Amy Shark to play Casuarina Square ahead of BASSINTHEGRASS festival
POP darling Amy Shark is heading to the Top End to play a free gig next week
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POP darling Amy Shark is on her way to the Top End.
Shark, one of Australia’s biggest music stars, is set to play a free acoustic gig at Casuarina Square next Friday, February 15 before the announcement of the BASSINTHEGRASS festival line-up.
The gig will be the first time Shark has performed in the Top End.
It is likely Shark will be revealed as a headliner on the festival line-up, where she would play a full show with her band.
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In a Facebook post this morning, BASSINTHEGRASS said: “The People’s Choice BASSINTHEGRASS line up reveal is coming and we thought, why not ask Amy Shark to come along and join the reveal party!
“Tell your friends, tell your cousins and tell your aunty Joyce, you don’t want to miss this!”
Shark shot to stardom after her 2016 single Adore topped the charts and reached number two on the Triple J Hottest 100.
Last year, her debut album ‘Love Monster’ ascended number one the Australian Album Charts, knocking off Drake.
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Shark has played some of Australia’s biggest festivals in the past 18 months including Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival and Groovin the Moo.
The line-up launch party at Casuarina Square kicks off from 3pm with DJ UK followed by a solo performance from Shark.
The 2019 BASSINTHEGRASS festival, scheduled for on Saturday, May 18, has been moved from its usual Darwin Amphitheatre location to Mindil Beach, with festival organisers saying it will be “not only the biggest, but the best the Territory’s ever had”.
BASSINTHEGRASS line-up announcement
Who: Amy Shark and DJ UK
When: Friday, February 15 3pm
Where: Casuarina Square
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