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Comedian and talk show host Stephen Colbert is following up last year's StePhest Colbchella by curating a second edition of the mini-fest and this time around it will take place on the retired aircraft carrier the USS Intrepid.  Dubbed StePhest Colbchella '012, the multi-band event will take place on Friday, August 10, featuring the Flaming Lips, fun., Grizzly Bear, Santigold and Grandmaster Flash. The resulting performances will air on the following week's episodes of The Colbert Report. Here's six more stories of note on this Hump Day... [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News AP Photo, Chris Pizzello NEW YORK (AP) - Stephen Colbert is hosting another music extravaganza, and this time, he's got missiles. The comedian announced Tuesday on "The Colbert Report" that he will host a concert on Aug. 10 aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. Performing will be the Flaming Lips , Santigold , Grandmaster Flash , Grizzly [...]

Stereogum By acting fast, Stephen Colbert is beating Coachella to the festival-on-a-boat thing. In just over a week, he'll have a seriously impressive lineup of artists playing on the World War II aircraft carrier U.S. Intrepid. The show's lineup: The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, Santigold, Grandmaster Flash, and Fun. That's pretty good! Watch the video of Colbert announcing the show below. Read More... [...]

By acting fast, Stephen Colbert is beating Coachella to the festival-on-a-boat thing. In just over a week, he'll have a seriously impressive lineup of artists playing on the World War II aircraft carrier U.S. Intrepid. The show's lineup: The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, Santigold, Grandmaster Flash, and Fun. That's pretty good! Watch the video of Colbert announcing the show below. Read More...

Last summer, Stephen Colbert took on the role of festival curator , tapping Jack White, Florence and the Machine, Bon Iver, and Talib Kweli for a week long music series called  StePhest Colbchella . Now, Colbert is gearing up for StePhest Colbchella 2012, and taking a page from Coachella , he's moving the festivities to a boat. But it's not just any boat - it's the retired World War II aircraft carrier U.S. Intrepid (!) As announced on last night's episode of The Colbert Repor t, StePhest Colbchella RocktAugustfest will take place on Friday, August [...]