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HISTORY 2006 The fest drew more than 35,000 visitors July 29 and 30, 2006. The Main Stage continued the formula of popular Indie Rock acts. The stage featured "a diverse range of hip-hop, experimental, electronic, jazz, and dance acts", according to Pitchfork. 2007 The 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival was held on July 13-15, 2007, again in Union Park. The festival was sold out. {Link without Title} Sonic Youth performed the classic Daydream Nation . Slint and GZA joined Sonic Youth on opening night, performing their classics Spiderland and Liquid Swords , respectively. Among the headliners for the 2007 festival was Yoko Ono performing a full set that mixed music and performance art. She sang "Mulberries", a song about her time in the countryside after the Japanese collapse in World War II for only the third time in her life, with Thurston Moore ; Ono had previously performed the song once with John Lennon and once with Sean Lennon . LINEUPS REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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