How sweet it is to be in San Francisco in the Summertime… The beautiful Outside Lands festival has announced the lineup for the eighth iteration, and this year’s roster is a Goldilock’s zone of goodness. Headliners Elton John, Mumford & Sons and the Black Keys lead Kendrick Lamar, Wilco, D’Angelo And The Vanguard, St. Vincent and many, many others in Golden Gate Park from August 7-9.
The rest of the lineup runs the gamut of festival familiars, with a few surprises thrown in: Porter Robinson, Billy Idol, Hot Chip, Caribou, Toro Y Moi, Mac DeMarco, DJ Mustard, Glass Animals, Laura Marling, Classixx, Sky Ferreria, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, SZA, Dan Deacon, Ryn Weaver, Giraffage, Alvvays, Twin Peaks, METZ, Strand Of Oaks, Speedy Ortiz, and Natalie Prass will support.
Tickets go on sale on 3/26 at 10AM PST. Get upon it.
Festival Fails: Horrors, Humiliation & Hilarity
In case you’re not into them newfangled movin’ pictures or words all jumbled together, here’s a nice clean line of the artists on the Outside Lands 2015 lineup:
Elton John
Mumford & Sons
The Black Keys
Sam Smith
Kendrick Lamar
Wilco
Axwell & Ingrosso
Tame Impala
D’Angelo and The Vanguard
St. Vincent
Porter Robinson
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Billy Idol
G-Eazy
Hot Chip
Slightly Stoopid
Caribou
Milky Chance
Chet Faker
The Devil Makes Three
Nate Ruess
ODESZA
First Aid Kit
Toro Y Moi
RL Grime
Lake Street Dive
Mac DeMarco
George Ezra
Lindsey Stirling
Iration
Angus & Julia Stone
DJ Mustard
St. Paul and The Broken Bones
Glass Animals
Laura Marling
James Bay
Green Velvet & Claude VonStroke: Get Real
Django Django
Classixx
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
Sky Ferreria
Leon Bridges
Robert DeLong
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
SZA
Allah-Las
Shakey Graves
Dan Deacon
Benjamin Booker
Misterwives
Langhorne Slim & The Law
Ryn Weaver
Broods
Hurray for the Riff Raff
Giraffage
GIVERS
Alvvays
Twin Peaks
The Family Crest
The Revivalists
METZ
Strand of Oaks
Speedy Ortiz
Fantastic Negrito
DMA’s
Natalie Prass
Alex Bleeker & The Freaks
The Sam Chase
Devon Baldwin
The Tropics