Falls Festival 2014 Lineup Announced
Big beats, festival singalongs and top notch rap for Falls this year.
Air out that mouldy tent, start rounding up the GoPros, Falls Festival have announced their 2014 lineup. With Byron now extended to a four-day program, Falls Festival is returning to its three sites (Lorne, Marion Bay and North Byron Parklands) for its annual New Year's Eve hootenanny.
So who's on the bill? Returning with a Mercury Prize and a million debut album copies sold under their belt, Leeds foursome Alt-J are sure to be one of the packed sets this year. Scandinavian super besties Röyksopp and Robyn are locked in for an epic two hour set of combined releases. There'll be ass everywhere with the presence of the unmissable Big Freedia.
The sublimely talented SBTRKT is set to play a huge live set (one of Laneway Festival's best sets to memory), while the formidable Jamie XX will keep the basslines well up in grill. Fresh from Glastonbury, George Ezra is set to be one of the festival highlights, with the debut set from the legendary Todd Terje, house monarchs Tensnake, Sydney trio Movement and San Francisco's Tycho sure to send everyone on a synthy, beats-fuelled odyssey.
Altanta's favourite 'flower punk' band The Black Lips are in. Confirmed after a leak in Cleo, UK's Glass Animals are confirmed to get sultry. Festival favourites Cold War Kids return with their latest album's material (and a few oldies), while Australia's own ARIA-winners The Temper Trap return to the live circuit with material from their upcoming third record.
Rap fans have some gleeful squealing to get to, with Brooklyn's Pro Era whiz Joey Bada$$, Killer Mike and El-P's Fool's Gold super-collab Run the Jewels, Melbourne's own Remi locked in.
'Stolen Dance' fans will have plenty to jig about with the first Australian tour of Milky Chance, Sydney's Bluejuice are playing their last round, London's Wolf Alice are sure to generate some buzz, and Canberran trio SAFIA are also buzzworthy inclusions.
There's a few Splendour returns: Britpop-loving Sydney dudes DMAs, newbie hip hop firecracker Tkay Maidza, Sydney dance legends The Presets, electronic whiz kid The Kite String Tangle, returning rock heavyweights Spiderbait, singalong starters Sticky Fingers and Riptider Vance Joy.
Falls will also see a kickass 'Boogie Nights' program featuring none other than the ever-kickass hip hop legends Salt n Pepa, Melbourne's best-dressed duo Client Liaison, Sydney partystarter Alison Wonderland and Canada's Badbadnotgood.
THE FALLS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2014 LINEUP (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):
ALT-J
BIG FREEDIA
THE BLACK LIPS
BLUEJUICE
COLD WAR KIDS
DMAs
GLASS ANIMALS
GEORGE EZRA
JAGWAR MA
JAMIE XX
JOEY BADA$$
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
KIM CHURCHILL
THE KITE STRING TANGLE
MILKY CHANCE
MOVEMENT
THE PRESETS
REMI
RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN
RUN THE JEWELS
SAFIA
SBTRKT (LIVE)
>SPIDERBAIT
STICKY FINGERS
THE TEMPER TRAP
TENSNAKE
TKAY MAIDZA
TODD TERJE (LIVE)
TYCHO
VANCE JOY
WOLF ALICE
+ MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED.
BOOGIE NIGHTS LINEUP (DEC 28 LORNE, DEC 29 MARION BAY, DEC 31 BYRON):
ALISON WONDERLAND
BADBADNOTGOOD
CLIENT LIAISON
SALT N PEPA
+ MORE.
EVENTS:
Dec 28, 2014 to Jan 1, 2015 in Lorne, VIC (est. 1993) 18+ event
Dec 29, 2014 to Jan 1, 2015 in Marion Bay, TAS (est. 2003) All ages
Dec 30, 2014 to Jan 3, 2015 in Byron Bay, NSW (est. 2013) 18+ event
The ticket ballot is now open via the festival’s website and will be closing on Monday August 25. Enter the ballot here.
Most of the event tickets are allocated to sales through the ballot process, starting at 9am on Thursday August 28; however, for those who miss out, there will also be a small allocation of tickets set aside for general public sales starting at 9am on Wednesday September 03.
Image: Paul Smith
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