Stereosonic announces 2015 Line-Up

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Major Lazer was the first artist announced on Sunday, 12 July 2015 as one of the headlining acts this year. Major Lazer is arguably the biggest act in electronic music, and with their incredible track ‘Lean On’ receiving over 2.5 million streams on Spotify daily and achieving a #1 chart position in Australia, they are looking forward to bringing their energetic live show to Stereosonic this year.

Joining Major Lazer on the international line-up is Armin Van Buuren, Axwell^Ingrosso, DJ Snake, Duke Dumont (live), Galantis (pictured), Clean Bandit and more.

Armin van Buuren, the five-time winner of DJ Mag’s Top 100 artist DJ poll eagerly awaits his return to Australia, remarking, “I can’t wait to be back in one of the countries I love the most in the world! I’m really looking forward to seeing all my Australian fans again at Stereosonic!”

Billboard Award winning artist, DJ Snake has taken the world by storm in the last 18 months, with his track ‘Turn Down for What’. The Frenchman’s debut performance at Stereosonic last year has become legendary and he is planning his triumphant return, adding, “I’m excited to be coming back to Australia and play at Stereosonic. It’s always a good time.”

Australian artists joining the bill that have enjoyed local chart success and international recognition include; Peking Duk, MaRLo, What So Not, Will Sparks, Hot Dub Time Machine, Timmy Trumpet, Tigerlily, Generik, Slumberjack and Carmada.

The 2015 line-up has consciously been curated to meet the tastes of various types of electronic music fans, with the introduction of arenas to create genre specific environments. The arenas are - Stereo, Sonic, ATLANTIS, The Woods and Beatport. They will showcase acts from various genres including commercial, house, trap, bass, trance, electronica, techno and deep house music.

Stereosonic was recently awarded 2014 Favourite Touring Festival in Australia and will return to its original festival format this year with a jam-packed one-day event. Totem Onelove Group has ensured the ticket price is great value, starting at $129.95 (plus booking fee). The ‘Good Times Embassy' upgrade tickets (does not include Stereosonic ticket) are available for $60.00 (plus booking fee) and ' The Palms' VIP tickets will be priced at $280 (plus booking fee) and are only available in Sydney and Melbourne.

Stereosonic 2015 National Line-up (Arena by Arena)

Stereo

Armin van Buuren

Axwell ^ Ingrosso

Major Lazer Live

Showtek

Peking Duk

Oliver Heldens

Galantis Live

Generik

Sonic

Diplo

DJ Snake

Duke Dumont Live **

Tchami

What So Not

Clean Bandit Live*

Carmada

JAUZ

SHOCKONE

Slumberjack

Atlantis

Gareth Emery

Andrew Rayel

MaRLo

Andrew Bayer

Emma Hewitt Live*

Mark Sherry

Jason Ross

Special Guest Headhunterz

The Woods

MK

Claptone Immortal Live*

Claude VonStroke*

Hannah Wants*

Patrick Topping*

Shiba San*

Cut Snake*

Beatport

Carnage

Will Sparks

Hot Dub Time Machine

Timmy Trumpet

Snails

Jessie Andrews

Tigerlily

All artists will be appearing exclusively at Stereosonic Sydney.

There will be no sideshows for Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

** Not playing live in Brisbane

*Not playing in Adelaide

Sydney, Saturday November 28, Sydney Showground

Perth, Sunday November 29, Claremont Showground*

Melbourne, Saturday December 5, Melbourne Showgrounds

Adelaide, Saturday December 5, Bonython Park

Brisbane, Sunday December 6, Brisbane Showgrounds

*Subject to council approval

Stereosonic’s official ticketing partner in 2015 is Moshtix.

Register for MasterCard pre-sale at stereosonic.com.au/mastercard

MasterCard pre-sale commences Monday July 27th from 10am*

Moshtix & Stereosonic pre-sale commences Wednesday July 29th from 10am*

Stereosonic general public sale commences, Thursday July 30th from 10am*