Splendour 2010

[CC_Eagle]

Triple J with their usual lineup leak :

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s2871821.htm


Pixies
Mumford & Sons
Foals
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Grizzly Bear
The Temper Trap
Band Of Horses
We Are Scientists
Jonsi
Goldfrapp
Broken Social Scene
Hot Chip
Florence And The Machine
Passion Pit
Ben Harper
Paul Kelly
Empire Of The Sun
Wolfmother
The Middle East
The Ting Ting's
Scissor Sisters

Without doubt the best Australian festival lineup in an incredibly long time.

 

[DB]

Whole thing

International Acts:

The Strokes
Pixies
Frightened Rabbit
LCD Soundsystem
Broken Social Scene
The Drums
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Yeasayer
Mumford and Sons
The Temper Trap
Band Of Horses
Passion Pit
Florence and the Machine
Laura Marling
Grizzly Bear
Band Of Skulls
Surfer Blood
Alberta Cross
Two Door Cinema Club
Midlake
Foals
Goldfrapp
Jonsi
Ash
Scissor Sisters
The Ting Tings
Hot Chip
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7
We Are Scientists
Richard Ashcroft and the United Nations Of Sound
K-Os
Delphic
School Of Seven Bells
The Magic Numbers



Local Acts:

Angus and Julia Stone
Empire Of The Sun
Wolfmother
The Vines
Tame Impala
Paul Kelly
Operator Please
Lisa Mitchell
Midnight Juggernauts
Little Red
Space Invadas
British India
Oh Mercy
The Middle East
Bluejuice
Washington
Whitley
Dan Sultan
Cloud Control
Miami Horror
Clare Bowditch
Philadelphia Grand Jury
The John Steel Singers
Violent Soho
The Mess Hall
Jonathan Boulet
Boy and Bear
Gypsy and the Cat
Last Dinosaurs
Ernest Ellis
Tim and Jean
Yacht Club DJs

Unbe-f**king-lievable

 

[Fein]

It will be!!!!

 

[Danish]

f**k that is a good line up...


Looks like a road trip coming up in july

 

[Red Bear]

Standard Triple J lineup, not much of huge interest apart from Paul Kelly and maybe Florence, Little Red are ok as well, leave your distortion pedals at home kiddies!

 

[Flapper]

I might go to have a clear shot at executing Mumford and Sons.

 

[Alex28]

Of course you can count on a few emo whiners here. It is probably the best festival lineup to ever hit Australia, and people still aren't happy.

It is an unbelievable lineup. Can't justify the trip myself - glad I saw Pixies last month

 

[Flapper]

Of course you can count on a few emo whiners here. It is probably the best festival lineup to ever hit Australia, and people still aren't happy.

Oh boo f**king hoo. It would be possibly the best festival lineup to ever hit Australia if 3 of my top 5 all time most hated bands wouldn't be on the list. Hell I still like it, I might even go, but I'm certainly within my rights to complain about Mumford and Sons, Wolfmother and The Vines poisoning that lineup with their f**king awfulness.

 

[Alex28]

That's the beauty of a festival with 3 stages - you have 2 other options when the crap is on.

I just knew when I saw that lineup there would be people bitching about it here...

 

[Fein]

Oh boo f**king hoo. It would be possibly the best festival lineup to ever hit Australia if 3 of my top 5 all time most hated bands wouldn't be on the list. Hell I still like it, I might even go, but I'm certainly within my rights to complain about Mumford and Sons, Wolfmother and The Vines poisoning that lineup with their f**king awfulness.

You have sh*t taste in music.

That said, stay at home you clueless merkin and f**k your Ipod.

 

[Red Bear]

Of course you can count on a few emo whiners here. It is probably the best festival lineup to ever hit Australia, and people still aren't happy.

It is an unbelievable lineup. Can't justify the trip myself - glad I saw Pixies last month

Emo whiner? Is it so wrong to want a bit of variety? You could class almost any band there as electro, indie or the popular folk thing which seems to be popular all of a sudden (eg Angus and Julia Stone, described as Beige Against the Machine by an SMH reviewer). Only mild variety is the awful commercial rock of the vines and wolfmother.

It is possible to have the popular bands and variety as well. Just a couple of punk bands, maybe something metal even, because festivals are good when there actually is something for everyone.

Vests and Skinny Jeans will be out in force. The lineup made me think of this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rJlAbyVKo

 

[Big Pete]

That's what Soundwave is for.

 

[Red Bear]

See Soundwave is almost all hardcore metal.

Festivals over the past 3 or 4 years seem to have just gotten so much less variety. Compared to around 2000, when say homebake was in its prime. Perfect festival, something for everyone. The lineups back then were varied yet excellent.

It's a bit of a shame, because something like Splendour sounds like a good festival experience, but not once am i going just for the experience when the music is sh*te, like half the wankers you see at BDO each year.

 

[Big Pete]

See Soundwave is almost all hardcore metal.

No it isn't.

Festivals over the past 3 or 4 years seem to have just gotten so much less variety. Compared to around 2000, when say homebake was in its prime. Perfect festival, something for everyone. The lineups back then were varied yet excellent.

So Homebake 2000 is a superior line up to Splendour 2010....

Right.

As for variety every concert has a theme.

Homebake is made up of Australian/New Zealand acts.

Big Day Out is generally popular international and local music.

Splendour is alternative and electro.

I understand that you don't like that music, but what did you expect?

It's like going to KFC for french cuisine.

 

[fish eel]

Aaaaasssshhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nevcost]

I might go to have a clear shot at executing Mumford and Sons.

hahaha

With the exception of Mumford & Sons which is so overplayed its not funny it looks like a pretty good lineup. It would be good to see Richard Ashcroft and his new band there particuarly. Having said that I probably wouldn't have the money to spend on it.

 

[CC_Eagle]

See Soundwave is almost all hardcore metal.

No, Soundwave is total garbage.

Splendour - Easily the best festival lineup in Australian history. Surpassing early BDO imo.

It'll have to be sideshows for me though . Alas, the ticket prices have surged and with travel,beers etc it will be a $1K minimum event. Just a tad above my student budget.

Missed out on Pixies recently, praying for a sideshow.

 

[Danish]

Just checking prices of the tickets......


Yeah, I won't be going anymore. Not keen on spending $900 just on f**king tickets. Have they always been this expensive?? I haven't been in the past but can't remember the tickets ever being that expensive when thinking about making the trip in previous years.

 

[Alex28]

Missed out on Pixies recently, praying for a sideshow.

Definitely no Pixies sideshow

 

[CC_Eagle]

Just checking prices of the tickets......


Yeah, I won't be going anymore. Not keen on spending $900 just on f**king tickets. Have they always been this expensive?? I haven't been in the past but can't remember the tickets ever being that expensive when thinking about making the trip in previous years.

Usually single camping tickets are easily $350+. Which is do'able.

$1000? F*ck off. Rather ironic, as you'd assume a lot of the fanbase for most of the bands would fall into a student/youth demographic. Which means there's a high likelyhood of the BDO/Dance festival tool base attending.

I guess quality lineup = quality pricetag.