Kanye West Tapping Pop Band to Perform Together

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Kanye West has asked indie pop act Peter Bjorn and John to join him onstage to perform the group's hit.

August 2, 2007

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Kanye West has tied an unlikely collaboration with an indie pop band Peter Bjorn and John. The R&B crooner is inviting the Swedish group to be his backing band in Way Out West gathering.

Both acts are slated to play the trio's breakthrough hit "Young Folks" that peaked at #35 in U.K. Singles chart. The festival is to be held in Gothenburg on August 11.

Kanye is also expected to perform the new materials from "Graduation", due September 11. His album is expected to be in a chart battle with 50 Cent's much delayed "Curtis" that is slated to be released on the same day.

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