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Taking place at Chicago’s Union Park this summer, the 15th edition of Pitchfork Music Fest will go down the weekend of Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19
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Feb 19, 2020 - 12:25 pm

For its milestone 15th year, Pitchfork Music Festival has announced its 2020 lineup.

Taking place in Chicago's Union Park this summer, GRAMMY-winning group The National, GRAMMY nominees Run The Jewels and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to headline the festival's main stage on the weekend of Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19.

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The festival will also host performances from additional GRAMMY winners and nominees, including Big Thief, Thundercat, Tierra Whack and Caroline Polachek across three days and multiple stages.

Other artists featured on the festival’s lineup include Angel Olsen, Yaeji, Waxahatchee, Maxo Kream, Kim Gordon, Twin Peaks and Danny Brown, among others. Pitchfork Fest will also serve as the home of the first Fiery Furnaces performance in 10 years.

Both general admission and Pitchfork PLUS passes are available for purchase starting today. Three-day general admission passes are available for $185, while PLUS passes, which include access to private bars, curated food experiences, shaded seating and an elevated viewing platform of the festival’s Blue Stage are available at $385.

Read More: Pitchfork Fest's Adam Krefman On Lineup Diversity, Reasonable Prices & More

Single-day passes are also available, with single-day general admission running at $75 and single day PLUS passes costing $160. Tickets can be purchased here.

Although the festival does not take place until mid-summer, in celebration of the festival's rollout Pitchfork is hosting a series of free parties at the Chicago Athletic Association tonight (Feb. 19) and tomorrow (Feb. 20). More information on the Pitchfork kickoff parties is available here. According to a statement, Pitchfork will host additional 15th-year experiences which will be announced soon.

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Ireland's sold-out summer festival will also feature Irish group Picture This, Run The Jewels, Denzel Curry, Skepta, Annie Mac, Rick Astley, Helena Hauff and many others
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Mar 11, 2020 - 11:15 am

Electric Picnic, one of Ireland's leading festivals, has today (March 11) announced the initial lineup for its 2020 iteration. The sold-out three-day event, taking place September 4-6 in Stradbally Hall in Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland, has confirmed headliners Rage Against The Machine, who recently reunited for the first time in nearly a decade, Snow Patrol, The Chemical Brothers, Irish group Picture This and Lewis Capaldi. The lineup also includes Run The Jewels, Denzel Curry, Skepta, Annie Mac, Rick Astley, Helena Hauff and others, with many more to be announced.

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The festival's lineup announcement comes in the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak, which has recently caused multiple festivals and tours around the world to cancel or postpone, including Coachella and Stagecoach in Southern California as well as Ultra Music Festival in Miami and SXSW in Austin. 

In an interview with Irish daily newspaper The Irish Times, festival organizer Melvin Benn of Festival Republic, the company behind Electric Picnic, said he does not expect to cancel or postpone the festival due to the coronavirus.

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"I'm not worried about it at all," he said. "I'm full steam ahead unless the governments here and in the U.K. say we can't go ahead... I'm 100 per cent of the belief that by June we will all be over the hump and we will all have forgotten about it, quite frankly, and all you buggers will find something else to write about it.

"At this point in time I have got nothing in my head other than planning for this festival to take place at the time it will take place. When you put it in perspective about the number of people that could be seriously hurt, I think it has been whipped up a little bit, but it's a great news story.

"The reality is that, for me, I'm about providing entertainment outdoors until somebody forces me to stop."

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In the same interview, Benn, who called this year's lineup “incredible, with five headliners," acknowledged the lack of female headliners at Electric Picnic 2020, noting an absence of female headlining acts this summer, according to The Irish Times. “We are completely committed to bringing women through all of the line-ups, but there is not a gender-balance ability across the headliners generally at the moment," he said. 

Launched in 2004, Electric Picnic is an award-winning festival and one of the biggest music and arts gatherings in Ireland. In 2019, the festival featured headliners The Strokes, Florence + the Machine, Hozier and The 1975, among many others. 

Tickets for Electric Picnic 2020 are now sold out. Head to the festival's official website for more information and to view the full lineup.

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Firefly Fest 2020 Lineup: Billie Eilish, Halsey, Rage Against The Machine, Maggie Rogers & More

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The 9th annual event will take place in its tree-filled home of Dover, Del. on June 18–21
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Jan 28, 2020 - 2:51 pm

Today, Firefly Music Festival announced their 2020 lineup, featuring five-time 2020 GRAMMY winner Billie Eilish, past GRAMMY winners Rage Against the Machine and GRAMMY nominees Khalid, Blink-182 and Maggie Rogers as headliners.

The four-day East Coast camping music festival will also feature performances from 2020 GRAMMY winners Cage The Elephant, along with past GRAMMY winners Diplo, Big Boi, Van Halen's David Lee Roth, as well as Tove Lo, Run The Jewels, and Omar Apollo. The 9th annual event will take place in its tree-filled home of Dover, Del. on June 18–21.

