QOTSA, Peeping Tom – Confirmed For Detour Music Festival
Billboard.com reports: BECK, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, PEEPING TOM and BASEMENT JAXX lead the lineup for the first L.A. Weekly magazine-sponsored Detour Music Festival. The daylong event will be held Oct. 7 at Main and 1st Streets in Los Angeles; tickets go on sale Saturday (Aug. 26).
Other acts on the bill for Detour include RED KROSS, NORTEC COLLECTIVE, BLACKALICIOUS, OF MONTREAL, THE LIKE, THE ELECTED, OH NO! OH MY!, THE BLOOD ARM, EVERYBODY ELSE,THE HOWLING BELLS and WIRED ALL WRONG. DJ sets are on tap from VHS Or Beta, Steve Aoki and artist Shepard Fairey.
Detour is booked by Goldenvoice, best known for the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. A portion of proceeds will benefit the non-profit organization Tree People, which works to find ustainable solutions to urban ecosystem problems.