Austin City Limits’ lineup this year looks a little like an all-star team of other ’12 headliners: Red Hot Chili Peppers (who also headline Lollapalooza), Neil Young and Crazy Horse (who also headline Outside Lands), and the Black Keys (who also headline Firefly in Delaware, Osheaga in Montreal, and, sorta, Lollapalooza, though RHCP and Sabbath take the tip-top spots there) lead the pack. Other summer fest staples Jack White and Florence + the Machine are on the 130-artist bill, along with Iggy and the Stooges and Weezer. Gotye and Kimbra are both going to be there, too, hopefully screaming about traffic (incidentally, this is one of only three festival appearances Gotye will make this summer; the other two are Bumbershoot in Seattle and Summer Sonic’s Tokyo and Osaka stops in Japan).
This year’s ACL will go down, as it always does, in Austin’s Zilker Park, October 12-14. The fest offered a pre-sale registration for tickets to its mailing list last week; those who signed up will get first dibs until tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Central Time (that’s 8 a.m. Pacific, 11 a.m. Eastern), when “sales updates will be released” via the festival website. Pro Tip: if you’re making the trek down to Austin for this but aren’t dead-set on the headliners themselves, you might want to also keep up-to-date on the ACL Live! tapings that go down at the Moody Theatre those dates.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
The Black Keys
Jack White
Florence + The Machine
Big K.R.I.T.
AVICII
Weezer
Gotye
Kimbra
Punch Brothers
Kopecky Family Band
Bombay Bicycle Club
River City Extension
A-Trak
Quiet Corral
Trampled By Turtles
Wheeler Brothers
Patterson Hood
The Relatives
The Avett Brothers
Michael Kiwanuka
Space Capone
Iggy & The Stooges
The Staves
Oberhofer
Native Run
BASSNECTAR
Poliça
Nikki Lane
The Roots
Tennis
Quiet Company
The Shins
Zola Jesus
Infantree
Stars
Wild Child
La Vida Bohème
The Civil Wars
Black Lips
The Eastern Sea
M83
Los Campesinos!
The Dunwells
Tegan and Sara
Jovanotti
Kenny Vaughan Trio
Childish Gambino
Ben Howard
Justin Jones
Two Door Cinema Club
Ruthie Foster
Sonámbulo
Thievery Corporation
Freelance Whales
Royal Teeth
The Afghan Whigs
Civil Twilight
Noah Gunderson
Crystal Castles
The Whigs
The Aaron Ivey Band
Andrew Bird
Dev
The Mighty Sincere Voices
Gary Clark Jr.
The Lumineers
G.S.T.
Metric
Bad Books
Colorfeels
Band of Skulls
The Devil Makes Three
Lera Lynn
Esperanza Spalding
Asleep At The Wheel
Megan McCormick
Alabama Shakes
First Aid Kit
Shields Of Faith
Delta Spirit
Patrick Watson
Stapletones
M. Ward
LP
The Baylor Choir
Randy Rogers Band
Caveman
Disciples Of Joy
Die Antwoord
Lee Fields & The Expressions
Ralph’s World
Rufus Wainwright
Father John Misty
Orange Sherbet
NEEDTOBREATHE
Dry The River
Big Don
Big Gigantic
The Boxer Rebellion
Rocknoceros
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Soul Rebels Brass Band
Hullabaloo
Steve Earle
Willis Earl Beal
Jambo
The War On Drugs
He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister
Peter DiStefano & Tor
Umphrey’s McGee
Kishi Bashi
The School of Rock
Barrington Levy
Deep Dark Woods
The Q Brothers
Old 97’s
Moon Duo
