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The Killers

The Killers

The Killers are a Las Vegas-based four-piece who formed in 2003, featuring the talents of singer/keyboardist Brandon Flowers, drummer Ronnie Vannucci, guitarist Dave Keuning and bassist Mark Stoermer. The band has received countless accolades for their artistic achievement, including multiple Grammy nominations, American Music Award nominations, MTV Video Music Awards, NME Awards and more. Their first album, ​Hot Fuss​, was released in 2004 to worldwide acclaim.

The album contained the singles “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me,” in addition to the anthemic song “All These Things That I’ve Done,” which has since been referenced by the likes of U2. The band toured for two years straight behind ​Hot Fuss​, playing more than four-hundred shows, and eventually returned to Vegas to begin to work on the follow-up album with legendary producers Alan Moulder and Flood. The result, a love letter of sorts to their hometown entitled ​Sam’s Town,​ was released in 2006 and spent forty-two weeks on the Billboard Top 200. A b-sides collection entitled ​Sawdust​ was released in 2007, followed by their third studio album, ​Day & Age​, which was released to widespread critical praise in 2008, anchored by massive single “Human.”

The Killers released ​Battle Born​ in September 2012, which saw them expanding their world tour into countries they’ve never visited before, and finally were honored to perform at the world-renowned Wembley Stadium, one of the most monumental and significant shows of their career. After a decade of making music, in November 2013, The Killers released a “Best Of” collection, ​Direct Hits​, which featured two incredible new songs alongside classics from the band’s revered catalogue.​ The band, who have sold over twenty-five million albums worldwide, and headlined all of the world’s top festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury), released their chart-topping album, ​Wonderful Wonderful,​ in September 2017. It garnered the band their first No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart the week of its release in the U.S., as well as topping the charts in the U.K., Mexico, and Australia.

In 2020, The Killers released their highly-anticipated new studio album, ​Imploding The Mirage. ​Hailed by critics as one of the best records in the band’s already stellar catalogue, the album was the band’s sixth consecutive number one in the U.K., and Brandon Flowers’ eighth U.K. number one overall, making the band the first international act to receive six consecutive #1’s in the United Kingdom. ​​Imploding The Mirage​ also went Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, making it their sixth Top Ten album in America, and gave the band their second consecutive #1 in Australia; their fifth #1 in Ireland; a Top Five album in Austria, Belgium, Mexico, and New Zealand; and a Top Ten album in Canada and Germany.

Khalid

Khalid

Khalid’s story feels as remarkable as ever. A self-described introvert and loner in high school, he shared the breakout single ‘Location’ on the eve of his graduation. The song would eventually go quadruple-platinum and introduce his double-platinum full-length debut, American Teen— which ascended to #4 on the Top 200, occupied its Top 20 for 48 weeks and spent a total of 51 weeks on the respective chart. Vaulting to stardom with billions of streams to his credit and a regular position as one of the Top 3 Most-Streamed Artists in the World on Spotify, he garnered five GRAMMY® Award nominations. He also took home honours at the Billboard Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and American Music Awards.

Khalid’s voice has graced smashes such as Calvin Harris’s ‘Rollin’ with Future, ‘Lovely’ with Billie Eilish and ‘Youth’ with Shawn Mendes, to name a few. He also teamed up with Normani for the double-platinum ‘Love Lies’, which captured #1 on Top 40.

Khalid’s second album, Free Spirit, debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and included 2 more top 10 hits ‘Better’ and ‘Talk’. ‘Talk’ was nominated for Record of the Year at the 62nd Grammy Awards and ranked 29th on Billboard’s 100 Best Songs of 2019 list.

We are delighted to welcome the talented Khalid to Splendour XR and can’t wait to see what he has in store!

Chvrches

Chvrches

CHVRCHES emerged with their 2013 breakthrough album The Bones Of What You Believe, peaking at #9 (UK), 12 (US) and #13 (AUS), entering the coveted BBC Sound Of list, and making their debut TV performances on Jimmy Fallon and Jools Holland. In 2015, they self-produced their second album, Every Open Eye, peaking at #4 (UK), #8 (US) and #3 (AUS), before releasing a new version of their single ‘Bury It’ featuring Paramore’s Hayley Williams. In 2018, CHVRCHES worked with GRAMMY Producer Of The Year, Greg Kurstin, on Love Is Dead, with additional collaboration from Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and Matt Berninger of The National. The album peaked at #7 (UK), #11 (US) and #7 (AUS). Since their breakthrough, CHVRCHES have received widespread critical acclaim, extensively toured around the world and appeared at Coachella, Glastonbury, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, SXSW and Summer Sonic to name just a few. Earlier this year, CHVRCHES returned with ‘He Said She Said’ and ‘How Not To Drown’ featuring Robert Smith of The Cure, alongside announcing their new album Screen Violence, recorded and self-produced remotely in lockdown, due August 27.

Charli-XCX

Charli XCX

Charli XCX is a singer, songwriter and multi-faceted creative with an entrepreneurial spirit that has seen her create her own lane as a modern day pop artist. Her work has influenced wider popular culture and the music industry to set a new example in artistic output. Charli won the Variety Hitmakers award for ‘Innovator of Pop’ and was Mercury Prize ‘Album of the Year’ shortlisted for the release of her album ‘how I’m feeling now’ which she created from scratch in five weeks from home during the COVID-19 lockdown last year.

Denzel_Curry

Denzel Curry

On stage, rapper Denzel Curry can conjure the energy of a stage-diving punk singer, but as he’s matured as an artist, he’s lept into sonic versatility and an indomitable drive to be as unpredictable as possible. It’s a delicate balancing act, but the artist born in Carol City, Florida, in 1995 has diversified his delivery and style with each subsequent effort since his first mixtape, King Remembered Underground Tape 1991–1995, in 2011. “I found a way to be crazy and stable at the same time,” Curry told Apple Music about those early days, both solo and as a novice member of the seminal South Florida group, Raider Klan. Though the group disbanded in 2013, Curry is still indebted to the role elders like SpaceGhostPurrp played in his development. “Raider Klan had to exist. In that short period of time, we had a huge impact on the next generation. We see it every day,” Curry added. After the breakup, Curry began making noise on the internet with elevated raps and a penchant for inimitable flow patterns. His breakthrough album, 2016’s Imperial, included “Ult,” which introduced a wider audience to Curry’s trademark military-style drumming. He expanded upon his percussive delivery on albums like TA13OO and ZUU, both from 2019, which showcased his versatile songwriting and ability to move from classic-era, head-nodding beats to synth-heavy jams highlighted by his nimble singing voice. Once married to a particular way of approaching rap, Curry has since emerged as the genre’s hardest-working chameleon.

Vance Joy

Vance Joy

One of Australia’s finest contemporary singer-songwriters, Vance Joy has two #1 Australian albums to his name, 2014’s dream your life away and 2018’s Nation of Two. He has been the recipient of two ARIA awards (Best Male and Best Adult Contemporary Album) and nine of his songs are now ARIA-certified platinum or multi-platinum, including his breakout single ‘Riptide’, which is currently 12x platinum.

With over 3.1 billion streams to his name, Vance Joy’s story is equally as impressive globally. Nation of Two cracked the Top 10 of Billboard’s ‘200’ Albums Chart on release and was #2 in Canada. His songs have topped the Alt Radio and Triple A Charts in the US time and time again, and in a pre-COVID era he graced a swag of UK and US TV shows including Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Seth Myers, Jools Holland, The Today Show and Good Morning America.

His affable charm and unassuming talent have won hearts around the map and saw him perform 83 dates on his Nation of Two Tour, with performances at dream venues including Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, Budweiser Stage in Toronto and Rod Laver Arena in his hometown of Melbourne. He has played festivals including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Splendour in the Grass and also toured stadiums around the world in direct support of pop powerhouses Taylor Swift and P!NK.

Vance Joy’s new single ‘Missing Piece’ is the glowing next instalment of his story and the first taste of much more music to come.

Duke Dumont

So unassuming is Adam George Dyment aka Duke Dumont, that it’s easy to forget he played one of the most pivotal roles in making UK deep house the thundering global juggernaut it is today. Simultaneously dropping #1 hits across the last decade like ‘Need U (100%)’, ‘I Got U’ and ‘Ocean Drive’, whilst pumping out tracks that permeated underground club scenes. He’s continually shifting the lines and redefining the realms of UK dance and pop. His performances are pulsating, emotional journeys. But, at the end of the day, the show would be nothing if the source material wasn’t strong enough, and that’s where Dumont excels.

With an untouchable back catalogue of originals and new album, Duality, under his belt, Duke Dumont’s Splendour XR set is sure to be an addictive mix of sonic exploration. Get ready!

Grimes Metaverse (Super Beta)

The voices in Grimes’ head (the art angels from whom all of her creative visions are bestowed) – have formed an Ai Girl Group. As technology improves so will they, but beta version will now be testing in public!  Splendour XR will be the first testing.

Of Monsters and Men

Of Monsters and Men

OF MONSTERS AND MEN went from the talk of Iceland to the top of the global conversation on their 2011 debut, My Head Is An Animal. Not only did the record go platinum, but it also produced an international smash in the form of “Little Talks.” The breakthrough single earned a quintuple-platinum certification from the RIAA, made history as “the first song by an Icelandic band to cross 1 billion streams on Spotify,” and landed the band a performance on Saturday Night Live. The group appeared on official soundtracks for franchises such as The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, and Beat Bugs, to name a few. In addition to performing at festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, Firefly, and beyond, they supported Florence + the Machine on a high-profile arena tour. In the midst of this rapid rise, 2015’s Beneath The Skin bowed in the Top 3 of the Billboard Top 200 and the band starred in an episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones in the same year. In 2019, the group welcomed listeners into the embrace of their critically acclaimed third full-length album, FEVER DREAM. Not only did the record tally 80 million-plus total streams to date, but it also attracted acclaim from Billboard to NPR.

The Avalanches

Since their ground-breaking debut, Since I Left You in 2000, The Avalanches have remained at the top as one of Australia’s most distinctive and influential acts. The record quickly became recognised as a modern classic and was named one of the year’s best albums by critics around the world, it was placed in the Top 10 of Pitchfork’s Top 200 Albums of the 2000s and in the Top 20 of Rolling Stone’s Greatest EDM Albums of All Time.

Although not released for 16 years after their debut, the act’s sophomore album, Wildflower, was also released upon the world with a bang! Debuting at No.1 on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart and atop the Australian Albums chart in 2016, the record earned six ARIA Award nominations and international acclaim.

The Avalanches third album, We Will Always Love You, follows this trajectory. Released in December, the album was described as “A vibrant cosmic journey like no other, and a love letter to the unifying power of music” by NME and took out the prestigious 2020 Australian Music Prize.

Sampling remains at the core of the latest release but this time with more living guests than ever. Featuring MGMT, Rivers Cuomo, Denzel Curry, Johnny Marr, Neneh Cherry, Perry Farrell, Karen O, Mick Jones, Sampa the Great, Tricky, Kurt Vile, Blood Orange and more, the album drips with melody and feels like a reunion of old friends – mellow, warm, all hugs and nostalgic stories.

Get ready for goosebumps when The Avalanches play Splendour XR!

2MANYDJS LIVE

Soulwax’s famed Dewaele brothers are preparing something special for Splendour XR. Renowned for their ability to turn impossible genre clashes into magnificent mixes, 2manydjs hugely influential ‘As Heard on Radio Soulwax’ series started a mash-up movement and led them to work with the likes of Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem and Daft Punk. 2manydjs ‘Under the covers’ LIVE show sees them using their magic mixing skills across both audio and animated visuals that have been created specifically for each track and based on the record’s artwork. Add 2manydjs LIVE to your watch list!
Tash Sultana

Tash Sultana

Tash Sultana, the gender fluid multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer and engineer, has been dubbed one of the hardest working music exports in Australia. From a viral bedroom recording of ‘Jungle’ and street-stopping busking performances in Melbourne, to setting attendance records on non-stop, sold out global tours, Tash’s accolades rush in faster than there is time to count them.

Tash’s second album Terra Firma arrives four years after ARIA-winning #2 debut album Flow State – which spawned the 2x Platinum single ‘Jungle’ and the Platinum-selling single ‘Mystik’. Written and recorded over a full year, Terra Firma saw Tash in full flight as they recorded, engineered, performed, arranged, and produced the album themselves.

