City announces Tulip Festival headliner
ALBANY -- The 2010 Tulip Festival headliner and main stage group will be YouTube sensation OK Go.
You’ve probably seen them on treadmills in their YouTube video that went viral several years back.
[View some of their past videos here]
The festival will be Mother’s Day Weekend, May 8 and 9, in Washington Park.
The Main Stage performers include:
1 to 1:45 p.m.: Trevor Hall
An unconventional mix of acoustic rock and reggae. His songs are infused with a deep sense of spirituality, as evidenced in the lead single “Unity,” written and performed on his debut album with his friend and well known reggae artist Matisyahu.
2:15 to 3:15 p.m.: The Constellations
Magnetic front-man Elijah Jones is accompanied by a 5-piece group whose debut album Southern Gothic was created to mirror the after hours of the band’s stomping grounds, Atlanta,Georgia. Their lyrics weave through well thought out melodies as well as sonically disorganized sounds.
3:45 to 5 p.m.: OK Go
The colorful release of their most recent video(s) for the single “This Too Shall Pass” has created a media frenzy by breaking a YouTube record with over eight million hits in two weeks. But don’t let that distract you, the best part of OK Go is still the music. Their infectious melodies create an exuberant buzz of fun and happiness and youth…and rock 'n roll. Keep your eye out for them before they come into town, because in the next month they’ll visit Carson Daly (4/16), David Letterman (4/28), Steven Colbert (4/29), AND Jimmies Kimmel (4/1) & Fallon (5/4).
