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Elton John and Britney Spears headline Apple's ten day long festival

by Richard Howard

You know how you’re always like “Man, if I had more cash I’d do so much cool shit.”? Apple has definitely never used that sentence.

Case in point – on the 10th anniversary of the Apple Music Festival, the tech giant has decided to throw a ten day party, presumably just because they can. Also on the list of things they can do with their gazillions of dollars is drop the kind of cash to have a filthy list of headliners for every night of said festival.

In the late 2000’s, the fest (then called the iTunes Festival) was a month-long blowout, boasting both big names and up-and-comers. Last year, however,  they distilled it into 10 days of ludicrously massive acts playing at London’s intimate Roundhouse. While 2015’s instalment was certainly no slouch, boasting acts like Pharrell, Florence and The Machine and our hometown hero the Weeknd, this year’s celebration of a decade’s worth of Apple festival-ness is just straight up ridiculous.

Elton “Hi, I’m Just One Of The Greatest Pop Artists Of All Time” John will spearhead the festival’s first night on September 18th, and from there on it’s a laundry list of industry kings and queens, featuring names like Britney Spears, Chance The Rapper and (repping the Great White North) Michael Bublé. Check out the full list/curse not being able to afford a ticket to the U.K. below.

September 18 — Elton John
September 19 — The 1975
September 20 — Alicia Keys
September 21 — OneRepublic
September 23 — Calvin Harris
September 25 — Robbie Williams
September 26 — Bastille
September 27 — Britney Spears
September 28 — Michael Bublé
September 30 — Chance the Rapper