The David Bowie curated High Line Festival, which recently became The H&M High Line Festival, has officially announced some performers.
Pfork announced, via Bowie's official site, that the festival will include performances from Air, Arcade Fire, Deerhoof, The Polyphonic Spree, The Secret Machines, Laurie Anderson, Ken Nordine, Daniel Johnston, Bang on a Can All Stars, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy and comedian/”Office”-creator Ricky Gervais.
Excitement downgrade: performances will be held all across NYC and not in one place. Booooo. I guess Bowie's performance will be the only one actually at the railroad?
Here’s the list of performers and the venues they’ll light up:
05-09 Arcade Fire - Radio City Music Hall
05-10 Air - Theatre at Madison Square Garden
05-11 The Polyphonic Spree - Hammerstein Ballroom
05-15 Deerhoof - Irving Plaza
05-16 Daniel Johnston, Bang on a Can All Stars, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy - High Line Ballroom
05-16-17 Ken Nordine - The Kitchen
05-17-18 Laurie Anderson - High Line Ballroom
05-19 The Secret Machines - High Line Ballroom
05-19 Ricky Gervais - Theatre at Madison Square Garden
