WOMAD adds more global stars

January, 2012

The 20th anniversary celebrations for this year’s WOMADelaide just got a lot more spectacular with today’s third and final line-up announcement.

Some of the 20 global music stars added to the four-day March world music festival include dub legend Mad Professor (pictured), West African Baaba Maal, Joe Bataan as well as Australia’s raw violin-led instrumental trio Dirty Three and Neil Finn’s new band Pajama Club. The newly added artists join headliners Chic, Dobet Gnahore, Bonobo, Blue King Brown and Gurrumul.

WOMADelaide will be held at Botanic Park from Fri Mar 9 to Mon Mar 12. For more information head to womadelaide.com.au.

Full WOMADelaide 2012 line-up

Anda Union (China)

Baaba Maal (Senegal)

The Barons of Tang (Australia)

The Bearded Gypsy Band (Australia)

Blue King Brown (Australia)

The Bombay Royale (Australia)

Bonobo (UK)

Bunna Lawrie (Australia)

Cambodian Space Project (Cambodia/France/Australia)

Chapelier Fou (France)

Chic (USA)

Chris Finnen (Australia)

Diego Guerrero y El Solar de Artistas (Spain)

Dirty Three (Australia)

DJ Krush (Japan)

Dobet Gnahoré (Ivory Coast)

Eddi Reader (Scotland)

Electric Wire Hustle (New Zealand)

First Aid Kit (Sweden)

Frigg (Finland/Norway)

Grace Barbé (Seychelles/Australia)

Gramophone Man (UK/Australia)

Groundation (Jamaica/USA)

Gurrumul (Australia)

Jay Hoad Band (Fiji/Australia)

Jinja Safari (Australia)

Joe Bataan & the I Like it Like That Orchestra (Philippines/USA/Australia)

Johnny Clegg (South Africa)

JUMPS (Australia)

Kimmo Pohjonen (Finland)

La Voce Della Luna (Italy/Australia)

Le Trio Joubran (Palestine)

Lo'Jo (France)

Mad Professor (UK)

Mahala Rai Banda (Romania)

Master Drummers of Burundi (Burundi)

Melbourne Ska Orchestra (Australia

Mo' Horizons (Germany)

Nano Stern & The Sindicato (Chile)

Narasirato (Solomon Islands)

Pajama Club (New Zealand)

Pascals (Japan)

Penguin Café (UK)

The Picture Box Orchestra (Australia)

The Pigram Brothers (Australia)

The Pitts Family Circus (Australia)

ponydance theatre company “Anybody Waitin’?” (Ireland)

Shane Howard (Australia)

Shantala Shivalingappa – “Gamaka” (India)

Sharon Shannon Big Band (Ireland)

Shivkumar Sharma (India)

Sivouplait  (Japan)

Staff Benda Bilili (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Tété  (Senegal/France)

Tinariwen (Mali)

Toninho Ferragutti  (Brazil)

TORI Ensemble (Korea)

Two Pianos - "Canto Ostinato by Simeon Ten Holt"  (Australia)

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (UK)

Weaving the World – Better World Arts & Tenzin Choegyal & Monks of Tibet (Australia/Tibet)