Austin City Limits Festival Came Up With A Clever Way Of Announcing Its Lineup

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With so many music festivals out there (seriously, so many), it’s hard for any to stand out. It’s a good bet every lineup, from Coachella to the Voodoo Experience, is going to book the same bands (hope you like Ellie Goulding!). Austin City Limits has it particularly tough because the festival isn’t until late September, early October, months after all your friends told you about how great LCD Soundsystem was at Bonnaroo. But don’t worry, Texans: James Murphy is probably coming to Austin, too. ACL’s complete lineup won’t be announced until tomorrow, but Austin 360 noticed “people in ACL T-shirts spinning signs around town… bearing the names of music acts.”

So far, Haim and Chris Stapleton have been spotted.

As have the Chainsmokers, Mumford & Sons, and, yup, LCD Soundsystem.

https://twitter.com/mlridsdale/status/727855521194086402

Could Radiohead be next?

This is a much better way of announcing a lineup than having to wait for a festival’s Twitter account to upload a poster. The sign spinners (most of whom are on loan from State Liberty Tax, I imagine) should be able to come on stage during Radiohead’s set. They’ll probably end up being burned to death, but it’ll be worth it for that 15 minutes of fame.

(Via Austin 360)