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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon, hip-hop/soul superstar Childish Gambino and hit-making duo Twenty One Pilots will headline the 2019 Outside Lands festival, organizers announced today.
Other big name acts on the bill include multiple Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves, soul superstar Leon Bridges, electronic music giant Flume, pop-punk icons Blink-182, gospel-R&B legend Mavis Staples, Bay Area favorites the Counting Crows, folk-rock act the Lumineers, Christian pop star Lauren Daigle and Lil Wayne, who ranks among the best rappers of all time.
Three-day passes for the 12th annual festival, set for Aug. 9-11 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, run $385 to $1,595 and go on sale at 10 a.m. March 28 via www.sfoutsidelands.com.
It’s another impressively deep, diverse and appealing lineup for the festival, which over the years has featured such incredible acts as Lorde, Phish, Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, J. Cole, Florence + the Machine, Janet Jackson, The Who and Radiohead.
“I think we hit a lot of different areas, so we are pretty excited,” says Allen Scott of Another Planet Entertainment, which puts on the festival with Superfly and Starr Hill Presents.
It’s a bill that promoters believe will appeal to a wide range of listeners, from teens to their parents.
“A lot of the festivals are getting younger and younger,” Scott describing the changing demographics of festival audiences. “We try to keep this multi-generational, so everyone can come to this festival and enjoy it.”
The Simon booking, in particular, ranks as a major score for this festival.
Simon retired from touring in 2018, after a farewell trek that included a stop at Oracle Arena in Oakland. But he’s agreed to do this one-off show in San Francisco and plans to donate the entire net proceeds from his performance to local environmental non-profit organizations.
Here’s the full lineup:
Paul Simon
Childish Gambino
Twenty One Pilots
The Lumineers
Flume
Blink-182
Kygo
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
Leon Bridges
Kacey Musgraves
Lil Wayne
Hozier
RL Grime
Ella Mai
Counting Crows
Flying Lotus 3D
Alina Baraz
Mavis Staples
Bebe Rexha
Sheck Wes
The Neighbourhood
Santigold
Better Oblivion Community Center
Toro y Moi
Denzel Curry
Lauren Daigle
San Holo
Judah & the Lion
Big Wild
Bob Moses
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Wallows
Yaeji
Masego
Phosphorescent
Tierra Whack
DJ Koze
NoMBe
Nahko And Medicine For The People
Aurora
Justin Martin
Dean Lewis
Bea Miller
Shallou
Luttrell
The California Honeydrops
Cautious Clay
half•alive
The Marías
Brasstracks
CupCakKe
Cherry Glazerr
P-Lo
Caamp
Weyes Blood
PJ Morton
The Funk Hunters
Still Woozy
Taylor Bennett
MorMor
Miya Folick
ALLBLACK
SYML
Leven Kali
Alex Lahey
Jupiter & Okwess
Delacey
Altin Gün
Grateful Shred
Amo Amo
Boyfriend
The Seshen
Rainbow Girls
Sandy’s