From the expansive ‘Coma’ and evocative ‘Greed’ to the intuitive ‘Beyond The Pine’, Tash adds to their trademark looped and layered jams with a dazzling patchwork of soul, funk, R&B, folk, rock, hip-hop – you name it. The result is Tash’s most ambitious triumph to date.
Terra Firma is recognisably Tash Sultana, but its lyricism delves deeper, its impact more nuanced. While Terra Firma still cements the oft-used description of a “one person band”, the record hosts a first for Tash Sultana with four carefully chosen co-writers and close friends brought in for just a handful of songs: Matt Corby, Dann Hume, Jerome Farah and Josh Cashman.

As a cohesive collection, Terra Firma is Tash Sultana on full display. Each track opens a new door into the mind of Tash, whose musical integrity and confessional poetry soar on the wings of that octave-vaulting voice.

Kaytranada

Kaytranada

Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer Louis Kevin Celestin AKA Kaytranada, (stylized as KAYTRANADA, shortened as KAYTRA), began his career under the alias Kaytradamus in 2010. In December 2014 he signed an exclusive recording agreement with XL Recordings, releasing his stunning debut album, 99.9% in May 2016. The album melds slinky rhythms with irresistible bass grooves and a generous does of soul, and includes a raft of guests including GoldLink, AlunaGeorge, Syd tha Kyd, Anderson .Paak, and Vic Mensa among others.

In 2019 Kaytranada released Bubba, a departure from his debut, a unique blend of neo-soul, hip-hop, afrobeat and more in a dance style the artist simply described as “funky”. BUBBA is also jam-packed with illustrious features such as Pharrell Williams, Kali Uchis, Estelle, GoldLink and more.

Whether you’re watching Splendour XR solo from your loungeroom, or at a party with your mates, Kaytranada will have you dancing!

Jungle

Jungle

Mercury nominated, British producer duo, Jungle, return in 2021 with a brand new album ‘Loving In Stereo’ on August 13th.

2021 heralds a new era for Jungle – the duo spent the past year locked in a studio and have emerged, delivering a dance-floor record for the summer and beyond, with a life-affirming celebration of all the things that make music joyful.

It is also the first time Jungle have worked with other vocalists, Tamil-Swiss Priya Ragu and US rapper Bas both feature on the new album.

Jungle are world builders, two creative directors at the helm of an art project.  Choreography lies at the heart of Jungle’s universe and this can be seen in every video they have ever made including their latest release ‘Keep Moving’.

In their career to date, Jungle have gone from selling-out London’s 10,000 capacity Alexandra Palace to filling the Hollywood Palladium some 9,000 kilometres from home. They’ve performed multiple continents, headlining shows from Sydney to Moscow, while also winning new fans at festivals such as Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza.

There’s no doubt that Jungle will have you dancing when they play Splendour XR!

Masked Wolf

Masked Wolf

Transforming from a mild-mannered man by day into an unrestrained beast in the studio, Masked Wolf (aka, Harry Michael) has unassumingly established himself as a powerful, passionate, and primal hip-hop force. After graduating from school, the Sydney, Australia native tirelessly worked in sales to fund recording. He even took out a loan to build a home studio as he cut hundreds of songs and logged thousands of hours in the lab. In 2018, he dropped his independent debut “Speed Racer.” It gathered millions of streams and turned heads across Australia. Following “Night Rider” and “Water Walkin,” he unveiled “Astronaut in the Ocean.” Awash in airy guitar, jagged 808s, neon keys, and deft wordplay, he submerged himself in honest lyricism, facing depression head-on. That one-two-punch of a recognizable riff and chantable chorus organically caught fire online. It quickly incited 350,000-plus Tik Tok videos, spanning everything from footage of U.S. military Blackhawk chopper crews to welders and ice fisherman (far from your typical Tik Tok fare!). Meanwhile, Kansas City Chief Super Bowl champ quarterback Patrick Mahomes even incorporated the tune into an Instagram post, fueling its explosion in early 2021. Amassing streams in the hundreds of millions and counting , the buzzing rapper and singer unleashes a torrent of personal truths and emotions on his 2021 debut for Elektra Records and more to come.

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Russ Millions

Shylo Batchelor Ashby Milwood (born 20 March 1996) known professionally as Russ Millions, is a British rapper and songwriter. In December 2018 he released his single “Gun Lean” on Virgin Records. The track peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the first UK drill track to reach the top 10.

The dance that Russ performs in the music video became a “dance craze” and was mimicked by footballers including Jesse Lingard. It was ranked by The Guardian at number 10 on their list of “greatest pop music dance crazes”.

In April 2019 his follow-up single “Keisha & Becky” with Tion Wayne entered the UK Singles Chart at number 19, and later peaked at number seven. The song later became BPI platinum-certified.

Russ Millions and Tion Wayne released “Body” through GDS and Atlantic Records (Warner) on 25 March 2021. The song was produced by Gotcha and promoted with a TikTok dance challenge, as well as a remix released in April 2021 featuring Bugzy Malone, Fivio Foreign, Darkoo, Buni, ArrDee, E1 and ZT. “Body” reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.

The track was named one of the “14 Songs that Give Us Hope for the Future” by the staff of Vice magazine, with writer Ryan Bassil commenting that another collaboration between the pair was “always going to be good” after “Keisha & Becky”. Bassil also called the track a “400-degree rap collab” with “several petrol stations’ worth of gasoline-soaked bars”.

BAND OF HORSES

Band of Horses

Beginning with their first LP, the RIAA gold certified Everything All The Time, Band of Horses have positioned themselves as a mainstay for more than a decade with 5 studio albums in total, including Grammy nominated Infinite Arms, Mirage Rock, and most recently, Why Are You Ok? executive produced by the illustrious Rick Rubin.

Formed and led by singer and songwriter Ben Bridwell, the South Carolina based band have given us a multitude of much loved singles, including “The Funeral” and “No One’s Gonna Love You”, and have played globe spanning headline tours as well as shows with greats like Pearl Jam and Neil Young.

The band’s sixth LP is due out this year, produced in large part by Bridwell himself, and in anticipation of its release, the band are playing several US festivals including ACL Festival, Firefly and Lollapalooza.

We can’t wait to see what Band of Horses have in store when they play Splendour XR!

Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers

“Yesterday, Tomorrow.”

The house is exactly what you’d expect: practically a studio apartment except it stands on its own, draped in honeysuckle and Dutchman’s pipe; a yard of dune sedge and stone. Her dog is buried in the garden along the eastern wall; sometimes, she wonders if the ground will bloom half-a-dozen of him under a certain kind of moon. In the morning the light creeps sideways through the windows and lights her up from the chest down, her head nestled in the shadow. Sometimes she finds herself playing guitar before she has left sleep. Her hands strum but her mind is still dreaming. (It’s her birthday, she’s at the movies, the screen is a tidal wave, someone touches her leg, she wakes up with her fingers tangled in the strings and the kettle whistling.)

The house is haunted. It should go without saying, but it should be said anyway. The house is haunted, but no one knows anything about the ghost or how it messes with you, except for the fact that every time she goes away (to Texas, to Memphis, to Graceland, to Germany) she always ends up coming home again. It’s the strangest kind of haunting. Everyone calls it, the house, the House of Punishment—more than one mistaken citizen has turned up looking for a similarly-named erotic dungeon on the other side of town—but the name is misleading. It is not a house where someone was punished, or a house where someone might be punished, but a house that replaces punishment; instead of feeling guilt or regret you must play quietly in any corner, and eventually the emotion will resolve itself.

Inside, every door frame is notched: the respective growths of former tenants, friends. On one of them, a place where—deep in her cups—she’d measured her height as a full five inches taller than normal; only the next morning did she realize, cotton-mouthed, that she’d been standing on her toes when she’d slid the pencil over the apex of her skull. There had been a Murphy bed once, she was certain, and sometimes when she was very, very tired she would imagine her bed, which was not a Murphy bed, snapping her up into the wall. Next to her bed, in her nightstand drawer, lived the following things: crumpled receipts, red yarn, eight dollars, a white lighter, two undeveloped film cameras, Grether’s Pastilles in their old-timey tin, fistfuls of birthday cards with the shimmer worn off, a pocket-sized copy of the constitution, a pocket knife, a pair of swimming goggles, a pair of recording headphones, shoelaces twisted into a Gordian knot, an unpaid parking ticket, a strip of Peanuts Halloween stickers, an MRI request form from when she sprained her finger, colloidal silver (someone told her it would cure her cold; someone else told her it would give her Argyria), a map of Kyoto (she’d gotten bored at the temple), incense, her first fan letter (she promised herself she’d respond; she never did), a bunch of bolts, a plastic doll’s hand, doggie bags (he’d died over a year ago), an unopened Replacements cassette, an unopened 23 & Me kit, an unopened fortune cookie, unopened pepper spray she doesn’t trust herself to take out of the packaging. In a fake book on her desk—pleather-bound and conspicuously absent a title—she collects her used boarding passes, old concert tickets, disconnected wristbands. It doesn’t escape her notice that she can’t throw anything away, that objects remain unopened, unresolved, untangled, unconsumed. She is always in the middle. She is never at the end of anything.

She lives near a hospital. All night, she hears sirens, imagines the people being transported to and fro, their bodies speeding along in the back of ambulances and their spirit trying to catch up. She makes jokes. “If I wake up, someone better be dying,” she says, until one night she wakes up and feels it: someone’s essence slipping past her on the way to somewhere else. After that, she thinks about the hospital as a metaphor, and considers the many ailments the metaphorical hospital could cure, the many symptoms it could treat: Imposter syndrome. Cabin fever. Foot-in-mouth disease. Word vomit.

She invites her friends—that is to say, her family—over for dinner. She has this one friend whose dad was really obsessed with blood—blood as in family, not the interesting kind of blood—and how it was thicker than water (ew), and then one day her friend looked up the actual expression and it was, The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. Shit, right? Anyway, she makes a green bean casserole, which is demolished in short order, and hot rolls. Someone kills a pint of ice cream she’s been saving. Someone else drinks a beer so hard it sputters, erupts. Someone else sits in the corner playing cat’s cradle, waiting to feel the guilt lift from their sternum.

After that, the coven of her covenant goes out beneath the new moon; they journal and play Bright Eyes and Britney Spears and act out María Irene Fornés’ plays and eat peaches. They lie on the grass and the stone and talk about the skies they were born under. They don’t believe, really, that it makes a difference, but it’s nice to think about. After all, everyone knows the world is ending. They’ve been told as much, and they can see it in the streets, and they know the world is irreparably fucked, but most importantly they feel it among themselves; they know this goodness cannot last forever.

She sits near them. They are together but at the same time they are alone, as we all are. Someone has put a braid into her hair; she’s left toothmarks on someone else. Something moves through the empty house, less the ghost than the breath of the ghost. She tells her friends: “I’m not afraid to disappear.” Someone laughs. Then, someone else opens their mouth, and something else climbs out.

Carmen Maria Machado, March 2020

 

Little Simz

Little Simz

With Mercury and Mobo nominations, Ivor Novello and NME Awards, a critically garlanded music career and a starring role in Top Boy, one of the most talked about Netflix reboots under her belt, Little Simz has undoubtedly had a meteoric few years, coming a long way from her start handing out mixtapes in the school playground. There’s no question she was always poised for success though; she has always been an artist – wildly ambitious, fiercely talented and devoted to her work – for as long as she can remember. But it wasn’t until she started marking her new album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, on the verge of her twenty-sixth birthday, that she realised the toll that success was taking on her personal life. “I decided to go out to LA and do some sessions. I wanted to open a fresh notebook and analyse this part of my life; I didn’t find the writing experience easy, I went to depths that are really uncomfortable” she admits. “I pushed my pen, I really challenged myself”.

The result is her most cathartic and ambitious record yet, a coruscating journey into the heart of what it means to be alive in these tumultuous times, and one which looks set to neatly cement her position as one of the most potent and vital young talents around today.

