Round-up of 2011 Bluesfest rumours

** UPDATE: ** The full Bluesfest line-up was announced on April 26. Here’s a full list of performers so far for Bluesfest 2011.

It’s not quite on the same level of hockey trade rumours, but I’ve seen a few rumours recently about possible performers as Bluesfest (July 5-17, 2011 in Ottawa).  Most of the rumours are just speculation based on touring schedules, but still it’s fun to start putting together a “fantasy Bluesfest line-up”:

 * 
The Sun's Denis Armstrong
[
 kicked off this season of Bluesfest rumours
](http://blogs.canoe.ca/nowopen/general/shameless-bluesfest-rumour-mongering/)
with speculation that the Eagles will play Bluesfest.  "Also look for Peter Frampton, Yes and Pearl Jam to visit Bluesfest," he writes.

 * 
Denis Armstrong also
[
 thinks Elvis Costello may play
](http://blogs.canoe.ca/nowopen/general/guess-whos-coming-to-bluesfest-2011/)
, and maybe even a re-united
[
 Buffalo Springfield
](http://blogs.canoe.ca/nowopen/general/buffalo-springfield-at-bluesfest/)
. Perhaps
[
 Stone Temple Pilots and Blue Oyster Cult
](http://blogs.canoe.ca/nowopen/general/bluesfest-prognostications-continued/)
.  Perhaps.

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[
 Commenters on Festival Outlook
](http://festival-outlook.consequenceofsound.net/fests/view/434/ottawa-bluesfest)
, a web site that tracks festival line-ups for shows across North America, have mentioned Hey Rosetta, Cheap Trick, Rihanna, A Perfect Circle, Mumford and Sons, Lady Antebellum, Toby Keith, Taylor Swift, The Strokes.

 * 
And
[
 U2
](http://blogs.canoe.ca/nowopen/general/u2-coming-to-ottawa/)
, because they're playing in Montreal on July 8-9 and Toronto on July 11. (Is there enough room for a U2 show at the Lebreton Flats site?)

 * 
From the forum at
[
 JamBands.ca
](http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showtopic.php?tid/259391)
, name-dropping includes Wilco, Colin James, Buddy Guy, George Thorogood, Michael Buble (!) and Kings of Leon.

 * 
How about
[
 Cage the Elephant and the Black Keys?
](http://blogs.canoe.ca/nowopen/general/coming-to-bluesfest/)

 * 
Here's a Facebook campaign to
[
 get Cheap Trick to play Bluesfest this year
](https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122606941119013)

 * 
And Stuntman Stu wants your help to
[
 bring Huey Lewis and the News to Bluesfest
](http://ottawastart.com/stuntman-stu-wants-your-help-to-bring-huey-lewis-to-bluesfest/)

So who do you think is going to play at Bluesfest this year?  Who do you want to see?

** See also: ** Ottawa Bluesfest Guide