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As the annual ACL festival returns to Austin this year for its 10th anniversary, they promise a big lineup filled with the hottest current acts and some major alums.

This year’s lineup boasts acts such as Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Nas & Damian “Jr Gong” Marley and Cee Lo. You can see the full lineup below.

This year’s Austin City Limits festival is set for September 16-18. Tickets are already available, here.

Lollapalooza is celebrating its 20th anniversary and as promised, the recently announced delivers some pretty hefty acts. 

Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Deadmau5 and A Perfect Circle will headline the annual event in Grant Park from August 5-7, 2011.

If you missed Death From Above 1979‘s Coachella reunion, Lolla gives fans another chance. There’s also many other classic acts such as The Cars to up and comers The Naked and Famous. You can see the rest of the announced lineup below:

Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Deadmau5, A Perfect Circle, Cee Lo Green, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley & Nas, the Cars, Ween, Bright Eyes, Arctic Monkeys, Big Audio Dynamite, Deftones, Beirut, Explosions in the Sky, Death From Above 1979, Ratatat, Crystal Castles, Flogging Molly, Atmosphere, Cold War Kids, Lykke Li, Cage the Elephant, OK GO, Local Natives, The Kills, White Lies, Portugal. The Man, Two Door Cinema Club, Ellie Goulding, Delta Spirit, Beats Antique, Mountain Goats, Sleigh Bells, Manchester Orchestra, Smith Westerns, Best Coast, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Drums, Black Lips, Fitz & the Tantrums, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, City and Colour, Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses, Cults, Noah and the Whale, Sam Adams, J. Roddy Walston and the Business, Tinie Tempah, Lissie, Dom, The Vaccines, Foster the People, Titus Andronicus, Mayer Hawthorne and the County, Chico Trujillo, The Naked and Famous, Phantogram, Rival Schools, Friendly Fires, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Reptar, Maps & Atlases, Fences, Tennis, An Horse, Young the Giant, Los Bunkers, Imelda May, Grouplove, Wye Oak, The Joy Formidable, Lord Huron, Disappears, Walk the Moon, Gold Motel, Iration, Ryan Leslie, Tab the Band, Skylar Grey, Christina Perri, Black Cards, The Pretty Reckless, Boy and Bear, Patrick Stump, Kids These Days, Young Man, The Kingston Springs, Lia Ices, The Chain Gang of 1974, Ximena Sarinana, Typhoon, Electric Touch, Kerli, Ruby Jane, Julia Easterlin, and DJ Mel.

On Perry’s Stage:

Girl Talk, Pretty Lights, Kid Cudi, the Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, AfroJack, Modeselektor, Skrillex, Perryetty vs. Chris Cox, Chuckie, The Glitch MOb, Busy P, Joachim Garraud, Super Mash Bros., Jay Electronica, 12th Planet, Daedulus, Feed Me, JackMaster, Collie Buddz, Savoy, Kyle Lucas and Captain Midnite, Ana Tijouxana, Midnight Conspiracy, L1ght, and Lady D.

Early Bird tickets have already sold out, but you can now buy regular priced tickets for $215 while supplies last. VIP Passes and Travel Packages are also available. A limited number of
Single Day tickets will go on sale June 7. Go here to buy tickets.

Organizers are expecting over 240,000 people.

New Kansas City camping music festival Kanrocksas has revealed the details of its lineup and location.

The festival will feature headliners Muse and Eminem at the Kansas Speedway. Eminem will headline Friday and Muse will be performing Saturday.

Also performing will be Tinie Tempah, Fitz & The Tantrums, Arctic Monkeys, Jack’s Mannequin, Flogging Molly, Primus, Girl Talk, D12, Kid Cudi, The Flaming Lips, A Perfect Circle and The Black Keys.

The event is August 5-6, 2011. The organizers say even more bands will be added to the festival.

You can find more information by visiting kanrocksas.com or following the festival on Twitter and Facebook.

Midwestern music lovers will have a decision to make August 5: Kansas or Illinois?

Most people know that Lollapalooza is happening August 5-7 in Chicago, Ill., but this year it will have a little competition. Those looking to travel a little less, deal with less extreme-sized crowds and perhaps save a bit on ticket costs might want to look to Kansas…

A new music festival has announced it is coming to Kansas City on August 5-6. The festival is KANROCKSAS and it promises to bring over 20 national acts to the Midwest.

The lineup and other details about the festival are expected to be announced April 25 and judging on its proximity to Lollapalooza, don’t be surprised if there is quite some overlap on the artists – this is good news for Kansas Citians. Hopefully, we’ll see some locals join those national acts in that announcement.

So far, Kanrocksas only has a sparse Facebook page and website here, but keep an eye out for more updates. Organizers and venue are also currently unknown.

We’ll update PopWreckoning as well, once more details are revealed.

Lollapalooza 2011 is due to announce its 20th anniversary lineup in just a few days on April 26, but before they do, they’re having a little fun.

Some of the headliners – Eminem, Foo Fighters and Muse – have been previously announced, but now Lollapalooza is giving fans a chance to guess more of the lineup through a trivia game.

The game asks new trivia questions daily and some of the questions unlock clues. For example, one of the clues given reads: “Name aside, her skies are looking very blue these days.” Lolla fan sleuths have decoded this to mean Skylar Grey would be performing this year.

