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Download Festival bound for the US

But the Stateside version is no metal-fest

Modest Mouse, The Shins and Wolf Parade are among the acts set to play the inaugural US Download Festival tour later this summer and early fall.

Four dates have been confirmed for the touring festival including shows in Mansfield, MA and George, WA at the same site as the Sasquatch! Festival.

Incubus are also on the line-up, which will be announced in full later this month.

Watch this space for the full line-up!

The tour calls at:

Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts (August 18)
George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre (25)
East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre (September 1)
Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre (October 6)

--By our New York staff.
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