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Well… if you can’t get Radiohead back to Outside Lands you might as well get everybody else. Outside Lands just announced the lineup for their fifth-annual fest in Golden Gate Park and it’s packed with talent including at least seven bands I would call headliners – Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Jack White, Foo Fighters, Beck, Skrillex. You could maybe throw Sigur Ros and Justice in there too. The festival takes place August 10-12 and Tickets go on sale April 19th at noon at www.sfoutsidelands.com

The impressive list of artists goes on long past the BIG names too, including The Kills, Andrew Bird, Big Boi, Passion Pit, Santigold, Explosions in the Sky, and a ton more. Bloc Party will be back and I think/hope the Grandaddy set is the full band and not a solo Jason Lytle incarnation.

Other bands I’m excited about are Two Gallants, Dr. Dog, Sharon Van Etten, Wallpaper, Thee Oh Sees, White Denim, Alabama Shakes, and Jovanotti. Full lineup is below and at http://lineup.sfoutsidelands.com/. Check out this fun MC Hammer video too!

OUTSIDE LANDS 2012
Stevie Wonder
Metallica
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Jack White
Foo Fighters
Beck
Skrillex
Sigur Ros
Justice
Norah Jones
Dispatch
The Kills
Regina Spektor
Passion Pit
Andrew Bird
Grandaddy
Big Boi
Bloc Party
Explosions In The Sky
Franz Ferdinand
Mstrkrft
Rebelution
Die Antwoord
Fitz and The Tantrums
Portugal. The Man
Amadou & Mariam
Wolfgang Gartner
Fun.
Dr. Dog
The Walkmen
Washed Out
City and Colour
Two Gallants
Of Monsters and Men
Mimosa
Alabama Shakes
Reggie Watts
Trampled By Turtles
Tame Impala
Jovanotti
The Be Good Tanyas
Geographer
Sharon Van Etten
Yacht
Sean Hayes
Bomba Estereo
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Big Gigantic
Thee Oh Sees
Wallpaper
Tennis
Zola Jesus
White Denim
Allen Stone
The M Machine
Michael Kiwanuka
Tanlines
Father John Misty
Electric Guest
Caveman
Yellow Ostrich
Papa
Honey Island Swamp Band
Animal Kingdom