Who Is The 'Mystery Oz Act' On Splendour In The Grass' 2019 Lineup?

The 2019 Splendour In The Grass lineup has just dropped and it is absolutely bloody huge. Headlined by Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Chance The Rapper, with the likes of SZA, Foals, James Blake, Courtney Barnett, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Santigold, FIDLAR and about a billion more also on the bill.

But there’s one act that has everyone talking, and no one even knows who it is. On the Saturday of the festival, a ‘Mystery Oz Act’ will be taking to the stage and the Internet is already buzzing with who it could possibly be.

There’s endless possibilities of which Aussie act is keeping their identity a secret (for now) so we thought we’d try our hand at some educated guesses as to who it might be.

In any case, check out the full lineup and important info below.

MIDNIGHT OIL

Rumours have long been swirling about Peter Garrett and co. performing Australia’s most famous festival, but 2019 might just be the year where we see it become a reality. The band recently announced their ‘final’ touring plans for the year, and it apparently wraps up with a very remote show headlining The Big Red Bash in Birdsville, QLD just days before Splendour is happening. Could that ‘final’ label be just a tease to catch us off guard?

THE MIDDLE EAST

As far as who is most likely, The Middle East might be the smart choice for your money. At the start of this year, this would’ve seemed like nonsense but, given their surprising reunion for Vivid Live 2019, anything’s possible. On top of that, it is well known that most of Matt Corby’s band are previous members of The Middle East, and Corby is playing SITG. It would also be pretty bloody poetic – as the band actually announced they were breaking up at Splendour In The Grass all the way back in 2011. It would be a bloody perfect and welcome homecoming.

OCEAN ALLEY

Look, this seems a little too obvious to be true but Ocean Alley‘s absence on the 2019 Splendour bill seems bizarre given that they kicked off the year with taking out the top spot on Triple J’s Hottest 100. To be fair, they did play last year but it seems like a waste for them not to capitalise on their success by making an upgrade from G.W. McLennan to the Ampitheatre stage this year.

YOUNG DIVAS

If the Spice Girls can do it, why can’t they?

SILVERCHAIR

Let us dream, alright.

Splendour In The Grass 2019 Full Lineup

Childish Gambino

Tame Impala

Chance The Rapper (only Australian show)

SZA

Foals

Catfish and the Bottlemen

James Blake

Santigold (only Australian show)

Courtney Barnett

The Lumineers

The Streets

Russ

What So Not

Matt Corby

‘Mystery Oz Act’

Wolf Alice

Friendly Fires

Broods

Dean Lewis

FIDLAR

Cosmo’s Midnight

Meg Mac

Ziggy Alberts

Ruby Fields

Dave

Allday + Friends

K. Flay

The Rubens

Thelma Plum

Dope Lemon

Dermot Kennedy

Pond

Little Simz

Hayden James

Kwame

Odette

Kian

Trophy Eyes

Channel Tres

Hatchie

Dear Seattle

Friendly Fires

The Streets

Wolfmother

Mansionair

Tyne-James Organ

The Beths

Slowly Slowly

Winston Surfshirt

The Lumineers

Tycho

Warpaint

Honne

Slaves (only Australian show)

Last Dinosaurs

Maribou State

Dermot Kennedy

Mike Servito

Sam Fender

Tropical F*ck Storm

The Teskey Brothers

Charly Bliss

Set Mo

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Kaiit

MorMor

Lastlings

Moaning Lisa

Pist Idiots

Thandi Phoenix

Local Natives

Ninajirachi

Andy Garvey

A. Swayze and the Ghosts

Erthlings

The Midnight

The Nude Party

Jacob Banks

Phony Ppl

Kyle Hall

Kie Servito

Harvey Sutherland (DJ set)

Pub Choir

Seb Wildblood

Nathan Micay

Kenji Takimi

Suzanne Kraft

Telephones

Dj Nett

Wax’o Paradiso

Merve

Jennifer Loveless

Noise In My Head

Skin On Skin

Rebel Yell

Triple J Unearthed Friday

Triple J Unearthed Saturday

Ninajirachi

Body Promise

Donald’s House

Casual Connection

DJ Klasik

Close Counters (DJ set)

Merph

Dameeeela

Lex Deluxe