On August 6, 2008, hundreds of wizard rockers and friends converged at the Hilton Chicago for Wrock Chicago - one of the largest wizard rock festivals ever! Today, MTV has released their coverage of the event, which you can view on their website.
If you attended Wrock Chicago, see if you can spot yourself - many fans (myself included!) were captured on camera dancing and jumping during the shows.
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08-18-2008
at 7:29 PM
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:31:57
That sounds really cool. I wish I could have gone!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:33:33
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:33:57
Dang...wish I couldve gone! Too far away. D;
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:35:03
top five!!!!!!!!!!! and i didnt go to the event.:(
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:46:51
it looked like loads of fun wish i could have went.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:49:22
Its too bad that wizard rock is complete garbage. My opinion of course.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:49:56
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:51:15
awww........Darn chicago is only ten minutes away I couldve gone if I knew about it :(
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:54:20
Posted by rooon 2 hours ago
: ) Yaaay!!!! Peta2.org rocks my socks!!!!!!!!!! Sorry that this post doesnt relate, but I just thought that all of the animal lovers out there should visit peta2.org and join the street team! You can really help animals while getting free stuff, so check it out! : ) Oh! And go Harry Potter!!!! : )
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 20:00:38
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 20:03:08
Awesome! I wanted to go sooo bad! But unfortunately I live down south, so its too far away. :(
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 20:05:53
: ) Yaaay!!!! Peta2.org rocks my socks!!!!!!!!!! Sorry that this post doesnt relate, but I just thought that all of the animal lovers out there should visit peta2.org and join the street team! You can really help animals while getting free stuff, so check it out! : ) Oh! And go Harry Potter!!!! : )
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 20:54:56
omg!!! my friend and i tried so hard to get in; and
then those stupid people wouldnt let us get in, and
we even had to ask someone to be our guardian and
have our parents fax some stuff over there!!! it was
so depressing, standing outside of the hall and just
listening!!! it totally sucked; and now im even
more determined to go next year or just go see
some of the wizard bands at some point, especially
the remus lupins, cuz i need some more hp in my life...
especially with the movie being moved!!!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 21:10:24
OMG I WOULDA DRESSED LIKE LUNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANNA GO NEXT YEAR IF THEY HAVE IT! PLZ TELL US WHEN THEY HAVE IT!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 21:31:14
actually there will be another wrock festival, and this one is gonna be awesome. type nyc wizard rock festival on google and check out their website. I wish mugglenet tell us about when these festivals gonna be so we can go, instead of giving reports about the past event. but anyways, wrocks are awesome !!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 21:41:50
WOOT! Kristina, Lauren, and Alex!( Im a fiveawesomegirls fan too) That was awesome! Too bad I couldnt go..
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 22:59:55
if any of you have actually READ the article, its actually really sad... not so much about the actual wrockfest, more about the growing hatred between harry potter and twilight fans. the comments after the article are really sad. just please remember people, you can like twilight.. but NEVER let love of harry potter fade.. yeah thats all i have to say. also, i agree with george- twi-rock should really be renamed vampire rock.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-18 23:33:26
All that I heard for the many of comments posted on this topic, was that hp is slowly decreasing in love from fans, and that twilight series has something to give to the readers that the hp didnt have!!! I AGREE AND GUESS WHAT I WAS ONCE A HP FAN, AND NOW I AM TRUELY A TWILIGHT FAN!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 00:09:30
ahh man i couldnt goo :(
and rose sweetie not the best place to advertise your a true twlight fan
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 01:40:54
I liked the vid. The article was rubbish. Comparing twilight to hp usually is(actually scratch that. its always rubbish). I feel as if the hp fandom had grown this year actually. I dont know what youre talking about Rose37. good luck keeping the twilight fandom going for another year. You will need a lot of luck for that. Oh and again with the article, I realy liked what all the wrockers had to say about twilight. espcially carptner. twiligt is a bad piece of litereture
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 06:40:04
Twilight and HP are COMPLETELY different. They share the same BASIC genre of fantasy...thats about it. Theres more in common with LOTR. But anyway, does it really matter if a lot of people agree with you whether or not a book is a good piece of literature? (Im talking to Rose) As long as YOU like the series, that should be all that matters. Ones taste in reading is personal. I happen to like the Twilight series (and get this, Im a heterosexual male). I like the freestyle writing, as it gives you a sense of not exactly knowing whats next, though once you realize what happens it becomes obvious. Thats also why I love HP, but I find there are many more reasons to like HP. HP actually DID encourage me to begin trying out new books. It was my "gateway" book to higher level reading. So, now that the HP series is all done, the fandom will live on, but it will slowly diminish, not in size, but in intensity. The same will happen when Twilight is finished.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 07:44:44
Wish I could see the coverage it say not available!! pity I dont like in America.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 07:47:21
I am not saying that I will never again be a hp fan, but for right now Twilight series is what is part of my life now. Yes the hp series helped me get into reading litereture more on my freetime, than just forcefully by the teachers, but twilight has something more than hp doesnt have and that is keep the readers mind in the story plot. To say the least, when I was reading hp, I stoped a couple of time, to take a reading break, but once I started reading twilight, I could never stop. Right now I am almost done with book two(New moon) and book one only took me 18 days to read, while book two, for me I would say that I will be done with book two by no later than the 21, NO PROBLEM!!! Now if we were talking about the hp series and how long the books took to read the first time around, than I would say: Book one a month, Book two took me two weeks, Book three took me two weeks, Books four took me a month, Books five a month, Book six a week and Book seven took me six day to read and some books did take me a shorter time than book one or book two of twilight, but again each of the two twilight books kept my interest throughtout the whole book and with less to none reading breaks!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 07:55:56
Ditto, NightStar. Sucks MAJOR.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 08:27:56
I think Ive missed something but... Exactly what is wizard rock?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 08:40:15
26th comment!!!! i saw myself!! that was the best night ever! it was so much fun!!! i wish every HP fan could have came and saw it!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 08:42:27
I didnt go, but it sounds really fun! I wish I couldve gone!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 08:46:36
Rose37 if u like Twilight so much than why are u on an HP website?..... and on a happier not nkk_kiara it was cool, maybe u can go next year! im not sure when it is though.. sorry!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 10:01:36
Maccii, Wizard rock(or wrock) is music about the hp world. There are many wrock bands out there who are writing their own creative songs about stuff in the books. To learn more about it you can go to the Wizard Rock section on mugglenet(left side, under info). There are many bands with different style, you can hear their songs on myspace for free and see if you like any(there are a lot there so chanches are some are to your taste-if you are looking that is).
