Foo Fighters, Outkast to headline Delaware’s Firefly Music Festival

Taylor Hawkins (back) and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performing. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Taylor Hawkins (back) and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performing. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Thousands of music fans will descend on Dover this June to see some of the biggest names in music for the third annual Firefly Music Festival.

After teasing fans with hints over the weekend, organizers have finally released the full festival lineup of more than 100 artists. The three headlining acts will be Foo Fighters, fronted by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, hip hop group Outkast, most famous for their infectious hit “Hey Ya,” and Jack Johnson, the laid-back singer-songwriter.

Other top names on the schedule for this year’s festival include Arctic Monkeys, The Lumineers, Pretty Lights, Weezer, Imagine Dragons, Ziggy Marley, and Cage the Elephant.

A fourth day has been added to the festivities for the 2014 event. Festival director Greg Bostrom says with an additional day and a great slate of artists, the 2014 Firefly Music Festival will be “the most exciting Firefly yet.” He says, “These changes reflect our commitment to providing our fans the premier experience they expect from us not only this year, but in the years to come.”

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Last year, Red Frog Events, which produces Firefly, announced plans to keep the festival in Dover for the next ten years.

Here is the complete list of artists performing this year:

• A Great Big World• A-Trak• Aer• The Airborne Toxic Event• American Authors• Amos Lee• Andrew Belle• Arctic Monkeys• Asaf Avidan• Bad Things• Band Of Horses• Basic Vacation• Bleachers• Breach The Summit• Bronze Radio Return• Cage The Elephant• Cash Cash• Chance The Rapper• Cherub• Childish Gambino• Christian Porter• City And Colour• Courrier• Courtney Barnett• Cruiser• Dan Croll• Foo Fighters• G-Eazy• Gemini Club• Geographer• Girl Talk• Goldroom• Gregory Alan Isakov• Griswolds• Grouplove• Haerts• Hey Rosetta!• High Highs• Holychild• Hunter Hunted• Imagine Dragons• Iron & Wine• Jack Johnson• Jake Bugg• John & Jacob• Johnnyswim• Kaiser Chiefs• Kodaline• Kongos• Little Comets• Little Daylight• Local Natives• Lucius• Magic Man• Martin Garrix• Mean Lady• Misterwives• MS MR• New Politics• New Sweden• NONONO• Outkast• Phantogram• Phosphorescent• Pigpen Theatre Co• Portugal. The Man• Pretty Lights• RAC• Royal Teeth• Saints Of Valory• Salva• San Fermin• Shakey Graves• Sir Sly• Sky Ferreira• Sleeper Agent• Sleigh Bells• Smallpools• Son Lux• Step Rockets• Stop LightObservations• Tegan And Sara• The Ceremonies• The Colourist• The Lumineers• The Mowgli’s• The Weeks• The White Panda• The Wild Feathers• Third Eye Blind• Tune-Yards• Twenty One Pilots• Typhoon• Unlikely Candidates• Vance Joy• Vic Mensa• Walk Off The Earth• Washed Out• Weezer• White Denim• Wild Child• Wild Cub• X Ambassadors• Young The Giant• Ziggy Marley

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