Splendour In the Grass, the annual music, arts Festival which takes place on the outskirts of Byron Bay each July/August since 2001. The Festival has featured a staggering array of the world’s leading music talent including Coldplay, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Moby, Brian Wilson and many, many more.
The festival is on the top of most discerning Australian music fan’s wish-lists of must-go Festivals, which combined with the event’s relatively small capacity compared to many of the summer festivals, results in feverish activity on the day tickets go on sale. This year’s festival will be the eighth Splendour In the Grass. The two-day event accommodates 17,500 people and has sold out in advance in each year of its existence, often within hours of going on sale – all tickets to last year’s festival were snapped up in just 5 hours, while the preceding three years’ events sold out in a little over a day.
Immerse yourselves in the full ‘Splendour experience’ and take advantage of the on-site camping adjacent to the festival site. You cab set up your tent right outside the gates and establish your own Splendid tent city.
This Years Acts areby no means a drop in standard to previous Years:
Block Party, The Flaming Lips, Janes Addiction, MGMT, Hilltop Hoods, Grinspoon, Midnight Juggernauts, The Specials, Augie March, Sarah Blasko, Friendly Fires, White Lies, Little Birdy, Josh Pyke, The Gutter Twins, Birds of Tokyo, Manchester Orchestra, Decoder Ring, Lost Valentinos, Bob Evans, Yuksek, Kram, Yves Klein Blue, Leader Cheetah, Jack Ladder, The Middle East, Polaroid Fame, Glass Towers
Faith No More have released a statement confirming that they will reunite for a tour this year.
The statement reads:
“During the entire 10 years that have passed since our decision to break up we’ve experienced constant rumors and requests from fans and promoters alike. Nevertheless, for whatever reason, none of us kept in regular touch, much less to discuss any possibilities of getting together.”
The band then say reflection on their music prompted the reunion.
“What’s changed is that this year, for the first time, we’ve all decided to sit down together and talk about it. And what we’ve discovered is that time has afforded us enough distance to look back on our years together through a clearer lens and made us realize that through all the hard work, the music still sounds good, and we are beginning to appreciate the fact that we might have actually done something right…and so with this we’ve decided to hold our collective breaths and jump off this cliff…. BACK, GOD FORBID, INTO THE MONKEY CAGE!!!”
They conclude with a line-up confirmation, which does not include guitarist Jim Martin, who left the band in 1993.
‘We can only hope that the experience of playing together again will yield results erratic and unpredictable enough to live up to the legacy of FNM. Who know where this will end or what it will bring up…only the future knows. But we are about to find out!
Topped by one of this generation’s most talented and uncompromising bands in Nine Inch Nails, the festival also sees a long overdue return of grunge titans Alice In Chains , juvenile delinquents The Bloodhound Gang and those craftsmen of exquisite doom-pop, Alkaline Trio.
There is plenty to offer the fans of punk, metal and the heavier end of the alternative spectrum, as well as signing tents giving artists the opportunity to meet fans, market stalls and the odd bit of crappy installation art for you to laugh at.
Without further ado, here’s the main artist announcement:
NINE INCH NAILS
ALICE IN CHAINS, BLOODHOUND GANG
LAMB OF GOD, ALKALINE TRIO, BILLY TALENT, THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS
FACE TO FACE, IN FLAMES, RIVAL SCHOOLS, ANBERLIN, THE SUBWAYS, EVERY TIME I DIE
DEVILDRIVER, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, LESS THAN JAKE, POISON THE WELL,
MADINA LAKE, NEW FOUND GLORY, FROM FIRST TO LAST, BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH,
HELLOGOODBYE, FINCH, GOLDFINGER, SAY ANYTHING, CHIODOS, SILVERSTEIN, SAVES THE DAY,
LACUNA COIL, 36 CRAZYFISTS, STRAYLIGHT RUN, EVERGREEN TERRACE, MINUS THE BEAR,
MONEEN, ACE ENDERS (THE EARLY NOVEMBER), I AM THE AVALANCHE, JAGUAR LOVE, UNEARTH
BAYSIDE, EMERY, HOUSTON CALLS, THE AUDITION, ATTACK IN BLACK, INNERPARTYSYSTEM, VALENCIA,
