Voodoo Experience nabs R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails, STP
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R.E.M. , Nine Inch Nails and a reunited Stone Temple Pilots head the list of performers signed up for the latest edition of fall's Voodoo Experience festival in New Orleans.
The Oct. 24-26 event expects to host more than 90 acts spread out on six stages in historic City Park, with a lineup that also includes Death Cab for Cutie, Wyclef Jean, Panic at the Disco, Erykah Badu, Dashboard Confessional, DeVotchKa and many others. A complete list of names can be found at the festival's website.
The festival will be highlighted by a series of special performances, including a gospel brunch featuring The Blind Boys of Alabama backed by The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, with the two iconic institutions performing together for the first time.
General admission tickets for the festival go on sale today (6/23) on a first-come, first served basis, with weekend passes going for $115, and a limited number of $450 VIP passes--which include all three days admission, in/out permission, special viewing areas and more--also being offered.
Created in 1999, the festival returns in 2008 to New Orleans for the10th straight year, a streak that held despite the massive damage done to the area by 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
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Voodoo Music Experience ringtones at Thumbplay
Stone Temple Pilots tickets at Ticketmaster
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