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11.01.12 DIRTY THREE ADDED TO WOMADELAIDE
The final acts for WOMADelaide’s 20th anniversary festival program have been announced, with the newest global stars heightening an already stellar bill boasting headliners like First Aid Kit, Chic and Blue King Brown.
22.11.11 WOMADELAIDE 2012 LINE-UP
Global? More like universal, as the 2012 line-up for the global music festival WOMADelaide is out of this world with disco pioneers Chic (pictured) headlining the four-day March festival along with Staff Benda Bilili (Democratic Republic Of Congo), First Aid Kit (Sweden), Ivory Coast’s Dobet Gnahore, Australia’s Gurrumul and Japan’s DJ Krush.
02.11.11 WOMADELAIDE 2012 FIRST LINE-UP
Following the addition of Adelaide’s own Bearded Gypsy Band to the bill it's time to pull together the first official line-up for WOMADelaide 2012.
28.10.11 FIRST AID KIT ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Alongside their appearance at the 2012 Womadelaide Festival and Golden Plains, Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit will be embarking on their own headline tour around the country next March.
28.06.11 WOMAD EARTH STATION BEGINS THIS OCTOBER
The new companion event to WOMADelaide Festival, EARTH STATION, will be officially held this Spring at Long Gully, Belair National Park from 21-23 October.
29.03.11 5 Minute Festival: Dereb The Ambassador
WOMADelaide is a great format for unearthing left-field talent that would otherwise elude us.
11.03.11 ScrapArtsMusic: 'We're bringing 4000 pounds of boxed mayhem!'
As a final teaser for WOMADelaide, which kicks off today (Fri Mar 11), we give you maniacal percussion group ScrapArtsMusic.
10.03.11 Amadou & Mariam: Welcome to WOMAD
I first came across Malian musical superstars Amadou & Mariam courtesy of another world music superstar, Manu Chao.
09.03.11 Interview: Angus & Julia Stone
While his older sister Julia takes a break in India after a big few months, Angus Stone is sitting by a Los Angeles creek with his Hollywood muse.
03.03.11 Ripper Out: March
Mad March can be a terrible burden on the purse strings.
07.02.11 6 On The St: The Shaolin Afronauts
This month 6 On The St presents the local dynamos who not only made it into Rip It Up's Hot 6 for 2011, but have also scored a spot on this year's illustrious WOMADelaide line-up.
25.01.11 WOMAD warm-up gig
WOMADelaide will once again be hosting a pre-festival warm-up gig headlined by one of the local acts set to tear the stage apart come February 11.
17.01.11 Martha Wainwright, Os Mutantes added to WOMAD bill
The line-up for WOMADelaide 2011 has been completed with the addition of seven more artists, including acclaimed singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright and legendary psych band Os Mutantes.
17.11.10 Talk It Up: Afro Celt Sound System
After a hiatus from music for a couple of years and spending time on other projects and with their families, the guys from Afro Celt Sound System have reunited with renewed musical energy, and are very excited to be playing again at WOMADelaide! “We’re looking forward to it!” band singer Iarla Ó Lionáird explained to Rip It Up when he called recently from his Irish homeland.
16.11.10 WOMADelaide 2011 festival program
Launch the official 2011 WOMADelaide program flipbookDownload the 2011 WOMADelaide program as a PDF (13MB) The full WOMADelaide 2011 festival guide is here, exclusive to Rip It Up! After announcing some pretty gob-smacking headliners, the festival organisers have not disappointed with a line-up of brilliant musicians from all over the globe, as well as a unique program of visual art, workshops and street theatre.
16.11.10 WOMAD line-up out tomorrow
Don't forget, the full festival program for WOMADelaide 2011 will be announced tomorrow (Wed Nov 17) and you can find it first right here at ripitup.
12.11.10 A brimful of Asa
The team over at WOMADelaide have just expanded their playing roster of 2011 by one.
09.11.10 Joanna Newsom confirmed for WOMAD
The highly-rumoured debut Adelaide appearance of Joanna Newsom has been confirmed.
29.10.10 Rip It Up's Ultimate Festival Guide: March
Who says we have too many festivals in this country? If we have to brave freezing cold temperatures and apocalyptic floods during the winter, why can't we let our hair down when the sun shines? The summer festival season is here so we’re here to tell you everything you need to know about what’s coming up.
21.10.10 Xavier Rudd: Always The Sun
At his last Adelaide appearance at WOMADelaide back in March, Xavier Rudd unleashed a brand new and sensational sound on local audiences.
Whoah, Adam Ant is coming to Adelaide as part of a comeback tour this March.
The former White Stripes frontman has released the first single off his new solo album.
The psychedelic locals will be performing with The Living End at this year's Clipsal 500
We've got some real talent in our local traps. Here are our picks for 2012.
