The line-up has been revealed for this year’s Splendour in the Grass music festival, dropping more than 12 hours earlier than planned after details were leaked online.
The annual event, which is taking place from July 19-21 this year at North Byron Parklands in New South Wales, will kick off with Kylie Minogue headlining on Friday night.
Other homegrown artists among the line up include G Flip, electronic duo The Presets and Tones and I.
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American rapper Future will headline on Saturday night in his first Aussie gig in seven years, while Canadian band Arcade Fire will close out the three-day event on Sunday, marking their first Australian performance in a decade.
The rock outfit expressed their hopes to get back to play in front of Aussie audiences a couple of years ago, after skipping the continent on their most recent tour for the album WE.
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“It’s been forever,” the group’s frontman, Win Butler, told Rolling Stone Australia in a 2022 interview, adding they were hoping to “come back soon”.
Other artists on the bill include BRIT Awards rising stars The Last Dinner Party, as well as Fontaines D.C., Viagra Boys and Lizzy Mcalpine.
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Minogue’s performance is being billed as an exclusive appearance and will be the first time the singer has taken over the Splendour in the Grass Amphitheatre stage.
It’s just another feather in her cap following an extraordinary 12 months for the Melbourne-born singer who earlier this month was awarded the BRITs Global Icon Award in the UK and Billboard Women in Music Icon Award in the US in the same week.
After becoming a viral sensation across social media, Padam Padam not only won Minogue a new generation of fans but also gave the singer her first Grammy Award in 20 years.
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The song also scored the 55-year-old her first ARIA Award in 21 years last November and prompted a Barbie in her likeness to mark International Women’s Day last week.
Minogue has proven her abilities to nail the outdoor gig having smashed her Legend’s Slot at Glastonbury in 2019.
Taking to the Pyramid Stage in front of over 100,000 people the Australian played the headline set of the UK music festival on the Sunday, 14 years after she was forced to cancel her 2005 appearance due to her breast cancer battle.