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Bob Dylan Tops New Festival

Add another multi-day music event to your summer schedule, as Bob Dylan, the Raconteurs, the Roots, Gnarls Barkley and Spoon will headline the inaugural New American Music Festival on August 8 & 9 at SouthSide Works in Pittsburgh, PA. The festival is sponsored by American Eagle Outfitters and curated by Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Rounding out the lineup will be fifteen bands from various colleges across the country who will compete in a competition, with the winner receiving recording time in a Los Angeles studio.

Tickets go on sale Friday and cost a mere $25 for students. General admission tickets are $49.50.

The New American Music Festival

Bob Dylan and His Band
The Raconteurs
Gnarls Barkley
The Roots
Spoon
The Black Keys
Black Mountain
The Duke Spirit
NASA
Tiny Masters of Today

College Bands

Bears (Kent State University)
Flying Machines (The New School)
Gospel Gossip (Carleton College)
Magic Bullets (University of California Berkley)
Math the Band (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
My Dear Disco (University of Michigan)
Nothing Unexpected (Robert Morris University)
The Black Fortys (University of Southern Illinois)
The Company Kang (Whitman College)
The Delicious (Indiana University)
The Depreciation Guild (New York University)
The Elizabethan Report (Brigham Young University)
The French Horn Rebellion (Northwestern University)
The Royal Bangs (University of Tennessee)
The Steps (University of Texas Austin)

The New American Music Union festival will take place in Pittsburgh's historic SouthSide Works, which was home to glass factories, steel and iron mills in the 1800s. Today, a development of the Soffer Organization, the area features an eclectic mix of residential neighborhoods, restaurants, shops and businesses, including the headquarters of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. The Pittsburgh region is also home to more than 30 colleges and universities and more than 100,000 students.

The New American Music Union festival is produced in partnership with Live Nation, www.livenation.com. Tickets are available online at www.livenation.com and www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster locations or charge by phone at 866.448.7849 for Ticketmaster Express.



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