JOHN FOGERTY WILL BE ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER AT BLUESFEST!

17th of January 2012 – The 4th round of artists to perform at Australia’s much awarded and loved Bluesfest has today been announced.

It’s the Festival’s biggest announcement yet for 2012; presenting more than 30 artists, including some very special headliners, the return of previous favourites, and opening the Bluesfest door to some exciting new discoveries.

Festival director Peter Noble says, “We’ve unveiled some amazing headliners and celebrated bands coming to Byron Bay for Bluesfest 2012, but now our fourth announcement is the final touch which really tips the scales into overdrive.

It’s certainly one of the best Bluesfest’s I’ve ever booked. Following on from the big headline acts in earlier announcements, our fourth artist unveiling is full of more headline surprises.

Bluesfest will be held at its home at Tyagarah Tea Tree farm just off the Pacific Highway, 12 minutes north of Byron Bay from Thursday April 5 through to Monday April 9, 2012.

4th Bluesfest artist announcement includes:

JOHN FOGERTY
Performs the albums and music of CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

ZIGGY MARLEY

CANDI STATON – DAVID BROMBERG BAND – CANNED HEAT

VUSI MAHLASELA – RICHARD CLAPTON – BLITZEN TRAPPER

THE AUDREYS – BACKSLIDERS – EUGENE ‘HIDEAWAY’ BRIDGES

RAY BEADLE – JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – HAT FITZ & CARA

TRIBALI – WATUSSI – EAGLE AND THE WORM

MAT. MCHUGH (THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS) – DUBMARINE

MAMA KIN – TIJUANA CARTEL – BENJALU – CARUS THOMPSON

KIM CHURCHILL – DALLAS FRASCA – MARSHALL & THE FRO

ASHLEIGH MANNIX – OLLIE BROWN – KOOII – LACHLAN BRYAN

JOHN FOGERTY plays Creedence Clearwater Revival:

It took Bob Dylan AND George Harrison’s constant cajoling to get JOHN FOGERTY to start playing Creedence Clearwater revival songs again. He started to do a few in his set in 1997 – 25 years after the band broke up.

Well, we can thank the Gods because for the first time in 40 years we are going to hear, live on stage at Bluesfest, one of the all time greats perform the music that he has written and only he can sing.

JOHN FOGERTY is going to perform in full one of 2 classic Creedence albums, which is either his favourite Creedence album ‘ Green River’ or Creedence’s biggest hit album ‘Cosmo’s Factory’.

Then, to top it off, after he has performed the album from start to finish, he is going to play all the Creedence Clearwater hits for the first time since the band split, in a special 2 hour show featuring multimedia presentations.

It will be a revelation to hear the classic “Swamp Pop” performed again by the main man of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the band that took over from the Beatles as the biggest band in the world.

The Creedence Clearwater Revival hit list includes: Proud Mary + Hey Tonight + Down On The Corner + Long As I Can See The Light + Bad Moon Rising + Have You Ever Seen The Rain + Looking Out My Back Door + Who’ll Stop The Rain + Run Through The Jungle + Lodi + Midnight Special and there’s so many more!

ZIGGY MARLEY

This is Roots – This is Rock – This is Reggae!! – THIS IS ZIGGY MARLEY.

The five-time Grammy Award-winning musician, actor, artist, activist and humanitarian, ZIGGY MARLEY returns to Bluesfest after a five year absence. He’ll be featuring songs from his latest album, Wild and Free as well as all the favourites from his 3 other solo albums and those of the Melody Makers.

ZIGGY MARLEY, the son of the legendary Bob Marley is, to many, the embodiment of his father. It is almost eerie to see the similarity, and with his Roots-Rock-Reggae style, ZIGGY is the Keeper of the Flame. A native of Kingston, Jamaica, ZIGGY MARLEY joined with his sisters Sharon and Cedella and brother Stephen to become Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, allowing him to craft his own soulful sound which blends blues, R&B, hip-hop and roots reggae

After two decades as the driving creative force behind The Melody Makers, ZIGGY MARLEY’s first solo tour came in summer 2002. The following year saw the release of his debut solo album, Dragonfly, followed by 2006’s Grammy Award-winning Love Is My Religion, Recently, ZIGGY MARLEY won his fifth Grammy Award, in the category “Best Musical Album for Children,” for Family Time, a 2009 collection of reggae-inflected, family-oriented songs, featuring family and friends including; Rita Marley, Cedella Marley, Judah Marley, Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Laurie Berkner, Elizabeth Mitchell and Jamie Lee Curtis.

ZIGGY MARLEY also continues to head Tuff Gong Worldwide, in honor of his father’s own music label Tuff Gong Records, and is involved with a breadth of charities. ZIGGY MARLEY leads his own charity, URGE (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment), a non-profit organization that benefits efforts in Jamaica, Ethiopia and other developing nations. The charity’s missions range from building new schools to operating health clinics to supporting charities like Mary’s Child, a center for abused and neglected girls.

ZIGGY MARLEY is one special person – a very special performer – and one we are glad to say

WELCOME BACK TO BLUESFEST – ZIGGY MARLEY

ARTISTS ALREADY ANNOUNCED FOR 2012

Cold Chisel – Crosby Stills & Nash – Roger Daltrey performs The Who’s Tommy & more,

Earth Wind & Fire -The Pogues – The Specials – John Butler Trio – My Morning Jacket –

YES – Buddy Guy – Maceo Parker – Lucinda Williams – Donovan –

G3 feat: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai & Steve Lukather – Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot! – John Hiatt & the Combo – Angelique Kidjo – Sublime with Rome – Zappa plays Zappa – Jonny Lang – Seasick Steve – Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Keb Mo – Nick Lowe – Steve Earle

Justin Townes Earle – Yann Tiersen – Josh Pyke – Bettye Lavette – Rosie Ledet – Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – Great Big Sea – Seth Lakeman – Dawes – Blue King Brown – James Vincent McMorrow – Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Busby Marou – Fabulous Thunderbirds – Eilen Jewell – 1814 – Alabama 3 – Harry Manx

Plus more artists yet to be announced!

Bluesfest 5 Day, 3 Day and Single Day Tickets are on sale through www.bluesfest.com.au or by phoning the BLUESFEST office on 02 6685 8310. Camping on site available.