Two brilliant headliners have been unveiled for the iconic festival
The incredible WOMADelaide festival will once again make Adelaide the centre of the world for adventurous music lovers in March of 2023.
Today they unveil two almighty headliners for next year's festival and it's safe to say they're off to a pretty good start.
Florence + The Machine have sold almost 20 million records and have become renowned for delivering some of the most heart-filling performances of any major act currently on the circuit.
This year saw the release of their fifth album Dance Fever, a beautiful, powerful record that saw Florence Welch asking big questions about her place in the world.
The band were already scheduled to be in Australia in March next year – their first visit since 2019 – and this morning they officially add WOMADelaide to that tour, headlining the festival on Saturday 11 March.
That's just the half of it…
Before the pandemic hit, American indie collective Bon Iver were all set for their biggest Australian tour yet.
Now, years later, it's finally set to happen and one of those shows will be as part of the 2023 WOMADelaide line-up.
Spearheaded by Justin Vernon, who was once its sole member, Bon Iver is one of a handful of acts that set the agenda for indie music in the 2010s.
Each of their records are stunning, but for wildly different reasons. The sparse and emotive 2008 debut For Emma, Forever Ago was a spellbinding introduction, one that sounds a million miles away from their most recent effort, 2019's wonderfully confounding I, I.
Bon Iver haven't played a single date in Australia since here for Vivid in 2016, and haven't played Adelaide since March 2012, so this is seriously big news.
They'll play a career-spanning set at WOMAD on Friday 10 March.
These two enormous headliners ought to do more than whet the appetite for the rest of the WOMAD line-up, which we'll see in the coming months.
WOMADelaide happens in Botanic Park, Adelaide from Friday 10 to Monday 13 March. Tickets are on sale from Friday 25 August.
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