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ITM Exclusive: Global Gathering announces massive first round!
Created On August 18th, 2008 by i_have_ADD
Since its announcement a few weeks back Global Gathering has been hyped as one of the year’s most essential events. The festival tour will see UK organiser the Angel Music Group joining forces with local brands Future Entertainment and Ministry of Sound Australia. The wraps have now come off the first round of artists, and as promised you get all the info here on inthemix first!
As to be expected the caliber of artists in the first round is second to none, with the bill topped by British funk heavyweight Mark Ronson. It’ll be Ronson’s debut tour of Australia and comes hot on the heels of his headline performance at Global Gathering in the UK just last month. Ronson’s album Version was one of 2007’s most successful releases and featured guests like Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse and Robbie Williams. Joining him on the Australian tour; his full 10-piece band!
Not to be outdone, joining Ronson at the top of the line-up are certified electronica legends Kraftwerk. The German pioneers of dance music haven’t toured Australia since the 2003 Big Day Out, and earlier this year they caused a stir when headlining the Coachella festival in the USA. Responsible for introducing ‘robot pop’ to the world, their impact on modern electronic music is profound having produced legendary tracks like Autobahn, Tour de France and Trans-Europe Express.
Another long overdue debutant to Australian shores, get ready to experience the cutting edge performance art of NYC electro outfit Fischerspooner. On the DJ tip there’s progressive godfather Sasha (excluding Perth), fast rising uplifting trance superstars Above & Beyond, and also Felix Da Housecat. This is only the first raft of artists, with many more still to be announced!
Global Gathering first round artists:
Mark Ronson
Kraftwerk
Fischerspooner
Sasha (excluding Perth)
Above & Beyond
Felix Da Housecat
LA Riots
The Orb
Larry Tee
+ many more to come
The Global Gathering tour will visit Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth (in conjunction with Mellen Events) between November 22nd and 30th, 2008. Tickets are onsale from September 1st, so stay tuned to www.inthemix.com.au/globalgathering for further updates as we’ll have all the latest news first!
Check out this video of Ronson and his band performing Stop Me at Glastonbury 2007. On vocals, Australia’s own Daniel Merriweather:
If that’s not enough, check out this clip of Above & Beyond playing to 1 million people in Rio last NYE!
lachainsworth says...
Venues?? Sasha
jenny_k_prasad says...
HOLY SHIT! *FALLS OFF CHAIR*
shanes2007 says...
ABOVE AND BEYOND!!! YEAH BOYYYYYYYYYY MARK RONSON WOULD BE DESCENT TO SEE LIVE SASHA NEVER SEEMS TO DISAPPOINT.... FELIX IS ALWAYS A CROWD PLEASER :) WE NEED MORE........ HOW ABOUT SWITCH? DEADMAU5? SINDEN?
DaBro says...
set times? :p
knobbz says...
A
westerndog says...
I'm glad to see they are actually giving us a good taste of the lineup before releasing the tickets for this one too...
westerndog says...
This is a good start for sure... I look forward to the next lineup additions
Gspot says...
=O I just saw Above
Midori Fizz says...
NOOOO SASHA NOT COMING TO PERTH!!!!!!!!!! :(
jbgillet says...
Above and beyond will be good.. but it has nothing on the UK lineup... not that i was expecting it to be nearly as good... but kinda hoping for a little bit more.. guess im just greedy haha
sonicc says...
Kraftwork....Haha sucked in Perth.. No only joking
slippery ninja says...
meh @ no sasha coming to perth...
winterkiss says...
LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THIS IS WORTH WAKIN GUP TO AFTER ONLY LIKE 3 HOURS OF SLEEP!!! THANKS MIDORIFIZZ!!! I'M IN TOTAL SHOCK!!! KRAFTWERK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
ozio says...
venues?
kittykat83 says...
Awesome, im there!~
Dim123 says...
woooooooooooo
Dim123 says...
woooooooooooo
tranzmanniac says...
well cant say i'm surprised! Adelaide misses out yet again! why cant another city miss out for once adelaide likes dance music too! we never get any of the good acts anymore well all i can say is THANKS FOR NOTHING FUTURE ENTERTAINMENT!!!!!!!!!
gracearcasm says...
A
Tennessee says...
great!!!! one more event i can't miss out on....damn this year is going to kill my bank account!!!
deXXy_Disaster says...
first round is nicely diverse. i was expecting more though....hope the rest of the lineup is crazy good
TThumb says...
Sasha Above all class but still need to give a bit for second round. DEADMAU5 is a necessity and if King of Global is available- Erick Morillo get him!! Ronson??? Still got nothing on UK. Lift Future Lift!!
crasherboi says...
felix, sasha and above n beyond are the only ones that REALLY rok my boat. It would of been great if they let us know bout the venues too cos i recon the biggest concern is yet another festival at centennial park. top stuff tho, hopefully second round wil show us some deadmua5 switch n sindedn as some punter with gr8 taste alredy mentioned b4 me.
crasherboi says...
NOOOOOOO NO NO NO. Fisherspooner has fox studios moore park on his myspace calender for 29th november. DAMMIT. EVEN CENTENNIAL PARK WOULD BE BETTER. get original sydney seriously. ENOUGH OF CENTENNIAL AND FOX STUDIOS.
nadz85 says...
ticket sold!... that lineup so far is killer and its only first round, i realllllly hope this doesnt clash with stereosonic as thats on around the same time
amanda fantastique says...
mark ronson = crud
ravelikespastic says...
