Kanye West may not like sharing the spotlight, but he’ll have to give a piece to acts like a Tribe Called Quest, AFI and Hawthorne Heights later this summer when he performs Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, Bumbershoot.
Yellowcard, Feist, Mates of State, Of Montreal, Metric, Nouvelle Vague, 3 Inches of blood, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, and a host of other acts will perform at the 36th annual three-day festival over Labor Day weekend.
Tickets go on sale July 15 at www.bumbershoot.org and Ticketmaster.
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In other Kanye news, the Late Registration rapper will showcase his Beatles complex when he releases a live album and DVD of his 2005 performance at Abbey Road studios, according to NME.com.
Late Orchestration will also feature a performance from John Legend, as well as bonus videos and never-before-seen interview footage with West.
The double-disc set, which features West backed by a string orchestra comprised of 17 girls, will hit stores on April 24 in the UK.
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