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Fun Fun Fun Fest teams up with turntable.fm for today's lineup release
After months of rumors and leaks, the official Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup will be released today at 1 pm.
People who have had tickets for months will finally know who they’ll see this November 4-6 at Auditorium Shores. If you haven't picked up your pass yet, don't worry—this afternoon, you’ll have one more chance to get yours, after the announcement. But be fast! The first batch of FFFF tickets went on sale June 1st and quickly sold out, despite the fact that nobody knew who was on the lineup. Two weeks ago, the second round of pre-sales lasted less than a day.
There are a lot of eyes on this afternoon's release. And almost as awesome as the news itself is the way the FFF folks are releasing it: by spinning tracks from appearing artists at turntable.fm.
“The site for people to gather in "rooms," play music, and feel embarrassingly giddy when friends and strangers vote their approval is still in beta mode but already one of the most addicting internet developments in recent memory,” explains Edith Zimmerman at The Hairpin.
Turntable seems to be at a tipping point, with dozens of themed rooms attracting 100+ person crowds even at odd hours (Coding Soundtrack and Indie While at Work, two of the most regularly populated playlists, both had people waiting to step on the decks at 4 am this morning). While tons of sites have tried to merge music and social networking, turntable.fm has found solid footing with a simple chat feature, adorable avatars and a search box that magically (legally?) pulls up nearly any song you'd like to add to your set.
Today at noon, staff members at FFF Fest HQ will sign in at turntable.fm/fun_fun_fun_fest.
Starting at 1 pm, they'll play their favorite tracks from this year's performers while festival fans socialize and comment on the lineup as it's released.
We already know that Brian Posehn, Okkervil River, Odd Future, M83, X, Ra Ra Riot, Kid Dynamite, Tune Yards, Flying Lotus, Reggie Watts, Slayer and Murder City Devils are on the lineup. There's not much time left for speculation—who do you hope is on the list?
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UPDATE
FUN FUN FUN FEST 2011 CURRENT LINE UP:
ORANGE STAGE
Passion Pit • Lykke Li • M83 • Blonde Redhead • GIRLS • HUM •
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah • Okkervil River • Black Joe Lewis & The
Honeybears • Architecture in Helsinki • Ted Leo & The Pharmacists •
Heartless Bastards • Tune‐Yards • Ra Ra Riot • Tinariwen • Radio Dept •
Cold Cave • We Were Promised Jetpacks • Mates of State • The Joy
Formidable • Cloud Nothings • The Boxer Rebellion • Asobi Seksu •
Keep Shelly In Athens • Le Butcherettes • Jim Ward (Sparta/At The Drive In) •
Joe Lally (Fugazi) • Future Islands • Crooks • Lemuria •
TV Torso • Manejo Beto
BLACK STAGE
Slayer • Danzig Legacy (Danzig/Samhain/Danzig & Doyle Perform Misfits) •
The Damned • Hot Snakes • Murder City Devils • Kid Dynamite• Boris •
Cave In • Negative Approach • D‐Generation • Eyehategod •
Russian Circles • Thee Oh Sees • Zero Boys • Paint It Black •
Trash Talk • Youth Brigade • No Bunny • Davilla 666 •
Bane • Earth Crisis • Graveyard • Doomriders • Ceremony •
From Ashes to Rise • World Inferno/Friendship Society •
Total Control (Member of Eddie Current Suppression Ring) •
Death Grips • Touche Amore • Defeater • Mind Spiders •
OBN III • Shapes Have Fangs • Schmillion • Thieves
BLUE STAGE
Public Enemy • Major Lazer • Odd Future (OFWGKTA) • Diplo •
Flying Lotus • Neon Indian • Four Tet •
Spank Rock • Dan Deacon • Cecil Otter & Swiss Andy present:
WUGAZI • Childish Gambino • Budos Band •
Rakim • Del The Funky Homosapien • Big Freedia • YACHT •
Baths • MNDR • Austra • Dengue Fever • Black Milk
• DJ Franki Chan • Ocote Soul Sounds • Auto Body • Bird Peterson •
Brandt Brauer Fricke • Picture Plane • T-Bird and The Breaks • Cecil Otter
(Doomtree) • G‐side • Speak • Purity Ring • DJ Car Stereo (Wars) • B.L.A.C.K.I.E. •
Fat Tony
YELLOW STAGE
Henry Rollins • Reggie Watts • Brian Posehn • Upright Citizens Brigade •
Turquoise Jeep • Donald Glover • Ali Wong • Anarchy Championship
Wrestling • Neal Brennan (Co-‐creator of Chappelle Show/Half Baked) •
Best Fwends • Matt Bearden • Brody Stevens • Captured By Robots •
Kenny “K-‐Strass” Strasser • Yo Yo Extravaganza • Whamcity Comedy Set •
Louis Katz • Chris Trew • Veggie Hot Dog Eating Contest • JT Habersaat +
the Altercation Punk Comedy Tour
...With more announcements to come in August and September.
