Sam Smith, Kanye West top 2015 iHeartRadio Festival lineup
Sam Smith, shown performing in Beverly Hills in February, will join Kanye West, Janet Jackson and the Who among performers at the iHeartRadio Music Festival on Sept. 18 and 19 in Las Vegas
Sam Smith, Kanye West, the Who and Coldplay top the lineup for the 2015 iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas, set for Sept. 18 and 19 at the MGM Grand.
This year’s event, promoting iHeartRadio’s nationwide network of broadcast radio stations, also will feature brief performances by Demi Lovato, David Guetta, Kenny Chesney, the Weeknd, Tove Lo and Lil Wayne.
Additionally, Fall Out Boy, Disclosure, Hozier, Jason Derulo, Duran Duran, Prince Royce, Diplo, Trey Songz, the Killers, Blake Shelton, Nick Jonas, Janet Jackson and others still to be announced will take part in the festival.
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Performances will be broadcast live on iHeartRadio’s 858 stations in 150 markets, and the shows will be broadcast as a TV special over two nights Sept. 29 and 30 on the CW network.
The festival will be emceed as usual by radio personality Ryan Seacrest, whose “On Air With Ryan Seacrest” show is carried on 170 stations across the U.S.
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