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Outside Lands lineup announced, features Paul McCartney and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Meredith Dobes
Outside Lands festival announced its 2013 lineup yesterday, with headliners Paul McCartney and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
This is the sixth year for Outside Lands, and the festival will take place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Aug. 9-11.
Other artists in the lineup include: Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Kaskade, Vampire Weekend, Pretty Lights, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, D’Angelo, The National, Jurassic 5, Willie Nelson & Family, Grizzly Bear, Darly Hall & John Oates, Young the Giant, Band of Horses, A-Trak, The Head and the Heart, Yeasayer, Matt & Kim, Zedd, The Tallest Man on Earth, Foals, etc.
Over 60,000 people are expected to attend Outside Lands festival each day. Three-day general admission and VIP tickets for the festival go on sale at noon April 18. They range from $235-545. Single day passes will be sold later.
Ticket sales mostly support the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department.
More information about the festival, tickets and the full lineup can be found at sfoutsidelands.com.
Outside Lands spans Polo Fields, Speedway Meadow and Lindley Meadow. The festival makes attempts to be eco-friendly, encouraging ridesharing, using solar power stages, having a refillable water program, a waste diversion program, a recycling program, and a bike valet parking program.
It also includes workshops to educate attendees about the green movement and organic farming.
Outside Lands also includes a separate art section with different a separate music lineup, art, food and wine.