Summer Sonic 2012

Fuji Rock's urban rival tends to skew in a poppier direction – the last group to play in 2011 was Girls' Generation, fer chrissakes – and this year's is shaping up to be no different. Punk veterans Green Day and R&B chanteuse Rihanna have been confirmed as headliners, with Jamiroquai, Sigur Rós, Ke$ha and American Idol graduate Adam Lambert also pencilled in. In keeping with the current vogue for band reunions, you can expect back-from-the-dead appearances from groups including New Order, The Cardigans and Cast, while the presence of flavour-du-jour acts including SBTRKT, Crystal Castles and Iceage should keep trendier listeners happy. Here's the lineup so far:

Saturday 18
Begin (NEW), Crystal Castles, Death Cab for Cutie, Franz Ferdinand, Nelly Furtado, Gotye, Green Day, Grimes, Grouplove, The Hiatus, Hyra Da Hero, Iceage, The Knux, Adam Lambert, Lostprophets, Mac Miller, Nothing's Carved In Stone, One OK Rock, Passion Pit, SBTRKT, Sigur Rós, St. Vincent, Toy, The Vaccines, Kazuya Yoshii...

Sunday 19
Mao Abe, Azealia Banks, The Cardigans plays Gran Turismo, Cast, [Champagne], Foster The People, Garbage, Gym Class Heroes, Hoobastank, Jamiroquai, Ke$ha, Kindness, New Order, Other Lives, Perfume, Pitbull, Rihanna, Spector, Tears for Fears, Tribes, Anna Tsuchiya, Walk Off The Earth, Vintage Trouble...