International Pop Overthrow 08
03/31/2008
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(PR) Now in its 11th year, IPO lived up to its ambitious moniker from the get go, attracting acts from all over the world for its first few years at the hottest clubs in Los Angeles and Orange County, California. Now it's everywhere, running annually from February through November in cities across the U.S. and Canada: Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver and even (since 2003) at the famed Cavern Club in Liverpool.
Fans that can't make the gigs at the historic venue where The Beatles first met Brian Epstein and ultimately played 292 shows will have other options closer to home thanks to all the new cities on IPO's burgeoning agenda in 2008. In February, the event took over Atlanta (February 13-16) and Chapel Hill, North Carolina (21-24). Its first stops in Detroit (April 9-12) and Milwaukee (May 1-4) sandwich a marathon run in Chicago April 15-27. Before overthrowing the pop scene in Portland, Oregon for the first time from August 20-23, IPO will hit Liverpool (May 20-26), return to its roots in L.A. (July 25-August 9) and head up to San Francisco (August 12-16).
IPO is also scheduled for Vancouver August 26-30, with dates to be announced for November shows in Boston, New York and Toronto. Festival creator and promoter David Bash now has his eyes set on expanding the event's global reach and in coming years hopes to "set up shop" in cities like Stockholm, Madrid, Tokyo and Sydney. - IPO site
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