Black Pumas

Black Pumas

The trajectory of Austin-based band Black Pumas has seen a phenomenal rise since the duo formed in 2017. Grammy-winning producer and guitarist Adrian Quesada was introduced to Eric Burton, a powerhouse songwriter and street performer, by a mutual friend. The two musicians connected and the first day they got together in the studio, they recorded what would become the Black Pumas’ first two singles, “Black Moon Rising” and “Fire.” 2019 saw the band selling out tours in the US, EU, and UK and receiving a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. The following year, their critically acclaimed self-titled debut for ATO Records was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammys, and its lead single “Colors,” which has surpassed 150 million streams, was nominated for Record of the Year. From their incredible appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Good Morning America, and more, to their Emerging Act of the Year win at the 2020 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards and their moving performance at the 2021 Biden-Harris Inauguration, Black Pumas have had an explosive year and it’s about to get even bigger when they play Splendour XR!

Aurora

Aurora

Norwegian artist AURORA’s star shines as bright as the astronomical phenomenon for which she is named. Her first three studio albums focused in on issues like global capitalism, the environmental crisis and what it means to be a human amid it all. In stark, angular pop she debated with herself, urged us to stand up for ourselves and each other, and gave us mantras to chant like “You cannot eat money”.

In May 2020 AURORA released “Exist For Love”, her first love song, which was made during the Covid lockdown. It marked a new era for the artist and a glimpse of new music to come. For the first time, AURORA is ready to share her inner self with us.

Earlier this year she also released two compilation EPs to mark her hit track “Runaway” hitting 100M streams on Spotify (it has since exceeded 250M), For the Humans Who Take Long Walks in the Forest and Music for the Fellow Witches Out There.

She has played a long list of top tier festivals around the globe including Glastonbury, Coachella, Roskilde, Governor’s Ball to name just a few, and in 2020 also joined a select club of artist’s who have performed at the Oscars. We’re thrilled to welcome AURORA to Splendour XR!

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What So Not

2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of What So Not. For Chris Emerson, the creative at the heart of the project, it is a time of realization and research, rethinking and renewal. It would be easy for the Australian producer and DJ to stay sequestered in What So Not’s significant accomplishments, not the least of which are surpassing one billion global streams and collecting Gold Plaques. Instead, Emerson scaled back his touring to get re-centered as a person and refreshed as an artist. He immersed himself in an artist community, absorbing a variety of creative stimuli and exploring new ways of expressing himself. The first decade of What So Not revolved around high-profile collaborations, headlining tours and major festivals across the globe, not to mention creative artistic achievements. The second decade of What So Not starts with reflection and revitalization, and new innovations from the ever-shifting Emerson.

Skegss

Hot off the release of their massive sophomore album, Rehearsal, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Charts, Byron Bay trio Skegss are ready to take you on a thrill ride through their sun-kissed garage rock. Skegss are on the cusp of world domination with their riotous sound that has sparked circle pits and stage dives the world over. Don’t miss it when they bring their raucous live show to a screen near you for Splendour XR!
Hot Dub Time Machine

Hot Dub Time Machine

Since first launching his time-travelling, ‘dance-through-the-decades’ audio-visual party concept in 2011, Sydney’s Tom Loud has grown his project into an absolute monster.

This Australian DJ has been welcomed by international audiences with open arms; with a phenomenal 200K tickets already sold worldwide. He’s floored crowds at Coachella, is an annual best-seller at the highly competitive Edinburgh Fringe Festival – performing two of the biggest shows to take place in the Fringe’s entire history. He’s blitzed the festival circuit back home in Australia, headlining Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival and more multiple times over, and has sold-out back-to-back Australian headline tours.

The key success of Hot Dub’s show is hinged on its widespread appeal –  Hot Dub showcases songs from every decade and genre of music – 60s rock, 70s disco, 80s cheese, 90s house, noughties electro, 2017’s radio hits – and winds and weaves it into one expansive, electrifying, music history lesson. Each song is played in chronological order – mixed live on turntables –  and complemented with archival concert footage / music videos on massive screens (narrated by a virtual spaceship air hostess), led by Hot Dub’s own rapturous MCing and hugely animated antics.

Hot Dub Time Machine consistently delivers stellar live performances that are near impossible not to enjoy. He pinpoints the happiest moments of your partying days past, and re-creates those moments to perfection for you all over again. His party is forever entertaining, and will surely go on for years to come.

Millennium_Parade

millennium parade

millennium parade is a creative collective, which is is an energetic and inspiring group, composed of artists from various creative fields including musicians, a film director, visual effects artist, designer, illustrator and so on. It’s organized by Daiki Tsuneta, a producer and songwriter based in Tokyo, Japan.

Their concept is inspired by “Hyakki Yakō” – “The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons”, deriving from centuries old Japanese folklore. The ‘night parade’ saw supernatural creatures roam the streets causing utter pandemonium throughout Japan. This chaos and mystery underlies the group’s collective vision to present Tokyo’s new values to the rest of the world.

Their song ‘Fly with me’, was the main theme song for world famous Japanese animation ‘Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045’ and it was remixed by the renowned Steve Aoki. Despite being a relatively new and curiously mysterious group, they have already collaborated with DIOR and most recently adidas, for whom Tsuneta was recently named a GlobalAmbassador.

The chaos will continue with their debut album, now available.

The Jungle Giants

With well over 325 million streams worldwide and growing, The Jungle Giants are fast becoming an unstoppable force. Known for delivering explosive high-energy live performances, the band include all-rounder Sam Hales (vocalist/guitarist/songwriter/producer), lead guitarist Cesira Aitken, bassist Andrew Dooris and drummer Keelan Bijker.

Kicking off 2021 with a bang, The Jungle Giants placed #8 in the Triple J Hottest 100 for the second year in a row, with fan-favourite ‘Sending Me Ur Loving’. Their most recent single ‘In Her Eyes’ also took out spot #89.

Despite its challenges, 2020 was a big year for the band. Starting in January, The Jungle Giants completed a world tour, winning over fans in the United States, Mexico, Japan, UK, Netherlands and France. In fortunate timing, their tour ended in mid-March just before the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world. With subsequent touring cancelled, Sam bunkered down in the band’s production room in Melbourne and spent the remaining year writing and recording The Jungle Giants’ upcoming fourth album due later in 2021.

Regarded as Australian indie rock royalty, The Jungle Giants keep going from strength to strength, with recent wins including racking up ARIA-certified Platinum singles in ‘Feel The Way I Do’, ‘Used To Be In Love’ and ‘Heavy Hearted’; as well as taking home the fiercely competitive Queensland Music Award in 2020 for ‘Song of the Year’. With headline festival performances under their belt and a rapidly growing international fan base, The Jungle Giants have cemented themselves as one of the biggest independent acts in Australia.

Ocean Alley

Ocean Alley

Australia’s beloved psychedelic-surf-rockers Ocean Alley have spent the past decade creating a unique lane for themselves as a proudly independent band; their vision and sound guided solely by their instinct and passion.

2020 saw the band debut at #3 on the ARIA Album Chart with their critically acclaimed, ARIA-nominated third album Lonely Diamond, garnering four-star reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone and NME. It follows the success of 2018’s breakthrough Chiaroscuro which saw the six-piece propelled into national prominence with their double platinum-selling single ‘Confidence’ that took out #1 in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2018.

Despite sold out international tours and major festival appearances including Reading & Leeds (UK), Splendour In The Grass (AUS) and Sziget (HU) under their belt, plus more than 400 million catalogue streams worldwide, they are still constantly pushing their own boundaries and defying expectations of what their music can be.

Vera Blue

The metamorphosis of gifted folk singer/songwriter Celia Pavey into the electro pop powerhouse Vera Blue has been as visually electrifying as it has musically scintillating.

It began with the release of the critically lauded EP “Fingertips” and its achingly ethereal breakthrough platinum single HOLD. Musically, the track fuses Pavey’s raw lyrical insights and captivating vocals with elegant, hypnotic electronica.

The rapturously received debut album “Perennial” came next; along with that dance-inducing, double platinum single REGULAR TOUCH – and its far more cinematic visual direction. The album saw Vera Blue play 5 completely sold out Australian tours, European/UK and USA dates, and multiple festivals including Lollapalooza and Splendour in the Grass.

The blinding success of “Perennial” was followed by the globally penetrating Flume collab “Rushing Back” (#2 on Triple J’s Hottest 100); and two chart topping post album singles. The breezily melodic ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS scales down the electronica and turns up the folk-pop; while THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME moved back towards electronic grunge and showed us how sometimes love can be taken advantage of.

Which brings us to the next exhilarating chapter in the Vera Blue Odyssey, and the 2020 single – called LIE TO ME. If the tracks on “Perennial” were written in the ashes of a devastating break up, then LIE TO ME is Pavey losing her mind at the other end of the romantic spectrum – falling IN love. Don’t miss it when Vera Blue plays Splendour XR!

Pink Sweat$

Pink Sweat$

Pink Sweat$ is an artist/songwriter/producer from Philadelphia, PA. Pink’s music is rooted in R&B and Soul, stripping back the typical genre-specific production to showcase melodic intricacy and lyrical prowess. He began making music at the age of 19 as a demo vocalist, and soon after found himself working at the legendary Sigma Sounds Studios where he began his career as a songwriter. After 7 years of working behind the scenes, Pink Sweat$ launched as a solo artist in July of 2018. The rapid rise of his debut EP Volume 1 has earned him recognition from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Fader.

Client_Liaison

Client Liaison

Given their shared appreciation for storytelling and dignified belief in the Australian identity, Harvey Miller and Monte Morgan naturally found themselves writing music together. From the studio to the top end of town, Client Liaison’s sound plays out like a long lunch followed by a round of cocktails. Describing their sonic palate as ‘dance electric’, ‘new jack swing’ and ‘pop ballad’, this multisensory experience will feed any listeners’ appetite. International in flavour, cosmopolitan in style – put it on the company card. Too much is never enough. Think nothing. Feel everything. Pleasure is good. Fantasy is truth. Experience Client Liaison.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizzard

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s sense of unfettered sonic exploration makes it easy to mistake them for a long-forgotten relic of the psych explosion of the ’60s. With a far-out sound that, at times, feels barely held together, King Gizzard evoke the eclectic rock experimentation of Frank Zappa’s early work with the Mothers of Invention, the anything-goes feeling of the Flaming Lips, and the demented glee of a random, obscure ’60s group plucked from a Pebbles compilation as they follow their musical flights of fancy wherever they might lead. King Gizzard’s prolific nature led them to release albums at a frenetic pace, and their intense desire to seek out new sounds and follow new paths — from expansive jazz-rock (2015’s Quarters) to semi-acoustic ballads (the same year’s Paper Mâché Dream Balloon), and from sci-fi prog (2017’s Murder of the Universe) to trippy garage rock (2014’s I’m in Your Mind Fuzz) — meant that every one of their multitude of releases sounded different from the last, and each one was worth checking out. Some of their albums, especially Nonagon Infinity from 2016, stand shoulder to shoulder with the best psychedelic rock ever made and even their most daring moves — like releasing a death metal concept album with 2019’s Infest the Rats Nest — land like a knockout punch.

 

Griff

Griff

19-year-old Griff has successfully created her own world from scratch – and now she’s ready to let the rest of the world in. Griff’s ‘Mirror Talk’ EP was released to widespread acclaim in 2019. In 2020 she released two hugely acclaimed singles, ‘Forgive Myself’ (complete with a video shot at home on her iPhone), and ‘Say It Again’, before being nominated for an Ivor Novello Award (their first Rising Star category).

Griff closed out 2020 with more pinch-yourself moments. She took over the Tate Modern for her second ever London show, framing the singer, producer, DIY fashion designer and future-pop-star as the world-class talent that she is. Griff was then unveiled as the voice behind Disney’s first Christmas ad campaign, marking its 40-year partnership with children’s charity Make-A-Wish®, which featured specially-recorded track, ‘Love Is A Compass’.

Griff began 2021 in the top 5 of the BBC’s prestigious Sound of 2021 poll, was hailed by Taylor Swift on social media and dropped brand new single ‘Black Hole’.

Griff’s world is a fully-encompassing one, from producing tracks to designing sets and making her own clothes, it is a world that she is solely in charge of. Be a part of it at Splendour XR!

