Fuzzy has announced a phenomenal Parklife 2010 10th birthday line-up, they think it’s their best yet. Not just more big acts in total, but some moments Parklife hasn’t seen the likes of, and a lot of sets you’ll be buzzing about all Summer long. Bloc Party lead singer Kele’s smash solo album brings him and his band to Parklife to dazzle us with new tracks, plus the best Bloc Party classics live. Legendary US indie heroes The Dandy Warhols, responsible for some of the catchiest lyrics in modern rock and stars of the cult doco DIG! are joining the Parklife posse and….drumroll…yes, six-time Grammy winner Missy Elliott is playing Parklife with a 27-strong all dancing entourage and a brand new album! Tickets go on-sale July 1 at www.parklife.com.au.
This year Parklife in QLD is back at Riverstage & Botanic Gardens; and Parklife Melbourne moves to Sidney Myer Bowl and Kings Domain, with more grass, more trees and more space. Parklife always brings a bunch of hot fresh artists not seen by the Australian public before, and this year is no exception. Darwin Deez, Ou est le Swimming Pool, Dan Black, Chiddy Bang, Memory Tapes, Delorean, The Glitch Mob, Wolf Gang and a bunch more are headed this way for the first time.
Cut Copy will be playing their first Australian show in almost two years at Parklife, having just completed their rumoured-to-be-best-yet third album. Fresh from collaborating with Pharell on her latest album release ‘Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans’, Uffie has a new live show that’ll pop your glocks off! Midnight Juggernauts circle past Saturn and head back to Earth via Parklife with a new live show featuring album number two of dizzying kaleidoscopic pop, ‘The Crystal Axis’. While we’re still working out whether we should really dance around to The Wombats drily comic ‘Lets dance to Joy Division’; the band are holed up in the studio putting the finishing touches to their brand new album. Fuzzy faves Soulwax return to the Parklife fold with a new live show and material that will no doubt reconfirm why they have played over 120 live shows and festivals worldwide, and Holy Ghost! will play their first live shows in Australia.
Groove Armada
Missy Elliott
Soulwax
Holy Ghost!
The Dandy Warhols
Kele
Busy P
Memory Tapes
Cut Copy
Midnight Juggernauts
Uffie
Classixx
The Wombats
Dan Black
Jack Beats
Delorean
Darwin Deez
Chiddy Bang
The Glitch Mob
New Young Pony Club
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
Mix Master
Mike Brodinski
The Swiss
Wolf Gang
Sinden
DJ Mehdi
Jesse Rose
Washington
Bag Raiders
AC Slater
Grum
Gypsy and the cat
Ajax
Yolanda
Be Cool vs Dcup
The first major Australian summer music festival and the biggest outdoor festival for lovers of electronic indie music Parklife attracts crowds of140, 000 nationally, showcasing the world’s most relevant artists playing in some of Australia’s most picturesque city parklands
Brisbane - Saturday 25 September – Botanic Gardens & Riverstage
Perth - Sunday 26 September – Wellington Square
Melbourne - Saturday 2 October – The Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the King’s Domain
Sydney - Sunday 3 October – Kippax Lake, Moore Park
Adelaide - Monday 4 October –Botanic Park, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide
Fuzzy Co-Founder John Wall is excited to reveal the future direction of Parklife. “We have more bands than ever before taking the stage this year, with a really cool indie vibe. We know these guys are going to be on everyone’s lips and stereos by the time summer rolls round. For example, Missy hasn’t been to OZ since 2004. With her new album Block Party due out the same time she tours OZ for Parklife, we know she is going to be putting on an incredibly hot show. Kele, the lead-singer and guitarist of Bloc Party, is on a solo mission and will be debuting tracks of his new album The Boxer for his first time in Australia. Groove Armada has taken a whole new dark direction with their music on their latest album Black Light, so we can’t wait to see their new live show. The Dandy’s sold out their last tour in Australia and are going to be a special treat for Parklifers with their signature psychedelic sound.”
Ming Gan, the other half of Fuzzy’s founders, charged with booking the line-up agrees. “It’s just so encompassing this year. We have our first Spanish band Delorean – a foursome who have literally just released their new album Subiza and are coming down-under for the first time; and Parisian-based electronic artist Uffie who recently teamed up with Pharell to produce SUV, is edgier than ever. Berlin based Jesse Rose, credited with starting the fidget house movement, is coming back to Parklife... and hopefully won’t steal any more golf carts - Brissy you know what we’re talking about! We’ve got Dan Black coming to Australia for the first time – he’s been causing a big stir on the radio and internet and climbing the charts with his track Symphonies featuring Kid Kudi. We’ve also got Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and Chiddy Bang who have been featuring massively on the ARIA Charts and will both be playing their first live shows in Oz at Parklife.”
“Plus Aussie faves Midnight Juggernauts will be hitting the stage with an awesome new album, plus Cut Copy will be debuting their new live show and material – it’ll be the first time they’ve performed in close to two years! There are acts we know will be massive by spring, like the addictive Darwin Deez, not to mention the dream team Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP who are #1 on the dance charts with 3 million hits on youtube... I could go on and on, four months seems too long to wait.”
And the artists are thrilled to be part of a Fuzzy event. Vince Vendetta lead singer of international Aussie sensation Midnight Juggernaut’s says "Parklife is just a really fun festival. Whether you spend the day jumping around with friends or chilling out on the grass, we've always left having had a great time. Good times for 2010!"
UK house music masters Groove Armada are equally keen - “Shore Thing was one of our best shows ever!”- Shore Thing is Fuzzy’s legendary New Year’s Eve party on Bondi Beach.
Parklife is also moving to the Gold Coast for 2010, expanding to a 35,000 capacity at (Parklands) from smaller digs in Brisbane. Adelle Robinson, Fuzzy’s GM says: “Queensland Parklife has been the first event to sell out for the past four years, so we needed to provide our fans here with a better venue and bigger capacity where they can see all their favourite acts - by the beach in Australia’s premier holiday destination.”
Parklife is Australia’s unparalleled electronic/indie music festival, jam-packed with artists who completely define the moment in music. Parklife makes the most of beautiful outdoor venues, in five cities, where music lovers can step into a spectacle in which the surroundings are idyllic, the music is great and the world is their oyster. Parklife is not just another festival: Parklife is the sound of next summer!