Beck, STP and Lucinda Williams Confirmed for Bumbershoot
Written by Mike Greenhaus
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
Beck, the recently reformed Stone Temple Pilots and Lucinda
Williams are among the initial acts confirmed to appear at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Music & Arts
Festival. Though the festival’s full line-up won’t be announced until this
summer, the annual gathering has confirmed a partial list of performers
much earlier than in past years. The announcement comes shortly after Sub Pop
confirmed a festival-size 20th anniversary celebration of its own in
Seattle this
summer. As of press time, Bumbershoot’sinitial lineup will also include Neko Case, Ingrid Michaelson, Del Tha
Funkee Homosapien, Jakob Dylan, !!!, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Saul
Williams, Joe Bonamassa, M. Ward, The Walkmen, Asylum St. Spankers, Dan Deacon,
MIDIval PunditZ, Blitzen Trapper, Bedouin Soundclash, Tim Finn, Dale Watson,
John Vanderslice, Final Fantasy, The Fall of Troy, Orgone, Forro in the Dark,
Ryan Bingham, Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Arthur & Yu, Darondo and Nino
Moschella and Pacifika. One of the summer’s last large-scale gatherings,
Bumbershoot will take place at the Seattle
Center from August 30 -
September 1.