March 15, 2004, Singapore: Singapore’s own Ublues Band will be performing at this year's East Coast Blues Festival (Byron Bay, Australia) held on the 8 to12 April. This is the largest blues and roots music festival in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the most prestigious in the world, with high billing international acts headlining each year. This will be the festival's 15th year running over 5 days and attract well over 50,000 people. Ublues will be playing on the main festival stage, the Mojo Stage, which is the biggest stage with expected audience numbers of 8,000 to 10,000. They share this stage with this year’s top acts including funk legend and "Godfather of Soul" James Brown, grammy winners and nominees such as Solomon Burke, Taj Mahal, Mavis Staple, Jackson Brown and Bob Geldof, as well as other notable artists such as Robben Ford and Dr John on the other stages.

For more information about the festival, please visit the official web site www.bluesfest.com.au. Click on "Stall info" link for attendance figures. Below is a partial list of past international headliners:

• Buddy Guy
  JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS
  THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS
  THE NEVILLE BROTHERS
  NEIL FINN (OF cROWDED HOUSE)
  THE ROBERT CRAY BAND
  KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND
  THE HOLMES BROTHERS
  Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
  EMMY LOU HARRIS
  Blind Boys of Alabama
  Tuck and Patti
  Anjelique Kidjo
  JONNY LANG
  Jimmie Vaughan
  Ben Harper & iNNOCENT CRIMINALS
  Steve Earle
  Keb’ Mo
  RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS
  ZZ TOP
  Marcia Ball
  Duke Robillard Band
  
  Media personnel – For further queries, pictures, biography, please contact Danny Loong via e-mail at ubluesevents@yahoo.com.