Austin City Limits lineup confirmed
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If this isn’t an exciting (and exhausting) night, then send me to the fishes to sleep. Right now, hot off the presses, comes the official, initial line up for this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. The festival, which takes place in Austin, Texas, is set for September 26-28, 2008 at Zilker Park. From the looks of it, this line up will have many Texans raisin’ their guns to the air.
Foo Fighters, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Beck, Manu Chao, John Fogerty, David Byrne, The Raconteurs, The Mars Volta, Gnarls Barkley, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, N.E.R.D., Erykah Badu, Robert Earl Keen, Patty Griffin, Tegan and Sara, Iron & Wine, G. Love & Special Sauce, Neko Case, Band of Horses, The Swell Season, Silversun Pickups, Gogel Bordello, Gillian Welch, Eli Young Band, The Black Keys, Against Me!, Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels, Okkervil River, Galactic, Kevin Fowler, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend, Slightly Stoopid, Duffy, Flyleaf, Roky Erickson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Spiritualized, Drive-By Truckers, Ingrid Michaelson, Stars, Alejandro Escovedo, Jose Gonzales, CSS, Del the Funky Homosapien, Man Man, Jamie Lidell, MGMT, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Jenny Lewis, M. Ward, Asleep at the Wheel, Mason Jennings, Heartless Bastards, Antibalas, The Nachito Herrera All Stars, Shooter Jennings, Xavier Rudd, Yeasayer, Octopus Project, Joe Bonamassa, The Kills, White Denim, Louis XIV, Delta Spirit, Mates of State, Nicole Atkins & the Sea, Electric Touch, Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears, Back Door Slam, Tristan Prettyman, The Strange Boys, Ryan Bingham, Scott Biram, The Freddy Jones Band, Colour Revolt, Five Times August, Langhorne Slim, Sybris, Eli “Paperboy” Reed & the True Loves, Bavu Blakes & the Extra Plairs, AA Bondy, Chrisopher Denny, Mike Farris, The Lee Boys, South Austin Jug Band, American Bang, Bobby Bare Jr., Massaoustics, Belleville Outfit, We Go to 11, Band of Heathens, City and Colour, Sunny Sweeney, Elizabeth Willis, Automata, Bonnie Bishop, Ben Sollee, Ben Cylus, The Concert Supremes, River City Christionettes, Shields of Faith, The Jones Family Singers, Nakia & His Southern Cousins, Brothery Luv, The Henlsey Ensemble, School of Rock, Jambo, Q Brothers, Buck Howdy With BB, Uncle Rock, Big Don, Mr. Ray, The Jimmies
Tickets are currently available via the official site.
Added by Alex…
There will likely be 130 acts at this years ACL, meaning we are currently 16 names short. So expect, 16 additions in the near future.
Keep track of who is playing when over at the ACL Message Board with the “What Band Plays What Day?” thread…
Also be sure to head over to our ACL page for the latest confirmations and rumors…
Plant and Krauss are going to headline. It’s Austin. And they’re billed second. They’ll probably just play opposite Manu Chao.
Nice lineup. And I agree Alex, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss is a bit weird for a headliner. Of course, who would be the surprise headliner?…
Jack Johnson? hahaha.
One thing that should probably be pointed out…
I doubt Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will headline. In other words, one more big name may be on the way…
Not bad, Not Great, but solid enough for me to have interest in going since Austin is only 3 hours away from me in Dallas. Though I may wait to see what is going on at Vegoose and Voodoo. If it had camping, I would have already bought my ticket.
No, Byrne on the line up is a BIG plus.
DAVID BYRNE!!!!!!! FUCK YES!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!! Alex I know that DAvid plays everywhere for you guys up in New York, but for this Oklahoma boy this will be only my second time to see him. This is a day to be remembered.
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