{"id":1961609,"date":"2025-08-15T07:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1961609"},"modified":"2025-08-15T07:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:12:50","slug":"tv-on-the-radio-perfume-genius-to-headline-australias-meredith-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tv-on-the-radio-perfume-genius-to-headline-australias-meredith-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"TV on the Radio &#038; Perfume Genius to Headline Australia\u2019s Meredith Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Australia\u2019s Meredith Music Festival has announced the lineup for its 33rd edition, with the likes of TV on the Radio, Perfume Genius and Colin Hay leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The annual festival, held in the regional town of Meredith, is regarded as one of the country\u2019s most respected and acclaimed events, thanks largely to its programming, its communal aspect and the positive ethos that it embraces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taking place across three days from Dec. 5-7, the forthcoming edition of the event sees the Australian return of New York City art rock ensemble TV on the Radio after a ten-year absence, the Down Under debut of J-pop outfit Atarashii Gakko!, and a return visit from Perfume Genius.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other heavy hitters include the likes of Men at Work frontman Colin Hay, acclaimed soul trio Thee Sacred Souls, and U.K. rapper Pa Salieu. A raft of local names also make up the diverse offering, including Folk B\u2013ch Trio, Mildlife, RONA., Radio Free Alice ,Dr Sure\u2019s Unusual Practice and many others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As is typical for the Meredith Music Festival, ticket sales are only available via a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mmf.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ballot system;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ballot system<\/a>, which remains open until 10:33pm AEST on Tuesday, Aug. 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Meredith Music Festival first launched in 1991 as what organizers described as a \u201cparty for about 200 people.\u201d In the ensuing years, the event has grown significantly, now annually bringing in myriad international acts such as Kraftwek, Jami xx, Laim Gallagher, The Breeders, Billy Bragg and more in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s now a little vaster, a bit deeper, there\u2019s more pageantry than in its infancy,\u201d organizers explain. \u201cIt\u2019s been an experiment in propagation. What was planted one year harvested the next. The spirit of \u201891 preserved and evolved, an epigenetic mutation that\u2019s retained the original strain of DNA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alongside its commitment to curating eclectic lineups and offering a unique communal experience for all attendees, the Meredith Music Festival is also famed for its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aunty.mmf.com.au\/what-goes-on\/dickhead-policy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cno d\u2013khead policy,\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cno d\u2013khead policy,\u201d<\/a> which has existed since its earliest events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIn part it means looking after yourself and others,\u201d the festival\u2019s website explains. \u201cJust as importantly, it means treating each other with respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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The annual festival, held in the regional town of Meredith, is regarded as one of the country\u2019s most respected and acclaimed events, thanks largely to its programming, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1961610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[345624,345626,345627,345623,345622,345628,345625],"class_list":["post-1961609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-colin-hay","tag-forthcoming-edition","tag-meredith","tag-meredith-music-festival","tag-perfume-genius","tag-return-visit","tag-tv-on-the-radio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TV-on-the-Radio-Perfume-Genius-to-Headline-Australias.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}