Outkast Confirmed For Way Out West
Festival takes place 7th – 9th August in Gothenburg, Sweden with Robyn & Röyksopp, Queens Of The Stone Age, The National, Neutral Milk Hotel, Janelle Monáe, Pusha T
Plus new additions Little Dragon, Les Ambassadeurs, Hozier + more
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Outkast are confirmed to play at Way Out West in August.
The utterly awesome André 3000 and Big Boi will be hopping over the Atlantic to play the 2014 edition, making this year’s Way Out West even more stellar. Robyn & Röyksopp, Queens Of The Stone Age, The National, Neutral Milk Hotel, Janelle Monáe, Pusha T, Brody Dalle, Joey Bada$$, Mø, The Julie Ruin and many other luminaries will grace the stage at Slottsskogen in Gothenburg, Sweden 7th – 9th August.
Additionally, Little Dragon, Les Ambassadeurs (featuring Amadou of Amadou & Mariam) and Mark Ernestus presents Jeri-Jeri were also added to the festival line-up this week. And joining the Stay Out West nighttime programme are Mighty Oaks, Hozier and Nguzunguzu, with this part of the festival taking place in various venues across Gothenburg.
Way Out West tickets are available now at www.wayoutwest.se. International ticket buyers can find out more about booking flights to Gothenburg and accommodation here.
WAY OUT WEST 2014 LINE-UP SO FAR:
OUTKAST
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN
THE NATIONAL
JANELLE MONÁE
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL
BLOOD ORANGE
JENNY WILSON
PUSHA T
LITTLE DRAGON
JOEY BADA$$
BRODY DALLE
THE JULIE RUIN
LES AMBASSADEURS feat SALIF KEITA, AMADOU BAGAYOKO & CHEICK TIDANE SECK
MARK ERNESTUS PRESENTS JERI-JERI
MØ
STAY OUT WEST:
I BREAK HORSES
DEAFHEAVEN
JONATHAN WILSON
SHLOHMO
CIRCA WAVES
JUNGLE
HOLLY HERNDON
CHLÖE HOWL
MIGHTY OAKS
NGUZUNGUZU
FOREST SWORDS
HOZIER
MACHINEDRUM (DJ set)
MORE ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED…
Listen to all confirmed artists for Way Out West at Spotify
About Outkast
Hey. Ya.
Two words that, alone, don’t really mean anything all that interesting, but the minute they’re combined they become immediately familiar to, well, everybody. You’ve heard it a billion times, you can’t get it out of your head, you’ve danced crazily and happily until your dizzy, hummed it on the bus and sung along with it on the radio. You picture André 3000 in those green pants and polo attire and Big Boi as the suavely suited manager… god wasn’t that video awesome?
Since 2003, the tune has pursued us with its euphoric blend of silliness and sharpness, but ‘Hey Ya’ was hardly a one-off – with a 20-year career behind them, Outkast are as far as you can possibly get from a one hit wonder. In addition to ‘Hey Ya’s’ brilliance on the eleven- time (!) platinum-selling ‘Speakerboxx / The Love Below’ – this disparate pair have between them, released four other uber successful albums, won a whole sack of Grammies – and appeared in a feature film!
“And imagine, all we wanted to do was rap! ” said André 3000 in the press release announcing Outkast’s return to the world, after eight years of silence. Now, when the duo is about to embark on a worldwide mega- tour to celebrate their 20th anniversary, which they will start by headlining the legendary Coachella in April, André’s statement seems a drastic simplification of what brought about Outkast, possibly one of modern music history’s most important groups; the endless creativity, defiance of the normal genre limitations and the pure joy of making music? It really doesn’t need to be more difficult than that. Andre 3000 and Big Boi of Atlanta chose a different path from the usual contemporary hip hop that often carries with it a misogynistic undertone and fondness for glorifying violence, and instead developed a ‘out of this world’ blend of hip hop, r’n’b, pop and rock. The result? Insane success for them, and a priceless musical treasure for the rest of us. Welcoming them to the Way Out West 2014 feels like proclaiming the coming of a musical Messiah.
Hey Ya everybody…. Hey Ya!
WAY OUT WEST 2014 – 7-9 AUGUST. SLOTTSSKOGEN, GOTHENBURG.