was again held at both venues. Both sites sold out early – the only Falls Festival to sell as fast was the 1999 event. Artists performing at the event included: The Black Keys De La Soul Billy Bragg The Living End The John Butler Trio Missy Higgins The Thrills Veruca Salt Spiderbait The Cat Empire Xavier Rudd Donavon Frankenreiter You Am I The Beautiful Girls Vusi Mahlasela Hilltop Hoods Rocket Science Dakota Star Bob Brozman Downsyde TZU The New Pollutants Butterfingers The Panics Hayden Sarah Blasko Even The Cops Betchadupa The Spazzys The Vasco Era Carus and The True Believers Epicure Mia Dyson Ash Grunwald The Hot Lies Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set The Roys 2005 Artists who performed at the 2005 event included: The Dandy Warhols Ozomatli The Shins Ian Brown Wolfmother Pete Murray The Beautiful Girls The Vasco Era Faker TZU The Grates Hoodoo Gurus The Zutons Sarah Blasko End of Fashion The White Buffalo The Mess Hall Evermore Dallas Crane Lior Matt Walker and Ashley Davies 67 Special Ugly Duckling The Cat Empire Rolling Blackouts The Presets Eric Bibb Kelly Stoltz Little Birdy Ash Grunwald Dappled Cities Fly True Live Offcutts Katalyst and RuCL Rob Sawyer Mia Dyson Youth Group Dan Sultan & Scott Wilson The Embers In 2005 tickets for the Marion Bay festival sold out two and a half days after going on sale on 15 August, and Lorne tickets selling out one week after coming on sale. Further allocations of tickets for both festivals were released during December and sold out within hours of coming on sale. An unlimited number of Falls Festival patrons were able to attend the 'Falls Cinema' on Thursday 29 December (one day earlier than the official kick-off) in an effort to minimize traffic congestion. In Tasmania, the number of tickets available were capped at 9000. 2006 In early July, a new website for the 2006 event was launched. People were able to subscribe to the official mailing list and be entered into the draw to be offered tickets ahead of the official release date of 16 August. Subscribers that were selected were notified by 30 July. Tickets for the 2006 festival were put on sale as of 9 am, 16 August. All tickets to the Lorne event were gone in about 2 hours. The Marion Bay event followed suit, with all tickets sold out within 3.5 hours. The