Organisers have announced the Falls Festival first lineup for 2010/2011.

Held simultaneously in Marion Bay, Tasmania and Lorne, Victoria, from December 29th to January 1st, this years event will be headlined by New York suits Interpol, seminal rocker Joan Jett, more New York suits in The National and the greatest hip-hop group of all time, Public Enemy, performing their 1990 masterpiece Fear of a Black Planet in its entirety. Plus a couple more:

FALLS FESTIVAL 2010

INTERPOL (USA)
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS (USA)
THE NATIONAL (USA)
THE LIVING END
PUBLIC ENEMY (USA)
KLAXONS (UK)
ANGUS AND JULIA STONE
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS (UK)*
TAME IMPALA
THE RAPTURE (USA)
LADYHAWKE (NZ)
COLD WAR KIDS (USA)
SLEIGH BELLS (USA)
PEACHES (USA)
HOT HOT HEAT (CAN)
PAUL KELLY
ASH GRUNWALD
SALLY SELTMANN*
CHILDREN COLLIDE
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
THE SOFT PACK (USA)
DAN SULTAN
THE MORNING BENDERS (USA)
THE COOL KIDS (USA)
JUNIP (SWE)
KITTY, DAISY AND LEWIS (UK)
THE MIDDLE EAST
CLOUD CONTROL
WASHINGTON
BOY AND BEAR
JONATHAN BOULET*
THE BAMBOOS
WORLDS END PRESS*
CASIOKIDS* (NOR)
DAN KELLY*
JAMAICA* (FRA)
TIJUANA CARTEL
A-TRAK (CAN)
EDAN THE DEE-JAY (USA)
Vampire Weekend's CHRIS BAIO (USA)
BEARDYMAN (UK)
THE CUBAN BROTHERS (UK)
DAARA J FAMILY (AFR)
CHARLIE PARR
THE JEZABELS
BIG SCARY
YACHT CLUB DJs*
LAST DINOSAURS*
EAGLE AND THE WORM*
JINJA SAFARI*
THE PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA*
SAMPOLOGY*

* VIC ONLY

Tickets go on sale (to the general public) on September 9th.

Details: www.fallsfestival.com.au

The Falls Festival shares (the majority of) a lineup with Southbound and Sunset Sounds of course.

More soon...