We’re headlining the Espy front Bar this Friday night – entry is free!

We have some great supports for the show: The Fearless Vampire Killers (arguably the best young live band going ’round), and Sydney-siders Sister Jane, who feature Liam Judson from the great Belles Will Ring.

There’s also a fourth, as yet unannounced, band on the bill. Who could it be?!?!

Well, Big Day Out was pretty good, eh?

How great was the horn section?

How freakin’ awesome were My Morning Jacket and Neil Young?!

Too many questions to ponder, but nonetheless we wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who came and watched us on the day.

By the looks of the MySpace comments, we managed to score a few new fans too – welcome to those who fit this category!

Our good mate Andrew Bailey took some awesome shots on the day – here’s a sample:

Ahoy, just a quick reminder that The Vandas are playing the Gershwin Room at the Espy this Saturday night (6 Dec) with The Gin Club (QLD) + Mike Noga & The Gentlemen of Fortune + The Young Liberals (QLD). Vandas on at 10:50 pm. Tix at Oztix and at the door.

Then on Sunday, we play the ‘Sunday Sessions’ at Queen Victoria Markets. We’ll be playing two sets (1:00 pm and 2:30 pm) and we’re bringing the horn section.

It’s all ages, it’s FREE, and there’s fake Harley-Davidson and Slipknot t-shirts aplenty in the adjoining pavillion. In other words, there’s no excuses for not heading on down to the Queen Street Marquee and watching us tear the place a new one.

UPDATE: we’re playing the HOT PRODUCE STAGE 12:45 pm – 1:15 pm.

Yep, you read right – we’re playing the 2009 Big Day Out in Melbourne!

The festival date is Monday, 26 January (Australia Day public holiday) – we’ll let you know our stage and playing times as soon as we know.

Tix are available at Ticketmaster.

Oh, did we mention that Neil Young is headlining?!