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Osheaga festival announces complete star-studded lineup

The festival, which takes place at Parc Jean-Drapeau, from Aug. 3 to 5, attracts tens of thousands of music fans every summer.

Big names include Florence + The Machine, Post Malone, Khalid

Florence + The Machine will headline at Osheaga 2018, closing out the festival on Sunday August 5. (ack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

Montreal's Osheaga festival has released its entire 2018 lineup, with headliners Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys and Travis Scott.

Other big names gracing the summertimestage include Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Blake, Rae Sremmurd, Khalid, Anderson.Paak, St. Vincent, and Montreal's Chromeo.

There was afair amount oflocal talent represented this year withMilk and Bone,Paupire, Essaie Pas and A-Trak.

The festival, which takes place atParcJean-Drapeau, from Aug. 3 to 5, attractstens of thousandsof musicfans every summer.

Itwill be held onleNotre-Dame again this year while the main site onleSainte-Hlne remains closed until renovations are completed in 2019.

Over theweekend, Osheagabegan releasing sneak previews through its mobile app.

The early release announced that Post Malone, Blondie, The National andDua Lipawould be taking the stage during the three-day festival.

Other acts released over the past week include Franz Ferdinand, Brns, Tyler, The Creator, Curtis Harding, and Portugal. The Man.

Osheaga takes place at Parc Jean-Drapeau, Aug. 3 to 5. (Frank Opolko/CBC)

In 2017,the festival announced it would introduce new measures to protect concert-goers after several people came forward complaining of negative experiences, including one woman who said she was drugged.

Evenko, the promoter behind Osheaga and leSoniqmusic festivals, said it would follow in the footsteps of the Montreal Jazz Festand bring in theHirondellesa trained safety teamto help protect women and otherconcertgoers.