Bluesfest 2016 Continues To Grow
Melissa Etheridge Added Plus Three Sideshows
More Bluesfest Sideshows Announced
Bluesfest Byron Bay (held from Thu 24 to Mon 28 March 2016) and its touring company Bluesfest Touring today announced rocker, singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge to debut at Bluesfest in 2016 and three shows as part of her This Is M.E. Australian tour. This will be Melissa’s first visit to Australia since 2012 and she will also be performing at the Enmore theatre in Sydney on Wednesday 23 March, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Wednesday 30 March and the Riverside Theatre in Perth on Friday 1 April 2016.
Melissa’s latest album This is M.E. is her twelfth collection of new material.
Bluesfest Touring has also announced a number of additional sideshows happening around Bluesfest next March and April including the Grammy award-winning Blues and Roots Rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band, Portland’s Indie Folk band The Decemberists, The Word, Vintage Trouble, Nahko & Medicine For The People, Songhoy Blues, Shakey Graves, Allen Stone, St. Paul & The Broken Bones & Rhiannon Giddens. Show details and more information can be found atwww.bluesfesttouring.com.au . I’ll be publishing some specific artist side-show information shortly.
The line-up is looking so good, the best for some time I reckon.
I’m starting to reconsider my decision not to go next year!
Rhiannon Giddens @ Americana Honors & Awards 2015 Nashville TN
BLUESFEST 2016 ARTISTS ALREADY ANNOUNCED:
KENDRICK LAMAR
TOM JONES • THE NATIONAL – exclusive
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
UB40 feat. ALI CAMPBELL, ASTRO & MICKEY VIRTUE – exclusive
JOE BONAMASSA – exclusive
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND • JACKSON BROWNE
CITY AND COLOUR • THE DECEMBERISTS
THE CAT EMPIRE • JASON ISBELL • TWEEDY
STURGILL SIMPSON • STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES THE WORD • GRACE POTTER • LORD HURON BLACKBERRY SMOKE • VINTAGE TROUBLE
NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE • SONGHOY BLUES SHAKEY GRAVES • ALLEN STONE • ST PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES • LUKAS NELSON AND PROMISE OF THE REAL • THE SELECTER • RHIANNON GIDDENS • JANIVA MAGNESS •LUCKY PETERSON • EMDEE
THE WAILERS
PRESENT BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 4 ALBUMS IN ENTIRETY
EXODUS, SURVIVAL, UPRISING & LEGEND OVER 4 NIGHTS
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