Big Day Out
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| Location(s) | Australia
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| Years active | 1992- present |
| Date(s) | Late January - early February |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Hip hop, Electronic |
The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand. As of 2006, it features 8 stages accommodating popular contemporary rock music, electronic music, fewer mainstream international acts and local acts.
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[edit] History
| Music of Australia [ ] | |
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| Indigenous Australian | English, Irish and Scottish |
| Pub | Other immigrants |
| Timeline and samples | |
| Genres | Classical - Hip hop - Jazz - Country- Rock (Indie · Hardcore punk) |
| Organisations | ARIA |
| Awards | Australian Music Centre · ARIA Music Awards · The Deadlys |
| Charts | ARIA Charts, JJJ Hottest 100 |
| Festivals | List: Big Day Out · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Stompem Ground Tamworth (Country) · Womadelaide · Splendour In The Grass |
| Media | CAAMA, Countdown, Rage, Triple J, ABC |
| National anthem | "Advance Australia Fair" |
| Cities and regions | |
| Adelaide - Brisbane - Canberra - Perth | |
The festival began in 1992 as a Sydney-only show, and was extended in 1993 to Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide. In 1994, shows in Auckland, New Zealand, and the Gold Coast were added. In 1997 it was announced that that year's event would be the last. The following year promoters, Vivian Lees and Ken West, organised a predominantly electronic and dance festival, however the event was cancelled, and the Big Day Out returned in 1999.
American band Pearl Jam were booked to headline the 2001 tour almost 12 months in advance, as they had just started to do festivals for the first time since problems at festivals in the early 90's. On 30th June 2000 at the Roskilde Festival Denmark, they ended their set prematurely after the crowd surged forward, crushing and fatally injuring 9 people. They pulled out of the BDO, claiming to never do festivals again. Pearl Jam later played Leeds & Reading Festivals, UK, in 2006. Also, during the 2001 Sydney Big Day Out teenager Jessica Michalik was crushed to death in a crowd surge during a performance by Limp Bizkit. The coroner's finding criticised the crowd control measures in use at the time, and also criticised lead singer Fred Durst for "alarming and inflammatory" comments when a rescue effort was underway. Subsequent shows in 2002, 2003 and 2004 have featured a "D-barricade" (a different barricade design reducing the risk of a crowd crush).
In 2004, due to the popularity of the Sydney event, a historic second event was announced for Sydney - the first and so far only time this has happened in the festival's history. The line-up for both days was same except for the smaller local acts.
The festival has also run a popular discussion forum, Big Day Out Forum, boasting over 6,500 members.
On Friday the 13th October 2006, the 2007 Sydney BDO show sold out in record time of just 12 hours, breaking the previous record of 9 days. Due to this, organisers where forced to produce an extra 10,000 tickets to the show. However, almost 2,000 of the original 45,000 Sydney sales were rejected or were multiple transactions, so as of October 20th 2006, 12,000 more tickets are available. An extra 1,000 seats are expected to be made available on Tuesday 31st October at 9AM EST. Currently there are no plans for a second Sydney show. General-sale tickets to the Gold Coast show have also sold out, with the remaining tickets to be distributed in a similar fashion. Tickets are still available for all other shows.
In addition to the Sydney show selling out, the 2007 Big Day Out on the Gold Coast and in Melbourne have also sold out in record time.
[edit] Performers
Notable acts that have played the festival include the Jurassic 5, At The Drive-In, Red Hot Chili Peppers,The Mars Volta, Rage Against The Machine, The Vines, Deftones, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Marilyn Manson, Queens Of The Stone Age, PJ Harvey, Rammstein, Coldplay, KoЯn, The White Stripes, Hole, System of a Down, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Metallica, Blink-182, Joe Strummer, Iggy Pop, Murderdolls, The Living End, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Sleater-Kinney, The Flaming Lips, Silverchair, Muse, Kings of Leon, Tomahawk, Shihad, Henry Rollins, You Am I, Wolfmother, Soundgarden, The Music amongst many other notable acts from the region and around the world. The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim and Basement Jaxx have played in the Boiler Room.
