After rocking the plains around Broken Hill twice this year, the line-up for the 2023 Mundi Mundi Bash has been announced.
Key points:
- Icehouse will lead the 2023 Mundi Mundi Bash line-up
- This will be the third Mundi Mundi Bash in two years
- The Mundi Mundi Bash brings an influx of tourism to the far west
Next year's festival will be headlined by Sydney-based group Icehouse who will take to centre stage alongside the Hoodoo Gurus, Human Nature and Pete Murray.
The highly anticipated music festival boasted iconic Australian groups and singers including Jimmy Barnes, Midnight Oil, Kasey Chambers and Paul Kelly at the April and August shows earlier this year.
Bash Organiser Greg Donovan said whenever it came time to drawing up the talent list, the group looked for the very best musicians available.
"We always look for some of the really top-quality Australian acts," he said.
"Icehouse is one of Australia's biggest and best bands; we've never had them before at any of our events so to be able to bring them to the outback and to Mundi Mundi is fantastic."
Great Southern Land
Australian rock legends Icehouse are excited to be leading the line-up for the outback music festival.
Formed in Sydney in the late 1970s, the group have spent the past four decades touring all over the world.
The rock band are best known for their incomparable classic Great Southern Land.
Frontman and songwriter Iva Davies said the song was inspired by the many hours spent flying over the vast red stretches of the Australian continent.
"Icehouse is looking forward to playing in such iconic parts of this great home of ours at the Mundi Mundi Bash," he said.
"Forty years ago, I wrote Great Southern Land about an experience I had flying over the great expanse of Australian desert.
"Now the band and I will finally get a chance to play in that region and experience it from the ground along with a great array of Australian talent."
Tourism influx
With thousands of people expected to travel from across New South Wales and other parts of Australia, Mr Donovan said Broken Hill would benefit from the increased foot traffic.
The April festival brought an estimated $3.5 million into the far west town while the August bash brought about 8,000 tourists.
"The events do bring a huge amount of tourism into Broken Hill and not just Broken Hill, the surrounding regions," Mr Donovan said.
"They do have a very tangible and significant benefit in terms of tourism and spending."
The 2023 Mundi Mundi Bash is scheduled for August 17 to 19 next year.