IN THIS MOMENT, ALESANA, THE RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS, HORSE THE BAND, MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER
TICKETS
Limited Pre-sale tickets will be available via registering at the
Soundwave Festival website (
BRISBANE: THU 23 October @ 9am
SYDNEY: FRI 24 October @ 9am
MELBOURNE: SAT 25 October @ 9am
ADELAIDE: SUN 26 October @ 9am
PERTH: SUN 26 October @9am
VENUES AND DATES
Saturday 21 February – RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Sunday 22 February – TBC, Sydney
Friday 27 February – Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Saturday 28 February – Bonython Park, Adelaide
Monday 2 March – Steel Blue Oval, Bassendean, Perth
* Venues, lineup and date may be subject to change
BIG DAY OUT 2009
Friday January 16th – AUCKLAND – Mt Smart Stadium
Sunday January 18th – GOLD COAST – Parklands
Friday January 23rd – SYDNEY – Sydney Showground – SOLD OUT + ticket ballot in place
Monday January 26th – MELBOURNE – Flemington Racecourse
Friday January 30th – ADELAIDE – Adelaide Showground
Sunday February 1st – PERTH – Claremont Showground
The Line UP:
Neil Young, The Living End, Sneaky Sound System, Pendulum, TV on the Radio, The Ting Tings, Cut Copy (All Aus Shows), Youth Group (All Aus Shows),
Birds of Tokyo (All Aus Shows), Eddy Current Suppression Ring (All Aus Shows), Elemeno P (NZ Only), The Black Seeds (NZ Only), Nesian Mystik (NZ Only), Ladi 6 (NZ Only), Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, My Morning Jacket, Bullet for my Valentine, Simian Mobile Disco, Tiki Taane, Cog (All Aus Shows),
The Grates (All Aus Shows), TZU (All Aus Shows), Headless Chickens (NZ Only), Luger Boa (NZ Only), Cobra Khan (NZ Only), The Datsuns (NZ Only),
The Naked and Famous (NZ Only),
More to be announced soon…
ALL SYDNEY TICKETS SOLD OUT! The Ballot will be open 16/10/08
Last week the initial line up for the BIG DAY OUT 2009 was announced. With an incredible line up including Neil Young, Living End, Arctic Monkeys and The Prodigy to name but a few. Music fans have come out in force to snap up the first release of the SYDNEY BIG DAY OUT tickets
Be advised, punters who missed out that the final 10,000 tickets will be made available for purchase through an online ticket ballot via the Big Day Out website, http://www.bigdayout.com
Here’s what you need to know
Each week 1000 tickets for the 2009 Sydney BDO will be made available on our website via an online randomly drawn ballot.
The ballot will be drawn at 9pm EST on the Thursday of each week, beginning Thursday 23th October and finishing Thursday 25th December.
The weekly ballot ticket limit is 2 tickets per person.
As the Sydney Big Day Out has a strict limit of 2 tickets per person, if you have previously bought Big Day Out tickets to the Sydney event and if upon entering into the ballot you surpass the 2 ticket limit, no tickets will be allocated to you. This will be strictly adhered to.
With Performances by.. CROWDED HOUSE, SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM, THE VINES, CUT COPY, GABRIELLA CILMI, PNAU, KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON, DIED PRETTY, THE POTBELLEEZ, BLISS N ESSO, (a special performance by) YOU AM I, KARNIVOOL, INFUSION, HEADLESS CHICKENS, BRITISH INDIA, THE GETAWAY PLAN, SPARKADIA, BLUEJUICE, EDDIE CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING, DRAPHT, LITTLE RED, SNOB SCRILLA, PEGZ, DASH & WILL, BAG RAIDERS (live) and many, many more still to be announced (including Triple J Unearthed & Hopetoun Hotel Incentive Band Winner)
Featuring..
FOUR STAGES (Main Stage, The Big Top, The Dome & The Hopetoun Stage) HOMEBAKE CINEMA TENT (bigger and better than ever),
a special screening of 1 GIANT LEAP, INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR, MARKET STALLS, ROVING PERFORMERS, ARTIST SIGNING TENT (ALL PROCEEDS TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL http://www.amnesty.org.au), RIDES, YOUTH & COMMUNITY INFORMATION & AWARENESS STALLS & more!
Motley Crue have released thier new album titled Saints of Los Angeles.
This is the first album in 11 years with all four original members!!
They have taken the style back to thier original golden days in the 80’s on the Sunset Strip with Sex, Drugs and real Rock ‘n Roll!!! Telling stories of thier career…
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