Muse Tour

Muse, Phish, The Eagles To Rock Austin City Limits Fest

Posted by Janice Bryant On May 19, 2010

Muse, the Eagles, Phish, M.I.A and the Strokes are heading the billing for the Austin City Limits Music Festival’s 9th annual edition which will be held in Austin at Zilker Park on October 8-9.

Among the over 130 musicians and bands to play at the festival this year include Robert Earl Keen, the National, Gogol Bordello, Sonic Youth, Deadmau5, Monster of Folk, Band of Horses, Norah Jones, Vampire Weekend, Spoon, LCD Soundsystem and the Flaming Lips. Making their debut at ACL this year are Miike Snow, Girls, the Temper Trap and Broken Bells.

ACL single day tickets are on sale currently. Limited numbers of travel packages and three day VIP passes are sill available. Three day festival passes sold out just 14 hours after they went on sale on April 21, a festival record.

The ACL festival, which started in 2002, is produced by C3 Presents from Austin. They also produce Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival. ACL last year ranked as No. 4 on the Billboard top 10 list for 2009’s highest grossing festivals. Over three years the festival has drawn 195,000 people and pulled in $13.5 million.

This year’s sponsors for the Austin City Limits Music Festival include Sweet Leaf Tea, H-E-B, BMI, Austin Ventures, American Express, AMD and Budweiser.

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