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'Rock The Bells' Lineup Unveiled For Mountain View Show

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Rapper Method Man of the Wu-Tang Clan (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

 
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) - The lineup for this year's Rock the Bells has been announced. The three-city, traveling hip hop event will mix the old and the new, featuring headliners Kid Cudi, J Cole, Nas, Wiz Khalifa and Atmosphere.

Also set to perform are Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Yelawolf, Kendrick Lamar, Dipset, Salt-N-Pepa, Tyga, Ice Cube, Mac Miller, 2 Chainz and A$AP Rock, among others.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will reunite for its 20-year anniversary, performing a special tribute to the late Eazy E, as well as breakout album, "E. 1999 Eternal," in its entirety.

Redman and Method Man will close out one of two stages at this year's festival, performing the 1999 album "Blackout!"

Rock the Bells will be held in San Bernardino, California on August 18-19, a stop in our neck of the woods at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on August 25-26; and Holmdel, New Jersey on September. 1-2.

Tickets go on sale Friday. Go [ here ] for the complete lineup.

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