Pitchfork: Jay-Z Headlines Hove Festival

Jay-Z Headlines Hove Festival
Other acts: Animal Collective, Les Savy Fav, Band of Horses

American Hove, meet Norwegian Hove. After all that fuss we made last year about the funny name of the finely curated Hove Festival in Arendal, Norway, the fest went out and snagged Jay-Z as one of this year's headliner. Well played, you guys.

Of course, Jay is hardly the extent of the 2008 bill. It also includes Animal Collective, Les Savy Fav, Band of Horses, the Raconteurs, Black Mountain, Yeasayer, the Cool Kids, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Stars, Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco, Crystal Castles, MGMT, Babyshambles, Black Kids, Kim Hiorthøy, Familjen, Foals, the Teenagers, Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Kooks, Converge, and the newest candidate for worst band name ever, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, among many others.

This year's Hove Festival takes place from June 23-27.

Thanks to reader Anders Tønsberg for the tip.

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