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Arcade Fire, Bjork, Interpol headline Sasquatch

Interpol

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Beastie Boys and MIA will also play Washington festival

Arcade Fire, Bjork, Interpol, Beastie Boys and MIA are among the artists that will headline the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington State.

The Festival will be held over Memorial Day weekend, May 26-27, at Washington's Gorge Amphitheatre, which sits atop cliffs on the scenic Columbia River Gorge.

Also on the bill are Spoon, Neko Case, The Thermals, Tokyo Police Club, Manu Chao and Ozomatli.

More bands are expected to be added to the lineup in the coming weeks.

The Festival has also announced that it will be carbon neutral for the first time.

Tickets can be purchased through ticketmaster.com or livenation.com. On-site camping is available.

The full lineup to date is:

May 26
Bjork
Arcade Fire
Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System
MIA
Citizen Cope
Neko Case
The Hold Steady
Grizzly Bear
Ghostland Observatory
Electrelane
Two Gallants
The Slip
Loney, Dear
Aqueduct
The Thermals
Viva Voce
The Blow
Gabriel Teodros


May 27
Beastie Boys
Interpol
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Spoon
Bad Brains
Ozomatli
Dandy Warhols
The Black Angels
Mirah
Tokyo Police Club
Money Mark
St. Vincent
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Smoosh
Common Market
Helio Sequence
Minus The Bear


--By our Los Angeles staff.
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