Laneway Festival 2017 is just around the corner and as punters count the sleeps until the big day, one of the eagerly anticipated international acts has unfortunately been forced to pull out.
Taking to their official Instagram channel, New York outfit The Julie Ruin, one of the many strings on Bikini Kill and Le Tigre frontwoman Kathleen Hanna’s bow, have sadly announced their cancellation.
“We regretfully announce that we will be unable to perform at the Laneway Festival next year,” they write, citing a medical situation involving their guitarist which prevents them from travelling.
“Our guitarist has an unanticipated and unavoidable medical conflict at the time that will make it impossible for us to travel in January and February, so it is with sadness that we have had to cancel,” they add.
According to Laneway, organisers are currently working on a replacement which should be announced shortly. Meanwhile, the news comes just days after Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker revealed Laneway would be the band’s last shows for a while.
LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2017
A.B. Original
AURORA
Baro*
Bob Moses
Camp Cope**
Car Seat Headrest
Clams Casino
Ecca Vandal*
Fascinator
Floating Points (Live)***
Flyying Colours*
Gang of Youths
GL**
Glass Animals
Jagwar Ma
Jess Kent
Julia Jacklin**
Koi Child
Luca Brasi
Mick Jenkins
Mr. Carmack
NAO
Nicholas Allbrook
Nick Murphy (Chet Faker)***
Roland Tings
Sampa The Great
Tame Impala***
Tash SultanaThe Julie Ruin
Tourist
Tycho
White Lung
Whitney
*Melbourne only
**Excluding Freo
***Exclusive to Laneway, no sideshows
Thursday, 26th January 2017
Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane
Saturday, 28th January 2017
Footscray Community Arts Centre And The River’s Edge, Melbourne
Friday, 3rd February 2017
Hart’s Mill, Adelaide
Saturday, 4th February 2017
Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
Sunday, 5th February 2017
Esplanade Reserve and West End, Fremantle