Sinead Harnett

Sinéad Harnett

Sinéad Harnett’s sophomore album Ready Is Always Too Late dropped May 2021 and is a reintroduction to Sinéad Harnett, the rising R&B icon we truly deserve. Her narrative has been a slow and steady progression of coming from nothing to someone whose name you’ll never forget. The gospel of Sinéad is vibrating on a higher level and while the rest of her story remains unwritten because we are all works in progress, this is only the beginning. “There’s not a huge amount of Thai representation in R&B and in a tasteful way I would like to introduce people a bit more to my roots,” she concludes. “You have to be authentic to be on the right path for yourself.”

Music has always been the most stable force in Sinéad’s life. It was a piano that became a cathartic outlet for her while growing up in North London and provided the therapeutic company that she so desperately craved from her separated parents. The daughter of a Thai mother and an Irish father, Sinéad has always been the archetype of a blended identity—it’s no surprise that her own music is a reflection of this melting pot as well. Powerhouses like Lauryn Hill and Tina Turner have always spoken to Sinéad on a deeper level, filling her head with the intense feelings embedded in the fabric of R&B and soul.

Don’t miss Sinéad beautiful sound when she takes the stage for Splendour XR!

Holly_Humberstone

Holly Humberstone

In less than a year, Holly Humberstone has become the most hotly-tipped artist and recently named in the prestigious BBC Sound of 2021 longlist. The 20-year-old singer-songwriter’s accolades are far reaching for an artist so young. From being chosen as Apple’s Up Next Artist following in the footsteps of Billie Eilish and BENEE, to performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and being one of VEVO DSCVR’s Artists To Watch 2021, the Grantham based artist’s rise is unstoppable. Holly’s critically acclaimed debut EP Falling Asleep at the Wheel has already amassed over 50 million streams and started life within the poetry books she was raised on, and later developed her signature sound and incredible storytelling.

Holly recently starred in ‘On The Run’, a 15-minute film which documents the story of her first body of work. Shot in a few takes in a paper mill in the Midlands, close to Holly’s hometown of Grantham, the camera follows Holly through a haunting performance that is both delicate, can-hear-a-pin-drop, to expansive, headline moments. With the script written by Holly herself, the 20-year-old singer’s home has been at the heart of her songwriting and visual collages, taking the viewer on a unique journey.

Pond

Pond

Originally formed in the turn of the 2010’s, as “a Royal Trux-cum-Cream power trio,” fronted by Nick Allbrook with Jay Watson and Joe Ryan, Pond added Jamie Terry shortly afterwards, with James Ireland later rounding out the irrepressible five-piece. Ever prolific, Pond boasts an impressive eight studio albums in their ever-expanding repertoire. 2019 was a milestone year for the one-of-a-kind collective with the release of their most critically acclaimed album to date, Tasmania. The LP debuted at #15 on the ARIA album chart and #2 on the AIR independent chart.

Pond possesses an ever-expanding performance resumé, having toured with Arctic Monkeys, MGMT and Flaming Lips. They have stunned at premiere musical festivals around the world including Glastonbury, Coachella, Primavera, Bonnaroo, Reading and Leeds, The Governors Ball, South by Southwest, St Jerome’s Laneway, Splendour in the Grass and more, and have sold out countless venues around the globe from New York’s Bowery Ballroom to Paris’ La Gaite Lyrique and London’s O2 Forum.

Pond’s next album ‘9’ is due out on Spinning Top Records/Secretly Distribution on October 1.

Tayla Parx

Tayla Parx

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and boundary breaker Tayla Parx reimagines genre, gender, feminism, popular music and the very definition of an artist. From the onset of her career, Parx has consistently shifted perspectives on stage as a performer, behind-the-scenes as a songwriter and on-screen as an actress in television, films and video games. In 2019, she was the first female songwriter to have three simultaneous top 10 songs—Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” and “thank u, next” and Panic! At The Disco’s “High Hopes”—in the Billboard Hot 100 since 2014. Parx notably penned a total of six tracks on Grande’s blockbuster album Positions, including “34+35” and “pov.” Not to mention co-writing the double-platinum track “Love Lies” for Khalid and Normani, Anderson .Paak’s “Tints” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), Dan and Shay’s “Glad you Exist,” Dua Lipa’s “It Ain’t’ Me” and four cuts off Janelle Monáe’s record Dirty Computer.

The music industry is quickly becoming TaylaMade and we can’t wait to see what she has in store for Splendour XR!

Spacey Jane

Spacey Jane

Pardon the pun, but it’s fair to say that Spacey Jane’s rise has been of the meteoric variety.

As all good bands do, Spacey Jane started off as a bunch of mates who liked making music in their family’s garage. Now, the four-piece Perth outfit bust out garage pop tunes and share stages with some of the world’s best. Catchy guitar riffs paired with laid-back, easy going melodies is their game, and they play it damn well as can be seen with their debut album Sunlight, where their massive track Booster Seat slid into the #2 spot in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2020.

We are thrilled to welcome Spacey Jane to Splendour XR!

Crooked Colours

Crooked Colours

Crooked Colours released their debut album ‘VERA’ in 2017, a record patiently constructed from a band determined to create a timeless debut following the early success of gold selling single ‘FLOW’. ‘VERA’ demonstrates diverse and layered productions from a breed proving themselves as one of Australia’s hottest rising acts in electronic music today. Hit singles ‘Flow’, ‘I Hope You Get It’ and ‘Come Back To You’ were picked up by radio stations and press around the world such as Radio 1, Eins Live, triple j, Sirius XM, Majestic Casual to name a few. To date the band has had over 50 million streams on their debut accompanied by award winning music videos for all previously released singles.

Their follow up album ‘LANGATA’ was released in 2019 to critical acclaim around the world. This record includes hit singles ‘I’ll Be There’, ‘Do It Like You’ & ‘Never Dance Alone’ featuring New Zealand pop royalty Ladyhawke. Locally it was featured on national broadcaster triple j and became a top 10 ARIA album propelling the band overseas seeing them perform at iconic festivals such as Bonnaroo, Firefly, Electric Forest, Life Is Beautiful & CRSSD to name a few. Crooked Colours have established themselves as one of the hottest rising acts with Vera. Now they are on track to become one of our biggest electronic exports with this superb sophomore release.

Methyl Ethel

Methyl Ethel

Methyl Ethel—the moniker of West Australian multi-hyphenate Jake Webb—makes music that draws from myriad influences and a history of new wave and indie rock, whilst sounding like its own thing entirely. Both familiar and alien, intimate and aloof, you never quite know what you’re in for, but the trip is bound to be enchanting.

Across three albums (2015’s Oh Inhuman Spectacle, 2017’s Everything Is Forgotten and 2019’s Triage) and three EPs (2014’s Teeth and Guts, 2020’s Hurts To Laugh), Webb has proven to be a prolific and masterful purveyor of eccentric alt-pop. Methyl Ethel has attracted two Australian Music Prize nominations, a top 5 Hottest 100 placement with the ARIA Platinum single Ubu, an ARIA Gold single (Twilight Driving) and an AIR Best Independent Album award (Everything Is Forgotten). Methyl Ethel’s latest offering, Neon Cheap, is Talking Heads by way of ELO with a dash of nu rave; once again illustrating Webb’s canny ability to create wholly addictive pop earworms.

Live, Methyl Ethel has appeared at internationally renowned festivals including CMJ, SXSW, Outside Lands, Levitation, Green Man, Field Day, Falls Festival, Splendour in the Grass and Laneway Festival, and sold out headline shows at some of Australia’s most prestigious venues.

Amyl & The Sniffers

Amyl & The Sniffers

Punk animals Amyl and The Sniffers have risen up from the sticky carpets of Melbourne’s underground music scene to storm the world stage. Renowned for their chaotic, ball-tearing live show, Dec Martens (guitar), Bryce Wilson (drums) and Gus Romer (bass) smash through the hooks at breakneck pace while “human firework” Amy Taylor lights up the stage — an exhilarating ride that routinely leaves fans covered in blood, sweat and saliva.

Released in May 2019, Amyl and The Sniffers’ self-titled debut album earned the band a spot on the BBC1 playlist plus rave reviews around the world. At home, the band scored Album of the Week on Double J, 3RRR and FBi radio, and hit the spot on the Australian vinyl chart, an ARIA Award for Best Rock Album, and a place on the Australian Music Prize shortlist. Internationally, the band became media darlings, with features appearing in publications as diverse as Thrasher, MOJO and The Guardian to Vogue, Vice and Flaunt. They capped off a stellar year in 2019 by winning the ARIA Award for Best Rock Album, cementing their status as one of Australia’s most exciting bands.
In 2021, Amyl and The Sniffers are roaring out of the long Covid winter, darker and wilder than ever. Recorded into lockdown, mixed by Nick Launay, their explosive new album will drop in September.

Brace yourself for what is set to be a huge performance when Amyl and the Sniffers play Splendour XR!

The Chats

The Chats

Formed in their mate’s shed on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast at age seventeen, The Chats represent everything that’s good about Australia: a rebel spirit, gallows humour and the endless hedonistic pursuit of A Bloody Good Time.

Don’t be mislead by The Chats dress-down image of mullets, shorts, sports tops, a sandals-and-socks combo and cheap sunnies. They are sharper than you think, and they write killer songs that hold their own in any era. When 2017 single ‘Smoko’ became a bona fide viral hit on Youtube, The Chats were propelled from their Queensland shed to almost overnight renown in all the right circles. Dave Grohl loved it so much he sent it to Josh Homme, who immediately booked the band to support Queens Of The Stone Age in Australia. Iggy Pop did the same when he played Melbourne.

In 2018, The Chats brought their ‘shed rock’ to the UK, where all shows sold out within a day and were immediately upgraded, including a memorable show at the Electric Ballroom, London, where they were joined onstage by Charlie Steen from Shame. Not bad considering the teenagers had never left Australia before.

The Chats released their debut album, High Risk Behaviour, in March 2020. The album debuted at No.5 on the ARIA Albums chart and features huge single ‘Pub Feed’, a song destined to take up residence in punk jukeboxes the world over.
We’re stoked to welcome The Chats to Splendour XR!

Wafia

Wafia

Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Wafia magnifies identifiable and idiosyncratic experiences in the form of alternative pop anthems. The gold-selling Netherlands-born Australia-based Iraqi-Syrian songstress relies on a keen sense of observation and sharp pen as she catalogs the world in real-time on her 2020 debut for Atlantic Records. Having kicked off her career with her 2014 debut single “Let Me Love You” and 2015 debut EP, XXIX, Wafia broke onto the mainstream with Louis The Child’s RIAA gold-certified smash, “Better Not” with subsequent praise from W, Idolator, Ladygunn, NPR, Wonderland, i-D, and more. Clocking nearly 300 million cumulative streams and earning the praise of The FADER and Refinery29, Wafia is keenly aware of her position in life and is committed to empowering marginalized communities, at home and abroad, and helping women of all shapes, sizes, and nationalities find themselves in her music. Art is personal to be sure, but Wafia firmly believes that gifts are meant to be shared and is passionate about sharing her gift with the world by creating an environment that says all are welcome here.

Her 2019 single “Hurts” with Louis The Child and Whethan bears that level of intimacy. Between dreamy synths and a delicate beat, her sweet delivery slips from understated verses into a strikingly soulful hook as she croons, “It hurts a little more, when you’re talking like that, every word you write back, if you really want me out the door.”

In the end, Wafia makes music you’ll treasure like an unforgettable memory.

Triple One

Sydney supergroup Triple One released their #1 ARIA Hip-Hop debut album, Panic Force, in 2020. Crowned the triple j Feature Album of the Week upon its release, Panic Force sees Triple One blending hip-hop, punk and pop in the group’s typically audacious style. Panic Force, along with Triple One’s previous releases, have earned Triple One a reputation as one of Australia’s most brazen and fearless groups.

Their sweat-drenched, intense live shows have seen them destroy stages including Falls Festival, Listen Out and Hidden, and their Splendour XR set promises even more chaos!

AViVA

AViVA

Moving to LA, Australian artist AViVA isn’t afraid of baring all in her music as she continues to explore the themes of control and isolation. AViVA describes her songs as being about the “Outsider experience” something clearly expressed in both her lyrics and the sonic palate of her catalogue. AViVA and her unique alt pop-rock emo sound has created a growing groundswell online, building a strong community of fans- her ‘Outsiders’. Since her debut single ‘GRRRLS’ in late 2017 her distinct sound and message has garnered the support of tastemakers globally on YouTube and Spotify.

