The Fat As Butter 2013 Lineup expands today with the addition of more killer artists to the lineup for the Newcastle camping festival, which kicks off on the cusp of summer this November.
Now in its sixth year, and for the first time this year becoming a camping event, Fat As Butter organisers have now bulked out their already impressive mix of homegrown bands and international acts, with more acts announced that span the festival’s musical spectrum across multiple stages.
Leading the new additions to the Fat As Butter 2013 lineup are swaggering soul rock outfit The Rubens, who are well-versed in the festival setting with their well-travelled live show. Then there’s Bluejuice, who will be bringing their sense of fun and awesomely dance-centric pop to the bill.
Also added into the mix with new indie rock kings Glass Towers, electronic master Kilter, and Super Best Friends, the Canberra punk band that managed to convince Australian politicians to play silly for their music video.
Along with the new bands added to the Fat As Butter 2013 lineup, organisers have announced a partnership with streaming service Deezer for this year’s event to deliver exclusive music content to festival goers, allowing punters to listen, share and save playlists and albums from artists on the Fat As Butter 2013 lineup.
Fat As Butter has drawn a lot of attention recently after announcing it would be burning an effigy of “prime dickhead” Flo Rida at this year’s festival. A move to commemorate the international rapper being a thorn in Fat As Butter’s side since his 2011 festival no-show that eventually spiralled into a messy court case between the international rapper and Fat As Butter promoters, Mothership Music, that led to them entering voluntary liquidation.
Due to pressure from “the powers that be”, Fat As Butter eventually called off the decision to burn a totem of Flo Rida at the 2013 edition, but teased: “Oh well,we’ll just have to come up with another crazy idea.”
Regardless of the Flo Rida foul-up and pressure from local residents over the new camping grounds, Fat As Butter is determined to forge ahead and forget the haters with its ace lineup.
The already announced acts for the Fat As Butter 2013 lineup includes the likes of Gym Class Heroes, Bliss N Eso, Matt Corby, Boy & Bear, Micky Avalon and more, who along with the latest additions to the bill, will ensure fun in the sun with an excellent soundtrack as Fat As Butter 2013 kicks off this November. Organisers are also still to add the winner of this year’s Triple J Unearthed competition to the bill, so keep your eyes peeled for further announcements.
Fat As Butter 2013 Lineup
The Rubens
Bluejuice
Glass Towers
Kilter
Super Best Friends
Joining the already announced lineup of:
GYM CLASS HEROES [USA]
BLISS N ESO
MATT CORBY
BOY & BEAR
PORTER ROBINSON [USA]
DIGITALISM DJ SET [GER]
BOOKA SHADE DJ SET [GER]
MICKEY AVALON [USA]
BOMBS AWAY [LIVE]
BRITISH INDIA
THE ASTON SHUFFLE DJs
COSMO JARVIS [UK]
OWL EYES
GOLD FIELDS DJs
SPIT SYNDICATE
THE HOLIDAYS
PEKING DUK
THE M – MACHINE [USA]
DIALECTRIX
BATTLESHIPS
WILLOW BEATS
Fat As Butter 2013 Dates & Tickets
Saturday 26th October, 2013
The Foreshore, Newcastle
15+ Event
FAB CAMP
Shortland Lawn, The Foreshore
18+ Event
Tickets On Sale Thursday 25th July
http://www.fatasbutter.com.au/
