Daniel Johns and Gotye Added to Triple J’s Beat The Drum Festival

National broadcaster triple j is turning 40 soon and can do whatever it damn well pleases, so it’s throwing itself a great big birthday concert, Beat The Drum, and some bloody ripper Aussie talent has just been added to the bill.

One of the most exciting is a rare performance from Silverchair front man Daniel Johns, who has been teasing new solo material for a while, and might be on the way to releasing an album.

Also on the bill is Gotye, who hasn’t released any new music under his own name since the massive international success of Making Mirrors, and a track you might have heard called ‘Somebody That I Used To Know.’

The massive lineup, via Music Feeds, already includes:

Hilltop Hoods
The Presets
The Cat Empire
You Am I
Vance Joy
Ball Park Music
The Preatures
Nina Las Vegas
KLP (DJ Set)

Special Appearances From:

Bernard Fanning
Briggs with Trials
Daniel Johns
Dave Faulkner (Hoodoo Gurus)
Drapht
DZ Deathrays
Gotye
Hermitude
Horrorshow
Illy
Joelistics
Mark McEntee (Divinyls)
Megan Washington
Paul Dempsey
Sarah Blasko
Seth Sentry
Thundamnetals
Tom Iansek (Big Scary/#1 Dads)

Special Guests:

Whew. There are still more to be announced, but the festival takes place on Friday January 16, 2015, at The Domain in Sydney.

Tickets can be purchased here.