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Photos: M.I.A., Wilco, Common at Voodoo Music Festival

by Camille Dodero

October 30, 2007

Common

~~Ellen DeGeneres~~ Sinead O’Connor

Jeff Tweedy

Smashing Pumpkins

Voodoo Music Festival
New Orleans
October 26 through 28
All photos by Mark C. Austin

More photos from Voodoo below.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Common’s front row

Black Crowes

Pete Wentz

Rage Against the Machine

Mute Math

Ghostland Observatory

Ben Harper

Coheed & Cambria

This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on October 30, 2007

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