By Michael Zonenashvili on December 15th, 2010 in
For a full recap of all the latest festival news and rumors, scroll down and check out this week’s edition of Festivals in Brief.
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– CoS dubbed Sasquatch! our festival of the year! If only more festivals were in beautiful gorges.
– Ultra Music Festival loaded its 2011 lineup with The Chemical Brothers, Tiesto, Deadmau5, David Guetta, MSTRKRFT, Empire of the Sun, and more
– In celebration of their 20th anniversary, Pearl Jam will be hosting a music festival “somewhere in the Midwest” .
– Mexico City’s Caifanes will reunite for Coachella 2011! For those interested, layway plans are now available!
– The Big Four will unite again next summer to headline Sonisphere Festival UK.
– A reunited Black Star, Murs, and Immortal Technique will headline the Paid Dues Festival.
– Coachella: Caifanes, Broken Social Scene, The Thermals, YACHT (Expected), The Strokes, Chemical Brothers, HEALTH (Rumored)
– Ultra Music Festival: Official Lineup including Chemical Brothers, Empire of the Sun, Deadmau5, Tiesto, David Guetta, MSTRKRFT, Cut Copy, Girl Talk, Klaxons, !!!, and more
– Bonnaroo: Cold War Kids, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Mumford and Sons (Rumored)
– Sonisphere (UK): Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth confirmed as Friday headliners
– Oxegen (Ireland): Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Arctic Monkeys confirmed as headliners
– Isle of Wight (UK): Added Manic Street Preachers, Nick Lowe, Two Door Cinema Club, Public Image, LTD, & Hadouken!
– End of the Road Festival (UK): Initial lineup including The Walkmen, Twin Shadow, Midlake, & Wild Beasts
– Nova Rock (Austria): Iron Maiden confirmed as headliner, added Flogging Molly
– Open’er Festival (Poland): Coldplay confirmed as first headliner
– Benicàssim (Spain): Arcade Fire confirmed as fourth headliner
– Primavera Sound (Spain): Added Cloud Nothings, Das Racist, Emeralds, Games, Gang Gang Dance, Julian Lynch, Male Bonding, The Walkmen, & Twin Shadow
– Wacken Open Air (Germany): Initial lineup includes Judas Priest, Mayhem, Ozzy Osbourne, and Warpaint
– Lollapalooza Chile: Foo Fighters (Rumored)
– Vive Latino (Mexico): Official lineup including Devotchka, Sepultra, The National, Chemical Brothers
– Paid Dues Festival: Blackstar, Murs, and Immortal Technique confirmed as headliners
– Summerfest: Toby Keith confirmed as first headliner
– Tomorrow Never Knows: Added Cloud Nothings, Frankie Rose & The Outs, Magic Kids, Screaming Females, Sun Airway, The Dig, Twin Shadow.
– Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival: Added Azari & III
– Riverbend Festival: Beach Boys, Casting Crowns confirmed as first acts
– Bloc Weekend (UK): Added Apparat, Ben Klock, Jamie xx, Ikonika, Magnetic Man, & Modeskeletor
Benicàssim, BLOC Weekend, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Coachella Music Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, Lollapalooza Chile, Nova Rock, Open'er Festival, Oxegen, Paid Dues Festival, Primavera Sound, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Sonisphere Festival, Summerfest, Tomorrow Never Knows, Ultra Music Festival, Vive Latino, Wacken Open Air