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The Download Festival's full lineup has been announced, starting with Jesus and Mary Chain and Gang of Four headlining in San Francisco on July 19th. They both will also head the lineup the next day in Los Angeles.
The Festival will return for the third day in Philadelphia on August 2nd with The Killers and Iggy Pop and the Stooges doing their thing, all for the low cost of $20.
In case you haven't been to a Cure show lately, there's a couple of things you need to be let in on.
First, they run through almost 40 songs in two hours, with little interaction with the audience.
Also, they have been opening their shows with this new song, which you can watch below, "Underneath the Stars."
Despite the fact that U2's manager insists that every move that everybody else makes in the industry ends up backfiring, Bono disagrees.
After Paul McGuinness stated that Radiohead's In Rainbows "pay what you want" plan backfired, Bono has gone on record stating that the plan was "courageous and imaginative in trying to figure out some new relationship with their audience."
"Such imagination and courage are in short supply right now," Bono said. "They're Radiohead, a sacred talent, and we feel blessed to be around at the same time."
