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Lou Reed, Cat Power Confirmed For Beale St. Fest

Memphis' infamous Beale Street Music Festival has announced this year's lineup, including Lou Reed, Cat Power, the Roots, Tegan and Sara, My Chemical Romance, Ben Folds, Aretha Franklin, Buddy Guy, Santana, The Black Crowes, Bettye LaVette and more. Discounted three-day fest passes are available through April 30 for $63.50.

The full lineup:

Friday, May 2

• My Chemical Romance
• Sheryl Crow
• The Roots
• Keb' Mo'
• Richard Johnston
• Hellogoodbye
• Jonny Lang
• Ben Folds
• Charlie Musselwhite
• Robert "Wolfman" Belfour
• Flyleaf
• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
• Project Pat
• Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
• Lord T & Eloise
• Amy LaVere
• Lurrie Bell

Saturday, May 3

• Santana
• Distburbed
• Matisyahu
• Bettye LaVette
• Richard Johnston
• Lou Reed
• Seether
• The John Butler Trio
• Pinetop Perkins & Hubert Sumlin with Billy Gibson
• Blind Mississippi Morris
• Buddy Guy
• Simple Plan
• Arrested Development
• Watermelon Slim
• Cat Power
• The Whigs
• Colbie Caillat
• Back Door Slam
• Duman
• Saving Abel
• Tegan and Sara
• Kenny Neal
• Muck Sticky
• Oracle and the Mountain
• Al Kapone
• Preston Shannon
• Eli "Paperboy" Reed

Sunday, May 4

• Fergie
• Michael McDonald
• The Black Crowes
• Doyle Bramhall
• Richard Johnston
• Finger Eleven
• Aretha Franklin
• O.A.R.
• Magic Slim & the Teardrops
• Robert "Wolfman" Belfour
• Gavin DeGraw
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Michael Franti & Spearhead
• Nick Moss & The Flip Tops
• Rue Melo
• Duman (from Turkey)
• Umphrey's McGee
• Samuel James Carney
• Billuy Lee Riley
• Pete Francis
• Calvin Cooke

For more information, visit memphisinmay.org.

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
03.27.08