Splendour In The Grass sells out in hours this morning; Foals, Passion Pit, Jonsi & more announce several sideshows.
July's massive Splendour In The Grass festival sold out in mere hours this morning, while festival organisers released sideshow information amidst the ticketing chaos.
Internet forums and message boards were flooded with complaints about the notoriously unreliable Moshtix ticketing system used by Splendour, with many reports that users were continually disconnected from the queue system used by the Moshtix website.
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The 20,000 camping tickets were snapped up in less than four hours, while the allocation of the 10,000 remaining event-only passes were exhausted by 2pm this afternoon.
In better news for those who missed out - or who couldn't justify the $450 price tag for tickets - several sideshows were also announced this morning.
Acts including Foals, Passion Pit and Jonsi (of Sigur Ros fame) will play dates mostly in Melbourne and Sydney, with festival organisers also promising that more sideshows are to be announced soon.
Tickets for all sideshows go on sale Friday, May 14th.
SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2010 SIDESHOWS:
Foals
Tuesday 27th July – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne
Wednesday 28th July – The Manning Bar, Sydney
Jonsi
Monday 2nd August – The Enmore, Sydney
Wednesday 4th August – Palace Theatre, Melbourne
Surfer Blood
Friday 30th July – The Corner, Melbourne
Tuesday 3rd August – Manning Bar, Sydney
Passion Pit
Monday 2nd August – The Forum, Sydney
Thursday 5th August – The Prince, Melbourne
Goldfrapp
Thursday 29 July – Big Top, Luna Park, Sydney
Tuesday 3 August – Palace Theatre, Melbourne
Laura Marling
Monday 2nd August – The Metro, Sydney
Wednesday 4th August – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne
Saturday 7th August – The Gov, Adelaide
Sunday 8th August – The Capitol, Perth
Band Of Skulls
Tuesday 3rd August – OAF, Sydney
Wednesday 4th August – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
Two Door Cinema Club
Thursday July 29th – UniBar, Adelaide
Monday August 2nd – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tuesday 3rd August – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
Kate Nash
Wednesday 4th August – The Corner, Melbourne
Thursday 5th August – The Metro, Sydney
The Magic Numbers
Wednesday 28th July – The Corner, Melbourne
Friday 30th July – Metro, Sydney
We Are Scientists and Ash
Tuesday 3rd August – The Metro, Sydney
Wednesday 4th August – Billboard. Melbourne