The Flaming Lips are ready to blow minds at Falls.
THE Falls Festival turns 20 in Lorne this New Year's Eve and reaches double figures at Marion Bay in Tasmania.
Unable to keep the festivities under wraps any longer - they're promising "celebrations grander than the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee" - the Falls team have made their first line-up announcement.
While the full line-up will hold more than 80 names, the first cabs off the rank are summery American duos Beach House and Best Coast, the multi-ARIA-winning Boy & Bear, '90s rap icon Coolio (y'all remember Gangsta's Paradise?), dub step favourite SBTRKT, British indie stars-on-the-rise The Vaccines, and finally, a band regularly proclaimed as being one of the greatest live acts on the planet... The Flaming Lips.
As an added bonus, The Falls Music & Arts Festival (that's its full name) has roped in Sampology to present a special "Falls Anniversary Live AV Show" that promises to mash-up the history of Falls into one totally smoking audio-visual playlist mashup extravaganza.
Don't forget - Lorne's Falls is 18+ and runs from Dec 28–Jan 1, Marion Bay's is all ages and runs from Dec 29-Jan 1. To be in the ballot for a ticket, head to www.fallsfestival.com and sign up before midnight on Thursday, August 2.
