by Tom Ryan | February 4th, 2016 11:08:AM EST Rolling Stone AU
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With seven weeks to go until Bluesfest 2016 kicks off, organisers have today announced yet another round of stellar acts to join the already massive lineup.
Leading the announcement is The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito. Mick Fleetwood, dummer and co-founder of iconic rock band Fleetwood Mac will be joined by former band member Rick Vito as well as Lenny Castellanos and Mark Johnston. The Grammy Award winning group celebrates Mick Fleetwood's Blues heritage and festival goers can expect to hear a mix of Fleetwood Mac classics and great Blues tracks. In another exciting addition Californian band, Eagles of Death Metal, will make their Bluesfest debut at the festival's 2016 installment. Formed by singer Jesse Hughes and drummer/guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of The Stone Age) in 1998, 2015 saw the group release Zipper Down, their first studio album in seven years.
Perhaps more recently remembered as the band onstage during the Bataclan attack in Paris, the band have since returned to the Bataclan to play with U2 and resumed touring in support of their latest LP. Also included on this round of additions are Playing For Change Band, Chain, Backsliders, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Irish Mythen, Digging Roots, Frazey Ford, Marshall Okell, Sahara Beck and Emma Donovan & The Putbacks. These acts all round out the incredible bill for the 5-day easter weekend festival, joining previously announced acts including Kendrick Lamar, The National, D'Angelo, Brian Wilson, Tom Jones, UB40, The Original Blues Brothers Band and Don McLean. — Bluesfest 2016 runs from Thursday 24th to Monday 28th March and tickets are on sale now. -
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