Unusual Outside Lands Line-up: Pearl Jam, Black Eyed Peas, Mastodon and Tom Jones

Karen, 04.13.09, 03:31pm
Posted in: Concerts

(WARNING: If you watch this video, you WILL get this song stuck in your head. But it’s fun.)

It seems as though there is a new festival announced every day, and this is no exception. The line-up has just been announced for the second edition of the Outside Lands Festival. The festival takes place August 28-30 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Over 50 performers have been confirmed for the show, but at a glance the line-up sort of looks like an iPod stuck on shuffle-we certainly never expected to see the Black Eyed Peas share a stage with heavy metal monsters Mastodon, or to have enduring grunge band Pearl Jam rock out alongside 68-year-old “It’s Not Unusual” singer Tom Jones, but here it is!

Yeah, we know it’s only April, but pre-sale tickets are up for grabs starting on Wednesday (April 15) and, with a line-up like this, it’s sure to sell-out quickly. The show marks headliner Pearl Jam’s first stateside concert in over a year.

Tickets range from $199-$595 (don’t worry, layaway is available). Complete festival details (including info on tickets, layaway and parking passes) are available on the SF Outside Lands festival website.

The full line-up includes Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Dirtbombs, Band of Horses, TV on the Radio, Dead Weather, M.I.A., Incubus, Heartless Bastards, M.I.A., Jason Mraz, Deerhunter, Ween, Mars Volta, Thievery Corporation, Modest Mouse, Atmosphere, Silversun Pickups, Q-Tip, Brett Dennen, Built to Spill, Raphael Saadiq, Calexico, Os Mutantes, Midnite, JJ Grey, Kinky, Mofro, Lila Downs, Trombone Shorty, Orleans Avenue, the Dodos, Bettye LaVette, Dengue Fever, Lenka, Akron/Family, Matt and Kim, Portugal the Man, Morning Benders, Duke Spirit, Blind Pilot, John Vanderslice, Zee Avi, Extra Golden, West Indian Girl, Samba Da and Ryan Bingham.

This is a strange line-up, but, on the plus side, it might be amusing to see controversial female rapper M.I.A. come face-to-face with pop-tart Fergie.

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  1. paulomi says...

    04.14.09 6:35 am

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    Thanks for putting up this video. Tom Jones looks awesome in the video. hope you will put some more interesting stuff in future. I got some latest news about Tom Jones at this site I came across, which also has some cool stuff about Soul and R&B - I found the site really interesting….http://www.raresoulgrooves.com/music

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