Falls Festival second line-up announcement

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by Matt | Thursday 11 September 2008
Sharon Jones - Falls Festival

With about three months still to go before the Falls Festival gets busy, they have announced their second round of artists for this year's event.

Bringing a whole lot of good times, comes: the shimmy-tastic classy purveyors of modern Rhythm & Blues, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (USA); dub, hip hop, afro beat with Latin hues from Blue King Brown; power-pop exploits from Cut Off Your Hands (NZ); Nordic slice of pop’n’indie heaven from Lykke Li (Sweden); countryfied-blues troubadour CW Stoneking & the Primitive Horn Orchestra; psychedelic Tame Impala; synth-pop-gems from Grafton Primary; independent hip-hop stalwart MURS (USA); raw and reliable riffage compliments of Violent Soho; West African kora musician, Mamadou Diabate (Mali); & new pop sensation Dash & Will.

The line-up for Marion Bay is now looking like this: Franz Ferdinand(UK); The Hives (Sweden); Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (USA); Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed & The True Loves (USA); The Cat Empire; The Kooks (UK); The Grates; Gomez (UK); Tegan & Sara (Canada); Fleet Foxes (USA); Blue King Brown; Faker; SoKo (France); Donavon Frankenreiter (USA); Ash Grunwald; Jamie Lidell (UK); TZU; Mystery Jets (UK); Architecture in Helsinki; Cut Off Your Hands (NZ); Atmosphere featuring Brother Ali (USA); Late Of The Pier (UK); The Drones; The Dodos (USA); A-Trak (Canada); Rocket Science; Wolf & Cub; Liam Finn (NZ); Lykke Li (Sweden); CW Stoneking & the Primitive Horn Orchestra; Tame Impala; Grafton Primary; MURS (USA); Violent Soho; Mamadou Diabate (Mali); and Dash & Will, with more to be announced. *Lorne, Vic only

The Falls Festival Lorne has now SOLD OUT.

Falls Festival Marion Bay tickets are still available, but will sell out soon.

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