The Chemical Brothers headline Future Music Festival 2011
OK, must admit... we're in festival lineup announcement overload this month. Big Day Out, Laneway, Summadayze, Playground Weekender, Golden Plains (yet to come)... but Future Music Festival really caught our attention.
Namely because the legendary Chemical Brothers are headlining! They're in Australia for headline shows in March next year, but honestly what compares to the thrill of a headline festival set after a sweaty blissful day in an open field with your closest 20,000 friends? Not to mention the their latest album Further was made for such environs... the stunning visual accompaniments to each track were directed by Marcus Lyall and Adam Smith specifically for the massive screens and massive speaker stacks of the live arena.
The rest of Future's lineup is bellissimo too... Steve Angello (Swedish House Mafia), Dizzee Rascal, Pendulum, Mark Ronson (don't deny Record Collection is one of the albums of 2010), Leftfield (sing Afrika Shoxxx with me!), and Art vs Science. Speaking of, AvS are one of the many contributors to the upcoming album He Will Have His Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn. May seem a bit odd for an artists on the Future lineup, but their version of I See Red makes a whole lot of sense.
So without any further ado: Channel [v], Video Hits, Nova, 3D Magazine, inthemix.com.au, and MX present...
- THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
- DIZZEE RASCAL
- PENDULUM
- MGMT
- MARK RONSON & THE BUSINESS INTL
- KE$HA
- THE PRESETS
- LEFTFIELD
- ART vs SCIENCE (no Perth)
- RICHIE HAWTIN PRES. PLASTIKMAN
- STEVE ANGELLO (SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA)
- SVEN VATH
- SANDER VAN DOORN
- STEVE AOKI
- LOCO DICE
- DON DIABLO
- ETIENNE DE CRECY
- ZANE LOWE
- COSMIC GATE
- THE SUBS
- SOUND OF STEREO
- JAMES HOLROYD
- & MANY MORE
Tickets on sale 9am Thursday Oct 28 through Ticketmaster
- First release tickets - $135 + bf
- Second release tickets - $150 + bf
- VIP tickets - $190 + bf
- First Class ticket - $290 + bf (Melb & Syd Only)
National Festival Dates 2011
- Brisbane - Sat March 5, DOOMBEN RACECOURSE (Subject to approval)
- Perth – Sun March 6, ARENA JOONDALUP
- Sydney – Sat March 12, RANDWICK RACECOURSE
- Melbourne – Sun March 13, FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE
- Adelaide – Mon March 14, GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS, RUNDLE & RYMILL PARK