The game also gives you a chance to win a flyaway, hotel and tickets for two. There will also be ticket giveaways daily until the lineup is revealed.

To play the game, go here.

The 2011 festival is August 5-7 in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois.

Bonnaroo X has as announced its lineup with a little help from Conan O’Brien.

The festival is June 9-12, 2011 in Manchester, Tennessee.

As always, the festival is a diverse mix of electronica, jam bands, folk, rock, indie and rap. Among some of the biggest names playing the fest are Eminem, Arcade Fire, Lil Wayne, Widespread Panic, the Strokes, Girl Talk, Neil Young and more. Buffalo Springfield is even reuniting for the fest.

You can watch the lineup announcement video with Conan below or visit Bonnaroo.com for further details.

Mad Rad, Das Racist and The Thermals brought the house down at the free Sasquatch Launch Party at the Showbox at the Market last night, where the lineup to the now four-day festival would be announced.

Put on by Livenation and Sasquatch creator Adam Zacks, the launch party was MC’d by Comedian Todd Barry, who kept the crowd entertained between sets with dry wit and some fake teaser headliners.

“If you love me now, you’ll love when I play a set between headliners Elvis Presley and the Beatles, and tickets are only $7!” Barry proclaimed sarcastically to the less-than-attentive crowd. But I guess that’s what you get when you have a free show.

After Mad Rad and Das Racist played their sets, the lineup was announced in a video like previous years, which was played twice over, most likely so people could get a second look because they were freaking out too much over the Flaming Lips.

So far the lineup includes:

Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists, Modest Mouse, the Foo Fighters, Robyn, Wilco, Flying Lotus, Bright Eyes, Flogging Molly, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Das Racist, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Iron & Wine, The Flaming Lips.Black Mountain, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the Head and the Heart, Mad Rad, the Moondoggies, Noah & The Whale, Sam Roberts Band, Secret Sisters, Twin Shadow, Wye Oak, Tig Notaro, Smith Westerns, Rival Schools, Foster the People, Alberta Cross, S. Carey, White Denim, Washed Out, Gold Panda, Dan Mangan, Axis of Awesome, The Globes, Cotton Jones, Jaill, Basia Bulat, Other Lives, The Bronx, White Arrows, Pepper Rabbit, Talkdemonic, Rebecca Gates and The Consortium, The Young Evils, Bassnectar, Pink Martini, Cold War Kids, Old 97′s, Ratatat, Wolf Parade, Chromeo, Guided By Voices, Yeasayer, Beach House, Local Natives, Matt & Kim, Deerhunter, Mstrkrft, Trailer Park Boys, Sleigh Bells, Major Lazer, Skrillex, Fitz & The Tantrums, !!!, Archers of Loaf, Against Me!, The Thermals, Best Coast, CSS, Surfer Blood, Jenny & Johnny, Bonobo (DJ Set), City and Colour, Reggie Watts, K-Os, Gayngs, Tim Minchin, The Drums, The Radio Dept., Young the Giant, The Antlers, Sharon Van Etten, Villagers, Stornoway, Aloe Blacc.

Tickets go on sale on Feb. 14th starting at $79.50 per day and $285 for three-day passes.

Go to http://sasquatchfestival.com/ for more information or to purchase tickets.

Ink’s debut Kansas City festival, Middle of the Map Fest, has announced its lineup. Local greats such as The Appleseed Cast join with national acts such as Two Door Cinema Club, Daniel Johnston and  Cursive.

The festival is in the historic Westport area on both April 8 and 9.

Taking place within the music venues of The Record Bar, The Beaumont Club, The Union and The Riot Room, festival goers will be given access to four different musical choices. Tickets can be purchased on day to day basis ($20 for either Friday only access or Saturday only access) or both days for a mere 5 additional dollars, of $25 total.Tickets can be purchased here.

Here’s the full schedule:
Friday:

Two Door Cinema Club
The Appleseed Cast
The Casket Lottery
El Ten Eleven
Dosh
Paper Route
A Lull
Small Black
Continents
Minden
Roman Numerals
Max Justus
Motorboater
Seafarer

Saturday:

Daniel Johnston
Cursive
Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s
The Raveonettes
The Life and Times
Tamaryn
Candy Claws
State Bird
Soft Reeds
Capybara
Cowboy Indian Bear
Saharan Gazelle Boy
Sam Billen
Lazy
Making Movies
Vertigone and Trystyl
Reach
Les Izmore

More are still to come.

Stay up to date with Middle of the Map Fest here.

The lineup for the 2010 Lollapalooza Festival at Grant Park in Chicago on August 6-8 has been officially announced on their website. Some of this year’s headliners include newly reformed Soundgarden, last year’s hugely successful Frenchmen Phoenix, and the return of The Strokes and Arcade Fire. See below for the full lineup or head over to Lollapalooza.com for more information on ticketing and the latest news on the festival.

(Screen shot from Lollapalooza.com)

We’ll keep you updated on any changes made to the lineup before the festival in August.

The Sasquatch Festival 2010 in Quincy, Wash. will feature united Pavement, Massive Attack, My Morning Jacket, Ween, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Kid Cudi, LCD Soundsystem and many more.

The festival is Memorial Day Weekend from May 29-31. Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 20 at 10 a.m. PST at ticketmaster.com. Prices range from $70-$170.