Filming has wrapped up on the first season of Showtime’s music-driven series Roadies starring Carla Gugino, Luke Wilson, and Imogen Poots. The season one finale is scheduled to air on August 28, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT and today the network announced the lineup of musical guests who will appear on the final episode of the show’s first season. Series creator Cameron Crowe “personally curated” the music featured on the finale, with Eddie Vedder, Jim James, Nicole Atkins, Jackson Browne, Robyn Hitchcock, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig from Lucius, and Gary Clark Jr. all performing during the season’s final episode.
Additional music featured in the first season of Roadies include songs by Bob Dylan, The Ramones, The Replacements, The Ting Tings, and Jeff Buckley. Reignwolf contributed to the score of the season’s second episode, and Joy Williams (The Civil Wars) guest stars. Among the songs included in season one are “Dreams of Flying” from Tom Petty’s band Mudcrutch, The Voice‘s Hannah Huston’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” The Ramones’ “Loudmouth,” and “Given to Fly” by Pearl Jam.
In addition to Wilson, Gugino, and Poots, the cast of Roadies includes Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rafe Spall, Peter Cambor, Colson Baker, and Ron White. Luis Guzman, Jacqueline Byers, Finesse Mitchell, Branscombe Richmond, and Tanc Sade guest star. Winnie Holzman (My So-Called Life) writes and executive produces, with J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, and Len Goldstein also executive producing.
The Plot: Roadies gives an insider’s look at the reckless, romantic, funny and often poignant lives of a committed group of roadies who live for music and the de facto family they’ve formed along the way. The series chronicles the rock world through the eyes of music’s unsung heroes and pays homage to the backstage workers who put the show on the road while touring the United States for the successful arena-level group, The Staton-House Band.
