Philadelphia's Kurt Vile & The Violators are on the Laneway line-up, were last night announced for the Sydney Festival, and this morning have added dates to their visit.

As well as taking part in the Big Star tribute, and having shows with the band and solo for Sydney Festival (details of those here) and following Laneway around the country, Vile will play shows Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 February at Melbourne's Corner Hotel.

Vile's latest album Walkin On A Pretty Daze has been his most commercially successful to date and will soon be released in a deluxe edition with new EP It's A Big World Out There (And I Am Scared).

Tickets for the Melbourne dates are on sale now.

LANEWAY SIDESHOWS

The Music Presents

Frightened Rabbit
Parquet Courts

Others

Kurt Vile & The Violators
Chvrches
Daughter
Savages, Kirin J Callinan
King Krule
Autre Ne Veut
Cass McCombs
Drenge
Jagwar Ma
Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown, Run The Jewels
Youth Lagoon
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