[edit] Artist lineups by year
[edit] 1992
Beasts of Bourbon, Box The Jesuits, Celibate Rifles, Cosmic Psychos, The Clouds, Club Hoy, Died Pretty, Falling Joys, The Hard Ons with Henry Rollins Hellmen, Massappeal, The Meanies, Nirvana, Smudge, Sound Unlimited Posse, Ratcat, The Village Idiots, Violent Femmes, The Welcome Mat, Yothu Yindi, You Am I, Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes.
[edit] 1993
Beasts of Bourbon, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Clouds, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The Hard Ons, Iggy Pop, Mudhoney, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sonic Youth, You Am I.
Melbourne and Sydney only: Helmet and Not Drowning Waving.
Perth: Spy Vs Spy, The Chevelles, DM3.
[edit] 1994
All venues: The Breeders, The Cruel Sea, Smashing Pumpkins, Straitjacket Fits, Soundgarden, Tumbleweed, Def Fx.
Australia only: Björk, The Meanies, The Ramones, Severed Heads, Teenage Fanclub, Tiddas.
Melbourne and Sydney only: Primus and Dave Graney.
Melb, Syd, Gold Coast, and Adelaide only: DJ Pee Wee Ferris, DJ Sugar Ray, Itch-E & Scratch-E.
Melb, Syd and Perth only: The Celibate Rifles.
Melb, Syd and Auckland only: Urge Overkill.
Melb and G.C. only: Powderfinger and Robert Forster.
Syd, G.C. and Adel only: TISM and Screamfeeder.
Syd and G.C. only: Southend.
Syd and Adel only: The Mark of Cain and Boxcar.
G.C. and Auck. only: You Am I and The Hard Ons. Syd only: Nitocris
[edit] 1995
Ministry, Primal Scream, Hole (Auck, Melb, Syd), The Cult, The Offspring (Auck, Melb, Syd, Adel, Perth), Screaming Trees (Aust. only), Luscious Jackson, Fundamental, The Clouds, You Am I, Silverchair, TISM, Allegiance, Kim Salmon (Aust. only), The Fireballs (Aust. only), The Mark of Cain (Aust. only), 3D's, Fur (Aust. only), DJ Pee Wee Ferris (Aust. only), DJ Sugar Ray (Aust. only), Vision Four 5 (Aust. only), Snog (Aust. only), Cosmic Psychos (Melb, G.C., Adel), Sisters Underground, Omc, Magic Dirt (Melb, Syd, G.C.), Supergroove (Auck, Melb, Syd), Dave Graney (Melb, Syd), Spiderbait (Melb, Syd), Southend (Syd, G.C., Adel), Single Gun Theory (Melb, Syd, G.C.), Boxcar (G.C., Syd, Adel), Severed Heads (Auck, Syd), Front End Loader (Melb, G.C.), Mantissa (Melb, Adel).
[edit] 1996
Porno for Pyros, Rage Against the Machine, Elastica, The Prodigy (Aust. only), Rancid, The Jesus Lizard, Tricky (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Billy Bragg (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Reef (G.C., Syd, Melb), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, TISM, Tumbleweed, Regurgitator, Spiderbait, Radio Birdman (Aust. only), Shihad, Dirty Three (Aust. only), Sidewinder (Aust. only), Magic Dirt (Aust. only), Ammonia (Aust. only), Custard (G.C., Syd, Melb, Perth), Powderfinger (G.C., Syd, Melb), Pollyanna (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), DJ Sugar Ray (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), Single Gun Theory (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Southend (G.C., Syd), Even (Syd, Melb, Adel), Amunda (Syd, Adel), Continuum (Syd, Melb), Groove Terminator (Adel, Perth), FSOM (Aust. only), Alchemist (Syd only).
