ver since Richard Branson made his surprise helicopter-bound announcement that his already-successful Virgin Festival would be coming to Canada, the festival has failed to live up the hype. While the festival generally draws a few big name artists to Olympic Island, the quality and stature of performers never lives up to its American equivalent. Add to that last-minute changes such as Broken Social Scene replacing Massive attack three days before last year's festival, and the annual end-of-summer festival has a lot to prove. This year's lineup could be hit or miss. Foo Fighters are on top of the marquee for Saturday, while The Kooks and The Fratellis will play a near-identical brand of catchy but glossy and overproduced Brit Pop. MGMT and Bloc party will satisfy the hipster quotient. Sunday could be an anglophile’s wet dream with Oasis headlining and Paul Weller (of The Jam) and the Stereophonics supporting. It looks like it could be a really good show, but for now you can colour me skeptically optimistic.