Governors Ball Music Festival announces 2017 lineup

A day after Coachella unveiled its star-studded and genre-bending lineup, New York City’s Governors Ball has followed suit. On Wednesday (Jan. 4), festival organizers unveiled the complete artists list for the 2017 edition of the weekend-long music festival. As previously reported Tool will headline the event, marking the group’s first official comeback show. The band’s performance confirmation comes after weeks of rumors and speculations. Phoenix, Cage the Elephant, Franz Ferdinand, Bleachers, Local Natives, The Strumbellas, Saint Motel and others are just some of the many artists who will also perform during the weekend.

Like previous years, the lineup will include a little bit to satisfy everyone’s music taste. Chance the Rapper, Childish Gambino, Wiz Khalifa, Wu-Tang Clan, Lorde, Charli XCX, Flume, Mark Ronson vs. Kevin Parker, Tove Lo, Phantogram,  Rae Sremmurd, The Head and the Heart, Banks and others will also perform at the Governors Ball.

Tickets for the weekend-long event will go on sale beginning this Friday, Jan. 6 at noon, EST. While ticket sales are currently not available, those interested in purchasing passes can take a look at the several options that will be offered on the festival’s website here. Governors Ball will return to its home of Randall’s Island Park during the weekend of June 2-4. For now, the complete lineup for the music festival can be seen below.

Firefly Music Festival Announces Its 2014 Line Up

We’re not even two weeks into 2014 and the announcements for upcoming festivals keep on coming.

First there was the added list of performers for the Download Festival in the U.K. and now we have the official announcement over who will be performing at their year’s Firefly Music Festival in Delaware.

Performers for the festival include the likes of Imagine Dragons, Weezer, Twenty One Pilots, Foo Fighters, Third Eye Blind, Outkast, Childish Gambino, Young The Giant, Local Natives, Tegan And Sara, City and Colour, Jack Johnson, Sleigh Bells and more.

The four-day festival is set to take place June 19-22 at The Woodlands in Dover, DE. Check out the official announcement from organizers below which has a cool song mash-up. Tickets are set to go on sale beginning on January 20. For more information, head on over to their official website.