January 15, 2014

Live Music Roundup, Pt. 2

Yesterday there were lots of festival updates and today there is much more to share so let's get right to it...

{Find yesterday's roundup HERE}

Wanee Music Festival's ten year anniversary will, of course, be headlined by the Allman Brothers (April 10-12) but the full lineup will be available on Monday, January 20th. VIP tickets will also go on sale that day but general admission tickets are available NOW!

Counterpoint (April 25-27) released a solid lineup headlined by OutKast, Pretty Lights, Foster the People and STS9. Yesterday STS9 released a statement updating fans on the postponement of upcoming winter tour dates and the departure of bassist David Murphy. Fans and festival goers will be watching to see how these recently announced tour dates will unfold for the band.

Shaky Knees Festival (May 9-11) will announce a third headliner at a later date but as of today the fest will be headlined by The National and Modest Mouse. Tickets for the festival at it's new location of Atlantic Station will be available Friday.

Hangout Festival (May 16-18) has announced their lineup with headliners The Black Keys, The Killers, OutKast and Jack Johnson. The beachfront festival also grabbed QOTSA, Modest Mouse, Capital Cities and Conor Oberst. Tickets will be on sale tomorrow at 10 AM EST.

The tenth annual Mountain Jam (June 5-8) headed by Gov't Mule in Hunter Mountain, New York released their lineup today via their iPhone and Android apps. Additional headliners include Pretty Lights, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Damian Marley and Michael Franti & Spearhead. Tickets are available tomorrow at 10 AM EST starting at $239 for the four day pass with camping.

This morning the Governor's Ball (June 6-8) lineup was released as a full page advertisement in the New York Times. The festival will be headlined by OutKast, Jack White and Vampire Weekend. The twitter account for GovBall teased one more surprise. I'll be sure to update and retweet as soon as it is available.

Finally, Widespread Panic announced March and April tour dates including their two night stint at the North Carolina Azalea Festival April 11th and 12th.

For updates and more follow me on Twitter @KaylaDHarvey

UPDATE: The Strokes have been added to the GovBall lineup.
OutKast, Vampire Weekend and Foster the People will headline Big Guava (May 2-4) in Tampa.

Thoughts? Chat it up in the comments!



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