Big Day Out
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| Big Day Out | |
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| Location(s) | Australia
New Zealand
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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, less mainstream international acts and local acts.
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History
| Music of Australia | |
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| Indigenous Australian | English, Irish and Scottish |
| Pub | Other immigrants |
| Timeline and samples | |
| Genres | Australian classical music>Classical - Hip hop - Jazz - Country- Rock (Indie · Hardcore punk) |
| Organisations | Australian Recording Industry Association>ARIA |
| Awards | Australian Music Centre · ARIA Music Awards · The Deadlys |
| Charts | ARIA Charts, Triple J Hottest 100>JJJ Hottest 100 |
| Festivals | List of Australian music festivals>List: Big Day Out · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Stompem Ground Tamworth (Country) · Womadelaide |
| Media | Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association>CAAMA, Countdown, Rage, Triple J, ABC |
| National anthem | "Advance Australia Fair" |
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.
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 4,000 members.
Performers
Notable acts that have played the festival include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens Of The Stone Age, PJ Harvey, Rammstein, Coldplay, Korn, The White Stripes, System of a Down, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Metallica, Blink-182, Murderdolls, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Nirvana, The Flaming Lips, Muse and Soundgarden, 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.Artist lineups by year
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, Rat Cat, The Village Idiots, Violent Femmes, The Welcome Mat, Yothu Yindi, You Am I, The Living End, Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes.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.
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: 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.
1995
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).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),Nitocris (Syd only), Frenzal Rhomb (Melb, Syd, Adel, Perth), The Fauves (Melb, Syd), The Mavis's (Melb, Adel), Head Like a Hole (Auck).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).
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.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).2002
The Prodigy, Garbage, New Order, The Crystal Method, NOFX, Jurassic 5, Dave Clarke, System of a Down (Auck & East Coast), Alien Ant Farm (Auck & East Coast), The White Stripes, Kosheen, Drowning Pool, Peaches (Auck & East Coast), The Tea Party (Adel, Perth), Tomahawk (Adel, Perth), Audio Active (Auck & East Coast), Basement Jaxx, Amen, Silverchair, Regurgitator, Grinspoon (Aust only), Stephen Allkins (Aust only), Gerling, Something for Kate (Aust only), Spiderbait (Aust only), Magic Dirt (Aust only), Superheist (Aust only), Eskimo Joe (Aust only), The Monarchs (Aust only), Machine Gun Fellatio (Aust only), GT (Aust only), Sonic Animation (Aust only), Betchadupa (Auck, GC, Syd, Melb), Sean Quinn (Aust only), Shutterspeed (GC, Syd), Dern Rutlidge (Syd, Melb), Shihad, Moriarty (Perth only).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, Jebediah, 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 and Heavy, Pre.Shrunk, Pnau.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth: Jimmy Eat World.
2004
Metallica, The Strokes, The Dandy Warhols, The Mars Volta, The Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, Muse, 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.
2005
Australia only: Spiderbait, Hilltop Hoods, Eskimo Joe, Infusion, Butterfingers, Little Birdy, Dallas Crane, Wolfmother, Decoder Ring, Bexta, Dimmer.
New Zealand only: Misfits of Science, The Bleeders, Trinity Roots, 48may, Steriogram, Shihad, Pluto, Shapeshifter, DJ Sir Vere, Dei Hamo, The Checks, Deja Voodoo.
New Zealand & east coast Australia: The Hives, Polyphonic Spree.
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, Airbourne, The Presets, Pablo el Peligroso, DJ Ajax, 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.
Jean Grae cancelled appearances but never gave a statement why. Later added to another festival in Australia.
2007
- Red Hot Chili Peppers are confirmed to be headliners of the 2007 Big Day Out according to blog's from bassist Michael Balzary aka Flea
- Matthew Bellamy of Muse has said on a Triple J interview that Muse are playing 2007's BDO as well as touring with Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Herald Sun newspaper also confirmed that the band will be downunder for the Big Day Out
- Tool are hotly rumoured to be heading downunder for this major event. An administrator on the official tool messageboard posted a snippit of information about a possible Australian tour in the new year. This then got taken down by another Tool Administrator.
- Nick Cave Has been rumoured for an Summer tour of his homeland in early 2007 which looks like Big Day Out
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Have recently stated in a interview they intend to tour Australia in the New year. This is from a delay due to drummer Nick Jago's Visa being delayed.
- The Kooks have also stated in interviews recently that they intentend to play the Big Day Out
- Foo Fighters said in a recent NME interview that they will be closing the side stage with an accoustic performace with tracks off the second disc of In Your Honor plus some well known favourites. However, this appears to have been put to rest with the announcement of their December theater tour of Australia imminent.
- Having conquered Australia, America and The U.K, Sydney prog rockers Wolfmother are hotly tipped to be the Australian headline act at the 2007 Big Day Out. Due to a lack of a decent headlining Aussie act at recent Big Day Out's, these guys are set to put Australia back on the Rock Music map
- Legendary Australian act, and Aria Hall of Fame recipients Icehouse look set to play their first ever Big Day Out. Frontman Iva Davies said most of the original lineup would be there, pumping out all the classics and some new rock material, which is sure to please fans.
- Despite rumours, the following bands will NOT be attending the Big Day Out: AC/DC, The Pixies, Elvis Presley, Beethoven, U2 and KanYe West
Albums
External links
- [Big Day Out] Official Website
- [Big Day Out Forums] Official Forums
References
- [Big Day Out - Past Lineups]. Retrieved Oct 20, 2004.
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