2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival Initial Lineup Released

The ACL Festival has put out a rather long confimed list of artists for the madness in Austin at the end of September.  No doubt this list will continue to grow as the time gets closer.

• Foo Fighters
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• Beck
• John Fogerty
• Manu Chao
• David Byrne
• The Raconteurs
• Gnarls Barkley
• The Mars Volta
• Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
• N.E.R.D.
• Erykah Badu
• Robert Earl Keen
• Patty Griffin
• G. Love & Special Sauce
• Tegan & Sara
• Iron & Win
• Neko Case
• Band Of Horses
• The Swell Season
• Silversun Pickups
• Gogol Bordello
• Gillian Welch
• Eli Young Band
• The Black Keys
• Against Me!
• Jakob Dylan And The Gold Mountain Rebels
• Okkervil River
• Galactic
• Kevin Fowler
• Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings
• Hot Chip
• Vampire Weekend
• Slightly Stoopid
• Duffy Alejandro Escovedo
• Roky Erikson
• Yonder Mountain String Band
• Spiritualized
• Flyleaf
• Drive-By Truckers
• Ingrid Michaelson
• Stars
• Jose Gonzalez
• CSS
• Del The Funky Homosapien
• Man Man
• Jamie Lidell
• MGMT
• What Made Milwaukee Famous
• Jenny Lewis
• M. Ward
• Asleep At The Wheel
• Mason Jennings
• Heartless Bastards
• Antibalas
• The Nachito Herrera All-Stars
• Shooter Jennings
• Xavier Rudd
• Yeasayer
• Octopus Project
• Joe Bonamassa
• The Kills
• White Denim
• Louis XIV
• Delta Spirit
• Mates Of State
• Nicole Atkins & The Sea
• Electric Touch
• Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears
• Back Door Slam
• Tristan Prettyman
• The Strange Boys
• Ryan Bingham
• Scott Biram
• Freddy Jones
• Colour Revolt
• Five Times August
• Langhorne Slim
• Sybris
• Eli “Paper Boy” Reed And The True Loves
• Bavu Blakes And The Extra Plairs
• AA Bondy
• Christopher Denny
• Mike Farris
• The Lee Boys
• South Austin Jug Band
• American Bang
• Bobby Bare, Jr.
• Massacoustics
• Belleville Outfit
• We Go To 11
• Band Of Heathens
• City And Colour
• Sunny Sweeney
• Elizabeth Wills
• Autamata
• Bonnie Bishop
• Ben Solee
• Ben Cylus
• The Concert Supremes
• River City Christionettes
• Shields Of Faith
• The Jones Family Singers
• Nakia And His Southern Cousins
• Brotherly Luv
• The Hensley Ensemble
• School Of Rock
• Jambo
• Q Brothers
• Buck Howdy With BB
• Uncle Rock
• Big Don
• Mr. Ray
• The Jimmies

Tickets are now on sale for $170 for a 3 day pass and VIP tickets are going for a whopping $850 a pop which includes the following:

• Food servings daily
• Gourmet Happy Hour with guest chef tastings
• Beer, wine, water and specialty drinks
• ACL mini spa and misting area
• Shade and relaxed seating in the VIP Grove (no stage seating/viewing)
• Air conditioned restrooms
• VIP parking pass (with purchase of four VIP passes only) 

Might be a good way to spend the tax refund you are waiting on…..