Big Day Out

Big Day Out
Big Day Out
Genre	Rock, Hip hop, Electronic
Dates	Late January - early February
Location(s)	Australia Sydney (since 1992); Melbourne (since 1993); Perth (since 1993); Adelaide (since 1993); Gold Coast (since 1994); ; New Zealand Auckland (since 1994);
Years active	1992- present

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.

History

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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 7,000 members. Several of the members use the forum daily and as of the 15th December 2006, 26 members have over 10,000 posts on the forum.

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.

Performers

Notable acts that have played the festival include Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Ramones, Nirvana, Jurassic 5, At the Drive-In, ,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, 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.

Artist lineups by year

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).

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).

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).

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, The D4 (Aucland only).

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)

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

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, Neil Hamburger, 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.

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.

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.
Melbourne only: Ground components

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.

AFI and Mylo withdrew.

Jean Grae cancelled appearances but never gave a statement why. Later added to another festival in Australia.

2007

All shows: Tool, Muse, Jet, Violent Femmes, Eskimo Joe, The Streets, The Killers, The Vines, 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, Luciano

Australia only: Something For Kate, You Am I, Bob Evans, The Butterfly Effect, The Sleepy Jackson, The Herd, Spazzys, The Drones, love tattoo, Panacea, Mark Murphy, Snowman, Sick Puppies, Digital Primate

NZ and East Coast only: Lily Allen, Lupe Fiasco, Diplo, Shapeshifter, Hot Chip, That 1 Guy, DJ Sir-Vere

East Coast only: Macromantics, TZU, Foreign Heights, P Money, Heavy Flint Show, DJ GEDO SUPER MEGA BITCH GM MRS FLINT4

Sydney and Melbourne only: Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males, Ground Components, Gersey

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

Announcement Hoaxes

There have been various fake press releases in the last few years, however two hoaxes have received considerable coverage

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]}

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]}