Austin City Limits Festival Tickets - One Of The Biggest Festivals In 2010
Music fans know that summer means festival season
, when all the hottest bands of the year are recruited to join the lineup of the country's big music festivals. The West Coast has the Coachella Music and Arts Festival while the Midwest has Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo. But down in dusty Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits remains one of the most unique and eclectic festivals you can find anywhere.The festival dubbed Austin City Limits, which started in 2002, has grown into a full three-day weekend of music-filled fun, with bars and venues throughout the city of Austin opening up and giving local bands and up-and-coming indie-rock acts from across the nation the chance to make it big in the spotlight. In the past, a concert was covered by the music press as one solid event. But in the digital age, music blogs can upload your performance to their site in a matter of minutes, giving readers in far-flung regions a chance to see what's going on in Austin. One show can change a band's career, building national buzz overnight.
That's why Austin City Limits has become known as the place to go for struggling acts that want to break out of their niche and find a wider audience. And indeed, the lineup each year is mostly filled with unknown bands that hardcore music fans can check out. But because unknown names rarely have the same pull as a headliner, the lineup is also stuffed with major indie-rock acts that are guaranteed sells.
This year, the headliners included a wide range of "festival" bands, including college-rock favorites Phish, the Flaming Lips and Muse. Strangely enough, the band at the top of the headliners list is one that will appeal to most of the audience members as well as their fathers-the Eagles. Meanwhile, hip-hop mash-up artist M.I.A., who has earned quite a lot of attention for her controversial political messages, will appeal to the younger crowds. She's sure to get them dancing, too, which is something that a lot of indie-rock concerts lack.
You'll find plenty of hot steps around one artist for sure: LCD Soundsystem. James Murphy, the man at the center of the group, has said his dance-rock act is probably going to be releasing their last record ever, so this is the chance to see them. They've been generating a flurry of glowing reviews from their current tour, and they will be one of the most sought-after bands at this festival as well.
Other bands that have started to break out of their respective niches and find a larger audience will be major draws on the lineup. Beach House, for example, features soft, lilting indie-pop that's undeniably gorgeous. Meanwhile, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Girls both are known for emotionally raw, even pained love ballads and songs of longing that you won't be able to get out of your head. You know you want to be there. Grab some Austin City Limits Festival tickets from StubHub today.
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