The innaugural "High Line Festival" created by the Thin White Duke,
David Bowie himself and sponsored by H&M clothing will hit the venues of NYC from May 9-19. Bowie had this to say via his website "I thought it a very cool deal to be asked to curate the Highline Festival. The request was for me to choose artists and acts that I myself would go out of my way to see. Although this inaugural year will be modest in scale we've been pretty lucky in that many whom I asked have accepted. I'm also pleased that many emerging artists are participating alongside more established talents that represent a fairly wide cross section of disciplines within the arts community. I would really hope that the exposure this festival affords will help these folk get the attention they deserve."
Much like Lollapaloozas traveling circus was in the early 90's featuring a conglomorate of acts, the "High Line Festival" hopes to do the same featuring comedian
Ricky Gervais (
Extras, The Office) and a slew of acts from the snyth electro
Air to
The Arcade Fire. No word yet on when and if Bowie himself will play. Check out the poster with the lineup.
