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Neil Finn photo by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Finn photo by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Finn To Close Bluesfest Nic Cester To Play Solo

by Paul Cashmere on February 22, 2017

in News,Noise Pro

Neil Finn will be the final performer at Bluesfest 2017.

Finn will join the Monday night line-up officially closing the 2017 event.

Solo Neil will treat Bluesfest fans to his Split Enz and Crowded House songs as well as a few solo and possible Finn Brothers pieces.

The other big Bluesfest news is a solo performance by Nic Cester of Jet. While Jet recently reunited for the Springsteen tour and a couple of Zoo concerts Nic will perform solo for Bluesfest.

This also means Jet probably don’t have too much of a future as Cester will be debuting new songs with a different band, suggesting a solo Cester album may be on the way.

Other acts added to Bluesfest are Vintage Trouble, Playing For Change, Ellis Hall, Vasti Jackson, Remi, Wilson Pickers, Round Mountain Girls, Australian Ukulele Show and Ivy.

JOINING THE 2017 ARTISTS ALREADY ANNOUNCED

Santana
Jimmy Buffett Exclusive
Zac Brown Band
Patti Smith And Her Band Perform Horses
Patti Smith And Her Band Acoustic
Mary J. Blige
The Lumineers
Buddy Guy Exclusive
The Doobie Brothers
Madness
Bonnie Raitt
Mavis Staples Exclusive
Billy Bragg
Courtney Barnett
Billy Bragg And Joe Henry
Sir Rosevelt
Jethro Tull
Miles Electric Band
Trombone Shorty And Orleans Avenue
Rickie Lee Jones
Gregory Porter
Snarky Puppy
Slightly Stoopid
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Corinne Bailey Rae
Beth Hart Exclusive
Laura Mvula
Michael Kiwanuka
Andrew Bird
Rhiannon Giddens
Booker T. Presents The Stax Records Review
Experience Jimi Hendrix
Gallant
Roy Ayers
Eric Gales
Mud Morganfield
Devon Allman
Max Jury
Nahko And Medicine For The People
Turin Brakes
Blind Boy Paxton
Trevor Hall
Jake Shimabukuro
Dumpstaphunk
The Record Company
The Mountain Goats
Tony Joe White
The Suffers Exclusive
Nikki Hill
The California Honeydrops
Jeff Lang
Ray Beadle And The Silver Dollars
Lloyd Spiegel
Joan Osborne
Glenn Cardier And The Sideshow
Davy Knowles
Melody Angel
Irish Mythen
The Strumbellas

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