Virgin Festival Calgary's line-up is announced... and The Flaming Lips are finally coming to town.

We at CJSW love a funny spectacle and the folks at Virgin Mobile gladly delivered. At a press conference this morning, the Calgary Police escorted a procession of Mini Coopers into Fort Calgary. The little red and white cars emptied cheerleaders and British bobbies onto a red carpet where the 'bobbies' unlocked a briefcase containing the line-up for the inaugural Virgin Festival Calgary.

Scheduled to perform Vfest Calgary (June 21st-22nd) are the Flaming Lips, Stone Temple Pilots (headlining day one), Tragically Hip (headlining day two), Three Days Grace, Corb Lund, Face to Face, The Dudes, Pride Tiger, Crash Parallel, Matthew Good, City & Colour, Stars, Constantines, The New Pornographers, Attack in Black, Ten Second Epic, The Spades, The Whitsundays and Said the Whale. A one-day pass is priced at $75.50 and a two-day pass is priced at $125. A limited amount of advance tickets will be available at the Future Shop on April 9th at 10am. General ticket sales commence April 12th at 10am through Future Shop and Ticketmaster.

Andrew Bridge, Director of Virgin Festivals, described how the acts were selected from random suggestions in thousands of e-mails sent to Virgin upon the announcement of the Calgary festival. Bridge said that the main headliners are included in this announced roster, but there may be some smaller additions. Let's hope so. Aside from the Flaming Lips, Calgary has already had the pleasure of seeing these musicians a few times over.

The Virgin Fest is a carbon neutral event and Bridge pledged that Virgin will leave Fort Calgary in a better condition than they found it. For more information, head to http://www.virginfestival.ca/.