[edit] 1997
Soundgarden, The Offspring, The Prodigy, Fear Factory, Supergrass, Shonen Knife, Lemonheads (Auck), Patti Smith (G.C., Syd, Melb), Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Melb, Syd), Rocket From The Crypt (Syd, Adel), Aphex Twin (Melb, Syd), You Am I, Powderfinger, Beasts of Bourbon, Tiddas, Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes, Boo Boo Mace and Nutcase, Superjesus (Aust. only), Snout (Aust. only), The Clouds (G.C., Syd, Perth), Insurge (G.C., Melb, Syd), Screamfeeder (G.C., Syd), Even (G.C., Melb, Adel), Drop City (G.C., Syd, Adel), Severed Heads (G.C., Syd), Dlt (G.C., Melb, Syd, Adel), Omc (Aust. only), FSOM (G.C., Melb, Syd), Bexta (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Pocket (G.C., Adel, Perth), Frenzal Rhomb (Melb, Syd, Adel, Perth), The Fauves (Melb, Syd), The Mavis's (Melb, Adel), Head Like a Hole (Auck).
[edit] 1999
Ash, Cryogenic (Syd) Deejay Punk-Roc, Fatboy Slim, Fun Lovin' Criminals (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Hole, KoЯn, Luke Slater Freek Funk, Manic Street Preachers (Syd, Melb, Adel, Perth), Marilyn Manson, Roni Size, Sean Lennon, Soulfly, Underworld (Syd, Melb), Sparklehorse (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Warumpi Band (Aust. only), Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Jebediah, The Living End, Superjesus, Garageland (Auck, G.C., Syd), Fur (Aust. only), Sonic Animation, Bexta (Aust. only), Ransom (Aust. only), Groove Terminator, Happyland (G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), TISM (Syd, Melb), Antenna (G.C., Syd, Melb), Even (Aust. only), Not From There (Aust. only), Bodyjar (Aust. only), The Mark of Cain (Melb, Perth), Resin Dogs (G.C., Syd), B(if)tek (Syd, Melb), Frontside (Syd, Melb), Coda (G.C., Syd), DJ Royal (Adel), Soma Rasa (G.C., Syd), DJ MPK (Adel), Brunatex (Adel).
[edit] 2000
Atari Teenage Riot, Basement Jaxx, Beth Orton, blink-182, The Chemical Brothers, Cryogenic (Syd) The Foo Fighters, Goldie & MC Rage, Hardknox (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), The Hellacopters, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Nine Inch Nails, Primal Scream (Aust. only), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ozomatli (Syd, Melb), 28 Days (G.C., Syd, Melb), Chunky Move (Aust. only), The Cruel Sea (Aust. only), Gerling (Aust. only), Grinspoon, Honeysmack (Aust. only), Icecream Hands (G.C., Melb, Adel, Perth), Jebediah (Aust. only), Josh Abrahams & Amiel Daemion (Aust. only), Killing Heidi (Syd, Melb), Magic Dirt (Aust. only), The Monarchs (G.C., Syd), Nokturnl (Aust. only), Peewee Ferris, Pitch Black (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Pound System (Aust. only), Resin Dogs (Aust. only), Salmonella Dub (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Sean Quinn (Aust. only), Shihad, Six Ft Hick ( Melb, Adel), Something for Kate (G.C., Syd, Melb), Spiderbait, Testeagles ( G.C., Syd, Melb, Adel), Yothu Yindi, The D4 (Aucland only).
