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North Coast Music Festival Day 2 in Photos: D’Angelo, The Roots, Steve Aoki & More

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Today marked the second day of Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival in 2015. Coasties on Saturday saw some great performances from The Roots, D’Angelo and the Vanguard, Steve Aoki, Galactic with Macy Gray, Phoebe Ryan, Chromeo and more! We also had the chance to sit down with Chicago’s own, artist/producer Stefan Ponce, for an interview (coming soon). Like Day One, tonight had something for everyone and we made sure to catch it all!

Check out our photos below, of what Day 2 of the North Coast Music Festival had to offer in 2015, and make sure not to miss tomorrow’s artists (Atmosphere, Twin Shadow, Stefan Ponce and many more).

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The 10 Most Anticipated Acts of the North Coast Music Festival

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival is less than a month away and if you haven’t got your passes yet, don’t wait too long and get them now because the festival is returning to Union Park just as big as ever. With headlining performances from Widespread Panic, The Chemical Brothers, D’Angelo and The Vanguard, Knife Party, Chromeo, The Glitch Mob and many more, the top of the festival lineup is stacked. That’s not to say that this year’s undercard isn’t great as well! With sets from Stefan Ponce, Skizzy Mars and Pheobe Ryan just to name a few, the earlier performances will surely get the Windy City fans hyped.

In anticipation of next month (September 4-6), we compiled our list of the 10 Most Anticipated Acts that you need to see at North Coast 2015, which you can check out at the jump below. And if you haven’t yet, make sure to enter our giveaway, to win two 3-Day passes to North Coast this year!

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Giveaway: Win a Pair of 3-Day Passes to the North Coast Music Festival

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North Coast Giveaway

We aren’t only giving away a pair of festival passes to Summer Set, as we are also giving away a pair of 3-Day GA passes to see D’Angelo, Widespread Panic, Wale, Chromeo, Steve Aoki, The Roots and many more at Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival! This year North Coast, the “Summer’s Last Stand”, will take place from September 4th through the 6th at the Windy City’s Union Park (1501 W. Randolph). North Coast is also happy to announce that they will bring back their Silent Disco tent this year, which will feature a double DJ booth with two separate channels of music on every headphone, so fans will be able to switch between each DJ.

Winning is easy, enter at the link below and by following The Early Registration and North Coast on social media, and by sharing the contest with your friends, you gain entries that increase your chances of winning! Contest ends August 20th.

But why leave things to chance? Buy passes for North Coast 2015 here and check out the daily lineup below. Also be sure to enter our giveaway for a pair of 3-Day Passes to Summer Set!

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Check Out Ed Sheeran’s Acoustic Cover to Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen”

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It’s crazy how Ed Sheeran can flip a Fetty Wap rap song and turn it into a acoustic masterpiece! Maybe Fetty Wap, one of the newest XXL Freshmen, should team up with Ed for a mixtape? With some background support from The Roots, Ed Sheeran paid a visit to The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon team and gave an awesome cover to Wap’s hit record, ‘Trap Queen’.

Watch Ed Sheeran’s ‘Trap Queen’ cover below.

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North Coast Music Festival Announces 2015 Lineup: D’Angelo, The Roots, Steve Aoki & More

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Get ready Chicago! North Coast Music Festival is closing out the long Chicago summer with another packed lineup this year. Just announced today, North Coast will see 2015 performances from D’Angelo and the Vanguard, The Chemical Brothers, Steve Aoki, Wale, The Roots, Twin Shadow, Galactic with Macy Gray, RAC, Portugal. The Man, Chromeo, Atmosphere, and many many more! There will also be an announcement of a “very special rock headliner” on May 12th, so stay tuned!

This year’s North Coast will take place from September 4-6 (Labor Day Weekend) at Chicago’s Union Park. Get your tickets now!

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