Since then AViVA has amassed over 3 billion global streams. AViVA spent 2020 releasing new music and signing her debut novel to MacMillan publishing set for release October 2021.
Along with Splendour XR, AViVA will be touring Australia in November 2021 and Mad Cool Festival in Spain 2022.

Cat_&_Calmell

Cat & Calmell

Rising duo Cat & Calmell who first burst onto the scene in late 2020 with the anthemic ‘dumbshit’. They backed up the promise shown on their first release with ‘dramatic’; a brooding single with biting lyrics and an assured confident energy. Their playful breezy new single ‘jorge’ was written to immortalize the real life tale of the girls car breaking down on the way to a writing session and a kind stranger coming along to help, penned in collaboration with Lucy Pawws (Dua Lipa) and produced by NZ-based producer, Alex Wildwood (Broods).
Cat & Calmell have a rich history of performing together. Cat spent her childhood in China and moved to Sydney as a young teenager. Calmell was born and raised in Western Sydney. Stars aligned when the two met at an after-school program for developing artists. The music reflects their multi-faceted upbringings and their wide-ranging influences and sources of inspiration: Kali Uchis and The 1975 to Rihanna and T.S Eliot, Powerpuff Girls and Twitter memes.

The Snuts

The Snuts

Following a tense chart battle with Demi Lovato, The Snuts recently become the first Scottish band to achieve a UK Number 1 for 14 years with their debut album ‘W.L.’ – selling over 20,000 sales. The album encapsulates the band’s journey from four working class kids growing up with a dream in Whitburn, West Lothian, to becoming one of the UK’s most exciting and vital bands of the new decade.

A ferocious 2020 first saw the band land a top 15 album chart position with their debut Mixtape EP, a #1 spot on the UK vinyl chart, #1 in the Scottish album charts, an appearance and sync in a UK-wide multi-million-pound Strongbow ad campaign, FIFA21 soundtrack sync and over 30 million streams.

Featuring their Radio 1 playlisted single and love song for the ages, ‘Somebody Loves You’, a fresh take on fan and live favourite ‘Glasgow’, the hip-hop driven ‘Elephants’, the hauntingly heartfelt anthem ‘Always’ and main stage festival ready hymn, ‘All Your Friends’, the album has been entrancing critics all over. The Sunday Times labelled the record as “a sun-soaked singalong”, the Daily Star stating that “W.L will blow you away”, and the Daily Record declaring the band “Kings of Scotland”.

Adored up and down the country for their uninhibited, sweat-drenched live shows, the band head out on a UK & Ireland tour in autumn 2021, including 3 sold-out dream shows at Glasgow’s Barrowland.

We’re so excited to welcome The Snuts to Splendour XR in July!

King Stingray

King Stingray

King Stingray are a five piece from Yirrkala, North-East Arnhem Land. Formed by Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu (nephew of the late Dr M Yunupiŋu – Yothu Yindi frontman) and Roy Kellaway (son of Stu Kellaway – Yothu Yindi founding member and bass player), King Stingray blend ancient indigenous melodies with surf, indie and funk influences to create a genre of their own, Yolŋu surf-rock.

King Stingray is a story of lifelong friendship, of two cultures coming together. From toddlers in the Yothu Yindi tour entourage in the 90s, to fully fledged Yothu Yindi members today, Yirrŋa (current lead singer of Yothu Yindi) and Roy (current guitarist of Yothu Yindi and Emily Wurramara) have been playing and making music together for as long as they can remember. King Stingray seamlessly blends Yirrŋa’s timeless Yolŋu manikay vocals with Roy’s indie pop credentials (Mary Handsome, Django George).

Young multi-instrumentalist Dimathaya Burarrwanga joins the King Stingray line-up on drums and percussion, with Campbell Messer taking care of bass and back up vocals.

Determined to follow in the grand footsteps of their parents in Yothu Yindi, King Stingray are the new generation, celebrating indigenous culture and multiculturalism through music.

Band-Maid

Band-Maid

Band-Maid are an impossibly hard rocking, 5 piece, all-female Japanese rock band formed in 2013. Don’t let their aesthetics fool you, these five “maids” are highly skilled musicians and songwriters, and their hard hittingsound, shredding guitars, pounding drums and catchy hooks have been praised by fans and media around the world. A burgeoning fan base both domestic and international has seen Band-Maid sell out multiple dates in the US, UK and Europe, and scores of YouTube reaction videos from fans around the world blown away by the group’s level of virtuosity and musical chops. 2020 saw the release of full-length album “Unseen World, and 2021 will see the group make their Hollywood debut in Netflix film “Kate”, and the band continues to make strides on a global scale.

The_Southern_River_Band

The Southern River Band

In a world where starting a biography with ‘In a world where’ is common practice, The Southern River Band are apparently no different.

They say you’re only as good as your last, and whoever ‘they’ may be, they’re dead right. The Southern River Band epitomise everything about that statement. Be it a life changing live show, soundtrack-to-the-rest-of-your-life song, cinematic masterpiece video, anything, no, everything – They never fail to raise their own bar.

To quote another Australian icon – “Do yaself a favour”.

Ziggy_Ramo

Ziggy Ramo

When it comes to racialized discrimination and injustice, silence is violence – and that makes Sydney-based hip hop and freestyle artist Ziggy Ramo the roaring sound of peace. Raised in remote Arnhem Land and influenced by artists and activists from Yasiin Bey and Lauryn Hill to Charlie Perkins and Adam Goodes, Ziggy’s voice addresses the silenced injustices of Aboriginal Australia and other social issues, speaking truth to power and giving voice to the disenfranchised and dispossessed.
Released at the height of 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests, Black Thoughts articulated a powerful, compassionate perspective expressed through brilliant lyricism, a sense of spiritual renewal, and grooves that echoed Ziggy’s beloved, Golden Era of hip-hop. It was named Album of the Year at the SMAC Awards, while April 25 took home the prize for Song of the Year.
After striking up a friendship with Paul Kelly that has ranged from coffee conversations to creative collaborations, Paul handed over the original iconic song From Little Things Big Things Grow for Ziggy to rework and share his message through the release of Little Things in 2021.
With his livestream performance wowing audiences at the Sydney Opera House last year, Ziggy Ramo is one live act you don’t want to miss.

Gretta Ray

Gretta Ray

Following the release of Bigger Than Me / Readymade (Duology One) in March, Melbourne singer-songwriter Gretta Ray unveils the second double A-side single to be lifted from her debut album, Human / Passion (Duology Two). This is the second pairing of songs in her Duology series: songs drawn from the same thematic heart to find their own unique places in her expanding catalogue of deeply felt, lushly produced pop.

“Human and Passion are both very much songs about an intimate relationship,” Gretta says. “It’s been so interesting to write about this concept, one that I’ve unpacked in every possible way since I was much younger, and to feel as though my feelings surrounding it have grown up with me over the past few years.”

Gretta’s debut album Begin To Look Around, will be released on August 27th and is available to pre-order now – a wondrous and empowering coming of age record. It chronicles the journey of a young artist navigating the winding lanes of womanhood, romance, heartbreak, travel and friendship.

At just 18, Gretta famously won Triple J Unearthed High and the prestigious Vanda & Young Songwriting Award for her high-rotation hit, Drive. Two EPs, Elsewhere (2016) and Here and Now (2018) have taken her from Falls Festival and Splendour to her first shows in the UK and USA opening for artists such as Mumford & Sons, Gang of Youths, Lianne La Havas and James Bay.

Be a part of Gretta Ray’s magic when she performs for Splendour XR!

April Kerry

Byron Bay babe APRIL KERRY is the definition of Rave Queen. A slave to techno, April has taken her devilish grip upon the Australian festival scene and is creating big waves in the deepest darkest corners of the underground.

With a mind for dark & stormy sounds, specialising in techno & melodic, April’s sets aim to evoke a deep emotional connection with the listener, transporting them on a journey through the vast textures of techno. Through her dedication and passion to her craft she consistently surprising crowds with her immense, driving sets in contrast to her petite, warming energy.

April is rapidly establishing herself in the Australia’s electronic music scene with major festival appearances including Splendour In The Grass, Falls Music and Arts, Rabbits Eat Lettuce, Mushroom Valley, Happy Daze, Elements and Earth Frequency Festival and gracing the decks at club institutions such as Revolver Upstairs, Elsewhere and Locura Byron Bay.  APRIL KERRY is quickly cementing her position as one of Australia’s leading up and coming female techno artists.

It is not just a set to April, it is an overwhelming representation of how music makes us feel so connected & brings us immeasurable joy!

Hyponotech

Co-owner and content manager of Curated Audio and Addictech Records, HYPNOTECH has direct access to the upfront music of leading labels and artists in the international underground community. Focusing on booty warping bass heavy dancefloor transmissions, dedication to cultivating the finest in electronic music is obvious in every set.

With unlimited access to thousands of the world’s best labels, performances contain a broad palette and a diverse taste of the sounds of the future in combination with classics, original productions, remixes and collaborations. Becoming a fixture in the underground San Francisco circuit in 2000 and expanding from there to an international stage, HYPNOTECH has played an endless number of festivals, clubs, and underground renegades with his hi fidelity sound.

Specializing in musical journeys with a psychedelic edge, the commitment to presenting underground music to the global community is notorious, from peak time dancefloor insanity to ambient out of body experiences. Currently settling down for a moment in the hills of Byron Bay, he is one of the regular DJs you will hear at the majority of outdoor festivals in Australasia, with occasional returns to the US and strange sightings in the most bizarre parties you’ll find on planet earth, catch him while you can.

For undiluted holotropic audio transmissions you need to look no further.

Mama Quilla

If you are wanting someone that can put the FUN in funk, look no further than MAMA QUILLA.  She has been bringing an irresistible energy from bush parties to festivals for a quite a while now and has learned a thing or two about how to get your bootie shaking.  With her funky glitchy beats, MAMA QUILLA will be bringing the auricular pleasure.  Come have a boogie you funky monkeys!

Morgazmk

Known for her humble attitude and on-stage energy, MORGAZMK is an unforgettable act that makes you want more. Always entertaining, always vibrant, her sets feature her own productions and a selection of the world’s best.

After a release on German label, KP Recordings and now as part of 3rd Eye Productions, MORGAZMK is making waves, bringing tribal rhythms and beats that are infectiously groovy and danceable.  Having played numerous large-scale festivals all over Australia, inclusive of our largest, Splendour in the Grass, her influence keeps growing and growing.  By focusing in on supporting and sharing Australia’s indigenous culture through music with her label colleagues, plus bringing her own jazz styling to the table, MORGAZMK music is for all to enjoy.

With her EP ‘Kindness Is Sexy’ taking out #1 on Beatport Releases in 2019, you can be guaranteed of an incredible journey with her sets.  MORGAZMK brings an energy and passion to the stage that is irreplaceable.

Purple Hayes

Psytrance connoisseurs, bassline fanatics and lovers of music unfamiliar, dance on a floor hazed with dust, because purple is the new black.

PURPLE HAYES is Australia’s dark horse of progressive trance. A unique fusion of cheeky perks, darkened drive and inspired experimentalism, PURPLE HAYES is strongly establishing his status by forging a fresh twist on the global psytrance scene, collaborating with the world’s most current names including Durs, Talpa, Jacob, Dreamvibes and Audiophonic.

Incompatibly slick and boisterous live performances have seen Purple Hayes take on some of the most respected stages in the world including Splendour In The Grass, Earth Frequency, Subsonic Music Festival, all the way to Mexico’s Eclipse and Rounders festivals.

Skram

SKRAM keeps it dirty and dangerous. Driving techno drums, nostalgic rave textures, groovy percussion and deep basslines fuse together to create a heaving dance floor. SKRAM blurs the borders of house, techno and bass to create a truly unique experience, with each set a tailored reflection of the crowd and setting. Enter the void and become weightless.

SKRAM has showcased at festivals and events all over the grid, including Splendour in the Grass, Creamfields UK, Festival X, Rabbits Eat Lettuce, Elements Festival, Earth Frequency Festival, Jungle Love, Bohemian Beatfreaks and is a resident at The Met Brisbane.

