Big Names Headline Merriweather's Virgin Mobile FreeFest
ZZ Top, Jack White, Nas and Skrillex to headline free concert at Merriweather in October.
Bearded rockers ZZ Top, superstar Jack White, the prince of dubstep Skrillex, and famed rapper Nas are just some of the famous musicians coming to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia as part of Virgin Mobile's annual FreeFest on October 6.
Virgin Mobile announced the full lineup of acts for the free music concert on Monday morning. Tickets will go on "sale" (even though they're free) on Aug. 24.
Here's the full lineup:
- Jack White
- Skrillex
- M83
- Nas
- ZZ Top
- Santigold
- Alabama Shakes
- Ben Folds Five
- The Dismemberment Plan
- Allen Stone
- Trampled by Turtles
- Portugal. The Man
- Das Racist
- Future Islands
- Justin Jones
- Above and Beyond
- Porter and Zedd (Back to Back)
- Thomas Gold
- Nervo
- Alvin Risk
- Penguin Prison
How to get tickets: Tickets will be avialable free on August 24 on Ticketfly.com. In order to get a ticket you must register for an account on their ticket serving using this link - http://bit.ly/TFlyAccount, according to Virginmobilelive.com.
Virgin Mobile Live will also have a pre-sale available on August 23 for their Twitter followers, previous attendees and Virgin mobile users. You can follow Virgin mobile on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/virginmlive
Last year, the pre-sale tickets sold out (or "freed-out") in 10 minutes.
Are you going to try to get tickets this year to FreeFest?
Elizabeth
4:16 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
Maybe I'm out of the music scene, but the only group I ever heard of is ZZ Top
Andrew Metcalf
4:40 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
Really, not even Jack White, one half of the White Stripes? Seven Nation Army? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY
Brook Hubbard
2:37 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
I recognize five of those performers: Jack White, Skrillex, Nas, ZZ Top, and Ben Folds Five.
Some are from 90's (Nas, Ben Folds Five), some from early 00's (White Stripes) and some are recent (Skrillex).
Only ZZ Top is considered "classic" from the list, though.