Austin City Limits

Interview: Izzy Heltai talks Austin City Limits, expectations, and his influences

Izzy Heltai is the kind of person you just want to give a hug and if you spend more than 30 seconds with him, it seems like you most likely are going to get one. It took one listen of “Day Plan” from his EP Day Plan (5 Songs Written 4 the End of the…

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Austin City Limits wraps up with a female dominated lineup and a little Californication

Austin City Limits closed out its second weekend Sunday with a lineup led by spectacular performers, with the overwhelming majority being women-led bands. As day three wound down, we saw some of our favorite performances of the weekend. The biggest name on Sunday was rock legend’s Red Hot Chili Peppers. It has been 10 years…

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Photo Gallery: ACL 2022 Day Two Weekend Two ft. Flume, Lil Nas X, Diplo, Sofi Tukker and more!

Waytao Shing brings us all the action from the second day of Austin City Limits Festival‘s second weekend. Check out shots of Boy George, Tobe Nwigwe, The Front Bottoms, Tai Verdes, Sofi Tucker, Samia, Princess Nokia, Lil Nas X, Flume and more. You can read the full round up of the day’s action HERE.

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Austin City Limits: Flume, Tobe Nwigwe, Lil Nas X and P!nk light up Day Two of ACL Weekend 2

Day 2 of Austin City Limits wasn’t any cooler in temps than Day 1 but it also didn’t rock any less either. The lineup had some of the biggest names of the weekend and the crowd spanned all ages, as there was something for everyone and all styles. At the top of the bill was…

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Photo Gallery: ACL 2022 Day One Weekend Two ft. SZA, Phoenix, Arlo Parks, Genesis Owusu and more!

Waytao Shing brings us these photos from the first day of Austin City Limits Festival‘s second weekend. Check out shots of Arlo Parks, Blondeshell, Boy George, Early James, Gensis Owusu, Jazimine Sullivan, Omar Apollo, Phoenix, SZA, Twen, VACATIONS and Wet Leg. And read the full round up of the day’s action HERE.

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Austin City Limits: SZA, Genesis Owusu, VACATIONS and Phoenix shine on Day One of ACL Weekend 2

Austin City Limits came in hot to start weekend two as temperatures rose and the sun glared down on a crowd of over 75,000 thrilled music fans. The day was an incredible mix of global stars, up and comers and headliners new and old. It was an incredible showing for Australia as both Genesis Owusu…

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Five bands not to miss at Austin City Limits Weekend Two

We are just a day away from weekend two of the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Zilker Park is ready to rock just as hard – if not harder – this time around. Weekend one was a huge success and saw top headlining sets from P!nk, The Chicks, Flume, and Red Hot Chili Peppers….

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Here’s the full lineup of bands playing Austin City Limits (ACL) Fest Nights

The Austin City Limits Music Festival is a few weeks away from kicking off but the festivities just got bigger with the announcement of ACL Fest Nights. ACL Fest Nights will take place in 10 different venues across Austin, Texas as several of the bands playing the festival will pull double duty and play after-shows…

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ACL 2022 Lineup: Flume and Genesis Owusu to join Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paramore and more

The Austin City Limits Festival has just dropped its 2022 lineup, and once again it spans many decades, genres, and music tastes. This October, over two weekends, an eclectic mix of the biggest names in music will join the next generation of artists, as they fill Zilker Park in Austin, Texas in what is one…

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Photo Gallery: Austin City Limits Day Three ft. Tyler, The Creator + Erykah Badu + Karol G and more (03.10.21)

Day three of Austin City Limits continued on a high. Mother Mother from Canada kicked off the Honda Stage with a strong set that resonated with a relatively young crowd, with their loud, diverse indie rock. Jessie Murph on the Lady Bird stage performed her first-ever live performance. She looked extremely comfortable whilst talking, and…

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Photo Gallery: Austin City Limits Day two ft. Rüfüs Du Sol + Alison Wonderland + girl in red and more (02.10.21)

Day two of Austin City Limits 2021 brought some amazing acts that you need to check out. The Hu, a Mongolian throat singing metal band is something else and needs to be experienced. Be on the watch for Amber Mark who to me felt like the early days of Janelle Monae and really belted it…

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Photo Gallery: Austin City Limits Day One ft. Chet Faker + Megan Thee Stallion + Tkay Maidza and more (01.10.21)

After a hiatus of two years, Austin City Limits has returned. Inclement weather made for a slow start but could not stop the music. Australian talent Tkay Maidza on the T-Mobile Stage showed amazing ownership of the stage and got the crowding moving. Fellow Aussie Chet Faker was on the Miller Light Stage, offering a feel-good experience with…

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Tour Diary: Australia’s Fatai makes her Austin City Limits Debut

ACL still feels like a dream. Some of the most fun weekends of my short lived life so far! Especially for an Aussie kid who left school at 13 with a dream to change the world through music, this opportunity became my classroom to learn from my peers, make new friends, show and tell, and connect new dots that couldn’t have been as divine if I didn’t take the risks to chase after my…

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Photo Gallery: Austin City Limits Day Three ft. Phoenix + Janelle Monae + Sylvan Esso and more (07.10.18)

