The Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, which will take place in August in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, has announced its lineup for this year, and it is quite impressive:
Muse, Phish, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Deadmau5, MGMT, Girl Talk, The Decemberists, John Fogerty, Erykah Badu, The Original Meters, Beirut, The Roots, Arctic Monkeys, Big Audio Dynamite, STS9, Warren Haynes Band, Big Boi, Major Lazer, Little Dragon, Julieta Venegas, Sia, OK Go, The Greyboy Allstars, Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Old 97’s, Mavis Staples, !!!, Latyrx feat. Lyrics Born & Lateef, Best Coast, Collie Buddz, Phantogram, Charles Bradley, Foster The People, Lotus, STRFKR, Junip, Pajama Party, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Vaccines, Toro Y Moi, Vetiver, The Limousines, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Stone Foxes, The Joy Formidable, Wye Oak, Ana Tijoux, Orgone, Lord Huron, Tamaryn, Grouplove, The Fresh & Onlys, Ximena Sariñana, Ty Segall, Sunbirds, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Diego’s Umbrella, Ghost Robot
But the best news is the recent addition of The Shins to this long list! Yes they are back after a long Broken Bells related hiatus. According to consequenceofsound.net, frontman James Mercer had confirmed in 2010 they were working on a new album, so can we expect new songs at the festival?
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