Splendour In The Grass recently announced the line-up for the epic winter music festival and the list is long and impressive. It seems just about all the hottest bands of the past 18 months are here, and it is only the first announcement, which is kind of scary considering what more could be coming. Now with the difficult task of choosing between the festival event of the decade (so far) and the traditional annual snow holiday I find myself in a spot of bother…
The first line up announcement includes: The Strokes, Pixies, Ben Harper, The Temper Trap, Florence And The Machine, Empire Of The Sun, Scissor Sisters, Goldfrapp, Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip, Passion Pit, The Middle East, Angus and Julia Stone, Bag Raiders, Yeasayer, Miami Horror, Miike Snow and that isn’t even half of it. Mouth-watering, I know. I am still wiping the drool from my keyboard.
The 10th installment of Splendour kicks off on July 30th and runs for 3 glorious days until the 1st of August. The venue has changed from the stalwart Belongil Fields near Byron Bay and migrated a few hours north to Woodfordia in Queensland, home of the Woodford Folk Festival. With 20,000 camping tickets available for $450 a pop and 10,000 non-camping tickets at $350 each there are plenty of spaces available, but some might find the burgeoning prices tags slightly prohibitive. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday the 6th of May via Moshtix so you have a few weeks yet to mull it over.
A few of my favorite acts on the bill are available below, just so you know the level of excellence to expect.
Rocket (Grum Remix) – Goldfrappe
Couldn’t resist slipping a bit of Grum in to this one. Who knows, maybe he will be on the second announcement? Fingers crossed.
Happy Music 