Monolith Festival Reveals Initial Line-Up

Red Rocks isn't just the place for your perpetually-stoned cousin to catch the Widespread Panic/Bob Weir/moe. triple threat hippiethon anymore. In fact, just today the inaugural Monolith festival, which will be held on September 14 and 15, announced its initial line-up. Presented by Esurance, Monolith is the first ever multi-day, multi-stage festival to grace the legendary stage of the Morrison, Colo. venue. With such a distinction, you've got to bring the noise. As such, the first line-up announcement consists of the Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, Kings of Leon, Spoon, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Broken West, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Juliette and the Licks and several other acts, with more announcements coming soon.

By the time mid-September rolls around, there will be over 50 announced bands set to play on Monolith's five stages. But before you go booking your plane tickets to Colorado, keep in mind that only 9,000 tickets will be made available for the festival. They will go on sale via Ticketmaster on Saturday, June 2, at 10 a.m. That's Mountain Standard Time, of course.

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