Outside Lands Festival - Golden Gate Park / Speedway Meadow - San Francisco, CA - Aug 24
Today an industry source confirmed the headliners for what will be called the “Outside Lands Festival” in Golden Gate Park August 22-24 will be Radiohead, Tom Petty, and Jack Johnson. The order of headliners each night is still unknown. Tickets are not on sale yet. The source, who operates outside the festival organization and who requested anonymity, says the massive four-stage, 160,000-person inaugural Festival represents a huge coup for local promoting powerhouse Another Planet Entertainment (in conjunction with Superfly), as well as a major boost to San Francisco’s festival profile. Outside Lands will come just weeks before the highly esteemed Treasure Island Music Festival.
The source’s info corroborates circumstantial evidence relating to:
1) Size. According to government documents, APE expects up to 160,000-people over 8.22-24 in GG Park the week before Burning Man for a “major headliner”.
2) Timing. The first two dates of the proposed event, Friday Aug. 22 and Sat. Aug. 23 come just a day before Radiohead is rumored to be playing L.A. on 8.24 and 8.25.
4) Politics. Radiohead cares about carbon-neutral touring, and wants to site its shows at places where you don’t necessarily need a car to get there; like GGP.
5) Experience. APE has booked Radiohead before, and they’ve booked the Park before. They are the best and the brightest in the Bay, and if anyone could do it, it’s them.
We await a statement from the Outside Lands Music Festival organizers confirming or denying our source’s information. They said they have no statement at this time. -David Downs (Special thanks to Oscar Medina, who got this ball rolling.)
DUDE. How fricken sweet would this be?!?
