Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Mumford & Sons to Play Bonnaroo

By Rolling Stone | Rolling Stone – Tue, Feb 19, 2013 2:05 PM EST

Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are among the biggest acts slated for this year's Bonnaroo festival, which also includes Bjork, Wilco, Wu-Tang Clan, R. Kelly and more. Bonnaroo takes plays from June 13th-16th in Manchester, Tennessee.

Photos: Backstage at Bonnaroo 2012

"Weird Al" Yankovic announced the roster of acts during the Bonnaroo Live Lineup Announcement Megathon (B.L.A.M.) live stream. Other artists set to play include: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, A$AP Rocky, Passion Pit, The xx, ZZ Top, Pretty Lights, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Billy Idol, Cat Power, Alt-J, Animal Collective, Matt & Kim, Grizzly Bear, Jim James, Tame Impala, Kendrick Lamar, Japandroids and Portugal. The Man. Yankovic will also perform, along with Porter Robinson, Beach House, the Gaslight Anthem, Local Natives, Purity Ring, Action Bronson, Dirty Projectors, Baroness, the National, Dwight Yoakam, the Vaccines, Holy Ghost, Killer Mike, Government Mule, Big K.R.I.T., Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Death Grips, Of Monsters and Men and Foals.

A full list of performers will be up on Bonnaroo's website soon, where you can now check out a livestream of Mumford & Sons' performance at the 2011 festival. 

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