2008 Splendour in the Grass Sideshows- inc Wombats, Vampires and Sigur

Hey kids, my man Benny put it to me that no one gets any info from tradehooks, well at least this is one place where you can find all the Splendour sideshows in one place. They include:

SIGUR RÓS – On Sale Now!
Friday August 1 – Festival Hall, Melbourne – Get Tix
Saturday August 2 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – Get Tix
www.sigur-ros.co.uk

LAURA MARLING – On Sale Now!
Tuesday August 5 - The Factory Theatre, Sydney – Get Tix
Wednesday August 6 - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne - Get Tix
www.lauramarling.com

THE FRATELLIS – On Sale Thursday June 5
Thursday July 31 – Capitol, Perth - Ticket Info
Tuesday August 5 – Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne - Ticket Info
Wednesday August 6 – Metro Theatre, Sydney - Ticket Info
www.thefratellis.com

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION – On Sale Thursday June 5
Wednesday July 30 – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne – Ticket Info
Thursday July 31 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney -Ticket Info
www.myspace.com/lightspeedchampion

DEVO AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2008
Thursday 31 July 2008 - Festival Hall, Melbourne
Friday 1 August 2008 - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Saturday 2 August 2008 - Splendor in the Grass Festival, Byron Bay
Tuesday 5 August 2008 - Thebarton Pavilion, Adelaide
Wednesday 6 August 2008 - Metro City, Perth

Cold War Kids
Sunday 3rd August
The Tivoli, Brisbane
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au or venue (07) 3852 1711
Monday 4th August
Enmore Theatre, Sydney
ALL AGES
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au
Wednesday 6th August
The Palace, Melbourne
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

WOMBATS
2nd Aug - Capitol Perth
5th Aug - Enmore Sydney
6th Aug - Under 18s Matinee - The Hi Fi Melbourne
6th Aug - Over 18s - Hi Fi Melbourne
7th Aug - The Gov Adelaide

MSTRKRFT
1 Aug- TBA WA
8 Aug- Prince Bandroom VIC
9 Aug- Metro Theatre NSW

Vampire Weekend
Monday 4 August Metro Theatre, Sydney 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au; Metro Theatre Box Office 02 9550 3666 or www.metrotheatre.com.au
Wednesday 6 August Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 18+
Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au; Prince Bandroom 03 9536 1168 or www.princebandroom.com.au


Something unrelated for the kids

Biz Markie- Turn tha Party out (paul nice remix)

Splendour in the Grass Lineup 2008 Released

Hey all, finally the Splendour in the Grass Lineup for 2008 has been released on Triple J this morning.

The Lineup is as follows

Devo
The Music
Wolfmother
Sigur Ros
The Living End
The Presets
Tricky
Vampire Weekend
Ben Lee
Cold War Kids
The Fratellis
The Wombats
Pnau
Laura Marling
The Vines
The Grates
Operator Please
Band of Horses
Van She
The Panics
Gyroscope
MSTRKRFT
Lightspeed Champion
The Brown Birds from Windy Hill
Scribe
The Gin Club

Details:

Splendour In The Grass 2008
Sat Aug 2nd and Sun Aug 3rd
Belongil Fields, Byron Bay

This year all tickets to Splendour will be sold online through the new ticketing service Qjump. You can check them out by visiting www.qjump.com.au.

Ticket Prices
Event ticket $199 (inc gst) + BF
Green Event Ticket $206 (inc gst) + BF
Camping ticket $132 (inc gst) + BF

Tickets are onsale at 9am, Thursday May 22nd.