Megan Thee Stallion Set for Australia’s Festival X – Billboard

BRISBANE, Australia — Megan Thee Stallion is heading to Australia with Festival X for what will be her first-ever performances in these parts.

Announced Wednesday (May 25), the Texas rapper headlines the five-date touring summer fest alongside Scottish EDM star Calvin Harris, and rapper/singer Don Toliver, also from the Lone Star State.

Also confirmed to the festival lineup is MaRLo, Green Velvet, Nina Kraviz, Boys Noize, Nora En Pure and many others.

Following a break due to the pandemic, the hip-hop and electronic dance music fest returns with an ambitious coast-to-coast route.

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The 2022 edition kicks off Nov. 26 at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse, then moves to open-air venues on the Gold Coast, Adelaide and Sydney, before wrapping Dec. 4 at Perth’s Burswood Park.

After a a false start in 2018, Festival X debuted in 2019 as a three-city east coast jaunt, with performances from Harris, Armin Van Buuren, Anna Lunoe and others.

The general on sale for Festival X 2022 starts June 1, with Live Nation pre-sales opening a day earlier.

Producers are Hardware and OneLove — creators of the one-time powerhouse festivals brand Stereosonic — with LN.

Festival X 2022 tour dates:

Nov. 26 — Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

Nov. 27 — Alabaster Sports Fields, Gold Coast

Dec. 2 — Bonython Park, Adelaide

Dec. 3 — Sydney Showground, Sydney

Dec. 4 — Burswood Park, Perth