The inaugural Australian leg of All Tomorrow's Parties - curated by Nick Cave - will feature Spiritualized, a reformed The Saints and Robert Forster, it was announced this morning.
The first announcement for the festival - which takes place in January - also includes legendary experimental artists such as Silver Apples, Harmonia, Afrirampo and James Blood Ulmer. Michael Gira of canonized No-Wave group Swans will also appear, as well as local avant-jazz heavyweights The Necks.
The festival takes place in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with circumstances differing between cities. Melbourne will see a two-day festival at the Mt Buller ski-resort with on-site accomodation, while Sydney will see two one-day festivals at Cockatoo Island, with both days featuring the same line-up.
In Brisbane, only four of the acts confirmed for other cities will appear at this stage, those artists being Nick Cave, Spiritualized, Robert Forster and James Blood Ulmer.
The line-up:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Saints
Spiritualized
Robert Forster
Silver Apples
M Gira
Fuck Buttons
James Blood Ulmer
Afrirampo
Harmonia
Bridezilla
The Necks
Laughing Clowns
Primitive Calculators (Melb only)
The Stabs (Melb only)
Accomodation for the Mount Buller event is on sale now, while tickets and the finalized line-up will be unleashed on Monday November 10 at 9.00am. For all details pertaining to accomodation and more, visit www.atpfestival.com.
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