For many months the masses have been mumbling names under their breath, trawling the internet for clues, and making ever so bold presumptions – but finally the list is in! The complete line-up for Splendour in the Grass 2008 is here, and boy are we in for a wondrous weekend of musical mayhem.
Heading up the bill will be the manic godfathers of post punk Devo, who we can only hope come clad in flower pots hats intent on confusing and entertaining all. Also heading along to mesmerise the muddy crowds are the dolorously avant-garde Icelandic wonders Sigur Ros.
The internationals don’t stop there, though. UK juggernauts The Music, will be hitting the shores of Byron to the pleasure of all who have been awaiting their return, along with Vampire Weekend, The Fratellis and The Wombats.
Not to be out done by the out-of-towners, there’s also one hell of a local contingent doing Bryron Bay this year, as Wolfmother make their triumphant return to the stage after a long hiatus. Stomping proudly on-stage next to them will be The Living End, who are set to flash the wares from their highly anticipated new album. And, after their killer secret set at Splendour 2006, The Vines will be back to prove they can do it all again and then some.
Anyway enough blagging here is the lineup:
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
The Polyphonic Spree
New Young Pony Club
Yves Klein Blue
Lyrics Born
Tokyo Police Club
Little Red
Clare Bowditch
bluejuice
Robert Forster
The Drones
Hadouken!
Bliss n Eso
Paul Dempsey
Katalyst
Even
British India
The Galvatrons
Delta Spirit
Slot Machine
The Black Stars
Van She Tech
Bag Raiders
Soft Tigers
Food Fight
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