Surge

SURGE is the Progressive Psytrance project by Levi Nott, which strives to deliver powerful basslines & deep melodies while maintaining a progressive sound and incorporating stunningly flawless psychedelic rhythm.  There is an enduring level of balance to his music, which really lets you sit back and enjoy the genre. With releases on internationally renowned labels including; Spin Twist, Blue Tunes, Prog On & Airglow, as well as performances at festivals throughout Europe, Asia & Australia, SURGE has quickly made a name for himself around the world.

Taya

Direct from the lush rainforest hinterlands of Byron Bay, TAYA. is one of the Australian electronic music scene’s brightest stars.

With releases on Yousef’s Circus Recordings, Gorgon City’s Realm Records, Doorly’s Reptile Dysfunction, and Stan Kolev & Matan Caspi’s Outta Limits, his formidable production prowess cannot be denied.

Add to this with DJ shows both across Australia and abroad, including at the ICONYC & Krafted showcase at Amsterdam Dance Event, Burning Man, Pikes in Ibiza, Twisted Frequency in New Zealand, Subculture in New Caledonia, and Jenja in Bali. While the mighty Aussie festivals appearances include Splendour In The Grass, Earth Frequency, Rabbits Eat Lettuce and Bohemian Beatfreaks, there is no doubt TAYA. is one of Australia’s hottest talents.

To top it off, TAYA. has seen support from world-class DJs and producers Carl Cox, Rufus Du Sol and Yousef, with the list ever-growing.  The best bit? Taya is one of the nicest, most passionate guys in show business and it shows, both behind the decks and in his diverse, forward-thinking production output.

Tetrameth

Sprawn from several ex-rock bands, and the after-effect of the digital age. TETRAMETH is the brainchild of producer and multi-instrumentalist, Peter Hayes, seasoned psychonaught and progressive pioneer.  Alongside his brother James (Shadow Fx), they’re responsible for their fair share of the original sound and movement now coined around the world as “Zenon-esque” and collaborating with their most recent project “Twisted Sibling”, Pete and James have headlined some of the largest music festivals around the globe.

In Australia, TETRAMETH, Twisted Sibling and Shadow Fx are a somewhat mandatory presence within the Australian progressive movement that shine through with originality.  In 2015 they launched label Weapon records which has become a prominent psy-progressive label representing a sound unto its own.

Peter is a graduate from the Conservatorium of Music and an accomplished multi-instrumentalist. Informed by an inspired musicality and influenced by a wide array of musical sources, he has a unique style that is experimental, progressive and steeped in paisley psychedelia. A frequency that is intended to augment the brain and refuel the soul, truly unrestricted by limitation or the conventions of genre, quite simply, TETRAMETH is a beast of its own.

SVETA

Born in the Soviet Union, on the run, Sound of Music style through Europe & eventually landing in her new home Australia, this Sydney DJ and producer is considered spinning royalty in her adopted country. Pioneering many club nights, she has worked every veritable corner of the scene — both above ground and below — to master a sound that is quintessentially Sveta.

The company this unique talent keeps is testament to her work and has seen her play alongside the likes of Carl Cox, Derrick Carter, The Presets, Frankie Knuckles, Honey Dijon, Green Velvet, Sneaky Sound System, The Presets, Andy Butler, Kim Ann Foxman, Kylie Minogue, Seth Troxler, Riton, Miss Kittin, Scissor Sisters, Boy George, David Morales, Deep Dish, John Digweed, Victor Calderone & K-Hand to name a few. Regularly on demand, Sveta continues to work the stage with both legendary and emerging DJs who share her passion for breaking new ground.

Staunch

Formed in 2011 by James Hayes (Shadow FX) and Algernon Renton (Mustard Tiger / Positive Thought). The project was aptly named STAUNCH; a bass heavy, funk laden mid-tempo breaks/ glitch hop project. Both artists stemming from progressive trance backgrounds and influenced by the Australian outdoor music scene’s shift toward glitch music, STAUNCH have forged a fresh, intricate and unique style.

Having played at all Australia’s major alternate electronic music festivals (Rainbow Serpent, Eclipse Festival, Maitreya and Earth Frequency) as well as multiple tours across the USA, Canada and Europe. Be sure to catch them as they bring their unique style of glitch to Splendour XR.

TROY BEMAN

TROY BEMAN has spent the last seven years honing his craft in some of Australia’s most notorious nightclubs, rounding out the set list alongside House and Techno royalty at the country’s greatest parties and clubs.

Troy kicked off his career at the peak of Sydney’s draconian lockout laws. A classically trained pianist from his school days, Troy has been heavily influenced by the soundtrack of his family’s eclectic taste from a young age.

His now signature sound is a blend of electro and techno, overlaid with unexpected acapellas and a stomping 808 House beat.

Alongside his gig as the music programmer and resident DJ at POOF DOOF in Sydney and Melbourne, he is also frequently spotted in the booth at Sneaky Sundays, Chinese Laundry, Deeper Than House, GoodBar, ivy, The Burdekin & The Civic Underground – Troy is also accustomed to playing in his spiritual home, Melbourne, to raging crowds within the holy sanctums of Revolver Upstairs, OneSixOne, Chasers and Pawn & Co. He was a curator for Arias Great Southern Nights movement and took the stage at the Mardi Gras Laneway party in 2018.

Sharing the stage with some of his biggest influences Troy is honoured to have supported HONEY DIJON, CAMELPHAT, BOY GEORGE, MIDLAND, JEREMY UNDERGROUND, K-HAND, RITON, PAUL MAC, CC:DISCO, SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM, SUNSHINE  as well as legendary house music vocalists BARBARA TUCKER and INAYA DAY.

DUTCH KISS & ATOMIC BLONDE

With music taste as eclectic as their fashion choices, Atomic Blonde and Dutch Kiss love mixing everything from driving house classics to up-to-the-minute techno stompers to get a crowd moving. When they’re not on the dance floor themselves, expect to find these club kids behind the decks at hotspots across Australia and beyond, blurring eras and genres to guarantee a great vibe.

CHARLIE VILLAS

Charlie Villas is one of Sydney’s favourite party starters. With her versatility and infectious vibes behind the decks, she has brought her A-game to parties and events such as the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Official Party, Sydney Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Mardi Gras Film Festival, Secret Garden Festival, MCA’s ARTBAR and Wine Island Festival. Charlie Villas is also a staple at a number of queer parties around town including Heaps Gay, Poof Doof and Honcho Disko.

She produced a mix for Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras that was played during the parade March of this year, held for the very first time at the SCG in Sydney. She also curated a mix for Double J radio in 2018, to help commemorate the 40th anniversary of the iconic parade. During lockdown last year, as with other djs and music makers around the world, she turned to live streaming and performed sets online for Heaps Gay’s Loud and Queer, Poof Doof Direct, LAN Collective and her own party, Club Sandwich which she formed with one of Melbourne’s finest djs, Hip Hop Hoe, where their live stream was broadcast from Sydney and Melbourne.

DANNI ISSUES

Sydney’s Premier dyslexic and lactose intolerant drag queen. Miss Danni Issues is all ass and no class, the high energy and high camp dancing queens of Sydney. She may be young but she is always here for a good time!

COCO JUMBO

With a magnetism that will draw you in and keep you fixed, you will not be able to look away when Sydney’s Favourite Drag Queen and RPDR Down Under alum Coco Jumbo takes to the stage. This queen is sassy, energetic, playful and is always the life of the party.  A superstar always on the rise, there is nothing Coco can’t do, from hosting, bingo, dancing in choreographed production shows to photoshoots celebrating diversity, inclusivity & POC. This fierce and dynamic talent can be seen weekly on stages and in venues all over Sydney.

SIA TEQUILA

Sia Tequila is Sydney Drag Royalty’s very own pop princess. Wherever she goes, Sia is the life of the party. Sia is an exceptional performer, with a true talent for serving onstage, exactly what the audience are craving. Bringing fresh, energetic, sexy, fun and calculated, conceptual performances, Sia has had a meteoric rise on the way to the top of Sydney’s Drag scene.  There is nothing this superstar-in-the-making cannot do, from exquisite ballads, high-energy dance numbers, raunchy cabaret, to rocking-it-out, old-school. Sia loves getting your attention and making sure everyone is having as much fun as she is. Even with her young age, Sia can already be seen starring weekly in almost every major production show around Sydney. Sia won her first Drag Industry Variety Award (DIVA) for being 2017’s Rising Star, she performed for Cher as part of the Mardi Gras parade in 2018, has already produced several of her own production shows, and in 2019 was awarded the prestigious Entertainer of the Year.

FELICIA FOXX

Proud Gamilaroi and Dunghutti Sistergirl, Felicia Foxx is a high energy diva and Sydney icon who shares her story through the art of drag. A young powerhouse with titles as prestigious as Miss First Nations, appearances on stage at Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and headline acts at the Broken Heel Festival, Felicia Foxx is a strong figure head in the community championing visibility and empowerment for other Indigenous queer young people.

BAESSIA

Baessia, FKA. BUSY; over the last 5 years has supported the likes of Sam Gellaitry, Mr Carmack, Montell2099, Places + Faces, Bhad Bhabie, Joe Kay & Soulection, The Operatives, Kid Laroi & many more.

Having held residencies and played at community favourite venues, parties, festivals and radio stations including Triple J, FBi Radio, Bondi Radio,Chinese Laundry, Newtown Hotel, Secret Garden Festival, Empire Girls Party and BirdCage to name a few – Baessia is truly a chameleon with her sound.

Influenced by the likes of M.I.A, Jarreau Vandal, Hylalyte, Mr. Carmack, Kaytranada, Young Thug, Nicki Minaj, HIRO, and Radical One.. Baessia presents a smorgasbord of sounds to transform your night and appease your ears, no matter what you’re into

LOZ D

At just 23 years, DJ, Producer and Model LOZD (aka Lauren Dritmanis) is quickly moving through the ranks of the Sydney music scene, thanks to a musical maturity far beyond her years.

While well recognized and established as one of Sydney’s buzzing tech-house DJ’s, Lauren is equally comfortable handling a disco or classic house set early in the day, or a thumping tech set deep into the night.

This versatility has seen LOZD invited to share the stage with an eclectic list of some of the biggest players in dance, counting Patrick Topping, Low Steppa, Sam Divine, Nastia, Route 94, Amine Edge & Danceand Mat.Joe as an ever-growing list of supported acts.

Keep an eye on one of Sydney’s best-kept secrets as she works her way through the scene.

SQUEEF

Australian born DJ SQUEEF (aka. Stacey Queffert) has been continually defying the odds as a female in the music industry.
Her passion for music is shown not only through her artistry and song selections but also through her professional work in Artist Management, Touring and her Festival work over the past 5 years.
SQUEEF has proved her constant motivation to success at express her own individuality with playing at various Aussie festivals such as Falls Music & Arts Festival (Byron Bay), Splendour In the Grass (twice), Yours & Owls, Snowtunes Festival, Party In The Paddock, Groovin the Moo (Canberra), Secret Garden Festival & headlined in Thredbo.
The artist has also supported the likes of KLP, Nina Las Vegas, Anna Lunoe, Chris Lorenzo, Jack Beats, AC Slater, Joyryde, Yellow Claw, Whipped Cream, Riton & Kahlo, Doorly, Odd Mob, L D R U and many more. She has also played for brands such as Cotton On, Cattleyard, MTV. She was also invited to support Mark Ronson in Melbourne & Sydney for his ‘Club Heartbreak’ Shows as well as DJ for Wine Machine Festival.

Roxy Lotz

Roxy Lotz is a funk, disco and house DJ who began her career early 2019, and quickly found her feet across Sydney’s live music scene.
Drawing inspirations from an array of disco and funk legends, Roxy’s unique sound and groovy song selection has found her playing at Sydney’s renowned Oxford Art Factory with the DJ collective Girls On Deck, as well as moving crowds at The Flinders Hotel, Oxford Tavern, Tokyo Sing Song, The Bank’s Newtown Festival after party and many more.
Roxy’s music interests go beyond DJ performance, studying music production at University and attending Ableton Live School, Roxy has a backlog of production projects and vocal works that she intends on pursuing.
This is just the beginning of her career!

Pezz

Having kicked off her DJ career in 2019, our girl, Pezz has been on the decks at Venues such as Cargo, Tokyo Sing Song, Oxford Art Factory and The Lord Gladstone and has regular residencies in the inner west. She has also been on support at FOMO Festival afterparty for A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and was a support act for Lime Cordiale.

