ACL Festival 2015

Bet ACL 2015 has the Selena hologram!

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Metallica - MUMFORD - the black keys - KENDRICK Lamar - FLORENCE - bassnectar.

In news sure to excite nobody (except maybe those here who have predicted them for the lineup), Mumford and Sons have announced their US tour that ends a month before ACL and has NO Texas (or anywhere around Texas) dates. I suppose they may announce more dates eventually, but that seems likely to suggest ACL is in their future.

Mumford and Sons 2015 Tour Dates:
06/02 – Brooklyn, NY @ MCU Park at Coney Island
06/06 – Seaside Heights, NJ @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *
06/08 – Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center
06/10 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
06/11 – Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
06/13 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/15 – Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON @ The Commons at Butler’s Barracks
06/16 – Clarkson, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater
06/17 – Chicago, IL @ Montrose Beach & Park
06/20 – Waverly, IA @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *
06/29 – Verona, IT @ Arena di Verona
06/30 – Rome, IT @ Ippodromo Capannelle
07/01 – Pistoia, IT @ Piazza Duomo
07/03 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/04 – Nijmegen, NL @ Goffertpark
07/05 – Arras, FR @ Main Square Festival
07/09-11 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/10 – Lisbon, PT @ NOS Alive Festival
07/17 – Berlin, DE @ Waldbühne
07/18 – Berlin, DE @ Waldbühne
07/31-08/01 – Aviemore, UK @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *
08/07 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music Festival
08/09 – Squamish Valley, BC @ Squamish Valley Music Festival
08/11 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
08/12 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
08/15 – Walla Walla, WA @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *
08/22 – Salida, CO @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover *
08/28-30 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
08/28-30 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival

Not sure if it means anything but ACL's twitter account does follow Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Bjork, and Ryan Adams.

Well it's obvious they followed all these artists recently too. And we basically know Foo's and Mumsons are playing as well. Bjork would make sense since she headlined in 2007.

Festivals also tend to follow the artists that are playing that year in groups too. Lollapalooza's twitter does this, Bonnaroo's too.

Well, besides Bjork if that is the case, I might be out for ACL this year. I just saw FF three times in the last year and a half (plus, got a photo with him and helped him off the stage with a big hug) and I have no desire to see the other two. Plus, just saw Metallica, I could use that $200 for other shows if they are all booked. It will really depend on what else is going on with that lineup and how it compares with Voodoo and Bonnaroo.

Yikes. I Just saw Foo Fighters at Voodoo and will again at Hangout. Bjork is about the only other name there that interests me and it's more of a curiosity factor because of her eclectic voice and ability to sing in foreign notes and keys. I'm not even sure half the time what she's hitting as I'm not trained in theory and composition. Maybe some are part way between standard western keys (a b c d e f g) and sharps or flats. Sorry to be so ignorant about that stuff, but like I said, she is a curiosity to me.

I was thinking hard about going again, but I might end up returning to Bear Creek instead or just do nothing in October until Voodoo.

Metallica is supposedly a lock. I'd put them where McCartney is and you might be on to something.

Well, you never know.... but no Texas dates, recent love of Austin, playing other festivals, and this schedule:

9/30/15 — Wichita, Kan. – INTRUST Bank Arena

10/4/15 — Atlanta, Ga. – Centennial Olympic Park

10/5/15 — Nashville, Tenn. – Bridgestone Arena

10/7/15 — Memphis, Tenn. – FedExForum



I mean... has there ever been a more obvious setup for playing the two weekends? Looks like a lock that they play on Friday 10/2 and Friday 10/9. Which is cool because it means there's a more significant #1 closing Sunday. Metallica maybe. Definitely someone with closing power. Macca, Kanye, hopefully not Drake.

I've already been told from inside sources that Metallica is a lock.

Sounds right to me.

God damn that if that's the lineup this year I'm gonna be pissed if Life Is Beautiful completely drops the ball. That top 3 would be right up my alley.

Replace Foos with either muse or the black keys and I would agree.