Listen Out

In its place will be ‘Listen Out Presents’.

Amping up the teasing, the festival shared a cheeky Instagram Story of a payphone ringing and a sign-up link.

“[The festival circuit] is too important to lose,” said Minister for Music and Night-time Economy John Graham.

The singer-songwriter pulled out of the festival just two days before it starts in Melbourne.

If you’re a NSW-based artist who has what it takes to play one of Australia’s biggest hip hop and R&B festivals, listen up.

Listen Out flexes its muscles as this year's big festival event.

21 Savage, Tyla, Teezo Touchdown, Flo Milli, Jessie Reyez, and Jazzy are visiting Australia for the first time.

"Although we try to avoid clashes like this, they are sometimes unavoidable."