Falls Festival announces its 2010/11 lineup
The Falls Music and Arts Festival is back for a monumental 18th year in Lorne, Victoria.
It’ll run over 4 days from December 28 to January 1, with around 60 performers plus comedians, films and The Falls Arts Village.
The first line-up announcement has just been made and it features heaps of amazing local and international acts across a big range of genres.
Headliners include Interpol, who’ll be touring the brand new album they have due next month; Joan Jett, subject of the recent biopic The Runaways, along with her band the Blackhearts; English indie-dance band Klaxons; and hip hop legends Public Enemy who’ll be performing their seminal 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet in full.
There’s also a DJ set from Peaches; indie heroes The National; a third Australian visit from Cold War Kids; the debut Australian tour by Sleigh Bells; indie-dance pioneers The Rapture; a DJ set from Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio and heaps more.
Plus there are plenty of killer local acts like rock trio The Living End, folk-popsters Angus & Julia Stone, Townsville’s own The Middle East and the iconic Paul Kelly.
Here’s the full list:
INTERPOL (USA); JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS (USA); THE NATIONAL (USA); THE LIVING END; PUBLIC ENEMY (USA); KLAXONS (UK); ANGUS AND JULIA STONE; TAME IMPALA; THE RAPTURE (USA); LADYHAWKE (NZ); COLD WAR KIDS (USA); SLEIGH BELLS (USA); PEACHES (USA); HOT HOT HEAT (CAN); PAUL KELLY; ASH GRUNWALD; 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) MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS (UK); THE MIDDLE EAST; CLOUD CONTROL; YACHT CLUB DJs; WASHINGTON; BOY AND BEAR; SALLY SELTMANN; THE BAMBOOS; TIJUANA CARTEL; A-TRAK (CAN); EDAN THE DEE-JAY (USA) Vampire Weekend’s CHRIS BAIO (USA); BEARDYMAN (UK); THE CUBAN BROTHERS (UK); WORLD’S END PRESS; CASIOKIDS (NOR); DAN KELLY; DAARA J FAMILY (AFR); JAMAICA (FRA); CHARLIE PARR; JONATHAN BOULET; THE JEZABELS; BIG SCARY; LAST DINOSAURS; SAMPOLOGY; EAGLE AND THE WORM; JINJA SAFARI; TIM AND JEAN; THE PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA.
You can sign up as a subscriber before August 18 for the best chance to get tickets.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on September 9th.
Get all the details at www.fallsfestival.com.au
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s2979244.htm
