If there was one festival I could go to this summer regardless of my finances or accrued vacation time, I’d be hopping a plane to Japan for the Fuji Rock Festival. The lineup for this year’s event, which takes place at the Naeba Ski Resort from July 29 – 31, includes HT faves Widespread Panic, Wilco, The New Mastersounds, The Avett Brothers, Dark Star Orchestra, G. Love and Special Sauce, Cake and Beach House. As if that isn’t enough, the Mick Hucknall-fronted version of The Faces are also on the bill.
Here’s the full list of artists set to perform at Fuji Rock ’11…
Arctic Monkeys, Asian Dub Foundation, Atari Teenage Riot, The Avett Brothers, Beach House, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite, Buddy Guy, Cake, Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Congotronics vs Rockers, Cornershop, CSS, Dark Star Orchestra, Deerhoof, digitalism, The Faces, Feeder, Four Tet, Funeral Part, G. Love & Special Sauce, Incubus, The Kills, Manu Chao, Mogwai, The Naked & Famous, New Mastersounds, Noah & The Whale, The Pains Of Being Pure Heart, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Sisters Of Mercy, Tangerine Dream, Tinarwen, Todd Rundgren, Warpaint, Wilco, Wu Lyf, Yellow Magic Orchestra
An english version of the Fuji Rock site lists all sorts of ticket packages including a “Moon Caravan” package that allows you to camp with your car.
