Daily lineup for Tampa's Big Guava announced

   The day-by-day lineup of the Big Guava Festival has been announced.
   The festival's set for May 2-4 at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa. It's one of the biggest music festivals ever in west central Florida, made even bigger by the announcement earlier this week that Bruce Springtseen and the E Street Band would play a "festival kick-off show" at the amphitheatre the evening before the festival.

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  But the lineup was plenty impressive even before that: Outkast, Vampire Weekend, Violent Femmes and Cake are just a few of the big names.
   Here's the whole lineup:
   Friday, May 2: Outkast, Cake, Sleigh Bells, Twenty one Pilots, Jake Miller, Smallpools, NONONO, Vic Mensa, Unlikely Candidates, Betty Who.
   Saturday, May 3: Vampire Weekend, Slightly Stoopid, Tegan and Sara, Haim,  Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, Blue October, Band of Skulls, American Authors, Hoodie Allen, Bear Hands, Kitten, Jacuzzi Boys, Civil Twilight, Terraplane Sun, Hunter Hunted, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas.
   Sunday, May 4: Foster the People, Girl Talk, Violent Femme, Grouplove, Walk the Moon, Earl Sweatshirt, Ms Mr,
Chance the Rapper, Timeflies, ZZ Ward,  St. Lucia, Morning Parade, Magic Man, Gringo Star, Fly Union.
   Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Single-day tickets are $65. A three-day ticket is $165. VIP passes are available for $175 (one-day) and $499 (three-day).
   Besides the music, there's a midway (you can do all the rides you want for no extra charge), food trucks and craft beer gardens.
   To buy tickets go to www.livenation.com or call 800-745-3000. 
   Springsteen tickets are separate from this The three-day pass does not include that show. Springsteen tickets got on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, also at www.livenation.com.

HGWT No. 3 on WMNF most played albums of 2010

Bradenton alt-country luminaries Have Gun, Will Travel's "Postcards from the Friendly City" ranked No. 3 — behind releases by Vampire Weekend and ahead of the Avett Brothers' — on Tampa-based community radio station WMNF (88.5)'s recently released list of most played albums of 2010.

Here's the tally:

This list does not include theme songs and is restricted to music that came out in the last 18 months or so.
1) Vampire Weekend   - Contra
2) Mumford and Sons  - Sigh No More
3) Have Gun Will Travel  - Postcards From the Friendly City
4) Avett Brothers  - I and Love and You
5) Black Keys  - Brothers
6)   Spoon  - Transference
7)   Arcade Fire  -  The Suburbs
8)   John Legend and the Roots  - Wake Up!~
9)  Yeasayer  - Odd Blood
10)  Sleigh Bells  - Treats
11)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  - Mojo
12)  Preservation Jazz Hall Band  - Preservation 
13) Carolina Chocolate Drops  - Genuine Negro Jig
14)  LCD Soundsystem  -   This Is Happening
15)  Janelle Monae  -  The Arch-Android
16)  Ray Lamontagne  - God Willing
17)  Passion Pit  -  Manners
18)   The National  - High Violet
19)   Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – I Learned the Hard Way
20)  Trombone Shorty  - Backatown
21)  Miles Davis -  Bitches Brew reissue
22)  Robert Glasper -  Double Booked
23)  M.I.A.  – Maya
24)  The Birds and the Bee  - Interpreting the Masters
25)   Frightened Rabbit -  The Winter
26)   Paul Thorn  - Pimps and Preachers
27)   La Roux  - La Roux
28)   Gorillaz  -  Plastic Beach
29)  Flobots  - Survival Story
30)  Alejandro Escovedo  - Street Signs
31)  Bettye Lavette  - Interpretations: British Rock
32)  Peter Wolf  -  Midnight Souvenir
33)  The Thermals  - Personal Life
34)  NNeka  - Concrete Jungle
35)  Dr. Dog  - Shame, Shame
36)   Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffitti  -  Before Today
37)  The Hold Steady  - Heaven Is Whenever
38) Brandi Carlile –Give Up the Ghost
39) Galactic  -  Yaka-May 
40)  Steve Connelly and the Lesser Gods -  Every Monster
41)  Michael Franti and Spearhead  =  The Sound of Sunshine
42) Of Montreal  - False Priest
42)  Crystal Castle  - Crystal Castle
43)  Janiva Magness -  The Devil Is an Angel
44) Los Lobos  - Tin Can Trust
45)  Broken Bells  - Broken Bells
46)  Superchunk -  Majestic Shredding
47)  Old 97’s -  Grand Tbeatre Vol. 1
48)  Mavis Staples  - You Are Not Alone
49)  Various Artists – Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
50)  Justin Townes Earle-  Harlem River Blues

Photo by Wade Tatangelo of Have Gun, Will Travel performing Dec. 18, 2010 at Ace's in Bradenton.