The lineup for the first annual Outside Land Music Festival has now been completed with their latest round of additions. Joining the likes of Wilco, The Felice Brothers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, M. Ward and Mike Gordon will be Cake, Los Amigos Invisbles, The Duo, Thriving Ivory and Sila and the Afro-Funk Experience.

The festival will take place from August 22 - 24 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Single day and three day tickets are still available at the moment.

Sly Stone took himself higher than most, and the resultant burnout saw the funk legend living the life of a complete recluse. But the comeback trail beckons, and Sly and the Family Stone will make their first NYC appearance since 1974 on December 7th at B.B. King’s. How long Sly will actually take the stage that night remains to be seen. If the band’s recent European tour is any indication, don’t expect much more than 20 minutes worth of Sly singing inaudibly and banging on a keyboard. And oh yeah…expect to pay $85 for that opportunity.

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And tickets for the upcoming Mighty Mighty Bosstones reunion concerts are harder to come by than World Series tickets. Who’s got my extraaaa?