aaamusic | On 25, Feb 2012

THE AFGHAN WHIGS, LOUIS C.K., THE ROOTS,
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ, MARK LANEGAN BAND, DIRTY THREE,
SHARON VAN ETTEN, HOT SNAKES, THE MAKE-UP
& Many More Confirmed!
Tickets To Go On Sale Monday at 10am via www.ATPfestival.com

“It’s a utopian operation; its organisers know the problems with most other
music festivals and try to avoid them on principle.” – New York Times

ATP are very pleased to confirm our return to Asbury Park, New Jersey USA with a new I’ll Be Your Mirror event, the Saturday night of which will be headlined by The Afghan Whigs (who have reunited after a 13 year hiatus) and curated by their frontman Greg Dulli. Formed in 1986, the bands career from then until 2001 saw them release six acclaimed albums during their career. Fusing classic rock with grunge-era distortion and a heavy soul influence, The Afghan Whigs were one of the most renowned live bands of their time and ATP is excited to be a part of this long awaited reformation.

We are also very excited to present Grammy Award winner LOUIS C.K. (handpicked by Greg Dulli) who will be making a rare festival appearance, the fantastic THE ROOTS, JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ, a show from the reformed THE MAKE-UP and many others, see below for full line-up confirmed so far.

After previous years in upstate New York, ATP moved to the iconic Asbury Park waterfront in 2011 for a hugely successful I’ll Be Your Mirror event co-curated & headlined by Portishead, and we are very happy to return to this very special location in September. The Convention Hall has seen the likes of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, and Rolling Stones grace its stage and the Paramount Theatre has welcomed stars such as Tony Bennett who often insists on playing a song with all the electrics turned off to demonstrate the amazing acoustics of the room. Once again the ATP experience will be taking over the boardwalk, with the main shows taking place at the Convention Hall and Paramount Theatre, and other events happening at the Berkeley hotel (former home of Johnny Cash).

As well as the live music line-up of 35+ acts across the weekend, Friday will feature a Comedy stage, and we’re very pleased to announce that our friends at The Criterion Collection will return to run the Cinema across the weekend. All three days feature DJs and other activities to be confirmed in the months ahead. Performances take place indoors with great soundsystems, so you have no need to worry about the weather, and Asbury Park is easily accessible via public transport from nearby cities (see below for details).

Today we can start to confirm our fantastic line-up…

Chosen by Greg Dulli (The Afghan Whigs):

THE AFGHAN WHIGS
LOUIS C.K.
THE ROOTS
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ
MARK LANEGAN BAND
DIRTY THREE
THE ANTLERS
THE DIRTBOMBS performing Ultraglide In Black
SCRAWL
SHARON VAN ETTEN
EMERALDS
VETIVER
QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT
CHARLES BRADLEY AND THE EXTRAORDINAIRES
DJ QUESTLOVE
REIGNING SOUND

+ more to be confirmed

Chosen by ATP:

THE MAKE-UP
(reforming for IBYM)
HOT SNAKES
THE MAGIC BAND
AUTOLUX
THEE OH SEES
FACTORY FLOOR
DEATH GRIPS
I BREAK HORSES

+ more to be confirmed

Tickets go on sale this Monday 27 February at 10am EST via ATPfestival.com. 3 Day Passes are priced at $199 for the weekend, until March 27 when any remaining tickets will go up to $249.

Pre-sale Mailing List Members for this event will receive a pre-sale link via email in advance of Monday’s on-sale.

A very limited amount of day tickets will also be available for $75 each (Saturday features The Afghan Whigs, Sunday features The Make-Up.)

ACCOMMODATION

Asbury Park has a wide variety of accommodation options. The Berkeley Hotel where we will host the Cinema and DJs has some rooms available which will go on sale shortly, first to ATP members and then to early Festival ticket purchasers who we will contact after they have booked. A few blocks further down the boardwalk there is the Empress Hotel, or a few blocks further into town, the Ocean Plaza Hotel or The Tides Hotel. There are many many more options in town and the local area, with a large list available on the on the ATP website.

TRAVEL

Trains: Asbury Park station is an easy train journey from New York Penn station – trains run back to NYC until just after midnight (IBYM headliners will finish in good time before the last trains) and start again at 5am the next morning . Trains run direct from Newark International Airport down the North Jersey Coastline to Asbury Park. Check the New Jersey Transit website for more info on connections to other areas of New York and New Jersey: http://www.njtransit.com ATP will operate shuttle buses from Asbury Park station to the main venues and back.

Bus: Academy Bus Service operate buses from Manhattan Port Authority to Asbury Park train station: http://www.academybus.com NJ Transit’s 317 bus departs from the Greyhound Terminal at 10th & Filbert in Philadelphia and arrives at the Asbury Park train station: http://www.njtransit.com

Car: For driving directions from North & South Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, DC and other cities check the ATP website