bu rowdy, crowd was on hand for a loud performano by Local H. The duo of Scott Lucas and Joe Daniel got the crowd moving with their performance o songs like "Eddie Vedder." The Canadian band once banned from play ing in Toronto because of their name followed Lo cal H on the main stage. The Barenaked Ladiei a were simply fun. They put on a show that con tinuously gave the crowd something to smil< about. Whether it was performances on "The 01< Apartment," "Hello City" or "Brian Wilson," the] were able to keep the crowd dancing like it wai XT XT T71 new iearsnrve. In the traditions of the album Add it Up the Violent Femmes pulled out all the stops. Bri an Ritchie began with his digeridoo, eventually performing on a conk shell. Gordon Gano was re laxed and cool, finishing the show with the all ^ familiar lines of "Add it Up." Dayroom pla 'J ^m 'V pmnpn MARY 5 GlFT5 * GRA1 Something spec sun at sizzlii Every thij bg_ I _ ?!! i ill! . I A ^ I JM f essss jm x i M Travel i|g Study F jijjl Language \ Culture ^ ?:::: U ' ^ Siiii ^ hub _____ iiiii TUES] 11:0 !!!!! ? !!!!! RUS !!! ! (Rain 1 r.s BH^HMIMKET?TiflcT!T!!T3rnnTJT7F! ^ygMgig ? "F 0 ^ y kr i first Carolir The Femmes played "Blister in the Sun" early in the set and created a powerful explosion oi y energy from the crowd. The wooden security bar ^ riers broke through, and they stopped playing Gordon walked to the back of the stage, guitar still in hand. The crowd calmed while security attempted to fix the whole broken fence sit uation. He came back to the mic and addressee the crowd. Should any more crowd control prob * lems occur, they would have to stop playing. r_ The Violent Femmes finished up the hit single from 1980 and Brian Ritchie began tc speak. t "I guess this next song will be a test for you guys." That said, The Femmes performed "Dance g M.F. Dance" as one would expect, raw, rusty and (f edgy. The barriers held and Gordon, Brian and Guy continued with their onslaught of hits. "Old Mother Reagan," "American Music," "Kiss Off,' "flnno ParlHv Hana " TVmntrv TloatVi firmer" anr finally, "Add It Up." End of day one, a Live shows started at 1 p.m. Saturdaj with cool temperatures in the 60s and a stead} breeze. Those without long pants and sleeves felt the first shivers of fall as they wandered through ^ the streets of Charlotte, s Jimmie's Chicken Shack, who recently signed with the Polygram label, appeared on the fifth ? stage at 6:15 p.m. The Annapolis, Md., band played various tracks off their new album, Pushing the V Salmanilla Envelope. Their set included the single "High" that has been receiving air time on Charlotte radio stations. ys for WUSC V ,alliip 1 Th<^ Sr^AN MEYERS Pholography Editor wn m and Specialty S VD OPENING :ial for everyone under tg summertime savings tig in stock 10% off. iHHBa ?1 JOHr\ Europe \ Australia The World! K\7\?1 DAY, OCTOBER 7 10 am to 3:00 pm isell House Patio location: Golden Spur) ETC. la Music Fest in f i l i * l?jil W^^. ?i<Mii1lll^? Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performed at Cha bands who performed were Jump Little Children, Vi< [ Local favorites Jump Little Children got the l main stage crowd into a dancing fiasco at 6:45 shori I p.m. The sun began to set and the city prepared The ; for Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters. jeopi Despite the performance of C&C Music Fac- tloni tory on stage No. 3 at the same time, the parking lot at the main stage overflowed with a few on a thousand anxious fans. Up g Grohl returned to his Nirvana wer{ ~1 roots by starting the show on drums Uhens alongside Taylor Hawkins. The two j)?m(j' drummers ripped a furious rhythm un- the I room til Grohl jumped up, grabbed his gui- "I'll! ed for tar and took his role as frontman of the from e Howie F?o Fighters. final I the The crowd reacted with a Fve . . ... _ ... fi.ll.. 11111801 mighty torce while surfers tumbled over lulv peek's the stage barrier. 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