MONA FOMA 2013 lineup announced

Tasmania’s MONA FOMA festival has announced the lineup for its 2013 program.

Joining previously announced headliners David Byrne (ex-Talking Heads) and St Vincent are controversial California hip-hop collective Death Grips, American indie rockers Dirty Projectors, singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer and electronic artist Pretty Lights among 40 other musicians/acts.

Curated by Brian Ritchie (ex-Violent Femmes), MONA FOMA is now in its fifth year.

Next year’s festival takes place 16 – 20 January in Hobart, Tasmania.

The full program will be released December 8. Presale tickets available now from mofo.net.au. General tickets on sale Monday, October 8.

MONA FOMA LINEUP:

Anna McMichael
Amanda Palmer
Adam Simmons
Benjamin Skepper
Bickram Ghosh
Chicks on Speed
Colin Offord
Colin Stetson
David Byrne and St. Vincent
Death Grips
Dirty Projectors
Douglas Lawrence
Dylan Sheridan
Elizabeth Anderson
Graveyard Train
Jenny M Thomas & the System
Joshua Santospirito & Christopher Downes
Josephine Truman
Los Coronas
Mahmoud Ahmed
Mat Ward
Michael Kieran Harvey
Nick Tsiavos
Neil Gaiman
Orkestra of the Underground
Pretty Lights
Richard Gilewitz
Robin Fox
Soda_Jerk
Susan Philipsz
Tania Bosak and the Barefoot Orchestra
Tina Havelock Stevens
Tricky and Mish
Troup Formant
Vicky Browne and Darren Seltmann
Wade Marynowsky