NSW: Cave chooses eclectic line-up for Sydney festival

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2008
NSW: Cave chooses eclectic line-up for Sydney festival

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By Karen Davis

SYDNEY, Dec 20 AAP - Singer Nick Cave says the inaugural Australian edition of the
All Tomorrow's Parties music festival will be an event unlike any other.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have been responsible for choosing the line-up for the
event, which the alternative rock outfit is also headlining.

All Tomorrow's Parties, is being held on Cockatoo Island in the middle of Sydney Harbour,
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th January, as part of the annual Sydney Festival.

The line-up includes The Saints, Laughing Clowns, Robert Forster, Psarandonis, Spiritualised,
Harmonia, F*** Buttons, James Blood Ulmer and Silver Apples alongside locals The Necks
and Bridezilla.

Cave visited the former prison island on Saturday, saying it was a extraordinary venue
for a concert.

"It's going to be amazing, this event," he said.

"It's already got a vibe out there and there's no-one there.

"The spaces to play are extraordinary, it's great, it's just like Alcatraz."

Cave said he was particularly excited about Spiritualised, The Saints and James Blood Ulmer.

"I was able to construct a couple of days of music with the other members of the Bad
Seeds of stuff I would like to see and that's an absolute pleasure to do that," he said.

"It's a festival that's got some imagination behind it.

"It will be an event unlike any other."

All Tomorrow's Parties was founded in the UK by Barry Hogan, and will also be staged
at Mt Buller in Victoria and Brisbane.

Hogan, who jokes he asked the band to curate because of "their handsome good looks"

said he had worked them on other projects and they seemed like the natural choice.

"We knew they would have a great selection of music and it's paid off, I think," he said.

Hogan said Cockatoo Island was a unique location.

"That also reflects in the line-up, it's not an obvious line-up, it's something you
won't ever see repeated again," he said.

"There's something for everybody and there's so many artists who will probably never
play in Australia again."

He said there was a demand in Australia for boutique, alternative festivals.

"I just think there's room for an event where people go entirely because they are into
the music," he said.

"You'll get to discover things you wouldn't see at normal big festivals. A lot of the
time it's the best music out there and it gets overlooked.

"You discover new music."

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