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Justin Timberlake To Perform In ITunes Festival In London

By TechTaffy Desk

iTunes_FestivalJustin Timberlake, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Jack Johnson and Jessie J will be among the headliners at this year’s iTunes Festival in London.

Running every night in September at the Roundhouse, the iTunes Festival features over 60 acts. Performances can be watched live or on-demand on iTunes.

Eddy Cue (Senior vice president, Internet Software and Services, Apple): This year’s iTunes Festival is the best ever with an incredible lineup of global superstars and stellar emerging artists. 

You can also win tickets to the iTunes Festival through competitions run by local media partners.

Sir Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse and Crowded House played the first iTunes Festival at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2007. Since then over 370 artists have performed in front of more than 370,000 fans and tens of millions viewers online and on television.

[Image courtesy: Apple]

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