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 10:23:01
This stuff is absolutly ridiculous! Twilight doesnt even compare to Harry Potter. I think its stupid how Twilight is making their own music genre. The Twilight community tries to be as big as Harry Potter. But (no offense) some of the Twilight fans need a major reality check. Cause guess what? Harry Potter will always be bigger then Twilight. I hope I didnt offend anybody by this.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 10:55:33
i cant not even believe that some of u are going to give up on protesting to warner bros. if you dont even try then we will never be able to see it in nov. you are right, online petitions and you tube videos wont work on getting warner bros. to release harry potter in nov. but there are other ways to protest that might work. you just have to try, do u think its going to be easy. go to this website: hbpnojuly.blogspot.com/
it is a great idea and similar starategies worked on bringing back tv shows, it can work for us. write several letters, and tell other people to do it. please dont give up, dont sit around doing nothing and end up being one of the people that made it impossible to see it in nov. because you couldnt send out a few letters.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 11:13:33
Thanks tiassa! :) Sounds really cool I hope I can find something from Sweden so I can see them!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 11:31:32
Rose, are you freaking 5 year old you cant read anything? This is a WIZARD ROCK article. PLEASE PLEASE stop posting effing useless things that always bring us off-topic. God, youre really annoying me now. First asking us what your age is in Ginnys Birthday Article and telling us were going to die some day in the same article and now this. PLEASE, SHUT UP!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 12:26:08
I totally support the Wizard Rock fandom, and I totally support the bands anti-Twilight feelings. I kinda agree that the Twilight books are for a more immature generation and I hate that people view it as "the next Harry Potter"
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 12:41:59
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 13:14:24
Ok..im SOOOOO saving up money to go to a wrock weekend or whatever next year. We dont have anything like that in Norway T_T
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 13:18:26
Maccii, I went to wizrocklopedia where there are band listing according to location. It turnes out Sweden has quite the wrock community: http://wizrocklopedia.com /index.php/band-locations /
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 13:25:05
Ok, fine you want topic talk, than here it is, I wasnt able to be at the event and I wish that I had went. Now does anyone know where can I find any fans taken phones of The Chicago hp convention?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 13:28:51
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 13:58:10
HOLY FRICK IM ON MTV ... for all of two seconds!! HOORAY
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 13:59:45
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 14:21:54
blah blah blah. People please dont argue over which book series is better, because really its all a matter of opinion. And really, its okay to be a fan of both series! Im a Harry Potter AND a Twilight fan, although I feel Harry Potter will always be my most favorite. And honestly, after reading Breaking Dawn (the last book in the Twilight series, unless you count Midnight Sun, but I dont), I kind of felt like I was done with Twilight. I felt that if Stephanie Meyer wrote any more about Bella/Edward or Jake/Renesmee, I wouldnt really care. But that wasnt the same feeling I got when I finished Deathly Hallows - when I finished DH I felt like I wanted more, like I WOULD read more about Harrys kids or whatever. So anywho, its just a matter of opinion.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 14:59:28
Sounds Cool!
Question 1 : WHO MADE THE BASILISK, SLYTHERIN OR VOLDEMORT? I THOUGHT THEY ONLY LIVED A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS. IM WRITING A FANFIC AND CANT FIND THE ANSWER AND FOR SOME REASON I CANT CONNECT TO THE CHAT TO ASK. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED
Q2: WOULD HERMIONE HAVE USED THE OBLIVIATE SPELL ON HER PARENTS OR SOMETHING ELSE? DH CONTRADICTS THIS AS SHE SAYS SHES NEVER PERFORMED A MEMORY CHARM AND THEN PROCEEDS TO OBLIVATE DEATH EATERS IN THE CAFE.
Sorry to tick anyone off by asking here. Its ONLY because I couldnt connect to the chat and Im in a writing wave
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 16:19:43
Slytherin put the basilisk there. I think it was said that it was really big meaning old? I dont know. We can also say it just had a kid or something(heh). The problem with the memory charm was solved: she changed her parentss memories and the death eaters were the first she obliviated.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 20:48:18
This is so cool!!! Im in it!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 22:51:31
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-19 23:24:13
hey, i am accually a member of a vamprock band and i would like to say that my band has allways called it vamprock and we very much dislike twi-rock. they didnt know what they were talking about since the fist twilight band was calling itself vamprock. whatever sorry for bothering yall. but thanks for listening
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-21 10:53:30
I cant even watch this because I live in England and it sucks even more because I was THERE. URGH. Why not include the UK in being able to view these videos?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-22 12:32:11
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