Tag: The Music

Posted on by Lauren Katulka

Bands Back to School for Big O Festival

British band The Music will join Scotland’s The Fratellis and a host of local musos for the very cheekily named Big O festival next year.

Aussie artists on the stellar bill include Ben Lee, Bluejuice, Yves Klein Blue, and Cassette Kids.

The tour will take in universities around the country next February and March. Here are the dates.

26 February 2009 – Monash Uni, Melbourne
27 February 2009 – Sydney Uni
28 February 2009 – University of Queensland, Brisbane
3 March 2009 – ANU, Canberra
5 March 2009 – Wollongong Uni
6 March 2009 – Newcastle Uni

Image source: Newscom

Posted on by Lauren Katulka

Splendour Lineup Announced

Are you dying to know who’s playing Splendour in the Grass this year? Well I won’t keep you in suspense any longer!

The international acts are always the biggest drawcards, and this season’s no exception. We’ve got 80s flower-pot wearing icons Devo, Iceland’s finest Sigur Ros, and British rockers The Music. Add Vampire Weekend, The Wombats, and Band of Horses to the bill and it’s all very tempting.

But that’s not all, with world-class Aussies Wolfmother, The Vines, and The Living End joining them. Some of our happiest musical outfits, Operator Please, The Grates, and Ben Lee are also on the lineup, as are the chart-topping Gyroscope and electro superstars PNAU.

Splendour in the Grass is happening at Byron Bay’s Belongil Fields on August 2 and 3. Standard weekend tickets are $199, but consider digging a little deeper and buying the $206 green tickets. The extra cash will help buy carbon credits to offset the impact of this mega music festival. The tickets go on sale at 9 am on May 22 from QJump.

Image source: I, ELOdry @ Wikimedia Commons