Rock-It

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A promotion poster for Rock-It March 2005

A promotion poster for Rock-It December 2005

A promotion poster for Rock-It March 2006

Rock-It is an Australian music festival usually held twice every year at the Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. As the names implies, it mainly features modern rock music. It is one of only two major rock concerts held regularly in Perth every year (the other being Big Day Out, which is a nationwide event). There have been 9 Rock-It Events since 1999. The headliner for the end of 2006 edition pulled out due to other plans and thus the event has been posponed till the start of 2007. The headlining act that fell through was the Pixies.

Contents 1 Artist lineups by year (incomplete) 1.1 December 5, 1999 1.2 October 22,2000 1.3 October 13, 2002 1.4 November 23, 2003 1.5 March 14, 2004 1.6 October 24, 2004 1.7 March 13, 2005 1.8 December 5, 2005 1.9 March 19, 2006 2 Trivia 3 2007 4 External links

[edit] Artist lineups by year (incomplete)

[edit] December 5, 1999

Silverchair, Powderfinger, Beaverloop, John Butler Trio, Killing Heidi, Jebediah, Test Eagles, Auto Pilot, DJ Kingsize, Kenny Bartley, DJ Betamax, DJ Dr Love , Fourstroke

[edit] October 22,2000

Green Day, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, 28 Days, Shihad, John Butler Trio, Weta

[edit] October 13, 2002

Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Shihad (as Pacifier), Machine Gun Fellatio, Motorace, Bodyjar, Superheist, The Fergusons, Spencer Tracy

[edit] November 23, 2003

Jack Johnson, Powderfinger, The Living End, John Butler Trio, Magic Dirt, Gyroscope, Downsyde

[edit] March 14, 2004

Grinspoon, Shihad (as Pacifier), Resin Dogs, Bodyjar, The Butterfly Effect, Brand New, After the Fall, The Flairz

Blink-182 was scheduled to play, but cancelled due to drummer Travis Barker breaking an ankle.

[edit] October 24, 2004

The Living End, Jet, Spiderbait, Hilltop Hoods, Jebediah, 28 Days, Rocket Science, The Casanovas, Dallas Crane, Cooker and Love, Ground Components

[edit] March 13, 2005

Green Day, Grinspoon, Simple Plan, Shihad, Frenzal Rhomb, End of Fashion, Little Birdy, Scribe, The Spazzys, The Flairz, Faker, Day of the Dead, Mr Sandman, The Fuzz

[edit] December 5, 2005

Foo Fighters, Oasis, Spiderbait, Wolfmother, Kaiser Chiefs, Gyroscope, Karnivool, The Pictures

[edit] March 19, 2006

Silverchair, Grinspoon, Shihad, Cog, Butterfingers, Faker, After the Fall, The Hot Lies, Snowman, Katalyst, Koolism, Fdel, Ru.C.L., Nathan J

[edit] Trivia

• Grinspoon and Shihad have appeared at the most Rock-It festivals (5).
• Green Day has performed at Rock-It twice.
• The October 2004 all-Australian line up was the first Rock-It to sell out.
• Australian super group The Wrights did their first performance at Rock-It.

[edit] 2007

As the usual home of Rock-It, Arena Joondalup, is unable to host the 5 April 2007 event (because the construction on the Arena Joondalup events train platform hasn’t been completed, one of the access roads is closed and the parking facilities are unavailable due to late night shopping) the venue has been changed to the Claremont Showgrounds. The event has been renamed Blackjack 2007 and will feature The Pixies, The Living End, Eskimo Joe, Gnarls Barkley, The Vines, Birds of Tokyo and Children Collide. It is proposed that Rock-It will be back later in the year at Arena Joondalup.

[edit] External links

• Rock-It - Official website