'Made in America' 2013 Festival LINEUP Revealed: Jay-Z's Budweiser-Sponsored Philadelphia Event Headlined by Beyonce, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Deadmau5, Calvin Harris

By Lauren Cortez, MStars News | Apr 11, 2013 11:12 AM EDT

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The highly anticipated lineup for the 2013 'Made in America' festival was finally revealed on Wednesday, following the announcement of the dates for Jay-Z's second annual two-day music event, which will be held on Labor day Weekend (August 31st-September 1st) at Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. This year's 'Made in America', sponsored by Budweiser, will be headlined by the rapper's superstar wife Beyonce, in addition to Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Deadmau5, & Calvin Harris.

The lineup for the festival was revealed through Spotify, an online music-streaming service. Artists participating in 'Made in America' 2013 were added to a Spotify playlist one by one, beginning at noon yesterday (4/10) in the following order:

Nine Inch Nails
Solange
Emeli Sande
ScHoolboy Q
Walk The Moon
Kendrick Lamar
Fitz and the Tantrums
Haim
Wiz Khalifa
Nero
Ab Soul
GTA
Calvin Harris
A$AP Rocky
2 Chainz
Phoenix
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Public Enemy
Beyonce
Deadmau5
Queens Of The Stone Age

Also appearing are Miguel, Jesse Rose, Porter Robinson, Wolfgang Gartner, AlunaGeorge, The Gaslight Anthem, Robert DeLong, Rudimental, RedLight, Feed Me, 3LAU, TJR, Jay Rock, Empire of the Sun, and Imagine Dragons.

Jay-Z once again curated this year's roster, but unfortunately is not scheduled to perform (unlike last year's headlining set). As Rolling Stone reports, although Budweiser officials had discussed with the superstar rapper the possibility of having him headline again, they decided it would dilute the impact of the festival to have him perform in consecutive years. Paul Chibe, vice president of U.S. marketing at Anheuser-Busch, tells the magazine "He potentially can [still] participate," Chibe says. "He may show up. I know he'll probably be there to watch his wife perform."

Tickets went on sale Wednesday to American Express cardmembers and fans of the Budweiser Made In America Facebook page exclusively through Tuesday April 16 at 10 p.m. ET. Public on sale begins Wednesday April 17, states Billboard.

"The point of having that diversity in our music lineup we're trying to expose the people to different types of music," says Paul Chibe. "Much like last year, where if you never saw Pearl Jam but you're a Jay-Z fan, we want fans of Beyonce or Calvin Harris or Wiz Khalifa to have the opportunity to see Nine Inch Nails or stuff they might have seen for awhile like Public Enemy. That eclectic mix creates an opportunity for us to really show the impact of music and culture."

As MStars previously reported, last year's inaugural 'Made in America' festival was a "artistic and commercial success." It brought more than thirty acts to three stages along the Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art-- one of the most scenic streets in Philadelphia, notes The Star Ledger.

About 40,000 people attended each of the two days of the 2012 'Made in America' festival which featured an eclectic list of performers hand-selected by the superstar rapper himself. It included Skrillex, Drake, Pearl Jam, Otto Knows, Calvin Harris, Passion Pit, Janelle Monae, Odd Future, and of course Jay and Kanye West as "The Throne," and was also was home to an epic Run-DMC reunion.

Listen and subscribe to the "2013 Budweiser Made in America Festival Lineup Playlist' here:

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