Overview
It's been 13 years since Danny Rogers and Jerome Borazio decided to fill a Melbourne alleyway with tunes in 2005. Thankfully, Laneway Festival has just confirmed it will be heading back to its collection of unconventional venues for another year, revealing its 2018 dates and first two headliners.
Returning to Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Fremantle, Auckland and Singapore next January and February, Laneway will raise a plastic cup to the middle of summer with what looks to be one heck of a lineup. Following on from the announcement of two of 2018's headliners — California's inimitable Anderson .Paak with his live band The Free Nationals, and Canada's Mac DeMarco — the festival has dropped the full lineup. On it is a slew of exclusive sets, which will see you get down to BABADNOTGOOD, Conan Mockasin The Internet, and sway along to The War on Drugs and Father John Misty.
The full lineup was initially slated to be announced tomorrow, but has been brought forward after it was leaked online this morning. Visa pre-sale tickets go on-sale this Thursday, September 14 and the rest of the tickets going on sale at 9am on September 18. But, enough chit-chat — here's the full 2018 lineup.
LANEWAY 2018 LINEUP
Aldous Harding
Amy Shark
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
BABADNOTGOOD
Baynk
Billie Eilish
Bonobo
Conan Mockasin
D.D Dumbo
Die! Die! Die!
Father John Misty
Loyle Carner
Mac DeMarco
Melowdownz
Moses Sumney
Polyester
Pond
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
(Sandy) Alex G
Slowdive
Sylvan Esso
The Internet
The War On Drugs
TOKiMONSTA
Unitone Hifi
Wolf Alice
LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2018 DATES
Singapore — Saturday, January 27
Auckland — Monday, January 29
Adelaide — Friday, February 2
Melbourne — Saturday, February 3
Sydney — Sunday, February 4
Brisbane — Saturday, February 10
Fremantle — Sunday, February 11
Tickets go on sale Monday, September 18 at 9am AEST from Laneway Festival.
Image: Andy Fraser.