Above
bluepeople says...
blahhhhhhhhhh blahhhhhhhh. doesnt live up to hype yet. like come on. look at the events previous line ups. this is no different than all the other festivals here. its not even a two fest either like over there. just finish it off and send it to the bowl in melb. waste my time
boi85 says...
I was going to fly back to Perth for this gig, but no Sasha just makes the lineup look half ass from my perspective.
boi85 says...
Someone explain why he isn't going to Perth. Absolutely disgraceful. The canned gig was 3 years ago, time to let go.
DaBomb77 says...
2nd round announcement monday 25th Aug Join the Official Facebook page to keep in touch http://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Gathering/22909621068
Lady Lex says...
Kraftwerk!!!!!
stable says...
Awesome!!!!
deXXy_Disaster says...
It being Global Gathering I was hoping for some TRANCE! Just having Above
TheTom says...
The Orb FTW!!!
Pat Ward says...
August 25th second round announcement better be light years above this, Felix=awesome but for something like the 100th time in 2 years, Kraftwerk yes, Sasha ummmmmm, the rest dogshit....
powmow says...
Kraftwerk! missed them at big day out. fischerspooner! been waiting soooo long for these guys to come down here. i'm with you tennessee, bank account is going to cop another huge dent...
tylerj23 says...
An interesting piece of information I found on Kraftwerk's Myspace: 22 Nov 2008 SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL MELBOURNE 23 Nov 2008 THE ESPLANDE PERTH 29 Nov 2008 SYDNEY SHOW GROUNDS
Michalek says...
Hmm... Daniel Kandi told me a couple of weeks back that he's scheduled to play at 4 gigs here toward the end of the year... perhaps he's playing at GG?
Marky Mark24 says...
Cant wait to see Above and Beyond they are simply AMAZING. And i have heard from a verry reputable source that DEADMAU5 will be playin aswell.
The3rdPlumpDj says...
Danny Tenaglia Please....
ChRiStOpHa says...
You can tell your reputable source they can keep Deadmau5.
rusty31 says...
Impressive first line up announcement, cant wait for the second. Above and Beyond plus Sasha= im excited
mitch_swaney says...
Above and beyond? Gross! Who can't rock a third world country in South America on new years eve? Anyway Sasha? Respect! Kraftwerk? oh yeah! and Ficherspooner? All in all nice first round.
nickyboy says...
sasha is all i need!! with that comes a sideshow..just a tat excited bout that!!! lol!! god he is good!! deadmau5 will come.tiga aswell no doubt!! dusty kid would be amazing!!!!
trancejunkii says...
The Australian lineup will NEVER be anywhere near as good as the Original Global Gathering in the UK, but they could at least make the event consistent with the overseas branding. It needs a good proportion of quality trance acts (doesnt have to be Top 15 djs like at Global Gathering UK - because it is way too expensive for an Australian company to fork out money for Armin, Tiesto, Ferry, Markus Schulz, Above
ruthnorma says...
ommmgg i am so0 happy ab0ve
Boris0r says...
Aaaaaahhhh gutted!!! No sasha for perth!!! Whhyyyyyy! :'(
Preenz says...
Awesome.. sounding great.. and its only the first round artists!!! Im there..
bonesie says...
I cant believe it future actually bringing sasha above to queensland expesailly after that dogged queensland with gods kitchen will this be how they make up for it or will they put the gathering in a tiny club as they do with all great artists either way i cant wait
GTR32 says...
NEED MORE TRANCE COME ON PEOPLE!
givinguptheghost says...
BT Please!!
jenna_aimee says...
I just went to global gathering over here and England, and as a self-proclaimed Aussie festival groupie myself, it was 100% the BEST damn festival I have ever been to in my life, and I'm so so excited that everyone in Australia will get to experience it as well!!! EVERYONE, LISTEN UP! THIS IS ONE FESTIVAL YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS!! I only hope the line up will be as amazing as ours was over here!!!
ShaylzBabi says...
no sasha in perth... feel ripped off!!
Elliot G says...
holy sh1tballs.. me thinks 2008 could go down in history... it just keeps on keeping on.. then well, you start of 2009 with prydz/underworld.. fark
gcrosland says...
Deadmau5 please?
clasek says...
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!! KRAFTWERK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND ABOVE AND BEYOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM GONNA BE GOING OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
GroovyGeo says...
LOVED GLOBAL GATHERING IN THE UK THIS YEAR (WAS AMAZING!!) LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT GG HAS TO OFFER IN AUS!!
rubyru says...
I am looking for a single ticket to gods kitchen in Perth - does anyone have one?
sean_harris86 says...
Y doomben in brissy, I was so excited but now this will be a future music festival clone. I will still be there but I was looking forward to something new.
TeZzie says...
Above and Beyond! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I CAN'T waitttttttttttttttt
natenatenate says...
sasha side show pls
orangesmoothie says...
Just bought my tickets bring it on Above and beyond YER!!!
sezza01 says...
We finally get GLOBAL GATHERING and Sasha isnt playin in Perth =( Thumbs up for Above
cooperbrown says...
Another disappointing Australian festival line-up...