DirecTV will be airing South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival for a third year to the subscribers SXSW Live on The 101 Network. The event will be broadcast in high-definition and 5.1 surround sound Live from Austin, Texa on March 20 and 21 at 5:00 PM EDT. Hosts Matt Pinfield and Robin Dorian will host the two day music festival.
Following are the Live performances to be presented in the show:
Ben Harper and Relentless7
Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters
Carlene Carter
Echo and the Bunnymen
Ed Harcourt
Forever The Sickest Kids
Juliette Lewis and the New Romantiques
Lenka
Shiny Toy Guns
Shwayze
Solange Presents Sol-Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Oak Ridge Boys
The Proclaimers
Third Eye Blind
Tinted Windows and The Von Bondies
Eric Shanks, executive vice president of Entertainment for DIRECTV said “For the third year in a row, DIRECTV customers will be able to experience SXSW Live with a front-row seat and an exclusive look into one of the premier music festivals in the world, not only is this larger-than-life television special another free perk that only DIRECTV customers get to experience, there’s the added enjoyment of seeing many up-and-coming acts in their first television appearance ever before taking the next step to stardom.”
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