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U2, Drake, Britney Spears to perform at iHeartRadio festival

NEW YORK - U2, Drake, Britney Spears and Sting will perform at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September.

Sia, Billy Idol, Ariana Grande, Usher, Sam Hunt and Florida Georgia Line will also perform during the two-day event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sept. 23-24, iHeartMedia announced Monday.

Tickets go on sale Saturday. Pitbull, Zedd, twenty one pilots, OneRepublic, Cage the Elephant and Tears for Fears will also perform on the main stage.

The festival will also include its daytime performances, dubbed Daytime Village, at the Las Vegas Village. It will feature Sam Hunt, Panic! at the Disco, Alessia Cara, Troye Sivan, Hailee Steinfeld, Good Charlotte, Jeremih and Bryson Tiller.

The CW Network will air a two-day televised special Oct. 6-7.

FILE - In a Sunday, April 3, 2016 file photo, Bono, left, and The Edge of U2 accept the innovator award as presenter Pharrell Williams looks on at right during the iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Forum, in Inglewood, Calif. U2, Drake, Britney Spears and Sting will perform at the 2016 iHearRadio Music Festival in September during the two-day event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sept. 23-24, iHeartMedia announced Monday, July 25, 2016. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) The Associated Press
FILE - In a Saturday, March 19, 2016 file photo, Drake performs at the FADER FORT Presented by Converse during the South by Southwest Music Festival, in Austin, Texas. U2, Drake, Britney Spears and Sting will perform at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September during the two-day event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sept. 23-24, iHeartMedia announced Monday, July 25, 2016. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File) The Associated Press
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