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FL Exclusive: Brian Jonestownfor Playground Weekender

Fri 30th Oct, 2009 in Local News

FasterLouder can exclusively reveal the first name for Playground Weekender 2010 is the mercurial Brian Jonestown Massacre. A reliable source from within the festival has let us know Anton Newcombe and company will be raising hell at Del Rio Resort on the weekend of 18 to 21 February 2010.

The iconic band was last here in August 2008 for a round of headline shows that had fans in raptures. Our review from Brisbane says it all: Newcombe was in focused form and the performances were thrilling.

At Playground Weekender, the frontman will be joined by fellow Brian Jonestown Massacre founding member Matt Hollywood. Hollywood is the force behind some of BJM’s most iconic songs – among them Not if You Were the Last Dandy on Earth. He plays a prominent part in the 2004 documentary DiG!, which sees him departing the band after a fracas with Newcombe. He’ll be strapping on the guitar to make noise alongside his old sparring partner once again.

Having taken out the – œCrowd & Atmosphere’ honour in the 2009 Festival Awards, Playground Weeekender looks set for a spectacular return in 2010. The other – œleak’ FL has got its hands on is Norwegian DJ/producer Prins Thomas, who was most recently featured on the LCD Soundsystem – 45:33 Remixes compilation. If you want an idea of what the four-day camping (and dress-up) festival is all about, have a read of our - œInside Playground Weekender’ feature.

Playground Weekender takes over Del Rio Resort at Wisemans Ferry, NSW, from 18 to 21 February 2010. Head to Qjump for tickets. The full first line-up will be on FasterLouder Friday 6 November.

CHECK OUT ALL THE CRAZY PHOTOS FROM PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER 2009!

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deanoss

deanoss said on the 30th Oct, 2009

LOL

sarahanne

sarahanne said on the 30th Oct, 2009

This makes me very happy!

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Having only recently watched DiG, I better go and see BJM this time around. Hopefully they play a sideshow in Sydney. I don't think I'll be able to go to Playground.

Great news that Matt Hollywood is touring with them. I assume he didn't play with them in 2008?

JackT

JackT said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Nope! Returning for the 2009 world tour.

alexjordan

alexjordan said on the 30th Oct, 2009

holy shitbags. this will be the best.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 30th Oct, 2009

If Matt Hollywood is back playing with them it makes the probability of a fight on stage a lot better.

Dexter Ramone

Dexter Ramone said on the 30th Oct, 2009

So excited for this. SO EXCITED!

libby

libby said on the 30th Oct, 2009

this will be awesome. they were in top form last time I saw them - some of the most creative insults I've ever heard LOL

DJ Jas

DJ Jas said on the 30th Oct, 2009

from play day to pay day, some acts still have hands in the air

it was billed as a long weekend of "riverside revelry for clued-up campers", a music festival on the banks of the hawkesbury river.

over four scorching days in february, the third annual playground weekender at del rio riverside resort, wisemans ferry, boasted six stages of live music, an outdoor cinema, a cocktail bar and a yoga stall, as well as the scottish band primal scream and "the cream" of local talent.

"from the moment you arrive, you will feel a million miles away from the stresses of home," the event's website promised.

but for many of the support acts, contractors and ancillary staff, playground weekender has proven anything but relaxing. eight months later, some of them have not been paid - even though its british-born organiser, andy rigby, has advertised and sold tickets for next year's festival.

"we did 300 hours of cleaning at that event and he still owes us $4200," says nickie haylen, owner of arctic cleaning. "whenever i speak to him he says he couldn't find my invoice or his email is down or that his money was being held in trust by someone else.''

ben chamie, whose band peabody played on february 7, says he is still owed $600. "it's not a lot of money - it's more about the fact that he's advertising next year's festival when he hasn't paid people from previous years."

a band manager whose musicians were owed $6000 spent six months "screaming down the phone" at rigby, and was paid after threatening to email "every contact i had in the industry and telling how he operated". the money had to be picked up, in cash, from a chinese restaurant in cabramatta, the manager says.

"andy is an amateur, and it's up to us to stop him from doing it again, otherwise other acts are going to get hurt."

rigby, 37, arrived in australia from england in 1996 and has been involved with several music festivals, including justin hemmes's good vibrations. his first playground weekender, in 2007, was a hit, despite what the faster louder music website called a "kinda-cool-kinda-dangerous lack of security".

rigby operates several companies, one of which, playground music, went into liquidation in december 2007 owing $172,000. another, playground entertainment, was briefly deregistered a week before this year's festival.

"the festival has had a couple of harder years when we first started,'' rigby says. ''but we have been battling through to make sure that every single person has been paid. everyone associated with last year's festival will be paid before next year's festival."

DJ Jas

DJ Jas said on the 30th Oct, 2009

from smh yesterday!

Piko

Piko said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Well we know this DJ Jas, you think the people reading this Playground thread haven't been reading the other one? Oh I see this is a news article on the main page and hence trying to continue your rant to anyone who will listen, you really are aggressive for someone who says they aren't personally effected by this.

sarahanne

sarahanne said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Lol @ Dj Jas

DJ Jas

DJ Jas said on the 30th Oct, 2009

its just wrong man, wrong!

Loomis

Loomis said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Fingers crossed for sideshows...

Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer said on the 30th Oct, 2009

BJM played the Metro last year - it was quite a meandering mess. Although there were a couple of outstanding songs

sarahanne

sarahanne said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Yeah, I didnt think you get Anton all the way to Australia and not do sideshows ;-)

sarahanne

sarahanne said on the 30th Oct, 2009

Their factory show was amazo!

JeremySC

JeremySC said on the 30th Oct, 2009

saw them at the hifi last year. it was a complete mess and for the most part, really tedious. anton was particularly uninspiring . their best days are well behind them

sarahanne

sarahanne said on the 30th Oct, 2009



Well, They do write 8-10 pysch songs....;-)

He was on fire at The factory, it also happend to be his Bday so it was just lots of awesome banter.

Metro show I did not see. Bute some goodness to relive :http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/videos/17632/Brian-Jonestown-Massacre--When-Jokers-Attack-The-Metro-Theatre.htm

emmawheatley

emmawheatley said on the 2nd Nov, 2009

This is going to be so so so great. Who doesn't want to see these guys while you're standing in the middle of a field in the summer? Absolutely fantastic news.

mickyj

mickyj said on the 3rd Nov, 2009

i heard they are playing a different festival a few weeks later.

JackT

JackT said on the 4th Nov, 2009



Hurrah for that particular field. As long as the temperature stays under 40.

emmawheatley

emmawheatley said on the 4th Nov, 2009

To be honest, I'll happily suffer "the sahara desert" again to see these guys. I found last Playground the heat brought a certain sense of accomplishment to the experience... Even if it was ridiculous!!!

mickyj

mickyj said on the 4th Nov, 2009

i have heard the only festival show bjm are doing is the lost weekend in brisbane and are not doing playground now. ????

Pot Plant

Pot Plant said on the 6th Nov, 2009

it's friday 6 november... where's the full lineup?