M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Pavement top Virgin Mobile FreeFest
The Virgin Mobile FreeFest, a free music festival scheduled to take place Sept. 25 at the Washington, DC-area's Merriweather Post Pavilion, will sport a lineup that includes M.I.A. , LCD Soundsystem , Pavement , T.I. and Ludacris.
Other acts on the bill's two main stages include Thievery Corporation, Matt & Kim, Jimmy Eat World, Joan Jett, the Temper Trap, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes and Yeasayer.
A third stage, dubbed the Dance Forest area, will feature Chromeo, Sleigh Bells, Die Antwoord, Modeselektor and Neon Indian.
"Because we have the luxury of giving away the tickets it becomes a privilege to book the most important acts out there," said concert producer Seth Hurwitz, who heads up the concert promotions firm I.M.P. "Our goal is simply to book the coolest bands we can. This year we're breaking with the traditional format of monster headliner trickling down to baby bands, and instead we're sprinkling fantastic acts all day long. It's kind of like a festival on full-day shuffle."
The approximately 35,000 free tickets to the festival will be available to the public beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday (7/24) at Ticketfly. Ticketfly is waiving service charges when fans pick up their FreeFest tickets at the Merriwather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD; the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC; or print their tickets at home.
More information is available at the FreeFest website.