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K.Flay, Cold War Kids, RL Grime, CHVRCHES, Kali Uchis, Clozee, CRAY, The Band Camino, Loud Luxury, Illenium, Haiku Hands and Rainbow Kitten Surprise are among the other acts slated to bring the groove across the massive fest's six stages.

More: Billie Eilish Wins Best New Artist | 2020 GRAMMYs

In October 2019, Firefly's organizers announced the 2020 event would return to a four-day format, after reducing it to three days in 2019. As reported by Billboard, the AEG-owned event put $1 million into its infrastructure ahead of the 2019 festival, which was headlined by Panic! At The Disco, Travis Scott and Post Malone. 

Related: Breaking Down The Coachella 2020 Lineup: Rage Against The Machine, Frank Ocean, Calvin Harris & More Announced

Firefly recommends festival attendees register now on their website to receive an early access code to purchase tickets. The presale begins this Fri., Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. ET, with the general sale beginning Mon., Feb. 3. More info on registration, tickets and lineup can be found at fireflyfestival.com.

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The legendary "Hot In Herre" rapper will be performing his debut 2000 album, 'Country Grammar,' in full at the 19th annual fest
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Jan 7, 2020 - 1:57 pm

Just a few days after the 2020 Coachella lineup dropped, Bonnaroo 2020 has followed suit with an incredibly stacked and diverse lineup featuring GRAMMY winners/current nominees Tool, first-time GRAMMY nominee Lizzo and past nominee Tame Impala as the headliners. Current GRAMMY nominees Flume, Lana Del Rey, Vampire Weekend, J.I.D, DaBaby, The 1975, Brittany Howard, Altın Gün and Yola will also perform at the 19th annual four-day music festival held in Manchester, Tenn.

Read: "WE ARE ALL WINNERS": 2020 GRAMMY Award Nominees React On Social Media

The farm-set event will take place from June 11–14 and will also feature major sets from versatile pop queen Miley Cyrus, bass legend BASSNECTAR, recently-reunited rock supergroup Oysterhead (consisting of Les Claypool of Primus, Trey Anastasio of Phish and Stewart Copeland of The Police), Primus and GRAMMY-winning St. Louis rap icon Nelly, who will be performing his GRAMMY-nominated debut 2000 album, Country Grammar, in full.

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The colorful lineup poster also reveals more exciting acts across genres, including past GRAMMY nominee Femi Kuti, GRAMMY winner Leon Bridges, as well as Cuco, Run the Jewels, Megan Thee Stallion, Dashboard Confessional and Dermot Kennedy. Glass Animals, Young the Giant, TroyBoi, The Band Camino, Denzel Curry, Yaeji and Billy Strings are also slated to perform.

Related: BottleRock Napa Valley 2020 Lineup: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Janelle Monáe, Stevie Nicks & More Announced

Leading this year's Bonnaroo SuperJam is Durham, N.C. electro-pop act Sylvan Esso. The annual jam session curated by a different artist each year, to bring together musicians in honoring late heroes (GRiZ led the jams last year). The iconic, longstanding Nashville music venue Grand Ole Opry will be hosting a special showcase for the third year in a row, on the first day of the event. Those not frolicking at the fest can even tune into this showcase online, via opry.com and WSMonline.com and their respective mobile apps.

All ticket options for Bonnaroo go on sale this Thurs., Jan. 9 at noon ET; more info on their site.

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The Chicago-based singer/songwriter opens up to the Recording Academy about playing Pitchfork Fest, getting sober between albums and more
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Jul 21, 2019 - 5:43 pm

Chicago indie-rock project Lala Lala was one of the local acts this year at Pitchfork Fest. Fronted by London-born singer/songwriter Lillie West, the band's 2018 sophomore album, The Lamb, is a sweet, spare moment of self-reflection written during an anxiety-ridden time where, as West notes in a press release, "I started to frequently and vividly imagine the end of the world, often becoming too frightened to leave my house. This led me to spend a lot of time examining my relationships and the choices I’d made, often wondering if they were correct and/or kind."

West's gentle songwriting has definitely caught the eye of her more established familiars: In January, West released a collaboration with WHY? singer Yoni Wolf titled "Siren 042." This past spring, she opened for Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers' band, Better Oblivion Community Center, and most recently West has opened for GRAMMY nominees Death Cab For Cutie on their U.S. summer tour. 

The Recording Academy spoke with West at Pitchfork Fest about her personal evolution between albums, getting sober, opening for Death Cab and "being born an oversharer."

How does it feel to be performing at a major festival in the city where you live?

It feels really nice. I mean, it felt pretty monumental to me. I feel like Pitchfork is sort of a rite of passage for Chicago artists, and it was very special.

