Festivals Australia Portishead an English band from Bristol

The Gathering, otherwise known as Harvest festival is fast approaching and is set to be one
of the festivals of 2011.With a line-up hot enough to make other festivals green with envy, it truly is the talk on everyone’s lips in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

What Harvest has that other festivals don’t is the long-awaited return to Australia from
Portishead. Portishead have spanned a twenty year career together so far but have
not been on Australian soil for fourteen years. With infamous hits such as ‘Glory Box’
and ‘Numb’, attendees are sure to see one of England’s finest acts at their best.

Harvest is an adult-only one-day event which includes a plethora of other performers from
all over the world, including The Flaming Lips, Bright Eye’s, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and
The National.

The promoters themselves describe Harvest as being “not a festival, it’s a feeling” and they
have gone about this by choosing 3 very green locations in three major cities in which to
hold it at. The atmosphere will be set with ambient lighting, art installations, cocktail bars
and holistic markets.

Portishead:

Portishead are an English band from Bristol, formed in 1991 with infamous lead singer
Beth Gibbons. They have three studio albums under their belt and have maintained a huge following since they first burst onto the music scene. Festivals Australia Portishead an English band from Bristol.

The Flaming Lips:

The Flaming Lips are an alternative rock band from Oklahoma. With a discography of
thirteen albums and showing no signs of stopping at that, they are a band sure to leave
behind a massive legacy.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble:

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are an all-male, nine-piece brass band from Chicago where eight
of the nine members are brothers. They collaborated on the Gorillaz third studio and album
and have toured with Blur.

The National:

The National are an indie-rock band from Brooklyn in New York who have been around for
ten years and have toured near and far gaining fans from all over the world. They will no
doubt be performing tracks from their most recent album ‘High Violet’.

Many of the acts will be performing side shows and to keep updated of any other news go to the festival website:

Festivals Australia Portishead an English band from Bristol

https://www.harvestfestival.com.au/

• Melbourne: Sat 12th November
• Sydney: Sun 13th November
• Brisbane: Sat 19th November

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