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Black Keys, Frank Ocean, St Vincent To Play Øya Festival 2012
Factory Floor, First Aid Kit, and St Vincent also announced.

The Black Keys have been announced to headline this year’s Øya Festival, with a whole host of other acts just announced.
Afghan Whigs, Factory Floor First Aid Kit, Frank Ocean, Mazzy Star, St Vincent and SBTRKT will also play the 2012 leg of the Norwegian showcase.
The full list of new additions is as follows:
BOB MOULD (US) performs COPPER BLUE
CHARLES BRADLEY AND HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES (US)
CEREMONY (US)
DÂM-FUNK (US)
AFGHAN WHIGS (US)
FACTORY FLOOR (UK)
FIRST AID KIT (SE)
FRANK OCEAN (US)
MAZZY STAR (US)
SBTRKT (UK)
ST. VINCENT (US)
TAMIKREST (ML)
THE BLACK KEYS (US)
THE WAR ON DRUGS (US)
THURSTON MOORE (US)
Already announced were Årabrot (N)
A$AP Rocky (US)
Feist (CA)
Florence and the Machine (UK)
Highasakite (N)
Lars Vaular N)
Mirror Lakes (N)
Nekromatheon (N)
Nicolas Jaar – Live in Concert (US)
Refused (SW)
Susanna (N)
Azealia Banks (US)
Ane Brun (N)
Björk (ICL)
The Devils Blood (NDL)
The Good, The Bad And The Zugly (N)
Jonas Alaska (N)
The Stone Roses (UK)
Sudan Dudan (N)
Yelawolf (US)
The festival will take place from 7th - 11th August, in the city centre of Oslo. For more information, visit oyafestivalen.com.
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