Summer Sonic lets slip more Splendour hints?

Summer Sonic is the other Japanese festival that falls near our own Splendour In The Grass. Similar to Fuji Rock, experience tells us that some of this starry line-up may also be appearing at the Byron Bay love-in…

Stretched across two days on dual sites in Osaka and Tokyo, Summer Sonic hosted Bloc Party, The Horrors, Arctic Monkeys and Klaxons in 2007. And yes, detectives among us, that quartet of headliners was also booked for Splendour (Klaxons, though, pulled the plug). So the theory holds up!

This year, the organisers have secured some impressive top-tier names, including The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Verve, Justice and Coldplay. However, there’s plenty to love (and speculate on) in the smaller print, too. Consider the likes of Vampire Weekend, The Wombats and New Young Pony Club ... all bands that wouldn’t look out of place on a Splendour bill.

And here’s the full line-up to muse over. Summer Sonic happens on the weekend of Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August.

Coldplay
The Verve
The Sex Pistols
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Panic At The Disco
Justice
Band Of Horses
The Wombats
New Young Pony Club
The Prodigy
311
The Fratellis
Maximum The Hormone
Zebra Head
Beat Union
Fatboy Slim
Alicia Keys
Paul Weller
Devo
Junkie XL
Spiritualized
The Lost Prophets
Bedouin Soundclash
Mutemath
MGMT
Jack’s Mannequin
Cajuan Dance Party
Crystal Castles
The Hooisers
Friendly Fires
Xavier Rudd
South Central
OneRepublic
The Metros
Late Of The Pier
New Found Glory
We Smoke Fags
Trivium
The Subways
The Ting Tings
Old Man River
Polysics
Silversun Pickups
Skindred
Against Me!
Vampire Weekend

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i_have_ADD says...

on March 18th, 2008

"We Smoke Fags" - hah, that's a nice band name.

chriis says...

on March 18th, 2008

i think i got a hard-on

WEE MAN says...

on March 18th, 2008

Awesome lineup. Great mixture of established Headliners and up and comers.

coxdigweed says...

on March 19th, 2008

fingers crossed that line up comes to splendour

TroyShaun says...

on March 19th, 2008

It has already been confirmed by future that the Prodigy will be touring here around that time so that one is certainly possible.

bobmoog says...

on March 19th, 2008

devo!

locky says...

on March 19th, 2008

Are we not men?

bussyboy says...

on March 20th, 2008

Fatboy or Prodigy - I'm there... if both are there - I'm in Heaven!!

realkirill says...

on March 24th, 2008

couldnt give a toss about justice.... as for prodigy bring it on and bring it on down to melbourne!!!

Mikey-mike says...

on March 25th, 2008

THE PRODIGY AND FAT BOY OMG.....

Rob Flaye says...

on April 1st, 2008

Fingers crossed!! Bit of something for everyone,would be stoked to see heaps of those groups.Here's hoping Splendour keeps it real with a diversity of music and people though...last year was beginning to look suspiciously fluro

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