World class musos canât wait to get back to the Whitsundays The Rogue Traders have been announced as 2021 Airlie Beach Festival of Music headliners. Picture: Supplied.
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Much-loved Aussie acts The Angels and The Rogue Traders will headline the 2021 Airlie Beach Festival of Music in what is set to be one of the eventâs biggest years yet.
Organisers dropped their first line-up announcement today, naming more than half a dozen world-class acts set to light up the stage in the picturesque Whitsundays setting this November.
Formed in 1977, pub rock legends The Angels have had 13 studio albums, eight Top 10 albums, 17 Top 40 singles, earned a following through thousands of gigs and been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1998.
The second hour of today’s show features gorgeous songs by an English guitar maestro, a Perth-based alt-pop band, a blues/soul band based in central-west New South Wales, a Sydney-based country-folk singer-songwriter, a Sydney shoegaze trio, a legend of the Melbourne folk music scene, the Canadian patron saint of this radio show, and more! Here is the playlist:
Friends – John Smith
Let the River Go – The Safety of Life at Sea
Story for the Kids – Arna Georgia
Lonelier Than You – Jordan Merrick
Suzy Says – Grids & Dots
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