Norah Jones, Wilco, Arcade Fire, Brad Paisley, Femi Kuti and Regina Spektor are among those confirmed artists that will tape performances for the upcoming season of Austin City Limits. The new season of America’s longest running televised concert series will begin airing in early October on NPT and PBS stations nationally.
Confirmed concerts for AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Season 33 include:
Norah Jones, Arcade Fire, John Mayer, Femi Kuti, The Decemberists, Wilco, Regina Spektor, Crowded House, Paolo Nutini, a tribute to Blues legend Jimmy Reed with Jimmie Vaughan & Friends, Lucinda Williams, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bloc Party, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Grupo Fantasma, Explosions in the Sky and Ghostland Observatory. Additional guests will be announced soon.
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Tim Goodman at the San Francisco Chronicle has a great TV blog called The Bastard Machine (and I think something to do with the phrase Death March with Cocktails). He’s been previewing the upcoming Fall Season and has been to some PBS press events. Some highlights: