Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, unveiled the date and lineup for the Virgin Mobile FreeFest presented by Kyocera. The Billboard award-winning festival will be free again, with Kyocera (and I guess some other sponsors) picking up the tab.
Virgin Mobile FreeFest will be held on Saturday, September 10th, at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The lineup on the Main Stages includes The Black Keys, Deadmau5, Cee Lo Green, TV on the Radio, Patti Smith, Empire of the Sun, Cut Copy, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Okkervil River, Big Sean, Two Door Cinema Club, Alberta Cross, and Bombay Bicycle Club. The Dance Forest will feature James Murphy, Calvin Harris, Ghostland Observatory, !!!, Porter Robinson, Eclectic Method, and Teddybears.
Tickets will go “On Free” to the public at 10 a.m. (EDT) Friday, July 16th (tomorrow), via Virgin Mobile LIVE on Facebook. In order to get them, fans must first “like” Virgin Mobile Live before they are eligible to secure free tickets. Virgin Mobile customers and Virgin Mobile Festival ticket holders from the past five years will be invited via text and email to a private “free-sale” today at 10 a.m. (EDT).