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It's looking like M.I.A. pulled a Jay-Z with her retirement talk earlier this summer, as clothing company Diesel has announced a few of the musical acts playing a big party it's throwing, and she is among them. Let this be a lesson to musicians and journalists alike: "I just have to stop for a second" ≠ "I quit music."

The party Ms. Arulpragasam will play is called "Diesel xXx." Seriously. In addition to M.I.A., Hot Chip and N.E.R.D. are confirmed to perform at the "Rock and Roll Circus"-themed New York City stop of the party, which takes place on Pier 3 at the Brooklyn waterfront.

The New York City event is the finale of Diesel xXx, an international affair on October 11 beginning in Tokyo and successively passing the party torch to Beijing, Dubai, Athens, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Oslo, Helsinki, London, and São Paulo before ending in NYC.

Whew! Sounds like the kind of intense juggling job only the Pacifier could handle.

Other artists playing various Diesel xXx events around the world include Patrick Wolf, Lindstrom, Soulwax/2Manydjs, New Young Pony Club, the Cool Kids, Uffie, Pedro Winter, Mark Ronson, the View, Mr. Oizo, Mystery Jets, Kleerup, Booka Shade, A-Trak, Bonde do Role, the Teenagers, These New Puritans, Lethal Bizzle, and, why not, Chaka Khan and Earth Wind and Fire.