Everyone's been a-buzz about the Kanrocksas Music Festival since it shuffled into the spotlight sometime last week. Now, we've got the official lineup in hand. First things first: The festival will be held at the speedway in KCK, on August 5 and 6 (days after the Pitch Music Showcase). Pre-leaked headliners included Muse, and rumors included Eminem; and, as it turns out, both will be headlining the Fest.
Other acts: The Black Keys, A Perfect Circle, the Flaming Lips, Kid Cudi, D12, Girl Talk, Primus, Flogging Molly, Jack's Mannequin, Arctic Monkeys, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Tinie Tempah.
At the press conference, the organizers said there were more to be announced.
Pre-sale tickets are available tomorrow, for $159. The price jumps to $179 after April 30.
More details after the jump.
According to Chris Fitz, one of the festiver's organizers and promoters, the cost for seeing all of the acts in total would come to about $1,200. Instead, you can score them for $159 tomorrow, and $179 after April 30.
For those worried about space: according to the press conference, one could drop Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums inside of the infield of the speedway -- where the stages will sit -- and neither of them would touch the outer rims of the infield. Damn!
Chris Fritz said that he'd been aiming to host a festival at the speedway since it was built in 2001. They're expecting more than 100,000 people to attend from a nine-state area, and they're actually snagging one of the stages from Coachella for the event. (There will be two large stages, and one mid-size stage, in addition to a DJ stage and a VIP area.)
On the local spectrum, Wild Bill's Legendary Steakhouse and Saloon -- located in Village West -- will be doing a battle of the bands for local acts, to see who gets to claim a stage at Kanrocksas alongside the headliners.
As far as the Kanrocksas name: Chris Fritz said he was to blame. "I'll take credit for it," he said, laughing. "When this thing wasn't even off the ground, I needed a unique word. Kansas is in the middle of the country. Putting 'rock' in the middle of Kansas probably wasn't the most genius moment, but it sounded good after a bottle of wine," he said. "And after you announce Muse and Eminem, it sounds even better."
Tickets will go on a pre-sale tomorrow, and they'll run you $159, with no fees and with free parking and camping.
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I agree that the lineup is all over the place, but in a way that's better because then you probably won't be forced to choose between 2 bands you want to see that are playing simultaneously. That's always been my problem with music festivals with acts that are all the same genre...
It's a credit card charge fee of $4.50 on a $159 ticket, not ticketmaster's service charge. I've paid $10 on $25 tickets before. I think it's a pretty good deal.
Dawg Daze music festival is the same weekend. And they will have lakes to jump in to cool off! Have fun baking in the hot sun! I'll be chillin with mother nature, cool people, and tons of really unique music, bigger lineup than this.
I'm surprised about all the negative comments... I mean sure, there are a couple acts in this line-up that I would never spend a dollar to see, but there are a few killer bands in there. I'm old and boring and will stay home, but if this show would have come through 2-3 years ago I would have gladly paid $159 to see FLogging Molly, Muse, The Black Keys, the Flaming Lips, Primus, The Arctic Monkey and APC! And the people-watching gets a whole lot more interesting with all the little wannabe gangstas going to see Eminem
Free camping and parking vs expensive downtown chicago hotel rooms and parking garages. I know which id prefer
Lips, Black Keys, Primus, Girl Talk, Muse...yeah, that's a solid f'ing line up. Anything else is a bonus. Was thinking I had to go to the Hangout Festival to see all that, but now it's in my back yard. See you there!!
I think it's a solid lineup. The timing is the questionable part. The hottest time of year surrounded by asphalt with no real shade is just going to be brutal.
They're not done announcing bands. I'll bet this is where the mid-tier/indie/local bands will come in. There will probably be a couple more "headliner" type bands announced. Pretty big-name lineup for the festival's first outing.
This would be awesome if it was not the same weekend as Lollapalooza in Chicago - which I already have tickets for. Lots of overlap in the line ups.
Very true, maybe I'm being harsh. Some really big names for KC, but I'm disappointed by the lineup. I also don't understand the folks that say this will kill Lollapalooza. Lollapalooza will have a lot of these bands, plus about 50-60 additional mid to lower tier bands as well.
Arctic Monkeys are really playing this festival???-----I take back all my snide comments about the festival's name!! And i also always wondered why The Kansas Speedway never hosted a rock festival before.
Muse isn't my favorite band ever, but in no way are they shitty. They are very talented and so are the black keys, primus, and APC. If all those bands aren't on the same day I won't go though. Agree with you on the continuity.
Why camp when you can walk across the street and take a bed in Nebraska Furniture Mart?
Yeah, I guess I was trying to be nice. The lineup is pretty horrible. The lack of continuity in the bands is going to draw a really weird crowd too. After hearing a few bands, I thought I might be on the fence. The shitty headliners pushed me way off the fence.
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