Bluesfest go deep on this latest announcement.

Well, it's been a couple of weeks, so it must be time for another Bluesfest announcement.

If you were wondering whether the event had anything left to give, the organisers have given you the answer with another string of international stars locked in to hit Tyagarah next Easter.

Madness finally make their Bluesfest debut after a false start a few years ago and plenty of audience interest in the interim. The British two-tone legends haven't set foot on Australian soil for a long time and with hits like ‘Our House' and ‘House Of Fun' among their immense catalogue (which now stands at 11 albums), you can bet this will be a mighty fun show.

Also making their Bluesfest debut, but far more regular visitors to Australia, is The Mountain Goats. John Darnielle released Beat The Champ, his 15th album under The Mountain Goats name, last year and its gripping lyrics and infectious tunes are up there with some of his finest work yet.

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Patti Smith fans will get a second chance to see the punk legend in action, as Smith and her band play an acoustic set on Good Friday. Billy Bragg fans also get a second bite of the cherry with the British protest-punk legend hooking up with recent collaborator Joe Henry for a show as well.

One very exciting announcement for jazz lovers is the addition of the Miles Electric Band. Mostly made up of artists who played alongside the legendary Miles Davis on recordings and in his live band, the group has been put together with the help of the Miles Davis Estate to ensure the great man's music lives on for generations.

The announcement runs deep, with Bluesfest veteran and swamp rock hero Tony Joe White making his umpteenth (and still very welcome) return, reggae punks Slightly Stoopid are back too and one of the hits of last year's festival, Rhiannon Giddens, is back for the second year running. On top of that, hot new talents like blues rockers The Record Company and Max Jury are on board too.

Here's the full announcement:

Madness, Miles Electric Band, Patti Smith and her band (acoustic set), Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, Slightly Stoopid, Rhiannon Giddens, Tony Joe White, Max Jury, The Record Company, The Mountain Goats, The California Honeydrops, Trevor Hall

Still keen for more? There's another announce next week.

Bluesfest happens at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm from Thursday 13 April to Monday 17.

Here's the line up as it stands:

Neil Young & the Promise of the Real, Barry Gibb, Zac Brown Band, Patti Smith and her band, Mary J. Blige, Santana, The Lumineers, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Madness, Mavis Staples, Billy Bragg, Jethro Tull, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Miles Electric Band, The Mountain Goats, Michael Kiwanuka, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Tony Joe White, Gregory Porter, Snarky Puppy, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Beth Hart, Laura Mvula, Roy Ayers, Booker T Presents The Stax Records Revue, Andrew Bird, Rickie Lee Jones, Slightly Stoopid, Joan Osborne, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Rhiannon Giddens, Turin Brakes, The Strumbellas, Gallant, Max Jury, The Record Company, The Suffers, Jake Shimabukuro, Dumpstaphunk, Nikki Hill, The California Honeydrops, Irish Mythen, Trevor Hall