Jay-Z did not have to look far for a singer to headline the second annual Budweiser Made in America music festival in Philadelphia â€" his wife Beyoncé will be at the top of the bill, Billboard reported.
Announced on Wednesday, the lineup for the festival on Labor Day weekend is similar to the one Jay-Z, the rapper and entrepreneur, assembled last year, a mix of rock acts, electronic dance music producers and A-list rappers.
Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Imagine Dragons and Phoenix are among the rockers on the list. The rappers include Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Rocky and Public Enemy. Among the R&B acts will be Miguel, Solange Knowles and Emeli Sandé. The electronic producers will include Deadmau5 and Calvin Harris.
“The point of having that diversity in our music lineup is that we’re trying to expose the people to different types of music,†Paul Chibe, Budweiser’s vice president of marketing told Billboard. “Much like last year, where if you never saw Pearl Jam but you’re a Jay-Z fan, we want fans of Beyoncé or Calvin Harris or Wiz Khalifa to have the opportunity to see Nine Inch Nails, or stuff they might not have seen for a while, like Public Enemy. That eclectic mix creates an opportunity for us to really show the impact of music and culture.â€
Last year, about 40,000 people turned out on each of the two days of the festival, which is held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
