UPDATE: More Acts Have Been (Pretty Much) Ruled Out Of Splendour In The Grass 2018
ORIGINAL STORY: With speculation increasing around which acts might play this year’s Splendour In The Grass in Byron Bay, we’ve got the difficult task of breaking your festival dreams by outlining a bunch of big acts who almost definitely won’t be at Splendour 2018.
There’s already been some speculation that Arctic Monkeys could be set to headline one day of Splendour, and another English band has pretty much already outed themselves for the festival, but a number of other acts look like they’ll no longer be available during Splendour.
Splendour In The Grass recently locked in its 2018 dates for the 20th to the 22nd July, which means a whooooooole stack of big-name acts who are playing festivals elsewhere in the world on the very same weekend won’t be coming down under.
So, without further ado, rip this thing off like a bandaid and check out some the acts you won’t be seeing at Splendour this year, below.
Gallery: 24 Acts We Can Rule Out Of Splendour In The Grass 2018
Acts We Can Just About Rule Out Of Splendour In The Grass 2018
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The Killers
They're playing Lollapalooza Paris, Spain's Benicàssim Festival and Germanyy's Deichbrand Festival during Splendour, unforch. -
Liam Gallagher
The former Oasis member is also playing Benicàssim Festival during Splendour, but he was down under recently for Falls Festival anyway. -
Travis Scott
The rapper is keeping busy by playing both Lollapalooza Paris and Benicàssim Festival during Splendour. -
Two Door Cinema Club
They're playing Benicàssim Festival too. -
Bastille
Yep, the British rockers are also playing Benicàssim Festival, soz. -
The Vaccines
They're playing Spain's Benicàssim Festival and Atlantic Fest during Splendour. -
Catfish And The Bottlemen
They're playing Benicàssim Festival and Lollapalooza Paris, so they're out. -
Everything Everything
They're playing Benicàssim Festival, so we'll be seeing everything but Everything Everything at Splendour. -
Gorillaz
Despite the fact its been eight years since their last trip to Australia, Gorillaz will be performing at Lollapalooza Paris during Splendour, and will hit up U-Park Festival 2018 in Ukraine a few days later. -
Diplo
You've got Lollapalooza Paris to blame. -
Kasabian
Yep, they're playing Lollapalooza Paris too. -
Rag 'N' Bone Man
He's doing Lollapalooza 'N' Paris. (Photo: Deans Chalkley) -
Noel Gallagher
Liam's brother and his new band will be playing Lollapalooza Paris. (Photo: Lawrence Watson) -
Dillon Francis
The DJ and producer will be busy causing mischief at Lollapalooza Paris. -
RL Grime
The American producer is also playing Lollapalooza Paris. -
Portugal. The Man
They're playing Lollapalooza Paris too, and we Feel It Still. (Photo: Maclay Heriot) -
Fidlar
They'll be busy at Lollapalooza Paris. -
Nothing But Thieves
They're playing both Lollapalooza Paris and Benicàssim Festival. -
The Flaming Lips
Wayne Coyne and co. will be getting freaky at England's Bluedot Festival during Splendour. -
Little Dragon
The Swedish indie heroes are also playing Bluedot Festival. -
The Chemical Brothers
The electro legends are also performing at (you guessed it) Bluedot Festival. -
Future Islands
The American indie outfit are also hitting up Bluedot. (Photo: Henry Gorse) -
Kaiser Chiefs
They're playing Penn Fest in the UK during Splendour. -
Manic Street Preachers
They're also playing Penn Fest in the UK during Splendour, sozzle.
