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Taylor Swift performs at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Swift and Metallica are among the lineup for the U.S. debut of the Rock in Rio music festival May 2015. The festival announced Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, that No Doubt and Linkin Park will also perform on the main stage during the four-day festival in Las Vegas. Image Credit: AP

Taylor Swift and Metallica are among the performers set for the US debut of the Rock in Rio music festival next year.

Festival organisers say No Doubt, Linkin Park, The Deftones and John Legend will also perform during the four-day event in Las Vegas. Rock in Rio USA debuts May 8-9 and May 15-16.

No Doubt attended a press conference on Friday announcing the line-up in New York’s Time Square, where John Mayer also surprised the crowd with a live performance of two songs. Mayer performed at the 2013 Rock in Rio festival alongside Beyonce and Justin Timberlake.

A group including casino company MGM Resorts plans to build a 33-acre, open-air music venue on the Las Vegas Strip for the festival. Plans call for five stages.

Rock in Rio launched in 1985. The festival also will be held in Rio de Janeiro in September 2015, featuring Katy Perry and Legend.

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FILE - In this June 28, 2014 file photo, James Hetfield of Metallica performs at Glastonbury festival, in Pilton, England. Taylor Swift and Metallica are among the lineup for the U.S. debut of the Rock in Rio music festival in May 2015. The festival announced Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, that No Doubt and Linkin Park will also perform on the main stage during the four-day festival in Las Vegas. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File) Image Credit: Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP
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