Pezz’s DJ style includes a diverse range of music switching it up between floor filling hiphop beats and old school RNB classics, club tracks from the 2000’s and UK Garage. A mix of fun, feel good vibes to keep everyone dancing.

Kaliopi

Kaliopi is no stranger to Girls on Deck nor the bass music scene! Renown for her unique style and infectious energy, Kaliopi has frequented venues all over Sydney including Chinese Laundry, Fiction Club and Home the Venue. Her mixes revolve around music that makes you wanna dance, sound featuring bass heavy genres like midtempo, dubstep and trap as well as disco and tech house.

Kaliopi has supported artists including Marauda, Subtronics, Sippy, Blanke, Riot Ten, Ninajirachi and many more!
Although only djing for the 18 months, Kaliopi has extended her shows to interstate gigs and festival support shows. She is also beginning to delve into music production and will continue developing herself as an artist.

ANNE EDMONDS

Anne Edmonds is the rock star of Australian comedy and everybody knows it.

Eddo’s stand up is fearless and hilarious. Not one to tolerate any level of bullshit, Anne’s stand up takes aim at any worthy target, no matter how close to home it is. And as any of her many alter egos, Anne transforms into characters that are terrifying and familiar in equal measure.

Since she appeared on the scene in 2010, Anne has been nominated for the Melbourne Comedy Festival Award multiple times and won both the Director’s Choice and the peer voted Piece Of Wood Award. She has played London’s Soho Theatre five times, as well as the Sydney Opera House.

TOM BALLARD

Tom Ballard is an award-winning stand-up comedian/actor/writer/broadcaster/person who always tries his best. He’s one of Australia’s hottest comic talents, he’s performed and won acclaim all around the world and he’s very pleased to meet you.

In 2009, Tom became the youngest ever recipient of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Best Newcomer Award for his debut hour, Tom Ballard Is What He Is. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe for his show Taxis & Rainbows & Hatred, while his 2016 show The World Keeps Happening was nominated for Best Show in both Melbourne and Edinburgh, as well as taking out the 2016 Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer. The show then went on to be recorded at the Comedy Theatre for Stan Australia’s One Night Stan series.

In 2017 Tom’s show Problematic won the Best Australian Show Award at the Sydney Comedy Festival and was hailed as one of the top three best-reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe that year. He’s been invited to perform at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, had sold-out seasons at the famous Soho Theatre and has opened for the likes of Wanda Sykes, Stephen Merchant and Danny Bhoy.

He even once roast-battled Jimmy Carr and didn’t die in the process.

Tom also has quite the taste for broadcasting and doing proper satire. He co-hosted the breakfast show on national youth radio station triple j with his dear friend Alex Dyson for four years. A collection of the “highlights” from that show, Tom & Alex: The Bits We’re Least Ashamed Of, won the 2013 ARIA for Best Comedy Release.

At just 24 years old, Tom hosted Reality Check: his very own ABC TV panel show dissecting the insane world of reality television. He’s guest hosted the ABC discussion show Q&A on multiple occasions, interviewed all sorts of political figures on his popular podcast Like I’m A Six-Year-Old, featured on the race-focussed social experiment series First Contact and for more than 150 episodes, hosted his own satirical late night show for ABC Comedy, Tonightly with Tom Ballard, which was a very naughty show that the conservative Australian government didn’t like very much at all

ZOË COOMBS MARR

Zoë Coombs Marr is a performer, writer, artist and comedian. She grew up in Grafton, where she and her best friend staged a musical instead of going to schoolies week.

Zoë has performed stand up comedy extensively in Australia, London and New York. Her solo show, Trigger Warning, won the Melbourne Comedy Festival Award as well as the Golden Gibbo, and two Green Room Awards. It was also nominated for Best Show at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama.

In 2008 Zoë completed a double degree in Performance Studies at UNSW and Fine Arts at COFA, where she was awarded the Dinosaur Designs Prize and the Art and Australia Award. Her video works and sculptures have been exhibited at a number of galleries, including First Draft, Kudos and King’s ARI and in 2006 she won the National Poetry Slam Championships under dubious circumstances.

In 2012, her solo theatre/comedy work And That Was The Summer That Changed My Life was awarded the Philip Parsons Young Playwright Award and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Other works include Gone Off or I’ve Been Everywhere, Man (Old Fitzroy Theatre, MCF 2012, SMAC award Best On Stage 2012) and Dave (MCF 2013, Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre, London). Zoë’s five-woman ensemble play Is This Thing On? was presented at Belvoir Theatre in 2014.

Zoë is also one third of the contemporary performance company post. Most recently, post’s work Oedipus Schmoedipus was presented at Belvoir for Sydney Festival, Arts House Melbourne, and won a Green Room award for best experimental text. post’s other works include: Who’s The Best? (Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Arts House, Brisbane Powerhouse, Darwin Festival, and Noorderzon Festival, NL, 2011-2013), Everything I Know About The Global Financial Crisis In One Hour (Belvoir Theatre, 2010), Shamelessly Glitzy Work (Performance Space Sydney, Melbourne Arts House, Brisbane Powerhouse) and their newest work Ich Nibber Dibber played at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre and the Sydney Opera House in 2018.

Zoë filmed Trigger Warning as part of the Next Gen series, was a regular panel member on Dirty Laundry Live, and has also been seen on Cram(Ten), ABC’S The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Spicks & Specks, The Chaser’s Media Circus, How Not To Behave, Backseat Drivers, and Live at Bella Union (SBS).

In 2017, Zoë’s theatrical collaboration with Ursula Martinez and Adrienne Truscott, Wild Bore, premiered at the Malthouse Theatre and went on to be performed at the Soho Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe and at the Skirball Centre at NYU.

Since 2013 Zoë most frequently appeared in comedy circles (including in her award-winning show Trigger Warning) as Dave, a retrograde male comedian with a neck beard. But in 2018 she appeared as herself, sans Dave’s neck beard, with her hit festival offering Bossy Bottom. The show saw Zoe nominated for Best Comedy Performer at the Helpmann Awards and won her a prestigious Herald Angel Award in Edinburgh. In 2020 Bossy Bottom was filmed and internationally released on Amazon Prime Video.

Since filming her Amazon special, Zoe squeaked in a flying visit to support Hannah Gadsby in San Francisco and Los Angeles for her Netflix taping, performed Bossy Bottom in LA, debuted a new show Agony! Misery! in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne, co-hosted Sydney Mardi Gras for SBS and created new works in iso for the Stan Comedy Lockdown series and Melbourne Fringe’s VCR Fest. Phew.

GERALDINE HICKEY

It’s been a brilliant couple of years for Geraldine Hickey.

Gez’ deceptively effortless knack for turning low-key yarns about agapanthuses and bouncy-castles into high-stakes, helplessly funny narrative rollercoasters has culminated in her Most Outstanding Show award at the 2021 Melbourne Comedy Festival for What A Surprise.

Since 2016 Geraldine has also been a co-host on the much-revered breakfast radio show Breakfasters on RRR, and has made multiple appearances on ABC, Triple M and the Hit Network.

A firm favourite of and in the Australian comedy scene, Gez’ 2019 show Things Are Going Well also received a nomination for the Melbourne Comedy Festival Award for most outstanding show, while she also took home the coveted comedians’ choice Piece of Wood Award. Things Are Going Well is available as a podcast special on your ABC: you can listen here.

Geraldine has appeared on The Project, Tonightly with Tom Ballard, Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem. Gez also stars as Dr Stephanie Huddleston in 8 part comedy series Metro Sexual on the Nine Network, which will film again later this year.
WINNER: Melbourne Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show 2021

LLOYD LANGFORD

Lloyd Langford is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from Wales, who has cemented himself as audience favourite here in Australia..

Since first coming to our shores in 2015 as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Lloyd has toured the country extensively and become a fan favourite and regular on hit Network Ten show Have You Been Paying Attention?

In 2021, Lloyd embarked on a national tour with his partner and fellow comedian Anne Edmonds. Their show Business With Pleasure has played sold out shows in theatre’s around the country including the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre and Malthouse Outdoor Stage. Lloyd also performed a sold out run of his solo show Jazzed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, including extra shows at the Arts Centre Playhouse.

He’s also a frequent visitor to New Zealand, performing stand up at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Christchurch Busker’s Festival, and appearing on several TV programs such as 7 Days, Have You Been Paying Attention NZ, and Best Bits.

While Lloyd is a relative newcomer to our part of the world, he is an accomplished and in demand artist who has been performing and writing comedy for nearly two decades. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2002, been invited to Just for Laughs Montreal, and performed stand-up from Abu Dhabi to Zurich.

His UK television appearances include QI, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Ask Rhod Gilbert, Russell Howard’s Good News, and Celebrity Mastermind. He can be regularly heard as co-host of The Rhod Gilbert Show on BBC Radio Wales, and on comedy programmes such as BBC Radio 4’s The Unbelievable Truth and The News Quiz.

He is also an award winning writer, receiving a Radio Academy award for his contributions to BBC Radio Wales series Here Be Dragons. He has also worked on countless programs including Live at The Apollo, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out of Cats Does Countdown and The Apprentice: You’re Fired.

Lloyd has a wide and varied list of interests including collecting obscure music on compact disk, constructing jazz caves and crazy golf. If you would like to know more, best to ask Lloyd directly as his Wikipedia page is often vandalized with fake ‘facts’ that lead to awkward questions from lazy journalists.

IVAN ARISTEGUIETA

From his own ABC sitcom, Lost in Pronunciation, to his debut live stand-up TV special, Chorizo Sizzle, Ivan exploded on to the scene in 2016 with his brilliant observations on Aussie culture and food, taking him around the country, headlining theatres and selling out festivals.

In 2012 Ivan migrated from Venezuela to Adelaide and took up the challenge of performing comedy in a second language. Six months later he’d collected his first comedy award and was chosen to perform in Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Comedy Zone and Roadshow. When he sold out his first Melbourne season in 2014, the UK’s pre-eminent comedy guide Chortle enthused ‘Give this man citizenship… he’s sure to have more to contribute to the Australian comedy scene.’

And contribute to Australia’s comedy scene he has. Ivan has toured for the past 4 years with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow and the Sydney International Comedy Festival Showcase Tour. He grabbed major league attention at the 2015 Just for Laughs Gala at the Sydney Opera House and then took the country by storm with his performance at the MICF 2016 OXFAM Gala. This performance made him the hottest ticket at the Melbourne Comedy Festival where he completely sold out his season. Ivan went on to sell out his shows at Sydney Comedy Festival and won Sydney’s Best Newcomer Award. In 2017, Ivan toured his smash hit show ‘Juithy’ around Australia. In the same year, Ivan’s sitcom Lost in Pronunciation aired on ABC.

In 2018 Ivan performed at the MICF Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow, hosted the RAW Comedy Grand Final and sold out his most successful season yet with his newest show ‘Matador’.

Ivan embarked on an fantastic international tour with ‘Juithy’, taking the show to The Amsterdam Comedy Festival, London’s Soho Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Ivan now happily calls Australia home and has established himself as Australia’s favourite Venezuelan comedian, relishing the chance to perform in his second language, English. He has gathered a mass of fans for his trademark cheerful and naïve rejoicing in the troubles and joys of a land that is girt by tomato sauce…and the unmissable Saturday Bunnings sausage sizzle.

TIM HEWITT

Tim Hewitt is a regular on the festival circuit and a staple of the Melbourne bar comedy scene. Resident host of Crab Lab and host of his notorious satirical sketch show “Big Hewy’s Footy Show” His commitment to outrageous characters and stories saw him be handpicked for Melbourne Comedy Festivals ‘The Comedy Zone’ and MICF Roadshow. He has appeared in viral videos for Hot Dad Productions, and is the purveyor of “Hewey’s Ute Bit” – a legendary joke, that people request at gigs, but Hewey recently described as “too exhausting to keep doing”.

EMMA HOLLAND

Emma Holland is a comedian, collage artist and photographer who takes herself very seriously.

Emma followed up a Runner-Up position in 2018 RAW Comedy National Final with her sell-out debut solo show, Dolly Doctor Strange love in 2019. In the same year she was part of the prestigious hand-picked Comedy Zone at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

2020 saw Emma receive a residency from the Museum of Brisbane, during which she explored comedy through the lens of collage. Her photography work can be seen amongst the seas of posters at comedy festivals but is more easily digestible on her website.

