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Life is Beautiful festival announces 2018 lineup

The Weeknd performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Friday, April 20, 2018, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Attendees react as Mura Masa performs at the Ambassador stage during the final day of the Life is Beautiful festival in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Arcade Fire performs on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, at The Mandalay Bay Events Center, in Las Vegas. Benjamin Hager Las Vegas Review-Journal @benjaminhphoto
The Weeknd performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Friday, April 20, 2018, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
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By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 24, 2018 - 10:20 am
 

Life is Beautiful will take a melancholy turn in 2018.

Brooding alt-R&B star The Weeknd returns to the three-day music and arts festival this year, this time as a headliner.

The Weeknd, who performed at LIB in 2014, is touring in support of his new EP, “My Dear Melancholy.”

Other top-billed acts include alt-rockers Arcade Fire, the theatrical Florence + the Machine, rapper Travis Scott, DJ Snake, indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie, electro favorites Justice and plenty more.

Tickets for Life is Beautiful, which takes place Sept. 21 to 23 downtown, go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday. Three-day passes start at $295. For tickets and the full lineup, visit lifeisbeautiful.com.


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