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Coldplay, Incubus, Garbage & More: KROQ Fires Up the Lineup for their 20th Annual Weenie Roast
Coldplay headlines this year's KROQ Weenie Roast (Photo by Sarah Lee via Facebook)
This year marks the 20th annual KROQ Weenie Roast (y Fiesta), and if remembering them announce the inaugural one doesn't make you feel old enough, consider some of the old-is-new-again bands that are part of this year's lineup.
The May 5th show will find rock enthusiasts trekking once again out to Irvine's Verizon Wireless Amphitheater to delight in the aural pleasures of Coldplay, Incubus, The Offsrping, Pennywise, Silversun Pickups, Angels & Airwaves, The Dirty Heads, Garbage, Awolnation, Grouplove, Of Monsters and Men, and Walk the Moon.
How do you like them hot dogs?
KROQ's exclusive Street Team on-sale this week, on Thursday, April 5 at Noon, and it appears that in order to get a ticket, you have to sign up to be a member, so you can get the ticket sale password. A portion of the ticket sales will go to organizations supported by KROQ; this year's Weenie Roast those groups are Heal the Bay and the Surfrider Foundation. Tickets are $45-$85 each, they are sold ONLY online at Ticketmaster and Livenation, and there's a four-per-person limit. More info here.
Here's return act Silversun Pickups playing the '10 Weenie Roast (which happens to be the last time LAist headed to the big show, too):
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