[edit] 2001
At the Drive-In (G.C., Syd, Melb), Black Eyed Peas (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb, Perth), Coldplay, Darren Emerson, Cryogenic (Syd) Happy Mondays, Limp Bizkit (Auck, G.C., Syd), Mudvayne, PJ Harvey, Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age (Syd, Melb, Adel, Perth), Rammstein, Roni Size Reprazent, Zoo Bombs, Carl Cox, Adam Freeland, Sugardrive (Syd, Adel, Perth), 28 Days, Alex Lloyd (Aust. only), The Avalanches (Aust. only), Bexta, Frenzal Rhomb, Friendly, John Butler Trio (G.C., Syd, Melb), Killing Heidi, Nitocris (Aust. only), Powderfinger, Pnau, Resin Dogs, Skulker (G.C., Syd, Melb), Sunk Loto (Aust. only), Sonic Animation (Aust. only), You Am I (Aust. only), King Kapisi (Auck, G.C., Syd, Melb), Greg Churchill, Declan (G.C., Syd, Adel, Perth), Coloured Stone (G.C., Syd, Melb), Augie March (G.C., Melb, Adel), The Go-Betweens (Aust. only), Digital Primate (G.C, Syd, Melb),Rubicon (Auckland only)
[edit] 2002
All shows: The Prodigy, Garbage, New Order, The Crystal Method, NOFX, Jurassic 5, Dave Clarke, Basement Jaxx, Sam Hill, Amen, Silverchair, Regurgitator, Gerling, The White Stripes, Kosheen, Drowning Pool,Shihad
Australia only: Grinspoon, Stephen Allkins, Something for Kate, Spiderbait, Magic Dirt, Superheist, Eskimo Joe, The Monarchs, Machine Gun Fellatio, GT, Sonic Animation, Sean Quinn
Auckland and East Coast only: System of a Down, Rubicon, Betchadupa, Alien Ant Farm, Peaches, Audio Active
Adelaide and Perth only: The Tea Party, Tomahawk
Gold Coast and Sydney only: Shutterspeed
Sydney and Melbourne only: Dern Rutlidge
[edit] 2003
Jane's Addiction, The Foo Fighters, Kraftwerk, The Music, Luke Slater, Chicks on Speed, Wilco, Gonzales, Jebediah, Murderdolls, PJ Harvey, Sparta, Cog, Machine Gun Fellatio, The Waifs, DJ Kid Kenobi, Millencolin, Waikiki, You Am I, Queens of the Stone Age, The Living End, Augie March, Deftones, Mark Dynamix, Resin Dogs, 28 Days, Pacifier (Shihad).
Australia only: The Vines, Frenzal Rhomb, The Hard Ons, Bexta, 1200 Techniques, Rocket Science.
New Zealand only: Blindspott, Concord Dawn, Pitch Black, The D4, Wash, DJ Sir Vere, 8 Foot Sativa, Panam,Tadpole, The Datsuns, Eight, King Kapisi.
New Zealand & Australia east coast only: Underworld, Xzibit.
Australia east coast only: Darren Price.
Sydney & Melbourne only: Dry & Heavy, Pre.Shrunk, Pnau.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth: Jimmy Eat World.
[edit] 2004
Metallica, The Strokes, The Dandy Warhols, The Mars Volta, The Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, Muse, Lostprophets, Basement Jaxx, Aphex Twin, Black Eyed Peas, Peaches, The Datsuns, Something for Kate, Gerling, MC Trey, The Darkness, Thursday, Blood Duster, Pnau, Salmonella Dub, King Kapisi, Scribe and P-Money.
Australia only: Hoodoo Gurus, Skulker, The Sleepy Jackson, Magic Dirt, Jet, 1200 Techniques, The Butterfly Effect, Blood Duster, Sonic Animation, Friendly, Downsyde, Fear Factory, Poison the Well.
[edit] 2005
Beastie Boys, System of a Down, Chemical Brothers, The Music, The Streets, Slipknot, Carl Cox, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Concord Dawn, The Donnas, The D4, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Regurgitator, Scribe and P-Money, Freestylers, Le Tigre, Kid 606, Deceptikonz, Atmosphere, Hatebreed, Rise Against, Poison the Well, The Red Paintings.
Australia only: Spiderbait, Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Infusion, Butterfingers, Little Birdy, Frenzal Rhomb, Dallas Crane, Wolfmother, Decoder Ring, Bexta, Dimmer.
New Zealand only: 8 Foot Sativa, Misfits of Science, The Bleeders, Trinity Roots, 48may, Steriogram, Shihad, Pluto, Shapeshifter, DJ Sir Vere, Dei Hamo, The Checks (band), Deja Voodoo.
New Zealand & east coast Australia: The Hives, Polyphonic Spree.
