Thursday 1 May 2008

Foo Fighters, Beck lead Austin City Limits roster

Foo Fighters, Beck lead Austin City Limits roster



Foo Fighters [ tickets ], Robert Implant [ tickets ] & Allison Krauss, Beck [ tickets ] and Jacques Louis David Byrne [ tickets ] highlight this year's seventh variant of the multi-day Capital of Texas Metropolis Limits Fete [ tickets ] in Capital of Texas, TX.The three-day event will feature film more than 125 acts of the Apostles feast out on eight stages during the festival's Family. 26-28 run at downtown Austin's Zilker Parking lot.Other acts of the Apostles confirmed for the festival include The Raconteurs [ tickets ], John Fogerty [ tickets ], Manu Chao [ tickets ], The Red Planet Conte Alessandro Volta [ tickets ], Tegan and Sara, Iron & Wine-colored, Neko Case, G. Beloved & Special Sauce, The Blackness Keys, Band of Horses, Silversun Pickups, Lamia Weekend and many others.Hometown fans will also get under one's skin a chance to visualize many TX natives on stage this year, with a Lone Lead State batting order that includes Erykah Badu, Robert Earl Keen, Cake Griffon, Eli Youth Band, Kevin Fowler, Flyleaf, Roky Erickson, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Joseph Black Joe Carl Lewis & the Honey Bears, and White Jean.A fill in summing up on artists, showtimes and slate information can be base at the functionary ACL internet site.The three-day festival--inspired by the long-running Phosphate buffer solution music show "Capital of Texas City Limits"--has precondition plump for over $1 million in the past two old age to the Capital of Texas Rosa Parks Foundation, according to a push release, allowing Zilker Park to make significant improvements, including freshly motorcycle and hike trails and off-leash bounder parks."We're thrilled to be associated with 1 of the country's premier euphony festivals," said Charlie McCabe of the Austin Parks Foundation in a compress release. "When we combine contributions from the ACL Music Festival with the work of volunteers and the Austin Rosa Parks and Diversion Department, the impact on Austin�s parks is tremendous."