Ben Harper, Santana, Iggy & The Stooges, Steve Miller Band, Chris Isaak and Wilco headline the first 2013 Bluesfest line-up announcement.
The full line-up for the 24th Byron Bay Bluesfest reads as follows:
Ben Harper
Santana
Iggy & The Stooges
Steve Miller Band
Chris Isaak
Wilco
Bonnie Raitt
Dropkick Murphys
Glen Hansard & The Frames
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Newton Faulkner
William Elliot Whitmore
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
Grace Potter
Playing For Change
Ben Caplan
Naturally, festival director Peter Noble promises the "first announcement is only the beginning", which keeps this writer's desperate dream of a Bruce Springsteen headlining spot alive a little longer.
