Pitchfork day 1: Neneh Cherry makes rare appearance, Beck closes
Idyllic weather and what are likely to be capacity crowds are forecast as the Pitchfork Music Festival opens its ninth year in Union Park on Friday.Hundred Waters, an experimental pop-rock band from Florida, will be the first of 43 bands and artists to occupy one of three stages spread across the park, with Beck capping the evening as headliner. Among the most anticipated sets Friday are expected from Giorgio Moroder, the 74-year-old Italian-born disco architect who was in semi-retirement until he got a call from Daft Punk to appear on the French duo's latest album. Another rare stateside appearance will be made by Neneh Cherry, the Swedish singer who hit the charts in the late '80s with 'Buffalo Stance.'Some tickets remain for Friday's music, but Saturday and Sunday are sold out. More than 55,000 people are expected to attend the festival once Kendrick Lamar closes it down Sunday night.
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