Bonnaroo Festival To Be Televised For First Time

(andPOP) - For the first time, music fans can experience Bonnaroo live on TV.

This year's festival, featuring such acts as Death Cab For Cutie, Kanye West, Pearl Jam and Metallica, will air on Fuse TV, marking the Tennessee event's first national TV exposure in its seven-year history.

The station plans to broadcast a total of six hours of coverage from the festival, featuring performances, interviews with the artists and exclusive behind-the-scenes access.

The Bonnaroo Music & Arts festival takes place on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, drawing about 80,000 music fans annually.

This year's edition will be held from June 12 to 15 and boasts a line-up of more than 100 artists.

Other acts slated to perform include Jack Johnson, The Raconteurs, M.I.A., Sigur Ros, Rilo Kiley and Canadians Tegan And Sara and Broken Social Scene, as well as comedians Chris Rock and Janeane Garofalo.