triple j were handed the honours of announcing the Splendour In The Grass lineup and it turns out their listeners are a bunch of funny buggers.
Their textline predictably erupted when news of the lineup, which includes The Strokes, The Cure, Flume, The Avalanches and more, broke and there were some stellar responses in there.
Presenters Veronica & Lewis have shared some of those text via ABC News 24 presenter Kumi Taguchi who has read them out just for LOLs.
One texted in that there’s, “going to be so many tunas swimming around this year,” while another simply sent in another picture of a tuna, confirming what we’ve always known that tunas are the official mascot for massive tunes.
Another listener texted in “yasss Flume” which was probably just one of a million similar texts they received. Not everyone was happy future-campers though. The absence of Nickelback and Shannon Noll from the lineup had a few people disappointed.
“#WhatAboutNollsy,” one wrote.
Splendour is set to go down over three days starting Friday, 22nd July and tickets go on sale 9am Thursday, 21st April. Watch the reaction vid below and check the details under that.
Watch: The triple j textline Reacts to the Splendour lineup
Splendour In The Grass 2016 Lineup
Friday, 22nd July
The Strokes (only Australian show)
The Avalanches (only Australian show)
Violent Soho
Hermitude
Band Of Horses
The 1975
Leon Bridges
James Vincent McMorrow (only Australian show)
The Kills
Years and Years
Illy
Peter, Bjorn and John
DMA’S
Jack Garrett
Motez
Emma Louise
Nothing But Theives
Robert Forster
Fat White Family
Methyl Ethyl
High Tension
Roland Tings
Sampa The Great
Lucy Cliché
Dro Carey
World Champion
Kllo
Nicole Miller
Ribongia
Saturday, 23rd July
The Cure
At The Drive-In
Santigold
Matt Corby
Sticky Fingers
What So Not
Gang of Youths
Crystal Fighters
Ball Park Music
Snakehips
Michael Kiwanuka
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Lido
Beach Slang
Boo Seeka
Slum Sociable
LDRU
Harts
Ngaiire
Opiuo
Dom Dollar
Paces
Running Touch
Dreller
Sui Zhen
Banoffee
The Meeting Tree
Sunday, 24th July
Flume
James Blake
Sigur Ros (only Australian show)
Boy and Bear
Jake Bugg
Courtney Barnett
The Preatures
Duke Dumont (DJ set)
Golden Features
Tegan and Sara
City Calm Down
Mark Lanegan
Jagwar Ma
The Internet
Marlon Williams and the Yarra Benders
Lapsley
Slumberjack
Urthboy
Little May
Ganz
Spring King
Tired Lion
Green Buzzard
Just a Gent
Feki
Remi
Splendour In The Grass 2016
Friday, 22nd July – Sunday, 24th July
North Byron Parklands, Byron Bay
Tickets: moshtix
Ticket Prices
3 day Event Ticket (Friday to Sunday [also includes Thursday access]): $375 + booking fees
Single Day Tickets (Friday, Saturday or Sunday): $159 + booking fees
Camping Ticket (Wednesday to Monday): $120 + booking fees
Those intending to camp onsite will need to purchase an Event Ticket as well as a separate Camping Ticket. 2.1% transaction fee applies to all orders
