TORONTO – Psych-rock outfit the Flaming Lips and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon band the Roots will perform free public shows during the Pan Am Games in Toronto this summer.
Adventurous R&B singer Janelle Monae is another of almost 1,300 artists on the bill for the 35-day cultural festival accompanying the Pan Am Games and the Parapan American Games, running July 10 to Aug. 15.
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The musical program also includes Jann Arden, A Tribe Called Red, Death From Above 1979, Lights, Tanya Tagaq and Brigitte Boisjoli.
The multi-disciplinary festival will also feature presentations by Quebec theatre artist Robert Lepage, Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky and dancer Veronica Tennant.
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Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square will host nightly concerts, fireworks and victory celebrations for medal-winning athletes.
The Flaming Lips will perform there July 19, the Roots on Aug. 8 and Arden on Aug. 11.
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