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Made in America is already sold out

Beyonce fans and anybody else hoping to go to the Budweiser Made in America festival who haven't grabbed tickets will have to start looking on the secondary market: The Labor Day weekend concert on the Ben Franklin Parkway is already sold out.

Despite the absence of a major rock headliner, the Jay Z curated two-day multistage show has sold out quicker than in any previous year. There are plenty of reasons for that, from the tried and true drawing power of Beyonce - who also headlined the festival in 2013 - to the growing pop success of The Weeknd, the dirty-minded Canadian R&B singer (real name: Abel Tesfaye) whose new album Beauty Behind The Madness, comes out Friday and is headed to the top of the charts.

This year's fest also features a hot hip-hop undercard with Future, J. Cole, Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson and Philadelphia's own Meek Mill, plus a straight up pop element with Nick Jonas and rising Badlands star Halsey, as well as EDM headliners Bassnectar and Axwell Ingrosso, and a strong Philadelphia indie rock contigent led by Hop Along and Waxahatchee.

The thing that makes the advance sellout even more impressive: Jay Z hasn't even told us which day the individual performers are playing yet, let alone released a detailed schedule. How about a little more info, Hov! People need to start planning which day of the weekend they're going to see The Weeknd.

The Made In America festival will take place on Sept. 5 and 6 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

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