Ryan Seacrest announces iHeartRadio Music Festival

[ColdAsFire_Baby]

It’s been 42 years since 500,000 concert-goers descended on a milk farm outside of New York for what became known as one of the most epic music festivals of all time — Woodstock. Now, with more glitz and less tie-dye, another music festival is being introduced to the world as Clear Channel Radio unveils their first ever iHeartRadio Music Festival, a two-day music event hosted by Ryan Seacrest that will mark the biggest live concert festival in radio history.

With performances by some of the greatest names in popular music today, one stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will rock for two consecutive nights, September 23 and 24 in an unprecedented music festival. Live audio and video streams of the iHeartRadio Music Festival will be available online, via mobile devices at www.iHeartRadio.com and across all of Clear Channel’s radio station websites. Throughout the summer-long promotion, Ryan and his colleagues will be giving hundreds of listeners a dream trip to Vegas to converge with thousands of fans across the country and experience this one-of-a-kind, two-day festival.

The iHeartRadio Music Festival lineup includes:

•Lady Gaga
•Coldplay
•Alicia Keys
•Steven Tyler
•The Black Eyed Peas
•Kenny Chesney
•Jennifer Lopez
•Carrie Underwood
•Jane’s Addiction
•Nicki Minaj
•John Mayer
•David Guetta
•Rascal Flatts
•Bruno Mars
•Kelly Clarkson
•Sublime with Rome
•Special performances from Usher and Sting
•And more to be announced all Summer long!

“This is a once in a generation gathering of artists and fans from all over the country for a true, must-see music event,” said our very own Ryan Seacrest in a statement. “The iHeartRadio Music Festival, like the iHeartRadio digital radio service, will showcase top artists across all genres of music. Listeners from all over America will travel to Las Vegas to celebrate the next generation of iHeartRadio, while seeing the greatest musicians in the world on one stage.”

Details on how to purchase the exclusive pre-sale tickets for the iHeartRadio Music Festival are available at facebook.com/iHeartRadio beginning July 11 at 8:15 a.m. ET. Tickets will also be available to the general public for purchase beginning July 16 at 1:00 p.m. ET by visiting iHeartRadio.com and entering keyword “Vegas.”

ryanseacrest.com/2011/07/11/lady-gaga-coldplay-black-eyed-peas-to-headline-biggest-concert-in-radio-history-video/

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I GOT TICKETS FOR BOTH DAYS!

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Kelly is going to slay :'( :'( Get that October album promotion!

[Kishi KCM]

This is such a wet dream!!

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Nice lineup but I don't get the comparisons to Woodstock, other than as a promotional tool to sell tickets

[Gravity.]

I want to go to see John, Alicia, and Coldplay!

[Mack]

That's a pretty sweet line-up. Lots of big names.

[HolidayGuy]

2m- it's Seacrest's and his PR teams' attempt to drum up an air of importance to this event. One look at the overall lineup and that tells another story.

[TheJakes]

looks like they are trying to nationalize the radio station concert. Like a Wango Tango on a bit bigger scale.

[when the pawn...]

Yeah...it's Coachella meets Wango Tango.

How much are tickets?

Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Mars...pretty impressive lineup.

I've always thought they should try a POP festival a la Bonnaroo/etc with Justin Timberlake, Beyonce & Lady Gaga headlining.

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Jul 12, 2011 13:24:56 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

How much are tickets?

Pre-sale (right now, but they're virtually sold out because they vastly limited the pre-sale tickets) - over $285 per ticket, per day.

Public sale (Saturday) - ranges from $54.50 to $289.65

[Black Jesus]

GaGa, Kelly, Coldplay, and JLo

[JamaicaFunk²]

Wish it were an outdoor event. Pretty nice lineup. This is the perfect kind of venue to see JLo, in my opinion. A fun, short set of (hopefully) upbeat songs. She should be a highlight. And Kelly clarkson... Come on! I might consider a trip to Vegas that weekend.