David Bowie unveils festival

03/27/2007 4:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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David Bowie has announced the provisional lineup for his upcoming High Line Festival.

Arcade Fire, Air, Deerhoof, the Polyphonic Spree, Secret Machines, and Ricky Gervais are all set to appear.

The Bowie-curated event takes place in May across New York City, kicking off with a show by Arcade Fire at Radio City Hall on May 9.

Speaking about his plans for the series of shows, Bowie commented: "I thought it a very cool deal to be asked to curate the High Line Festival. The request was for me to choose artists and acts that I myself would go out of my way to see. Although this inaugural year will be modest in scale we've been pretty lucky in that many whom I asked have accepted.

"I'm also pleased that many emerging artists are participating alongside more established talents that represent a fairly wide cross-section of disciplines within the arts community. I would really hope that the exposure this festival affords will help these folk get the attention they deserve."

The current bill for High Line is as follows:

May 2007
09 Arcade Fire - Radio City Music Hall
10 Air - Theatre at Madison Square Garden
11 The Polyphonic Spree - Hammerstein Ballroom
15 Deerhoof - Irving Plaza
16 Daniel Johnston - High Line Ballroom
16 17 Ken Nordine - The Kitchen
17 18 Laurie Anderson - High Line Ballroom
18 Secret Machines - High Line Ballroom
19 Ricky Gervais - Theatre at Madison Square Garden