AFI, Paramore Headline Halloween-Themed Ulalume Festival

09/01/09 4:05pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

AFI and Paramore will play MTVU's Ulalume Festival Oct. 23 in Columbia, Md.

Kid Cudi and Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington's Dead By Sunrise side project will also appear at the event, which will be held at the Merriweather Post Pavilion.

Performances from the festival will air on MTV and MTVU and those channels' respective websites, during a "Halloween-themed week," according to punknews.org. More details about the Ulalume Festival will be announced shortly.

AFI's eighth studio album, Crash Love, will be released on Sept. 29, the same day Paramore's third disc, Brand New Eyes, hits stores. Bennington is reportedly working on an album with Dead By Sunrise, which also includes Orgy guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh, bassist Brandon Belitsky, keyboardist Anthony "Fu" Valcic and drummer Elias Andra.