V Festival Line Up Announced
Last year’s V Festival events in Sydney and Gold Coast were the pleasant surprise of the season for many punters – flying in a diverse lineup of quality international names, along with a festival vibe of the likes of which we hadn’t seen since the mid 90s. In 2008 the rest of the country will have a chance to check it as well! It’ll be expanding out to bring Melbourne and Perth into the fold, have a look below for the dates.
Last year was the first time that the festival, spawned by billionaire Richard Branson, had made it over to Australia and the lineup was certainly one to die for. As well as sending indie rock fans into spasms of joy with the announcement that The Pixies would be visiting for the very first time, we also enjoyed performances from the likes of Beck, Jarvis Cocker, Groove Armada, Pet Shop Boys, Soulwax and heaps more.
Next year’s line up has now been officially announced and what we predicted yesterday was spot on.
Heading up the bill are reformed grunge legends The Smashing Pumpkins, who’ll share the top spot alongside British new-wave forefathers Duran Duran. In exciting news for electronic music fans, the 2008 V Festival will see French downbeat duo Air make their long overdue debut on Australian shores, with Brazilian nurave act CSS also joining the party.
Air (east coast only)
Duran Duran
Mika (east coast only)
The Presets
The Smashing Pumpkins,
Queens of the Stone Age
The Jesus and Mary Chain
CSS
Plug-In City
The Tough Alliance
We thought last year’s V Festival line up was impossible to beat – we were wrong.
V Festival will be rolling into your neck of the woods next year on the following dates:
Saturday March 29 – Sydney
Sunday March 30 – Gold Coast
Saturday April 5 – Melbourne
Sunday April 6 – Perth
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