Rock the Bells Announce Lineup and Tour Dates

Rock the Bells announces their sixth annual hip-hop tour. The tour starts on June 27, in Tinsley Park, Ill., and ends on August 9, in Mountain View, Calif.

The festival announced the headliners to be Busta Rhymes, Nas, Damian Marley, the Roots, Common, and Big Boi from Outkast. The full lineup can be viewed here: http://guerillaunion.com/.

Altogether, the festival will hit ten cities during their three month streak. According to a press release, there will be more dates to be announced.

Currently, the festival's presale tickets are being sold. This Saturday, most of the dates' tickets go on sale through their Web site. Tickets start at $30, and go all the way up to $90.

Here are the dates and venues:

June 2009
27 - Tinley Park, Ill. - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
28 - Clarkston, Mich. - DTE Energy Music Theatre

July 2009
5 - Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
12 - Columbia, Md. - Merriweather Post Pavilion
18 - Mansfield, Mass. - Comcast Center
19 - Wantagh, N.Y. - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

August 2009
1 - Burnaby, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park
6 - Morrison, Colo. - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
8 - Devore, Calif. - San Manuel Amphitheatre
9 - Mountain View, Calif. - Shoreline Amphitheatre