[edit] 2006
The White Stripes, Iggy & The Stooges, Franz Ferdinand, Kings of Leon, The Mars Volta, Soulwax, 2 Many DJs, Sleater-Kinney, The Magic Numbers, The Living End, Gerling, Dei Hamo, Shihad, Wolfmother, Mudvayne, The Go! Team, The Subways, End of Fashion, James Murphy, The Greenhornes, Kid Kenobi + MC Sureshock, Henry Rollins, Silent Disco.
Australia only: Magic Dirt, Cut Copy, Hilltop Hoods, Cog, Beasts of Bourbon, Sonicanimation, Faker, The Grates, The Mess Hall, Youth Group, Wolf & Cub, Vitalic, Common, EDAN, Jean Grae, Sarah Blasko, Airborne, Red Riders ,The Presets, Pablo el Peligroso, DJ Ajax, DJ Bulge, DJ Jason Midro, MU, Caged Baby, Afra & the Incredible Beatbox Band, Bit by Bats, Drag, M.I.A.
New Zealand only: Fat Freddy's Drop, Elemeno P, The Bleeders, Che Fu and the Krates, Pluto, Frontline, The Brunettes, Fast Crew, Rhombus, Die!Die!Die!, The Sneaks, The Bats, Autozamm, Cobra Khan, Tyree & Juse, City Newton Bombers, Gestalt Switch, Raygunn, Anaham, The Electric Confectionaires, Gramsci, The Tutts.
Jean Grae cancelled appearances but never gave a statement why. Later added to another festival in Australia.
[edit] 2007
Tool, Muse, Jet, Violent Femmes, Eskimo Joe, The Streets, The Killers, John Butler Trio, Kasabian, Crystal Method DJs, Scribe, My Chemical Romance, Evermore, Justice, Peaches & Herms, Trivium, John Cooper Clarke, Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band, Little Birdy, The Presets, Spank Rock , Hot Chip
Australia only: Something For Kate, You Am I, Bob Evans, The Butterfly Effect, The Sleepy Jackson, The Herd, Spazzys, The Drones, love tattoo Panacea (band)
NZ and East Coast only: Lily Allen, Lupe Fiasco, Diplo, Shapeshifter, Hot Chip
New Zealand only: Blindspott, David Kilgour, Deceptikonz, The Rabble, PNC, Dimmer, Sinate, Goodnight Nurse, The Shaky Hands, The Veils, The Mint Chicks, The Tutts, Minuit, Opensouls, Jakob
The 3rd announcement has yet to be made (expected on December 13).
[edit] Announcement Hoaxes
There have been various fake press releases in the last few years, however two hoaxes have received considerable coverage
[edit] 2004
In late 2003, shortly before the first announcement was due, the Big Day Out's official forum was hacked, and a fake press release was written and posted under the alias of the forums administrator, and as such many believed it was real. Further adding to its authenticity was that it included 2 bands that had already said they were playing (Metallica and The Dandy Warhols) and another number of bands that were rumoured or highly speculated, instead of the common theme of fake announcements which had bands such as Nirvana or The Beatles. The fake announcement spread to various websites and was pulled from the forum after about 20 hours.[citation needed]
[edit] 2007
Again, shortly before the first announcement, a fake press release was posted on a the BDOFORUMS Myspace which is designed with the same artwork and colouring as the official Big Day Out website but is in fact not affiliated with Big Day Out.
The fake press release was obtained by several media outlets, including Triple J, Channel [V] and various newspapers.
Channel V reported the announcement as being official and made the headlines in their music news program.
Despite poor grammar and spelling, the fake lineup was believed by many people Australia and New Zealand wide.[citation needed]
[edit] Compilation albums
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[edit] References
- Big Day Out - Past Lineups. Retrieved Oct 20, 2004.
- Sydney Morning Herald story.
[edit] External links
- Big Day Out Official Website
- Big Day Out Forums Official Forums
- somethingFM Discussion regarding the volumes of BDO 2007 rumours
- yourGigs Big Day Out 2007 rumours
