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Mercury Rev to headline Truck America

first act announced for Woodstock inspired event

By Scott Williams | Published:

Truck America (USA) 2010 - Mercury Rev
Photo credit: Karen Williams


Mercury Rev will headline Truck America the festival put together by Truck Festival organisers.

Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev's show will feature a career retrospective selection of favourite tracks, accompanied for the first time by a chamber orchestra lead by Truck founders Joe and Robin Bennett (on Violin and Flute respectively).

The three day, 1000 capacity festival will happen over the weekend of Friday 30th April until Sunday 2nd May 2010 at Full Moon Resort, Catskills Mountains, New York State, in the USA.

Alongside Mercury Rev will be a full line-up of great music from both sides of the Atlantic, a fuller line-up is expected to revealed in the next few weeks.

Truck festival in Oxfordshire has run for 13 years inspired by America's Woodstock Festival and the festival is positioned 2 hours north of New York city and 3 hours from Toronto (and actually 30 miles closer to Woodstock than the original festival was) they are aiming to make it a 1000 capacity festival.

Ticket are priced at $120 ticket (approximately £75), children aged 12 and under are free but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. To buy tickets, click here.