Big Day Out Tickets

The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perthby 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994. As of 2003, it has featured seven or eight stages (depending on the venue) accommodating popular contemporary rock music,electronic music, mainstream international acts and local acts.

Since its inception in 1992, Big Day Out has attracted a large range of artists, with headlining acts including: Nirvana, Muse, Violent Femmes, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Ramones, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Metallica, Tool, Coldplay, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, System of a Down, Neil Young and Red Hot Chili Peppers. The annual festival has also been a launching platform for many Australian artists, with various acts performing on the tour multiple times, such as Silverchair, Powderfinger, You Am I, The Living End, Jebediah, Grinspoon, and Wolfmother.

2010 looks to be keeping with the Big Day Out tradition of presenting dynamic emerging acts as well as the worlds’ most significant artists across many musical styles. The lineup includes artists: Muse, Powderfinger, Lily Allen, Eskimo Joe, Grooce Armada, Grinspoon, The Mars Volta, Ladyhawke, Dizzee Rascal, Karnivool and many more. . It’s looking like a great summer!
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