Get ready to be shaking from excitement about the Shaky Knees Music Festival. On Monday (Jan. 11), the annual Atlanta music festival announces its 2016 lineup, featuring some of the biggest names in indie and alternative rock. For this year's rendition, Florence + The Machine will headline, alongside My Morning Jacket and Jane's Addiction, who are set to perform their integral album Ritual de Lo Habitual in full.
Shaky Knees Music Fest announced its latest lineup on Twitter promptly at 10 a.m. EST. Alongside the big name headliners, this year's roster is essentially a who's who in indie rock. At The Drive-In, Walk the Moon, The Decemberists, Silversun Pickups, Bloc Party, Cold War Kids, Atlas Genius, Eagles of Death Metal, The Head and the Heart and The 1975 are also set to perform over the three-day festival.
Jane's Addiction, who are set to perform Ritual de lo Habitual to help celebrate its 25th year, aren't the only band revisiting some of its back catalogue. Huey Lewis and the News are also set to perform at Shaky Knees and will deliver Sports (which features hits such as "The Heart of Rock & Roll," "Hear and Soul" and "I Want a New Drug") in its entirety.
Other acts due to take the stage include Foals, The Kills, Parquet Courts, Phosphorescent, Hop Along, The Vaccines, Deftones and more.
The 2016 Shaky Knees Music Festival will take place from May 13 to 15 at the Centennial Olympic Park & International Plaza in Atlanta. Advanced tickets for email list subscribers will go on sale on Tuesday, Jan. 12, and will cost $215. Regular tickets, which will run $236, will go on sale when the advanced passes sell out.
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