Pearl Jam, Mos Def among Austin City Limits lineup

Reuters, Sep 24, 2009 8:00 pm PDT
The Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam and Elvis Costello are among acts scheduled to perform on the public-broadcast music show "Austin City Limits," which begins its 35th year on October 3.

Others on the season lineup include Willie Nelson (performing with Asleep at the Wheel), Ben Harper, and Them Crooked Vultures (the newly formed supergroup of Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin alumnus John Paul Jones and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme).

For the first time, two hip-hop acts have been booked, Mos Def and K'Naan. "We've talked about it for a few years, and it finally came together," Austin City Limits producer Terry Lickona said of the expansion into hip-hop.

Here is the broadcast schedule:

October 3: Dave Matthews Band

October 10: Ben Harper and Relentless7

October 17: Kenny Chesney

October 24: Andrew Bird, St. Vincent

October 31: M. Ward, Okkervil River

November 7: Elvis Costello, Band of Heathens

November 14: Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel

November 21: Pearl Jam

January 9, 2010: Allen Toussaint

January 16, 2010: Mos Def, K'Naan

January 23, 2010: TBD, Heartless Bastards

January 30, 2010: Steve Earle, Kris Kristofferson

February 6, 2010: Them Crooked Vultures

February 13, 2010: Madeleine Peyroux, Esperanza Spaldin.

(Editing by DGoodman at Reuters)

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