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Devo has canceled its scheduled performance at MoogFest this weekend after guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh had his right thumb sliced open by a piece of glass, according to a press release from Devo's label.

Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Cassale will still attend the AC Entertainment-organized festival in Asheville to accept the Moog Innovation Award on behalf of the band.

Details after the jump.

Pitchfork has just posted a new video for Caribou's "Sun," from the new-ish album Swim. Caribou, aka Daniel Snaith, was announced yesterday as one of the performers at AC Entertainment's MoogFest in Asheville in October, along with Big Boi, Massive Attack, Jonsi (of Sigur Ros), MGMT, and Thievery Corporation. 

The second round of lineup announcements for AC Entertainment's MoogFest, scheduled for Halloween weekend in Asheville, N.C., is even better than the first. The initial announcement a few weeks ago included heavyweight headliners Massive Attack and MGMT, along with the Washington, D.C.-based electronic duo Thievery Corporation. Now you can add Big Boi (one half of OutKast, whose new album Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty was released earlier this month to rave reviews), Jónsi (the frontman for Sigur Ros, who has just released his first solo album, Go), and the Canadian producer/programmer Daniel Snaith, who performs under the name Caribou and whose 2010 album Swim is very nice.

The full schedule and lineup will be announced on Aug. 10. Tickets go on sale Aug. 13. MoogFest will take place Oct. 29-31 at the Asheville Civic Center, the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, and the Orange Peel.

It's a little bit outside our usual range of coverage, but AC Entertainment's latest festival venture is worth noting: MoogFest, set for Halloween weekend in Asheville, is "a three-day festival celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog," the inventor of the synthesizer.

The lineup looks like it will be heavy on electronic and dance pop; the announced headliners are Massive Attack, MGMT, and Thievery Corporation. The full lineup will be announced on July 27; tickets go on sale July 30.