The first bunch of acts for the annual Laneway Festival were announced and may we say it’s a pretty damn fine line-up. No news on sideshows just yet.

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
BLACK LIPS
THE XX
DANIEL JOHNSTON
SARAH BLASKO
N.AS.A
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING
HOCKEY
DAPPLED CITIES
MUMFORD & SONS [PERFORMING IN BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & PERTH]
RADIO CLIT
THE VERY BEST
WILD BEASTS [PERFORMING IN BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & PERTH]
WHITLEY
THE MIDDLE EAST
KID SAM
DIRTY THREE (MELBOURNE ONLY)

AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

Tickets go on sale through GreenTix at 9am on Friday, October 30. For more information check out our festival guide here.

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