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The Hills Are Alive Announce This Year's Festival 'Will Be The Last For A While'

Huge news from the festival.

This year's The Hills Are Alive event will be the festival's last for the foreseeable future. 

In an email today, the Victorian festival has shared that Hills Number 11 "will be the last Hills for a while (maybe a year, maybe two, maybe twenty-two)".

"Having hosted this much-loved shindig for over a decade," shared organisers, "We've decided that we're going to take a year off from March Hills in 2020."

They've assured that this year's NYE On The Hill event will still go ahead as usual, and that this year's The Hills Are Alive final line-up will be announced on Tuesday. 

Previously announced acts include Vera Blue, Kingswood, Didirri, Ceres, Tia Gostelow, Kwame and more. Check out theGuide below for more info, and see the festival's tenth anniversary video below.

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