The first few days of Austin City Limits flies by as the legendary festival’s 2018 iteration wraps up its first of two 2018 weekends with nothing but strong performances from top-billing acts and memorable festival newcomers. The likes of Twin Shadow, Elle King, and Hailey Knox impressed, while later in the day huge sets from…

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A mammoth Australian & NZ contingency lines up for the 2017 Austin City Limits Festival

Though it was the late addition of Jay Z onto the Austin City Limits festival line up ahead of the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chance the Rapper, The Killers and sis-in-law Solange that has had everyone talking, a quick look at the mammoth ACL lineup for 2017 shows off an impressive list of Australian and New Zealander artists amongst…

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Tash Sultana, Middle Kids, Alison Wonderland to join Jay Z & The Killers at Austin City Limits 2017

Only hours ago, Jay Z was squeezed onto the Austin City Limits festival line up ahead of the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chance the Rapper, The Killers and sis-in-law Solange – an exciting return from the New York King who is currently popping up on a few huge stages throughout the year. Of course, ACL is a huge drawcard for…

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Why Austin City Limits is one of the greatest festivals in the world (and 3 artists I discovered while I was there)

Music has always served as one of the most important things in my life. It is an escape, a way to deal with your problems and serve as a reminder someone else understands. Live music brings that feeling to a level 10. Concerts and music festivals are spiritual experiences for me. It’s my favorite kind…

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Matthew McConaughey introduces Willie Nelson as Mumford & Sons and LCD Soundsystem close Austin City Limits

It would be hard to imagine Austin City Limits ending any more perfect than how the 15th edition went out Sunday night. The day’s lineup was just as diverse as the first two days featuring up and coming hip hop artists, rock and funk bands and massive headliners but it was the presence of Austin’s…

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Festival Recap: Day Two at Austin City Limits (Weekend 2) – Zilker Park, Austin (08.10.16)

Saturday at ACL started hot with the blistering sun and ended even hotter with the incredible headlining sets from Kendrick Lamar and Kygo. Nothing can signify the electric and diverse lineup more than the headliners Saturday night. On one side of the festival was the Compton born rapper who has skyrocketed to be one of hip hops greatest…

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Festival Recap: Day One at Austin City Limits (Weekend 2) – Zilker Park, Austin (07.10.16)

Austin City Limits began its second weekend in spectacular fashion with a lineup filled with just about anything you could want. Headlined by the iconic rock band Radiohead, the day was filled with up and coming names and established world superstars. A new weekend brought another mass of over 100,000 fans from all over the…

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7 Unmissable Artists at Austin City Limits 2016!

Austin City Limits began as one of the most important television programs spotlighting the greatest music the world had to offer. So the fact it shares its name with one of the biggest music festivals on the planet tells you all you need to know about the magnitude and excellence of Texas’s biggest music festival….

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Kiwis Abroad: Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders make Conan, announce headline US tour for September & October!

The States have been loving Marlon Williams so far this year, most recently falling further for the New Zealander while on tour with Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop. Come September however, American and Canadian fans will have some unmissable opportunities to see Williams and his band, The Yarra Benders, perform in a headline capacity. On tour over a run of…

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Austin City Limits reveals 2016 line-up, featuring the likes of Radiohead, Drake and Kendrick Lamar

Back for its 15th year, Austin City Limits has revealed its 2016 event line-up. The Austin, Texas based music festival will be taking place over two weekends in September and October in Zilker Park, which last year saw the likes of the Foo Fighters, Drake, Tame Impala and Alt-J. Headlining the 2016 event will be Radiohead…

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The Best of ACL Weekend 2: Those who rocked it and those destined for big things…

Whilst the standout act for this weekend appeared to be Mother Nature and her thirst for dehydration and sweat, Austin City Limits in Texas still brought a collection of the worlds Music Powerhouses together to get bodies jumping this weekend. Today, Geoffrey D’Unienville takes us through this experiences and delivers his six highlights of the…

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Six artists not to miss during Day Three (Sunday October 4th) of Weekend One at the Austin City Limits Festival

The final day of the first weekend of Austin City Limits 2015 wraps up with some exciting appearances from the realms of pop, hip-hop, Americana, blues and more. We’ve been bringing you our tips for the festival so far this weekend, click through to see who we’d recommend catching if you’re out at Zilker Park…

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Six artists not to miss during Day Two (Saturday October 3rd) of Weekend One at the Austin City Limits Festival

Day Two of the epic Austin City Limits Festival has a killer line up of bands and solo artists ready to take to stages at Zilker Park and considering the festival still has a full Sunday program plus another whole weekend of action to get through…it’s hard to think it’s only just getting started, given…

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Six artists not to miss during Day One (Friday October 2nd) of Weekend One at the Austin City Limits Festival

An epic weekend of music is ahead for fans attending the 14th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas, USA – and those of us at home will get the chance to see quite a few of the performances ourselves thanks to the live stream. Each day there is a myriad of incredible…

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the AU interview at Austin City Limits: Gotye (Melbourne)

While at Austin City Limits, Larry talked to Gotye about his whirlwind year of touring, developing his live show, performing where The Beatles once played and much more…

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