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!

So. Much. Live. Music!

We’ve had a big day in Music News so I’m gonna go ahead and summarize it here for anyone who was away from the great and powerful interwebz all day...

Savannah Stopover (March 6-8) released their lineup and there will be some great acts playing their way toward SXSW the following week. Speaking of which, the 2014 South By (March 7-16) schedules and mobile app are live and apparently WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will speak on Saturday, March 8^th at 11 AM @ SXSW Interactive.

New Orleans Jazz Fest (April 25-May 4)released their lineup full of great surprises like Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Phish, Santana, Arcade Fire, Robin Thicke, Vampire Weekend, The Avett Brothers, Alabama Shakes and more than 60 other acts!

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (June 12-15) released their third “RooClue” (see below) and a February 19^th date for the official lineup announcement. The lineup will be announced in the #BLAM (Bonnaroo Lineup Announcement Megathon) format again which brought us gags and video announcements by artists and fans alike as hosted by Weird Al. Given the date of the #BLAM announcement we can expect tickets to go on sale at noon sharp on February 22^nd.

Firefly Festival (June 19-22) released a pretty great lineup with headliners OutKast, Jack Johnson and the Foo Fighters. Tickets go on sale January 20^th at noon EST.

We learned that the Allman Brothers Band will Join Widespread Panic at Lockn’ Festival (Sept 4-7).

We also found out that the seventh annual Record Store Day will be Saturday, April 19^th this year and that Fun Fun Fun Fest will take place November 7-9^th at Auditorium Shores in Austin. Early Bird Tickets go on sale February 12^th @ 9 AM CST.

EDIT: What The Festival returns to Wolf Run Ranch June 19-22nd and Electric Daisy Mexico (March 15-16) throws down with a phase one lineup headed by Avicii. 

To keep up to date on these events find me on Twitter @KaylaDHarvey

Thoughts? Chat it up in the comments below!