Queens of the Stone Age, Janelle Monae and Many More Playing Rolling Stone's SXSW Showcases

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Rolling Stone’s South by Southwest Lineup Announced
Acts include Queens of the Stone Age, Cee Lo, The Meat Puppets, Lupe Fiasco and Wiz Khalifa

NEW YORK, NY (March 9, 2011) – Rolling Stone announced today their official lineup for South by Southwest music at La Zona Rosa in Austin.
 
Rolling Stone will kick off two nights and three days of live music programming with Queens of the Stone Age, the Black Angels and J Mascis Wednesday night. This will be the first U.S. show in three years for QOTSA – and the first date on a tour in which the band will play its debut album start to finish.
 
On Thursday night Rolling Stone is proud to co-present a show with Atlantic Records featuring Cee Lo, Wiz Khalifa and Lupe Fiasco. Earlier that day, Rolling Stone hosts an afternoon of music at La Zona Rosa featuring Raphael Saadiq, Gary Clark Jr., Tracy Bonham and Austin’s own The Meat Puppets
 
On Friday and Saturday, the party continues with Jessica Lea Mayfield, Nicole Atkins, The Joy Formidable and more. “We’re really excited about the bands playing the Rolling Stone parties this year,” says Rolling Stone’s Jason Fine. “From established acts like the Queens and Cee Lo to some of our favorite new artists like Jessica Lea Mayfield and Dawes, this will be four days of killer music.”
 
You will find live coverage and live streaming video of all of Rolling Stone’s SXSW events at RollingStone.com throughout the week.
 
This is the second year that Rolling Stone has been officially involved in the SXSW Festival.
 
All performances will be at La Zona Rosa, 612 West 4th Street, Austin. The full lineup is below.

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March 16
8 p.m. Beast Make Bomb
9 p.m. J Mascis
10 p.m. Mini Mansions
11 p.m. The Black Angels
12:30 a.m. Queens of the Stone Age
 
March 17 – Afternoon
12 p.m. Gary Clark Jr.
1 p.m. Raphael Saadiq
2 p.m. Tracy Bonham
3 p.m. Mona
4 p.m. The Meat Puppets
 
March 17 – Night (co-presented with Atlantic Records)
Times TBD
Special Guest TBA
Lupe Fiasco
Wiz Khalifa
Cee Lo
 
March 18
12 p.m. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
1 p.m. Jessica Lea Mayfield
2 p.m. Dawes
3 p.m. Nicole Atkins
4 p.m. Hayes Carll
 
March 19
12 p.m. Beast Make Bomb
1 p.m. Tennis
2 p.m. Surfer Blood
3 p.m. The Joy Formidable
4 p.m. Ellie Goulding

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