By CoS Staff on November 15th, 2011 in
This past week brings lineup news for a number of 2012 music festivals, including Australia’s Golden Plains, Montreal’s igloofest, and Michigan’s Ann Arbor Folk Festival. In addition, South by Southwest revealed another batch of 2012 acts and UK’s Download Festival unearthed its first two headliners. Plus, we have some more rumors for Coachella 2012.
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When/Where: January 27-28th at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Official Lineup: Ryan Adams, Emmylou Harris, Glenn Campbell, DeVotchKa, Company of Thieves, Dawes, and more
Tickets: One-day ($35 & $47.50) and two-day ($60 and $85) passes are now available via the festival’s website
When/Where: April 13-15th and 20-22nd at Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California
Expected: ASAP Rocky, Keep Shelly in Athens
Rumored: Radiohead, No Doubt, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Young the Giant, The Head and the Heart, Kasabian, Grouplove, Band of Skulls
Tickets: TBA
When/Where: June 8-1oth at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England
Official Lineup: Metallica performing The Black Album, Black Sabbath
Tickets: £190 five-day and £180 three-day festival passes go on sale Friday, November 18th via the festival’s website
When/Where: March 10-12th at Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre in Victoria, Australia
Official Lineup: Bon Iver, Wild Flag, DJ/rupture, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo Gang, Black Lips, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Roky Erikson, Urge Overkill, and Roots Manuva
Tickets: $289.00 AU festival passes are now available via the festival’s website
When/Where: January 12-28th at Old Port of Montreal
Official Lineup: Buraka Som Sistema, A-Trak, Pearson Sound, Tiefschwarz, Tiga, Ostrich, Green Velvet, Cosmo, Bambounou, and more
Tickets: $60.00 CA festival passes now available via the festival’s website
When/Where: April 9-14th in Mayrhofen, Austria
Official Lineup: Snoop Dogg, Fatboy Slim, Example, DJ Shadow, Groove Armada, The Vaccines, Chase and Status, Sub Focus (DJ set), Crookers, Tensnake, Skream!, Jack Beats, Aeroplane, and more
Tickets: Various packages are now available via the festival’s website
When/Where: March 13-18th in Austin, Texas
What’s New: Built to Spill, Band of Skulls, Lucero, Blouse, Alabama Shakes, Lanie Lane, Idiot Glee, PUJOL, Psychic Ills, Turbo Fruits, and more
Who’s Already Playing: Against Me!, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Cloud Nothings, Yukon Blonde, VHS or Beta, Chelsea Wolfe, The Ettes, The Men, Library Voices, ANR, Big Deal, Class Actress, Com Truise, Spectrals, and more
Tickets: Multiple variations of festival badges are now available via the festival’s website
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