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Foos, Plant/Krauss to rock Austin City Limits

Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:37am EDT
Dave Grohl leads the Foo Fighters as they perform ''The Pretender'' at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 10, 2008. The Foo Fighters, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Beck and John Fogerty are among the top acts booked for the seventh annual Austin City Limits Music Festival in the Texan capital next September. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

By Ray Waddell

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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The Foo Fighters, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Beck and John Fogerty are among the top acts booked for the seventh annual Austin City Limits Music Festival in the Texan capital next September.

More than 125 acts will perform at Zilker Park over three days (September 26-28). Also on the bill are Manu Chao, David Byrne, the Raconteurs, the Mars Volta, Gnarls Barkley, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, N.E.R.D., Tegan & Sara, Iron & Wine, G. Love & Special Sauce, Neko Case, Band Of Horses, Silversun Pickups, Gogol Bordello, Gillian Welch, the Black Keys, Against Me!, Spiritualized and Duffy.

The lineup boasts several acts with a Texas connection, among them Erykah Badu, Robert Earl Keen, Patty Griffin and Roky Erickson.

Three-day passes are available for $170, including fees and a print-at-home option, at ACLfestival.com (www.aclfestival.com).

Austin City Limits was the fourth-ranked festival in the world in 2007, based on its gross of $11.3 million and attendance of 225,000 from three sold-out days, according to Billboard Boxscore.

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