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Outside Lands Festival 2012 Line Up Released: Who Is Your Favorite?

Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Metallica and Foo Fighters and other heavy hitters to highlight the popular and arguably best festival in the Bay Area.

Concert-goers beware: The summer 2012 lineup of San Francisco's fifth annual Outside Lands Festival has been announced.

Fun fact: Outside Lands is said to have brought around $60 million to the local economy last year, and the equivalent of 700 full-time jobs, according to a Huffington Post article.

Thought: How do we get them to move this event to Martinez? 

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Tickets will be availabe Thursday, and the concert will take place August 10 through 12. 

Tell us your favorite act after checking out the amazing lineup:

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Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Jack White, Foo Fighters, Beck, Skrillex, Sigur Ros, Justice, Norah Jones, Dispatch,The Kills, Regina Spektor ... (take a deep breath ... the list goes on!):

Passion Pit
Andrew Bird
Grandaddy
Big Boi
Bloc Party
Explosions In The Sky
Franz Ferdinand
Mstrkrft
Rebelution
Die Antwoord
Fitz and The Tantrums
Portugal. The Man
Amadou & Mariam
Wolfgang Gartner
Fun.
Dr. Dog
The Walkmen
Washed Out
City and Colour
Two Gallants
Of Monsters and Men
Mimosa
Alabama Shakes
Reggie Watts
Trampled By Turtles
Tame Impala
Jovanotti
The Be Good Tanyas
Geographer
Sharon Van Etten
Yacht
Sean Hayes
Bomba Estereo
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Big Gigantic
Thee Oh Sees
Wallpaper
Tennis
Zola Jesus
White Denim
Allen Stone
The M Machine
Michael Kiwanuka
Tanlines
Father John Misty
Electric Guest
Caveman
Yellow Ostrich
Papa
Honey Island Swamp Band
Animal Kingdom 

Who are YOU most looking forward to watching live this year? Tell us in the comments.


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