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As festival-lineup announcement season (yes, it's its own season now) continues, the most entertaining game to play with respect to headliners is "What year is this, 1991?" I thought Lolla had it wrapped with their zeitgeist grabbing spread of Tool, Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, and Depeche Mode, and congrats Lolla the award is still yours. But "What Year Is This, 1996?" edition is all ACL. Call it nostalgia, call it apparently this generation is incapable of turning out a headliner in the eyes of festival promoters, call it what you will: If you slept through the '90s, you should be going to festivals in 2009. Sniping (and Thievery Corporation, Toadies, The B-52s, etc.) aside, for their part the ACL folks have kept up on contemporary artists, too: the undercard sports the Dead Weather, BTW Suckers, Phoenix, Bon Iver, Passion Pit, Here We Go Magic, the Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, the Walkmen, Blitzen Trapper, and welcome vets Sonic Youth, Mos Def, and so on. The festival goes down October 2-4 in Austin's Zilker Park with three-day passes available for at aclfestival.com. The full lineup: Continue reading 2009 Austin City Limits Line-Up Offers Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys In Case You Missed Them The First Time...
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Fans were decidedly NOT taking it easy when a physical fight broke out in the crowd during an Eagles concert in London’s Hyde Park on Sunday. The Eagles were headlining London’s annual British Summertime Festival (aka BST Hyde Park, which also featured Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam, Little Big Town, Duran Duran, G...
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Taylor Swift: Pearl Jam and more react as Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
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Pearl Jam: Watch a terminally ill Pearl Jam fan join the band onstage
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Pearl Jam: Post Malone performs touching acoustic cover of Pearl Jam's Better Man
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Rapper Post Malone performs a heartfelt rendition of Pearl Jam's Better Man on SiriusXM's Howard Stern Show
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