Refugee 7 Report post Posted April 15, 2008 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kira 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2008 Tickets will sell out fast! Anyobe going? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echosoftom 3 Report post Posted April 15, 2008 Wow! The Foo, Beck, Robert Plant, Conor Oberst and John Fogerty! That is some line up. Kira, are you going? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athena 7 Report post Posted April 15, 2008 I've had my room booked since January!! A friend has the tickets!! I am so jumping up and down right now. :026: I'm not even that excited about the headliners. There are a lot of other bands I have been wanting to see AND there are very few duplicates from the Outside Lands Festival. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echosoftom 3 Report post Posted April 15, 2008 Athena, I don't think you're excited enough, lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kira 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2008 I'm going to discuss with Crash tonight. See if he's ready to brave the crowd again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athena 7 Report post Posted April 17, 2008 The question and answer person on the ACL board answered someone's question about the crowds by saying they are taking that into consideration this year. She didn't elaborate. It did seem more crowded last year than the year before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
