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THE 2013 PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP:

 

 WIRE, YO LA TENGO, M.I.A., LOW, SOLANGE, LIL B, SAVAGES, TORO Y MOI, PHOSPHORESCENT, METZ, AUTRE NE VEUT, MIKAL CRONIN, PARQUET COURTS, MERCHANDISE, WOODS, JULIA HOLTER, GLASS CANDY, ANDY STOTT, PISSED JEANS, FRANKIE ROSE, RYAN HEMSWORTH, WAXAHATCHEE, BLOOD ORANGE, DAUGHN GIBSON, EVIAN CHRIST, KEN MODE, WHITE LUNG and DJ RASHAD

JOINING HEADLINERS R. KELLY, BJÖRK, and BELLE & SEBASTIAN

 

and PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ACTS: JOANNA NEWSOM, THE BREEDERS play Last Splash, SWANS, RUSTIE, EL-P, CHAIRLIFT, KILLER MIKE, TNGHT, SKY FERREIRA, …AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD, MAC DEMARCO, FOXYGEN, ANGEL OLSEN, TRASH TALK, and TREE

 

JULY 19-21 AT CHICAGO’S UNION PARK

 

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Year after year, the Pitchfork Music Festival presents new, cutting edge artists and this year continues that tradition. The 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival, happening Friday, July 19-Sunday, July 21 at Chicago’s Union Park, rounds out its lineup with an extremely diverse group of emerging artists and established legends. Added to Friday’s lineup are Wire, Mikal Cronin, Woods, Pissed Jeans, Daughn Gibson, and Frankie Rose. Saturday sees more performances by Andy Stott, Solange, Merchandise, Ryan Hemsworth, Metz, Low, Savages, Parquet Courts, Julia Holter, Ken Mode, and White Lung. And Sunday now includes Glass Candy, M.I.A., Evian Christ, Yo La Tengo, Autre Ne Veut, Waxahatchee, Blood Orange, and DJ Rashad. It’s the summer’s most adventurous festival.

 

Three-day passes are currently on sale for $120 and single day tickets are available for $50 each. Three-day passes always sell out very quickly. As previously mentioned, for the full price three-day pass, the festival is offering a special layaway program that allows fans to purchase the pass in three installments.

 

PURCHASE PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL TICKETS HERE:

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Visit http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com and http://facebook.com/PitchforkMusicFestival for more information. Follow @pitchforkfest for the latest news, announcements and exclusive content.

 

THE 2013 PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL LINEUP:

 

Friday

Björk

Joanna Newsom

Wire

Woods

Mikal Cronin

Angel Olsen

Pissed Jeans

Daughn Gibson

Trash Talk

Frankie Rose

 

Saturday

Belle & Sebastian

Solange

The Breeders play Last Splash

Savages

Swans

Rustie

Low

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

Phosphorescent

Andy Stott

Mac DeMarco

Ryan Hemsworth

Julia Holter

Parquet Courts

Merchandise

Metz

Ken Mode

White Lung

 

Sunday

R. Kelly

M.I.A.

Yo La Tengo

Lil B

Toro Y Moi

TNGHT

El-P

Killer Mike

Chairlift

Foxygen

Sky Ferreira

Glass Candy

Autre Ne Veut

Evian Christ

Waxahatchee

Blood Orange

DJ Rashad

Tree

 

In its eighth year, the independently run, three-day event continues to be one of the most inviting, reasonably priced, and exciting weekends of music around, offering a carefully curated lineup reflecting the best of what is happening in music.

 

In addition to its musical offerings, the Pitchfork Music Festival also features a wide array of other activities. The fest not only supports local businesses with its 50 individual vendors and specialty fairs, but also promotes the Chicago arts community as a whole to 50,000 attendees of all ages from all over the world.

 

Pitchfork is the essential guide to independent music and beyond. With more than four million unique readers and 40 million page views per month, the site has earned an extremely loyal following and a reputation as being one of the world’s most trusted music publications.

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