Emma’s writing credits include Have You Been Paying Attention NZ, NZTV’s Patriot Brains, as well as various brands including Tooheys, Peters and Brancott Estate.

Emma is renowned for her absurd dead-pan cadence, quick-witted writing, and highly visual on-stage performances. She has been asked on multiple occasions to not wear a beret on stage (but did anyway, as is the artist’s way).

SCOUT BOXALL

Scout Boxall is a comedian living and working in Naarm. They came onto the comedy scene in 2018, making it to the Raw National Finals and then graduating from clown school. In 2019 their first solo show, Good Egg, won Best Emerging Artist and was nominated for Best Comedy at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

NAZEEM HUSSAIN

Nazeem Hussain has fast become one of the biggest stars of Australian comedy, and a much loved television and radio personality.

Nazeem’s Netflix special Nazeem Hussain: Public Frenemy, filmed in Montreal at the Just For Laughs Festival, started streaming globally in 2019, introducing Nazeem to a legion of new fans, and critical acclaim. Funny Or Die, and Chortleboth listed Nazeem’s special amongst their favourites.

‘This was my first time seeing Hussain’s stand up, and I can tell you it absolutely will not be the last. Nazeem has incredible stage presence and really has command of the room.’ – Funny or Die (2019)

He won the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and has twice been nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer. 2019 saw Nazeem perform ‘Basic Idiot’, his fifth consecutive stand-up tour, to his largest ever audiences in every major Australian city, and then some. He also supported Aziz Ansari on his 2019 Australia tour.

Nazeem became a household name when he reached the Grand Final of Channel 10’s ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’, having to bunk up with Dane Swan, Steve Price, Casey Donovan and Natalie Bassingthwaighte for over six weeks! Nazeem’s chosen charity was InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Domestic Violence.

Nazeem is perhaps best known as the creator and star of his TV show, ‘Legally Brown’, airing for two seasons on SBS Television in 2013 & 2014. The show broke ground with its boundary- pushing content, received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for Most Outstanding Comedy at the 2015 Logie Awards.

He was also invited to perform at the prestigious Montreal ‘Just for Laughs Festival’ as a part of Kevin Hart’s LOL network.

A regular on international stages, Nazeem has performed around the globe, including sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, London’s Soho Theatre, all across New Zealand, Paris, Belgium, China, Singapore, Malaysia, the US (including opening for Dave Chappelle in New York City), and a homecoming show of sorts in Sri Lanka to 2,500 people (yes, the Prime Minister and his wife sat on thrones in the front row).

In 2021, Nazeem has joined Dave Hughes with his problem-solving line up weekly on Hughesy, We Have A Problem on Channel 10, will feature on the upcoming season of The Pineapple Project on the ABC.

NATH VALVO

Nath Valvo’s hilariously physical, high-energy comedy is impressing critics and winning crowds across the globe. Not many comedians can boast that their fan base includes TV royalty, but Nath has the Tweet from Graham Norton to prove it.

In 2018, Nath’s stand up show, Show Pony won the Adelaide Fringe Weekly Best Comedy Award and was the runaway hit of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, adding 5 extra dates to meet demand. Audiences could not tear their eyes away from his razor-sharp MICF Gala spot which went viral, racking up over 2 million views.

Far from camera-shy, Nath has an impressive list of TV appearances under his belt having hosted ABC’s Comedy Up Late and recorded an hour long stand up special as part of ABC’s Comedy Next Gen. Nath’s other TV credits include The Project, Show Me The Movie, Celebrity Name Game, Hughesy We Have a Problem and Just For Laughs Sydney.

Nath loves the sound of his own voice which, luckily for him, has resulted in an impressive radio career. In 2015 Nath hosted the Saturday Morning Breakfast Show on Nova 100 in Melbourne and now regularly appears on the KIIS FM, Nova, Fox FM, Triple M & Triple J networks.

On the international stage, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the world’s biggest arts festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, had a hit season at the Soho Theatre in London and was selected for the MICF Asia Roadshow performing shows in Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.

In 2019, Nath toured his show I’m Happy For You which saw him nominated for Most Outstanding Show in the Melbourne Comedy Festival where he appeared again in their gala for Oxfam.  I’m Happy For You went on to smash the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe with sold out shows and rave reviews.

MICHELLE BRASIER

Michelle is a multiple award winning singer, writer, actor, director and comedian. She has featured as a vocalist on Channel 9’s The Today Show and in 2019 joined the cast of ABC’s critically acclaimed series Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (S10, S11). She has also appeared on Utopia, Whovians, Get Krackin’, Drunk History (Channel Ten), At Home Alone Together (ABC), Stan Original Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival special and is a regular on the current season of Channel 10’s How To Stay Married as well as on the big screen in 2018’s The Merger. She has written for Why Are You Like This (ABC), Yolo: Crystal Fantasy (Adult Swim US) and At Home Alone Together (ABC).

In addition to her screen work, Michelle led the cast as Kimberly in the 2020 Red Stitch production of Nick Coyle’s ‘Feather In The Web’ directed by Declan Greene and appeared as Aysha in Stephen Schwartz’s Children Of Eden (Melbourne Recital Centre) .

Michelle has been lauded for her frequent collaborations with Aunty Donna, most recently on Aunty Donnas Big Ol’ House of Fun (NETFLIX), and as a writer and vocalist on their ARIA nominated Album and accompanying Australian tour.

Brasier’s on stage comedy career begin with her solo show, Space Tortoise, which debuted at Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2015 from there she took the show to Edinburgh in 2016 & 2017. She then went on to create the comedy duo, Double Denim, alongside Laura Frew. Double Denim went on to be nominated for the Golden Gibbo award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in both 2017 and 2018, ultimately taking out the coveted Director’s Choice award for Double Denim Adventure Show in 2018 as well as winning Best Newcomer at Sydney Comedy Festival and being named as the top comedy tip for Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 by The Sunday Times, The Metro and the Scottish Daily Mail.

Brasier most recently toured with her award winning show, Average Bear across  the Australian comedy festival circuit. A deeply personal show exploring Michelle’s experience living in the shadows of a hereditary illness, whilst simultaneously weaving in the fictional story of Average, a bear with a problematic fear of hibernation. Heartbreaking and hilarious, Average Bear, yo-yos between grief and joy whilst reminding audiences that life is too short to be serious and to waste.

Average Bear was recently nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, won Directors Choice Award at the 2021 Sydney Comedy Festival, and received rave reviews from the Sydney Morning Herald and renowned UK comedy guide, Chortle.

“An anarchic imp full of childish mischief and coquettish hypnotism. With an excellent singing voice and the ability to make the word ‘yes’ hilarious, Brasier is intensely watchable” – The Skinny (UK)

“Anyone who can get through thirty seconds of this fabulous show without emitting at least one hearty chuckle might need to check for a pulse.” – Herald Sun (For Double Denim Adventure Show)

“One heck of a voice…could lift even the dullest of days!” – Squirrel Comedy

“Artfully awkward comedy…It’s ridiculously fun.” – themusic.com.au

“Michelle Brasier is as funny as she is vocally talented” – stagewhispers.com

HARLEY BREEN

Harley Breen is a popular, award-winning comedian, TV host and radio personality who has won over a legion of fans across the globe with his accessible and relatable stories and style.

Harley hosts the new critically acclaimed TV show ‘Taboo’ on TEN and appears regularly on TV shows including Hughesy, We Have A Problem (TEN), The Project (TEN), Celebrity Name Game (TEN).

In 2017 Harley hosted Sydney’s 2Day FM Breakfast Show and is a regular guest on Melbourne’s Nova100 with Chrissy, Sam and Browny

In 2018, Harley travelled to Russia with the Caltex Socceroos, toured his solo show Flat Out Doing Nothing to sellout crowds around Australia.

Consistently unpredictable, Harley projects the immediately recognisable and relatable image of the unpretentious Aussie male. Harley doesn’t just use his instant likeability as a platform to deliver solid, topical material, he also gets beneath the nature of things to create a true bond with all his audience and deliver an experience that will be talked about long after the gig is over.

In 2019, Harley returned to TV as the host of Network Ten’s brand new series ‘Taboo’, which scored a Logie Nomination for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program. He co-hosts a weekly comedy podcast with David Quirk called ‘That’s The Drink Talking’.

GREG LARSEN

Greg Larsen is a multi-award-winning comedian who has worked for ten years creating live stage shows, as well as content for TV and online.

Greg began his career writing YouTube sketches and performing stand-up comedy in Brisbane in 2008. After touring around the country performing live and amassing millions of views online, Greg moved to Melbourne. This is where he achieved critical acclaim for a stage show that he co-created and directed Fancy Boy Variety Show. This was a sell-out show at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and not only got five-star reviews, but also won the Golden Gibbo Award for best independent comedy.

Since winning that award Greg went on to appear as an actor in numerous projects such as Dirty Laundry Live, How Not to Behave, and The Let Down, and was also given the chance to co-write, and co-star in a Fancy Boy TV series. One episode from that series went on to win the Australian Writer’s Guild Award for best sketch comedy in 2017.

Greg achieved more online and live success with parody group: True Australian Patriots. Consisting of himself, Anne Edmonds, and Damien Power, they produced dozens of viral videos, were featured on The Weekly, and performed a live show in the Brisbane, and Melbourne Comedy Festivals. This show went on to win the 2016 Director’s Choice Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Greg returned to the stage in 2019, touring a brand-new stand-up solo show, Useful Idiot.

Greg has written and performed on the acclaimed ABC comedy Get Krack!n and was also the co-writer of two episodes of Ronny Chieng: International Student, which was a Comedy Central/ABC co-production and also aired on the BBC. Greg was one of the four reporters on the ABC’s Tonightly with Tom Ballard – in his role as a daily reporter Greg wrote, performed, directed, and oversaw the edit of daily video packages. Greg regularly contributes his writing talents to Channel Ten’s The Project and is currently a performer and writer on the ABC’s Covid-19 inspired comedy At Home Alone Together.

Greg makes up one-third of The Grub, a weekly sketch comedy podcast alongside Anne Edmonds and Ben Russell.

ALEX WARD

As a Queenslander living in Melbourne, Alex is always cold, which makes the warmth she brings to the stage/screen all the more impressive. With personal, engaging, and punch-line heavy comedy, Alex is an exciting new voice in Australian comedy. As seen on Have You Been Paying Attention?, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, ABC, and The Project.

SONIA DI IORIO

Sonia Di Iorio is a Melbourne based comedian who has opened for Ronny Chieng, performed at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, as well as festivals and comedy clubs all around the country and is a writer for Network Tens The Project.

She is the co-host of the popular podcast Who The Bloody Hell Are We and is the previous winner of Spleen Comic of the Year.

“Quick witted, tight, and oozing with confidence” – Pop Culture-y

LUKA MULLER

Luka Muller is a comedian and friend to all from Melbourne who has performed all over Australia as well as headlining shows in

Edinburgh, London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. He has also sold out shows in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Perth Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival & Wellington Fringe Festival. He has performed at Splendour In The Grass Music Festival, PAX Gaming Convention and a Lacrosse Club Halloween Party where everyone was in Halloween costumes except for him.

The Age said he was “quality… Like jazz. ★★★★” and The Herald Sun says he is “undoubtedly one to watch.” He was chosen by the Melbourne Comedy Festival to perform at The Festival Club and their taped Comedy Up Late shows. He has been seen and heard on SBS TV, Triple J, ABC Radio, Audible Presents, Channel 31 & more.

KIRSTY WEBECK

Kirsty is winning hearts everywhere she goes with her upbeat and relatable brand of comedy that is often described as playful, light-hearted and fun. A gifted storyteller, she has a natural ability for turning the mundane into the hilarious and has quickly become one of the most popular Australian comedians in the industry.

Her career has grown exponentially over the last few years. She’s a regular guest on ABC radio and in 2018, she was the featured comedian on an episode of The ABC’s “Tonightly With Tom Ballard.” In 2019, she toured regional WA with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, and opened for Joel Creasey at sold out shows at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and The Astor Theatre in Perth. So far in 2020 she’s been seen MCing the comedy stage at Falls Festival Byron Bay, opening for Tom Gleeson at Bunbury Fringe, on Channel 10’s ‘How To Stay Married’ and all over Zoom during self isolation.