ACL Fest Lineup Leaked

We just read a leaked report of the ACL Fest Lineup, to be officially announced on Thursday. The report comes from Dallas Observer entertainment guru Robert Wilonsky. As we said, this is just a leaked report and therefore considered a rumor, but this source is about as good as they get. Of course, we hope there are a few more of our favorites coming but won't hold our breath. Have a look for yourself and tell us what you think. We have no idea of the times and exact days for each artist (except that Petty is headlining the fest) but have listed them more or less in order of interest.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Damian Marley
Flaming Lips	Kings of Leon
Damien Rice	Centro-matic
The Raconteurs	Jose Gonzales
Van Morrison	John Mayer
Son Volt	Kathleen Edwards
The Shins	Sparklehorse
Gomez	Okkervil River
Ween	Ben Kweller
Nada Surf	G. Love and Special Sauce
Willie Nelson	Matisyahu
Aimee Mann	Kasey Chambers
Iron & Wine	I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness…
Calexico	Nickel Creek
Galactic	Guster
Gnarls Barkley	Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Massive Attack	Marah
KT Tunstall	Asleep at the Wheel
The Black Angels	Explosions in the Sky
Cat Power	Sara Hickman
Thievery Corporation	Trish Murphy
The New Pornographers	Jack Ingram
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals	Los Lonely Boys
Wolf Parade	String Cheese Incident
Secret Machines

And about 50 more bands ...

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By matthewodam in Arts & Entertainment on May 16, 2006 11:59 PM 0 Comments

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Z

Flaming Lips, Damien Rice, Jose Gonzales, The Shins, Okkervil River, Iron & Wine, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Massive Attack, Explosions in the Sky, Cat Power, The New Pornographers, Wolf Parade, Secret Machines................ I APPROVE.

Derek

mcmANUS, while you are correct about my fanboy support of the angels, i'm sticking to my guns on the boycott... not necessarily because i hate acl and the way that they handled the presale, but because i just don't find this year's lineup all that exciting. however, i would really like to see wolf parade, the lips, tom petty, the shins, willie, massive attack, and of course, the black angels. surely atleast some of these bands will play other shows around town during the festival, most likely not in sweltering, dust-bowl conditions.

and in case you didn't know, acl actually handled the mishap with the presale about as well as they could, sending out "goodie packages" to all of those that complained about the process. i'm sure it won't be complimentary tickets, but it's something.

kate

i second that, james. neil young would be sweet. and where is wilco? it would be sad if they didnt come back again :(

Declan McManus

I bet that guy from Showgazer.net will spend the $115+ so he can continue his fanboy support of the Black Angels... while also bitching and moaning about it nonstop. :)

neverrockfila

Brant Bjork,people...

BRANT BJORK!

he would blow all these chumps out of the water

Looks to me to be the most solid lineup yet, though.