Paul McCartney has added another date to his growing tour schedule; meanwhile, the Year of Phoenix continues, as the French foursome joins the former Beatle to top this year's Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, which is slated for August 9-11 in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Also at the top of the bill are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

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Earlier this year, we asked readers whose spring album they were most excited about. Phoenix topped the list (followed by Vampire Weekend and Justin Timberlake, respectively). And we are pleased that the band with one of the year's most anticipated records will be the Variance cover story next month.

Bonnaroo has announced the highly anticipated lineup for its 2013 festival dates. Weird Al Yankovic was on hand to help reveal the names of those performing at this year's event, with assistance from fans on the Web.