Pyramid Rock First Round
News posted Wednesday, August 26 2009 at 11:00 AM.
Related: The Drones, Architecture In Helsinki, Faker, Empire Of The Sun.
The Empire of the Sun freak show will be rolled out for the second time this year at the upcoming Pyramid Rock festival.
The foil for Luke Steele’s ever-swelling ego is among a large contingent of local acts confirmed for the festival, which is held annually in Victoria’s picturesque home of penguins and camel toes, Phillip Island. Other acts performing include The Cat Empire, The Butterfly Effect, Architecture in Helsinki, Faker, The Beautiful Girls, The Drones, Tame Impala, Van She, Grafton Primary, Bluejuice, Kram, The Fumes and Regular John. More to be announced soon.
The event, which goes head to head with Falls, will take place over New Year’s from December 29 to January 1. Tickets ($285 plus booking fee for a three-day ticket, $250 for two) on sale from September 3, 9am.
PYRAMID ROCK
December 29-January 1
Phillip Island, VIC
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
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you already have 5 tickets dont you oort
what the
Ponytail! Rad!
i wish, 250 eaach! i could buy your guitar amp.
Christ almighty! Looks like ATP can charge $7000 a ticket now.
Kinda odd seeing bands lile Telepathe and Ponytail on a line-up like that.
JUAN + TELEPATHE!
i mean, yeah, i aint gonna go, but juan maclean returning (wasn't hip to their genius last time they came out) is spectacular news.
Ponytail better be doing sideshows!
yowser. 250 is like a new train set. bugger that.
a small price to pay for three days' sound and restful sleep
Oh, it includes 3 nights accomm?
sorry VF, no idea. just meaning to say that that line-up would find me experiencing peaceful ZZZs lying directly in front of the speaker stacks.
hmmm maybe I can get my literature postgrad work done. and read all dem existentialist plays I been meaning to get read.
good one!
Oh, I see. Depending on my mood I may pay that price if there was a guarantee of penguin interaction.
for that price i would be very tempted to jet over to NZ to hang with the charming blue penguins of oamaru - much better bang for one's penguin buck
head to antarctica, giant penguins are better.
free camping!
An expensive festival with a mostly terrible lineup aimed at bogans plus a few good bands that seem quite out of place? I can scarcely believe it.
but free camping!
kinda sucky. here's for hoping for a james murphy/juan maclean dj side-show.