Returning for the sixth year running The Pyramid Rock Festival has just announced its first line-up, and boy is it a beauty. Bringing in the New Year at Phillip Island will be the enigma-wrapped-in-an-enigma, Luke Steele, heading up his electro-pop behemoth Empire Of The Sun. He will be joined by fellow Aussies and festival favoutites The Cat Empire, prog-rock poster boys The Butterfly Effect and those happy kids with the dancing pants Architecture In Helsinki.

US hip-hoppers Ugly Duckling, UK indie-rockers Baddies and fellow Brits The Boxer-Rebellion will also be touching down on the Mornington Peninsular for Pyramid 2009. Whilst punk-funker’s LCD Soundsytem are set to take the post-band slot honours with an exclusive DJ set.

The first Pyramid Rock Line-up for 2009:

Empire Of The Sun
The Cat Empire
Ugly Duckling (US)
The Butterfly Effect
Architecture In Helsinki
Faker
The Beautiful Girls
LCD Soundsystem (DJ Set)
Blue King Brown
The Drones
Tame Impala
Baddies (UK)
Van She
The Boxer Rebellion (UK)
Grafton Primary
Bluejuice
Something With Numbers
Bumblebeez
Kram,
Dead Letter Circus
Ponytail (US)
Telepathe (US)
The Juan Maclean (US)
Phrase
The Fumes
Astronomy Class
Skipping Girl Vinegar
We Have Band (UK)
Cassette Kids
Bonjah
MM9
Regular John

More bands to be announced.

Check out all the action from last year here.

THE PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL – presented by FasterLouder
Tuesday 29 December 2009 to Friday – 1 January 2010

Tickets on Sale from 9am on Thursday 3 September