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New Fest Snags Dave Matthews Band, Snoop Dogg

AEG Live and Madison House Presents have announced the launch of Rothbury, a new Bonnaroo-esque festival featuring Dave Matthews Band, The Black Keys, John Mayer, Snoop Dogg, Modest Mouse, and a healthy host of other artists from alt-rock to underground rap, jam bands to crowd-pleasing DJs.

The four-day affair runs from July 3-6 at the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, MI, just three hours northwest of Detroit. It'll be a go-green-or-go-home event, too, from the organizers' donation of $50,000-plus in solar panels to the "Rothbury Think Tank," a series of seminars on climate change issues and clean energy.

Interested? Tickets go on sale February 27 through RothburyFestival.com.

The full Rothbury lineup:

Dave Matthews Band
Widespread Panic
John Mayer
311
Phil Lesh and Friends
Primus
Thievery Corporation
Snoop Dogg
Modest Mouse
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Gov't Mule
Sound Tribe Sector Nine
Colbie Caillat
Slightly Stoopid
The Black Keys
Yonder Mountain String Band with Jon Fishman
Gogol Bordello
Citizen Cope
Keller Williams and The WMD'S
The Disco Biscuits
Medeski Martin & Wood
Ray LaMontagne
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival
Drive-By Truckers
Of Montreal
The Dresden Dolls
Gomez
Brett Dennen
Taj Mahal
Mike Gordon
Zappa Plays Zappa
Crystal Method DJ Set
JJ Grey & MOFRO
The Greyboy Allstars
The Secret Machines
Beth Orton
Jakob Dylan and the Green Mountain Rebels
A 3
Bettye Lavette
Lotus
Yard Dogs Road Show
State Radio
The Beautiful Girls
Sage Francis
Tea Leaf Green
Emmitt Nershi Band
EOTO
Panjea with Michael Kang
Railroad Earth
Bassnectar
Pnuma Trio
Diplo
Flosstradamus
The Juan Mclean
The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker
Dead Confederate
DJ Rekha
Motion Potion
DJ Rootz
SOJOURN
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—The ARTISTdirect Staff
02.13.08