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Laneway Festival 2016 Loses An Act But Gains Another

December 4, 2015

Laneway Festival has some good news and bad news for us today announcing that Tobias Jesso Jr. has had to cancel his appearances at the festival and Royal Headache will be joining the lineup to fill the void.

Organisers says that Jesso Jr. has had to pull out due to “conflicting commitments with his songwriting and recording obligations.”

“I’m sorry to let anyone down, and appreciate all of your love, support, and understanding,” Jesso Jr. said to his Australian fans in a statement.

As well as the five Australian festival dates, the LA crooner was also due to play two sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne. They have also been cancelled and tickets will be automatically refunded to ticketholders.

Jesso Jr. has had a massive year off the back of his debut album Goon. He’s been selling out shows all around the world and recently wrote When We Were Young for Adele’s latest album 25.

Sydney band Royal Headache have now been added to the bill and will play all Australian dates. They released their second album High this year and are known for raucous, energetic shows.

Laneway will kick off in Singapore at the end of January before making its way to New Zealand and then to Oz. Flume, Grimes, Hudson Mohawke and many more are all set to play.

UPDATE 22/01/16: The official 2016 Laneway maps & set times have been unveiled.

Watch: Royal Headache – Carolina

Tobias Jesso Jr. Laneway Sideshows

~~Wednesday, 3rd February – CANCELLED~~
Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Tickets: Corner Hotel

~~Tuesday, 9th February – CANCELLED~~
Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tickets: Moshtix

Laneway Festival 2015 Lineup

Royal Headache

Joining…

Ali Barter*
Banoffee
Battles
Beach House
Big Scary
Blank Realm**
Chvrhces
DIIV
DMA’s
East India Youth
FIDLAR
Flume
GoldLink
Grimes
Health
Hermitude
High Tension
Hudson Mohawke
Japanese Wallpaper
Majical Cloudz
Methyl Ethel
METZ
Purity Ring
QT
Shamir
Silicon
Slum Sociable**
Sophie
The Goon Sax***
The Internet
The Smith Street Band
Thundercat
~~Tobias Jesso Jr.~~
Vince Staples
Violent Soho
The Hard Aches (Adelaide only)
Good Boy (Brisbane Only)
A.D.K.O.B. (Sydney only)
ESESE (Melbourne only)
Fait (Perth only)

* Exclusive to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne only
** not playing Fremantle
*** Exclusive to Brisbane only

Laneway Festival 2016 Dates

Friday, 5th February
Harts Mill, Adelaide
Tickets: Laneway Festival

Saturday, 6th February
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
Tickets: Laneway Festival

Sunday, 7th February
Sydney College Of The Arts, Rozelle
Tickets: Laneway Festival

Saturday, 13th February
Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne
Tickets: Laneway Festival

Sunday, 14th February
Esplanade Reserve and West End, Fremantle
Tickets: Laneway Festival

Gallery: Laneway Festival 2015 Melbourne / Photos by Nikki Williams

Laneway Festival 2015 - Melbourne, 07/02/15

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