For all of the live music couch potatoes like myself, here's the Austin City Limits tv schedule for this year. Such a shame that a living legend has to split an hour (Feb. 14) with Glen Hansard and his daughter.
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
SEASON 34
October 4 R. E. M.
October 11 Bettye LaVette / Pinetop Perkins
October 18 Lyle Lovett & Friends: Songwriters Special
with Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark, John Hiatt, & Joe Ely
October 25 Jakob Dylan / Carrie Rodriguez
November 1 My Morning Jacket
November 8 Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings / Carolyn Wonderland
November 15 Aimee Mann / Iron and Wine
November 22 Gnarls Barkley / Thievery Corporation
November 29 Coldplay (encore)
December 6 Norah Jones (encore)
December 13 Crowded House (encore)
December 20 Bloc Party / Ghostland Observatory (encore)
December 27 Wilco (encore)
January 3 Lucinda Williams / Old Crow Medicine Show (encore)
January 10 Paolo Nutini / Grupo Fantasma (encore)
January 17 Foo Fighters
January 24 Manu Chao
January 31 Drive by Truckers / TBD
February 7 Sarah McLachlan / Duffy
February 14 Nick Lowe / The Swell Season: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova