Bluesfest promised “one of our absolute best artist line-ups ever”, and you can’t accuse them of exaggerating. Paul Simon, 13 time Grammy winner, former Simon & Garfunkel member, guy whose voice is magically invoked each time a middle-aged woman seduces a much younger man, headlines the fourth 2013 Bluesfest line-up announcement alongside baroque-pop singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. They join previously announced artists including Iggy & The Stooges, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, Santana, Ben Harper, Wilco and Dropkick Murphys.
Bluesfest takes place from Thursday 28th March – Monday 1st April at its permanent home in Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, just 11km north of Byron Bay. Tickets are on sale now via the Bluesfest website, but be quick, with a bill this awesome that won’t be the case for much longer.
2013 BLUESFEST LINEUP
ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS
SANTANA
PAUL SIMON
BEN HARPER
IGGY & THE STOOGES
STEVE MILLER BAND
STATUS QUO
MADNESS
CHRIS ISAAK
BONNIE RAITT
WILCO
RODRIGUEZ
ROBERT CRAY
ROGER HODGSON THE LEGENDARY VOICE OF SUPERTRAMP
JIMMY CLIFF
JOAN ARMATRADING
JON ANDERSON THE LEGENDARY VOICE OF YES
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
DROPKICK MURPHYS
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
GLEN HANSARD WITH THE FRAMES
TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
MAVIS STAPLES
FRANK TURNER AND THE SLEEPING SOULS
ALLEN TOUSSAINT
WANDA JACKSON
GRACE POTTER
FRED WESLEY AND THE NEW JB’S
MICHAEL KIWANUKA
BETTYE LAVETTE
PLAYING FOR CHANGE
RUTHIE FOSTER
NEWTON FAULKNER
TONY JOE WHITE
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
THE DUKE ROBILLARD BAND
WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE
SHAWN COLVIN
LUKA BLOOM
SETH LAKEMAN
BEN CAPLAN
