Kanye West, the Who, Janet Jackson, Sam Smith set for iHeartRadio Music Festival in September
By Mesfin Fekadu
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK _ Kanye West, Sam Smith, Janet Jackson and the Who are some of the A-listers set for the iHeartRadio Music Festival this fall.
IHeartMedia announced Thursday that Lil Wayne, Coldplay, the Weeknd and Blake Shelton will also perform during the two-day event in Las Vegas on Sept. 18-19.
The festival, in its fifth year, will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Ryan Seacrest will host the event.
Tickets go on sale Saturday for the general public.
Other performers include David Guetta, Kenny Chesney, Fall Out Boy, Disclosure, Duran Duran, Prince Royce, Diplo, the Killers and Jason Derulo.
The festival will live stream on Yahoo! and iHeartMedia’s radio stations. It will air as a two-night special on The CW Network on Sept. 29-30.
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
