Monday, May 9, 2011

new ACL 2011 Rumors

new ACL 2011 Rumors ; The Austin City Limits Music Festival's big 2011 lineup announcement is imminent, scheduled for May 17, and Rocks Off will surely be on top of the news after it hits. Last year we sat on the computer, constantly pushing "refresh" for what seemed like hours until the lineup was sent out earlier than we were told. Sneaky, sneaky C3 Presents.

This being ACL's tenth year, rumors are flying that the lineup will be the lineup to end all lineups, with the organizers pulling out mega-watt firepower to bring even more folks into Zilker Park September 16, 17 and 18. What we can tell you is that the industry rumors we have heard aren't as fantastical as years past.

Also, Cee-Lo Green has already let the cat out of the bag by leaking news of his appearance.

We did hear a few months back in Austin that the show was moved up from October, its setting the past three years, to accommodate a bigger act - namely Radiohead, who by then look to be knee-deep in festival dates. They have never played ACL, and are just the right fit to close one of the three nights in September.

Now that this year's line-up for August's Lollapalooza in Chicago has been released, with Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, A Perfect Circle and Deadmau5 leading the list, we can start doing some speculation on this year's ACL. C3 runs both events, and many bands sign on to do both festivals.

As for that Lolla list, we see a few bands that could make that leap to Texas.

We have a hard time seeing Eminem playing ACL, but we wouldn't mind the surprise, and he's on somewhat of a victory lap after Recovery. The Foos played in 2008, making them a contender. They're an overt crowd-pleaser, and the routing through Austin would telegraph a Houston show.

Coldplay was there in 2005, and are working on a new album with producer Brian Eno, which should be finished by September after two years of work. Muse took over the abandoned White Stripes slot in 2007 and returned in 2010 triumphantly with a whole three years worth of new fans, but it seems way too soon for a return, plus there is no new product as of yet to hawk.

As well-known as they are in the States now, they still aren't quite popular enough in Texas to get away with playing all of 2001's Origin of Symmetry for its tenth anniversary. Read More....

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