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Published: June 11, 2004 at 6:44 PM

LOS ANGELES, June 11 (UPI) -- This year's Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas' capital will feature more than 130 acts, including Sheryl Crow, Billboard.com said Friday.

The Sept. 17-19 event will showcase numerous genres on eight stages in Austin's Zilker Park.

The third annual event will feature sets by Sheryl Crow, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, Jack Johnson, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Modest Mouse, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Solomon Burke, Franz Ferdinand, the Beta Band and reunited modern rock act the Pixies, among others.

Organizers expect more than 130 acts.

Newly announced acts include hip-hop collective the Roots and modern rock acts Wilco, Cake, Gomez, Broken Social Scene, My Morning Jacket, the Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Calexico, the Killers, Cat Power, Sloan and Spoon.

Along with scene godfather Anastasio, such artists as Medeski Martin & Wood, the North Mississippi Allstars and Particle will represent the jam band contingent.

Topics: Jack Johnson, Sheryl Crow, Solomon Burke
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