Kanrocksas (a festival at the NASCAR Speedway just west of Kansas City, so named for...never mind) debuted big in 2011, going toe-to-toe with Lollapalooza and featuring many of the same names (including Eminem, Muse and A Perfect Circle). They took the year off in 2012 due to renovations to the Speedway, but Kanrocksas is back for 2013.
See also: -Kanrocksas 2011: Slideshow -The Kanrocksas Music Festival Won't Be Happening in 2012 -Kanrocksas archives
Early Bird tickets go on sale this morning. They're (gulp) $125, which to be fair is quite a bit less than you'll pay if you wait until the general on sale, when they go up to $190. For your one and a quarter Benjamins and your leap of faith on the as-yet-unannounced lineup, you get admission to the two-day festival and a camping pass (which they will be charging $50 for this year. More on that in a second).
Last year, Kanrocksas was on the same weekend as Lollapalooza in Chicago -- this year it will be a little over a month earlier, on the last weekend in June. The camping fee is new and is almost assuredly a response to the relative chaos some people experienced in year one, culminating in a presumably drug-related death in the grounds on the first night.
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Recaps from Year One: The Black Keys Flogging Molly Grace Potter and the Nocturnals The Black Angels / Best Coast The Flaming Lips Major Lazer Kid Cudi Doomtree
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