Pearl Jam, Beasties, Dave Matthews To Headline Austin City Limits Fest

Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and the Beastie Boys will make their Austin City Limits Music Festival debuts as headliners of the eight edition of the event in Austin's Zilker Park on Oct. 2-4. Kings of Leon, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Thievery Corporation, John Legend, the Dead Weather, and the Levon Helm Band and hometown favorites Ghostland Observatory are among the 130 bands and musicians who will play the annual festival.

Sonic Youth, Mos Def, Toadies, Flogging Molly, the B-52s, Lily Allen, Citizen Cope, Arctic Monkeys, the Decemberists, Coheed and Cambria, Andrew Bird, Girl Talk, Phoenix, Poi Dog Pondering and Los Amigos Invisibles and dozens of other pop, rock, country, hip hop, blues, reggae and indie rock acts that will fill eight stages for three days on the vast Zilker Park lawn.

Three days festival passes are available for the regular price of $185 (with no service fees), as well as VIP packages, at aclfestival.com.

Pearl Jam have long been courted by festival producers C3 Presents for the Austin event, especially after the promoters convinced the band to play the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago in 2007, its first large festival show in the U.S. since the mid-1990s. Pearl Jam is also planning to tape an appearance on the Austin City Limits television show, the beloved public television series that is the festival's inspiration.

Last year ACL was the fifth highest-grossing festival reported to Billboard Boxscore at $11.8 million, with an aggregate attendance of 218,000.

The full 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup is:

Pearl Jam  
Dave Matthews Band  
Beastie Boys  
Kings of Leon  
Ben Harper and Relentless7  
Thievery Corporation  
John Legend  
The Dead Weather  
The Levon Helm Band  
Ghostland Observatory  
Sonic Youth  
Mos Def  
Toadies  
Flogging Molly  
The B-52s  
Lily Allen  
Citizen Cope  
Arctic Monkeys  
The Decemberists  
Coheed and Cambria  
Andrew Bird  
Girl Talk  
STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)  
Phoenix  
Bassnectar  
Bon Iver  
!!!  
The Avett Brothers  
The Airborne Toxic Event  
Medeski, Martin & Wood  
Clutch  
Michael Franti & Spearhead  
Grizzly Bear  
Heartless Bastards  
Passion Pit  
White Lies  
Dan Auerbach  
The Walkmen  
The Scabs  
Reckless Kelly  
Devotchka  
Blitzen Trapper  
The Virgins  
Here We Go Magic  
Eek-A-Mouse  
K' Naan  
Asleep at the Wheel  
Dr. Dog  
The Raveonettes  
The Knux  
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
State Radio  
Los Amigos Invisibles  
The Felice Brothers  
Federico Aubele  
Raul Malo  
Daniel Johnston  
Poi Dog Pondering  
Brett Dennen  
Rodriguez  
Henry Butler  
Preservation Hall  
Sam Roberts Band  
The Greencards  
Sara Watkins  
Walter "Wolfman" Washington  
David Garza  
John Vanderslice  
Zac Brown Band  
Todd Snider  
School of Seven Bells  
The Dodos  
Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3
Alberta Cross  
Deer Tick  
Bell X1  
Alela Diane  
The Wood Brothers  
The Parlor Mob  
Rebirth Brass Band  
Marva Wright  
Terri Hendrix  
L.A.X.  
Lisa Hannigan  
The Low Anthem  
Sons of Bill  
Suckers  
Sarah Jaffe  
Cotton Jones  
The Henry Clay People  
Papa Mali  
Jypsi  
Vince Mira  
Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights 
Mimicking Birds  
Jeffrey Steele  
Jonell Mosser  
Leatherbag  
Keith Gattis  
Damien Horne  
Sarah Siskind  
Dexateens  
Nelo  
Danny Brooks  
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
The Soul Stirrers  
The Durdens  
Palm School Elementary  
The Gospel Silvertones  
Diaconos  
Quinn Sullivan  
Ralph's World  
Q Brothers  
Milkshake  
Telephone Company  
Loose Cannons  
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