Hometown shows were always nerve wracking, because there's a lot of people you know, but it's also great because everyone's on your side, everyone's like eager for you to succeed and have fun, and yeah, it felt good.

You lived in London and were born in California... How did Chicago become your home?

I moved here for art school when I was 19, and then I dropped out and I stayed [in Chicago].

What did you listen to growing up?

When I was a teenager, I was really into Pavement. Was a band I really liked. Karen Dalton. I was into indie music, kind of. When I was a kid, I remember my mom listened to Kate Bush and Moby and Buena Vista Social Club. But that was like all we had in the house.

How did you get your start in music?

I've just always been a really big fan of music and it just slowly occurred to me that I could do it. And I started going to DIY shows in Chicago and just becoming friends with DIY musicians and sort of picked it up myself, as well.

I played piano on and off for awhile, but I started playing guitar, really, when I was 19. And now I've been branching into other instruments just for fun, and taking my knowledge and intuition from what I know from guitar to other things.

How has that experience been, learning an instrument as an adult? I tried learning guitar, and I couldn't as an adult.

You totally can. It just takes like so much longer than you think it does, or for most people I feel like. Some people pick it up really quickly, but I find it very challenging. But yeah, you just have to keep trying. You can learn anything as an adult. It just takes longer.

The Lamb is your second album. What was your state of mind going into the making of it?

I really wanted to make something that I cared about. I just wanted it to sound good, and I wanted to pay attention to guitar parts and melodies, and yeah, I just was trying to be really present for it.

Has it been hard in the past, to be present when making an album?

Well, just the first album we made, I didn't even really know we were making an album. I just was like, we've written some songs as record them. So I was very aware of the fact we were making an album.

In your song "F**k With Your Friends," you have a lyric about drinking to make someone seem more interesting. Your album touches on stuff like that, very personal things. Was it a cathartic experience being able to write about these part of your life?

Yeah, "F**k With Your Friends" is from the album Sleepyhead when I was drinking a lot, and now when I made The Lamb, I was sober and I don't drink anymore. But it's just more so that I write about what I'm experiencing always. And those are just things that I experienced and I'm just a pretty straightforward person.

Do you feel like you've grown?

Yeah. I mean hopefully. Yes. Yeah. Everything has changed, that's for sure.

In what ways do you feel like you've grown, artistically?

I just feel like I pay more attention in every way possible, and I want to go somewhere specific. Whereas in the past, I just let things happen.

Some of The Lamb touches on things like mental health. Does sharing this side of yourself come easily? 

To a certain extent, yes. I do disguise some things. Honestly, I think the longer that I do it, the harder it is to be open. I find myself becoming more and more closed off. It's hard to share your life with a lot of people, but I definitely was born an oversharer, and as I've gotten older, I've closed off a little more.

I've spoken to some artists who say that they forget they're being vulnerable in the studio, but once they're performing live, it's like they're showing the world who they are. Do you feel like that?

Yeah, totally. I think live, sometimes if there's lyrics that I wish were different. I might sing them in a certain way that they're less audible, for sure.

What's one thing creating music has taught you about yourself?

Honestly, that you can just do anything, because I don't have formal training, and I started so late, or not even that late, but I started later than most people who get into music, and it just really showed me that at any point you can just decide to do something and if you keep trying.

Even if it doesn't become [my] full-time job or something, I'm very lucky with that has happened, but doesn't mean that you can't just do it. You can just do whatever you want.

You recently opened up for Death Cab For Cutie on their summer tour. How was it opening for such an established act?

It was amazing. I have only good things to say about that band. They are so, so kind. They were so generous to us, and they're amazing musicians, and they made us feel so welcome. And it was an environment that we were not familiar with. It was really big shows, and they really made us feel at home and I can only rave about them. I was a huge fan. "Soul Meets Body" was my ringtone.

What's next for you after Pitchfork?

I'm going out of town. We have one show in L.A. this week, and then I'm going to Russia to visit my Dad. Then I'm going to go on tour with this band WHY? Just hanging out and singing with them, and then we go on tour with Whitney in October, November, and then we have a tour in December with Twin Peaks.

How do you take care of yourself on tour?

It's really hard. We don't party at all. We go to sleep right after the show. As soon as possible, we go to the hotel. We eat really healthy. We try and exercise when you can, if there's like a gym in the hotel, or just like going for walks in between soundcheck. But it's really tough. Those are the things I try to do. Stay hydrated.

Do you feel like being sober has changed your life, the way you write?

Yeah, I'm like the opposite now. I like won't eat dairy. I try not to eat sugar. Before, I just didn't care what happened to me and I just drank so much and did drugs and stuff, and now I'm like hyper, I need eight hours of sleep now. If I get less than eight hours of sleep, I'm exhausted.

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