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Austin City Limits 2010 Lineup Includes Phish, Muse and the Eagles

Trey Anastasio (Phish)So far, 2010 has been an outstanding year for festival lineups as well as ticket sales, with established events such as Coachella and Sasquatch selling out in advance and breaking all kinds of attendance records. The always-reputable Austin City Limits (ACL) festival took things up a notch recently when the event sold out of three-day passes in one day...without so much as announcing a single band. ACL 2010 takes place in Austin's Zilker Park on October 8-10.

Music fans that took the gamble and bought passes can now pat themselves on the back. Phish (pictured) will headline Friday, while Muse will anchor Saturday and the Eagles take Sunday. The remaining marquee acts are the Strokes, M.I.A., Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Vampire Weekend and Norah Jones. Other acts in the class of 2010 include Monsters of Folk, Band of Horses, the National, Broken Bells, the xx, Sonic Youth, Yeasayer and Gogol Bordello.

As always, ACL will host its share of singer-songwriters. This year's list is topped by Devendra Banhart, Pete Yorn, Robert Earl Keen, Richard Thompson and Martin Sexton. In keeping with its own tradition, the event will also welcome first-year indie darlings such as Miike Snow, Beach House, Girls and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Much like SXSW, which also takes place in Austin, ACL is known for showcasing a lot of tomorrow's bands today. This year's contingency of breakout bands will include the Dawes (who impressed at SXSW), Henry Clay People (who recently toured with Drive By Truckers) and Beats Antique (who recently won over Coachella with a DJ set at the Do-Lab's midfield oasis.)

A full list of bands and additional information can be found at the official website. And while it is true that three-day passes are completely sold out, the festival was wise enough to hold back an allotment of single-day passes -- all of which go on sale Tuesday. In other words, you may wish to stop reading this now and get on it if you hope to make it to Zilker Park this year. Good luck.

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gideon waxfarb

No,not kidding.The Eagles(and apparently Cheap Trick)are worth it,but most other groups today just don't compare or even come close.Sorry,but music today kind of sucks and it's certainly not any kind of crime to worship the greatness of the Eagles is it?

May 19 2010 at 4:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
montyray

soooo,,,what the hell happened to country music? this is what they have to offer? what does every one think is country now? they even have kid rock singing rock songs from the 70's calling that country? god help us,

May 19 2010 at 1:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dean.jones

Sold Out?? Not! If you need 3-Day passes follow this link to buy 3 day passes and book hotel rooms. Save more $$$ when you buy a package.
http://reservations.austintexas.org/3884_package-list_m2081_r581839.html

May 19 2010 at 1:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JERRY D MARTIN

What a wonderful line up, its a shame that everyone doesnt enjoy it....thats what makes horse races, but the constant bickering makes me beleave there are more morans than people with horse since...?

May 18 2010 at 10:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Capt America

My kid's music sucks...

May 18 2010 at 10:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nana

Gideon...are you freaking kidding??? ROBERT EARL KEENE for crying out loud and just look at the list.

May 18 2010 at 10:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
joe

The best band there is going to be Cheap Trick and you don't even mention them. I mean come on dude.

May 18 2010 at 10:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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gideon waxfarb

Didn't know about Cheap Trick,ok,so 2 bands worth seeing.

May 19 2010 at 4:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
B Saley

The Greatest FUCKING Rock and Roll Band in the world!!!

June 06 2010 at 11:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
grubby

if there aint no hank jr. . i will stay out in the country instead of the "city limits"

May 18 2010 at 9:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
waxfarb III

Grandpa, does grandma know you're on the internet again?!

May 18 2010 at 9:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gideon waxfarb

Aside from the Eagles,who cares?

May 18 2010 at 8:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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