Straight up, The Today show has announced the lineup for the 13th annual Summer Concert Series, let's just say there's a promise of a new day (okay, we'll stop).

Headliners include Miley Cyrus, Mary J Blige, Chris Brown, Alanis Morissette, Ashlee Simpson (sans lip sync hoe down, we're sure), Kenny Chesney and Coldplay.

The summer series kicks off a couple months early with a "special comeback performance" by American Idol's Paula Abdul on Friday, April 25.

Click continued to see the list of performances...

APRIL

25 Paula Abdul

MAY

2 Neil Diamond
9 Mary J Blige
16 Surprise Reunion concert
23 Alanis Morissette
26 B-52s (Special Memorial Day Concert)
30 Donna Summer

JUNE

6 Chris Brown
13 Kenny Chesney
20 Rihanna
27 Coldplay

JULY

4 Ashlee Simpson
11 Rascal Flatts
18 Natasha Bedingfield
25 Miley Cyrus

AUGUST

1 Sheryl Crow