2011 Merlefest line-up includes Doobie Brothers, Lyle Lovett & more

The annual bluegrass and Americana festival Merlefest has just announced the 2011 line-up that will play Wilkesboro on April 28-30 and May 1.

This year, the festival seems to have veer more towards folk rock with the inclusion of The Doobie Brothers of all people. Other big performers include Lyle Lovett, Del McCoury Band, Cadillac Sky, Jim Lauderdale and Nashville Bluegrass Band. Check out the full line-up below and details on who will be playing each day here.

Tickets for Merlefest will go on sale to the public on Tuesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. here. A four-day pass will cost between $140 and $225 if purchased before March 13, 2011.

TV on the Radio leak Bonnaroo line-up

The Bonnaroo Music Festival's 2009 line-up was not supposed to be revealed until tomorrow, but TV on the Radio let it slip early on their MySpace blog. The Manchester, TN festival will feature headline sets Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and the freshly reunited Phish. Phish will actually headline two nights. As one would expect, there are a ton of other great bands playing the festival including a few local ties including Tift Merritt and Bon Iver.

Check out the list of performers below. Each artist's individual performance day has yet to be released, but heck, the list as a whole isn't supposed to be out yet. Let us know if you plan to make the trek from North Carolina to Tennessee for the festival.

[A quick note: As I was writing this, Bonnaroo published the line-up. I wonder if TV on the Radio forced their hand? Either way, it's officialy out, though the site is running pretty slow. Check out their little video previewing the line-up at the bottom of the post.]

Bonnaroo 2009 performers:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phish (2 shows), Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Wilco, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello (solo), Erykah Badu, Paul Oakenfold, Ben Harper and Relentless7, The Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gov’t Mule, Andrew Bird, Merle Haggard, MGMT, moe., The Decemberists, Girl Talk, Bon Iver, Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Galactic, The Del McCoury Band, of Montreal, Allen Toussaint, Coheed and Cambria, Booker T & the DBTs, David Grisman Quintet, Lucinda Williams, Animal Collective, Gomez, Neko Case, Down, Jenny Lewis, Santogold, Robert Earl Keen, Citizen Cope, Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, The Ting Tings, Robyn Hitchcock & The, Venus 3, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Kaki King, Grizzly Bear, King Sunny Adé, Okkervil River, St. Vincent, Zac Brown Band, Raphael Saadiq, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Crystal Castles, Tift Merritt, Brett Dennen, Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue, Toubab Krewe, People Under the Stairs, Alejandro Escovedo, Vieux Farka Touré, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Cherryholmes, Yeasayer, Todd Snider, Chairlift, Portugal. The Man., The SteelDrivers, Midnite, The Knux, The Low Anthem, Delta Spirit, A.A. Bondy, The Lovell Sisters, Alberta Cross

Paul McCartney, The Killers, The Cure, Superchunk to play Coachella

After much speculation and anticipation, the organizers of the Coachella Festival in Indio, CA announced the 2009 line-up today. Headliners will include Paul McCartney, The Killers and The Cure though there are a ton of great performers on all three days. Our own local indie rock royalty Superchunk will play a set on Saturday, April 18.

If you plan to go out to Indio for the festival, you can put your 3-day pass on layaway by paying 50% now and the rest in April. Not a bad call on the part of the organizers to get people to buy pricey festival passes in tough economic times. Tickets are available here.

Friday performers:
Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix de Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Ryan Bingham, Bajofando, Peanut Butter Wolf, Noah & the Whale, White Lies, The Bug, Alberta Cross, Los Campesinos!, Craze and Klever, Molotov, Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, Genghis Tron, People Under the Stairs, The Courteeners, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the Headlights

Saturday performers:
The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Atmosphere, Mastadon, TRAV$DJ-AM, Henry Rollins, Crookers, Turbonegro, Hercules and Love Affair, Superchunk, Glasvegas, Dr. Dog, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the DBT's, Amanda Palmer, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin Para One, Calexico, Liars, Bob Mould Band, Junior Boys, Zane Lowe, Electric Touch, Blitzen Trapper, James Morrison, Drop the Line, Glass Candy, Thenewno2, Gang Gang Dance, Billy Talent, Ida Maria, Airel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Zizek Club, Cloud Cult, Tinariwen

Sunday performers:
The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Throbbing Gristle, Lupe Fiasco, Paul Weller, Peter Bjorn and John, X, Antony & the Johnsons, Roni Size Reprazent, Public Enemy, Jenny Lewis, Groove Armada, Paolo Nutini, Christopher Lawrence, Lykke Li, The Kills, Okkervil River, M.A.N.D.Y., Clipse, Sebastian Tellier, Fucked Up, Perry Ferrell, The Horrors, Late of the Pier, K'naan, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Supermayer, No Age, Vivian Girls, Shepard Fairey, Themselves, Friendly Fires, The Gaslight Anthem, The Knux, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Night Marchers, Marshall Barnes