After pushing back their release for nearly a year, the Roots have announced their upcoming album How I Got Over It to June 8 on Def Jam Records.
Tickets are now available for the 2010 Roots Picnic on June 5 at the Festival Pier on Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. The lineup includes Vampire Weekend, Mayer Hawthorne, and Clipse, in addition to a set by Questlove with DJ Jazzy Jeff. The full lineup as of March 8 is below.
The Roots will also be backing Booker T. Jones on his new album.
2010 Roots Picnic:
Vampire Weekend
Clipse
Mayer Hawthorne
Nneka
the Very Best
Tuneyards
Das Racist
Bajah and the Dry Eye Crew
Pattern Is Movement
Questlove w/DJ Jazzy Jeff
Black Thought’s side project the Money Making Jam Boys (ft. Dice Raw and Truck North)