Metric Added To Osheaga

Metric and N.E.R.D. are among the additions to Montreal's third annual Osheaga Music And Arts Festival.

Those two acts, Luke Doucet And The White Falcon, Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains, Payz Play, Spiritualized, Booka Shade, Eddy Grant, Foals, La Patere Rose and The Wooden Sky will join the Aug. 3 lineup. The Kills, Rogue Wave, The Enemy U.K., Rock Plaza Central, Radio Radio, Shawn Hewitt & The National Strike, Robertson, Chris Velan and Esker Mica have been added to the Aug. 4 bill at Parc Jean-Drapeau.

Among the previously announced Osheaga performers are The Killers, Iggy & The Stooges, Jack Johnson and Broken Social Scene.

DJ Kid Koala will get the party started on Aug. 2 at an opening night event at L'Olympia De Montreal.

The Salon Des Arts will feature work by a range of international and local visual artists, including Stefan Sagmeister, Adad Hannah, Chrissy Cheung, Felix Morel, Mumbleboy and Siebren Versteeg.

More details are available on the Osheaga website.