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Foo Fighters, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Beck, Manu Chao, John Fogerty, David Byrne, the Raconteurs and the Mars Volta are among the top acts booked for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival, set for the city's Zilker Park from Sept. 26-28.The seventh ACL Fest, produced by Austin-based promoter/producer C3 Presents, will feature more than 125 acts over three days. Also on the bill are Gnarls Barkley, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, N.E.R.D., Tegan & Sara, Iron & Wine, G. Love & Special Sauce, Neko Case, Band Of Horses, the Swell Season, Silversun Pickups, Gogol Bordello, Gillian Welch, the Black Keys, Against Me!, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Hot Chip, Spiritualized, Drive-By Truckers, Vampire Weekend and Duffy.
The ACL lineup boasts several acts with a Texas connection, among them Erykah Badu, Robert Earl Keen, Patty Griffin, Eli Young Band, Kevin Fowler, Flyleaf, Roky Erickson, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears and White Denim.
Three-day passes are available for $170, including fees and a print-at-home option, at ACLfestival.com until sellout or show time. Sponsors are AT&T, AMD, Dell, Austin Ventures, WaMu, BMI, H-E-B, Heineken, Blackstone Winery and Sweet Leaf Tea.
The ACL festival was the fourth-ranked festival in the world in 2007, based on its gross of $11.3 million and attendance of 225,000 from three sold-out days, according to Billboard Boxscore.
The mid lineup looks like it has some great potential, so they better bring it, because I was expecting some bad ass headliners and got stuck with foo fighters and a band that will be at bonnaroo but not in a headlining spot. no good. no good.
i cant believe foo fighters are the headliners...i keep looking at it like and saying why?
you know ACL looks at its own boards and see what people are talking about, they go and get a headliner that NO ONE was talking about (i understand that it might be impossible to book some of the bands they suggest but i mean c'mon).
look at roo...they see everyone saying pearl jam and whadda know?
its ok though, guess ill just leave early...sigh....
^Agreed. But also after further observation of the lineup, David Byrne will be stellar, and I am so excited about this show. There are also a large number of small bands that I'm stoked about, but the headliners are just BLAH. It's tough to get over, honestly.
The mid lineup looks like it has some great potential, so they better bring it, because I was expecting some bad ass headliners and got stuck with foo fighters and a band that will be at bonnaroo but not in a headlining spot. no good. no good.
I just keep telling myself the aftershows will blow me away...
Yeah. This is definitely not feeling like a $170 value (even though it clearly is in the larger sense). I'm going to have to do a band by band cost analysis before I get a pass...
Already bought mine. Yikes. I'd still go though if I hadn't bought it yet. I would just be a little reluctant at first to get a pass. But then I'd remember it'll still be a grand time in zilker park with friends listening to great music.
Sometimes yeah. But I wouldn't expect anything big unless ticket sales hurt...which unfortunately doesn't seem to happen much with ACL.
Lucky, if you decide not to do the full 3 days, the passes are pretty easy to unload, especially once they sell out and start selling the absurdly priced 1 day tix.
I'm going to refocus my lineup fulfillment on the Thursday Bonnaroo announcement.
The headliners leave a little to be desired. Tons of names that I personally don't care for. But seriously. Spiritualized And Mars Volta. Quack. You should check Delta Spirit too. That band is so good. Reguardless. You guys should have some fun with this.
Post by GratefulHippie on Apr 15, 2008 8:12:34 GMT -5
i think this is sounding a whole lot like when bonnaroo first released their lineup.
are the headliners really exciting...no. beck will be great...lots of fun live, but i'm not much of a foo fighters fan, and i'll be damned if i'm going to complain about seeing robert effing plant twice in a year.
i personally thought the undercard for this year was great. while the big acts leave much to be desired...a la bonnaroo...i can honestly say there is a long list of performers i will not miss, and therefore, it doesn't disappoint me in the least.
sorry for those of y'all who are disappointed, but i'll be there with bells on
Post by GratefulHippie on Apr 15, 2008 8:25:55 GMT -5
Full Lineup:
Foo Fighters, Robert Plant & 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, Parry Griffin, Tegan & Sara, Iron & Wine, G. Love & Special Sauce, Neko Case, Band of Horses, The Swell Season, Silversun Pickups, Gogol 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 and the Dap Kings, Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend, Slightly Stoopid, Duffy, Alejandro Escovedo, Roky Erickson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Spiritualized, Flyleaf, Drive-by Truckers, Ingrid Michaelson, Stars, Jose Gonzales, CSS, Del the Funky Homosapien, Man Man, Jamie Lidell, MGMT, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Jenny Lewis, 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, Freddy Jones, Colour Revolt, Five Times August, Langhorne Slim, Sybris, Eli "Paper Boy" Reed and the True Loves, Bavu Blake and the Extra Plairs, AA Bondy, Christopher Denny, Mike Farris, The Lee Boys, South Austin Jug Band, American Bang, Bobby Bare, Jr, Massacoustics, Belleville Outfit, We Go to 11, Band of Heathens, City and Colour, Sunny Sweeney, Elizabeth Willis, Autamata, Bonnie Bishop, Ben Solee, Ben Sylus, The Concert Supremes, River City Christonettes, Shields of Faith, The Jones Family Singers, Nakia and his Southern Cousins, Brotherly Luv, The Hensley Ensemble, School of Rock, Jambo, Q Brothers, Buck Howdy with BB, Uncle Rock, Big Don, Mister Ray, The Jimmies
Yeah, line up is not that great, but I want to go anyway... maybe some decent adds, and I like a few of those artists quite a bit (Beck, Mars Volta, David Byrne). But, does this mean that Foo Fighters is THE headliner of this fest?
Post by GratefulHippie on Apr 15, 2008 8:45:17 GMT -5
yes, FF will headline sunday, which is totally fine with me. i'm usually exhausted by then, and now i can cut out early for a cab home.
ACL has never been about headliners for me. the shows can only go until 10 or 10:30 at night due to noise ordinances in Austin, so there are no great light shows or anything of the sort until the headlining acts come on.
this will also give me a reason to leave early and catch some aftershows!
I really didn't have high expectations going into the lineup, so I am actually very content who is playing this year . I am actually somewhat excited about seeing the Foo Fighters only because I wouldn't go see them on a regular tour. Here is a list of artists that I am excited for:
Foo Fighters Manu Chao John Fogerty David Byrne Mars Volta Bright Eyes Erykah Badu G. Love & Special Sauce Neko Case Band of Horses Spiritualized Slightly Stoopid The Black Keys Hot Chip Ingrid Michaelson Stars Jenny Lewis Heartless Bastards Antibalas Octopus Project
Throw in pretty much everyone that is also playing Bonnaroo this year for the exception of Against Me as well.
Jerzee, you pretty named all the bands i want to see, minus a few. we'll have to meet up and share some cornage
Yes, we shall meet up and see some shows together
You should have seen me this morning. As My gf was turning on the computer , I said to her "Lets see whats under the Christmas Tree." It took her a few seconds to realize what I was refering to.She is actually excited for some of the smaller bands opposed to the larger names, but she can't wait to just walk around and find something new.
I think the lineup is fine if arent paying for extra travel. I'd pay $170 for that but I'm not going to add a flight to the cost.
I was really hoping for something stellar so I could be convinced to go this year. And whether or not you like FF on cd they do put on a pretty good live show. I'm not a big fan but I'd definitely attend another show.
