WOMADelaide has started revealing its 2027 lineup \u2014 and its first three artists are substantial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madness, Leon Bridges and Tinariwen<\/strong> will perform at the Australian festival when it returns to Botanic Park\/Tainmuntilla in Adelaide from 5\u20138 March 2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The festival will also celebrate its 35th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legendary British ska-pop band Madness provide the most immediately recognisable booking from the first announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group behind songs including Our House<\/em>, Baggy Trousers<\/em> and One Step Beyond<\/em> will make a rare Adelaide appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s an interesting booking for WOMADelaide because the festival has always stretched its definition of world music far beyond traditional genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grammy-winning American singer Leon Bridges<\/strong> is the second major artist announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His WOMADelaide performance is expected to feature a full ensemble including backing vocalists and horns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bridges’ combination of soul, R&B and contemporary pop should make him one of the biggest crossover artists on the eventual lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The third confirmed artist is Tinariwen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Grammy-winning Tuareg group have become one of the world’s best-known exponents of desert blues, blending electric guitar music with musical traditions from the Sahara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Putting Madness, Leon Bridges and Tinariwen into the same first announcement says quite a lot about what WOMADelaide is trying to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WOMADelaide takes place from 5\u20138 March 2027 at Botanic Park\/Tainmuntilla in Adelaide, South Australia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WOMADelaide has started revealing its 2027 lineup \u2014 and its first three artists are substantial. Madness, Leon Bridges and Tinariwen will perform at the Australian festival when it returns to Botanic Park\/Tainmuntilla in Adelaide from 5\u20138 March 2027. The festival will also celebrate its 35th anniversary. Madness are coming to WOMADelaide Legendary British ska-pop band Madness provide the most immediately recognisable booking from the first announcement. The group behind songs including Our House, Baggy Trousers and One Step Beyond will make a rare Adelaide appearance. It’s an interesting booking for WOMADelaide because the festival has always stretched its definition of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2778,1357,473,303,2779,2780,2777],"coauthors":[2],"class_list":["post-4541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festival","tag-adelaide","tag-australia","tag-festival","tag-leon-bridges","tag-madness","tag-tinariwen","tag-womadelaide"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMadness are coming to WOMADelaide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Leon Bridges joins the lineup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Tinariwen bring desert blues to Adelaide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When is WOMADelaide 2027?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n