Anyone getting "announcement" burnout? Phew. More acts have been announced for the
Falls Festival, this time for the first days revelries.
Let's leave this one for the press release:
To open the festival in Lorne come spectacular performances from: Those Seattleites lauded by MOJO as 'America's next great band', come the ghostly melodic interludes of Fleet Foxes* (USA); darlings of the Oz music scene, the captivating Augie March; UK’s cult-indie rockers Q Magazine labelled as ‘The biggest cult band in the UK’ The Cribs (UK); Electro-synth surveyors of new age-mayhem Late Of The Pier (UK); turntablism prodigy A-Trak (Canada); the return of powerhouse rockers Rocket Science; bluesman Ash Grunwald*; the wailing and energetic British India; 9-piece Latin hip-hop troupe Labjacd and the stunning vocals from TinPan Orange
(*denotes acts also playing Tas; all others playing Lorne on the 29th Dec only).
As
mentioned the festival begins on December 29th, 2008 in both Lorne, Victoria and Marion Bay, Tasmania. There are limited full festival tickets available, plus a
capped amount of two day tickets. Check the
website for details. Lucky ticket ballot subscribers need to purchase "tokens" from
September 1st, before remaining tickets go on sale
9am September 9th.
The above bands join the already announced line-up of:
FRANZ FERDINAND (UK);
THE HIVES
ELI ‘PAPERBOY’ REED & THE TRUE LOVES (USA)
THE CAT EMPIRE
THE KOOKS (UK)
THE GRATES
GOMEZ (UK)
FAKER
TEGAN AND SARA (Canada)
SOKO (France)
DONAVON FRANKENREITER (USA
JAMIE LIDDEL (UK)
TZU
MYSTERY JETS (UK)
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI
ATMOSPHERE
BROTHER ALI (USA)
THE DODO’S (USA)
A-TRAK (Canada)
WOLF & CUB
LIAM FINN (NZ)
THE DRONES
Capitals mean excitement. We also hear there's at least one other announcement to be made concerning a debut act who's yet to grace these shores, but SURE to move some feet. And tickets. But like Australian Festivals need any help these days. I could write "Australian Festival announced" with no further details, and homemade tickets would be on
ebay for $650 within a day. Crazy. Expect an announcement soon.
Announcement.