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The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992. As of 2003, it has featured 7 or 8 stages (depending on the venue) accommodating popular contemporary rock music, electronic music, mainstream international acts and local acts. For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ... A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ...

The festival began in 1992 as a Sydney-only show with Violent Femmes as the headline act, along with Nirvana and a range of other foreign and local alternative music acts playing at the Hordern Pavilion. In the months preceding the event, Nirvana's Nevermind was released and became an international smash hit, therefore guaranteeing the success of the festival. Kurt Cobain was chronically ill at the time of the show. This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... This article is about the band. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... The Hordern as it is affectionally known by Sydneysiders, has been an architectually and socially significant Sydney landmark since its construction in 1924. ... For other uses, see Nevermind (disambiguation). ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 â€“ c. ...

In 1993, the festival was extended to include 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 canceled, and the Big Day Out returned in 1999. The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... For other places with the same name, see Gold Coast. ...

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 tours continue to feature a "D-barricade" (a purportedly safer barricade design reducing the risk of a crowd crush). This article is about the rock group. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Jessica Anna Michalik (1986 - 26 January 2001 in Concord, New South Wales) was a teenage girl from Dee Why who died of asphyxiation five days after being crushed in a mosh pit during the Australia Day Big Day Out music festival. ... Limp Bizkit (alternately written as limpbizkit) is a nu metal and rapcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. ... For the thrash metal band, see Coroner (band). ... Crowd control is controlling a crowd who are not a riot and not a demonstration. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... William Frederick Durst (born August 20, 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida) is the lead singer of Limp Bizkit. ... Closeup of a collection of blinker equipped barricades A barricade is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. ...

In 2004, due to the popularity of the Sydney event and the hefty price of the headline act, 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. Image File history File links Bigdayout_crowd2. ... Image File history File links Bigdayout_crowd2. ... Tim Glomb is a cast member on the hit Mtv Reality tv show Viva La Bam. ...

The festival has also run a popular discussion forum, Big Day Out Forum, boasting over 10,000 members; however, more than half of these accounts have never been used and over three quarters of members have a post count of 10 or less. At the other end of the scale, the top 10 users have some 180,000 posts between them since the current board's software was introduced in August 2005.

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 were forced to suspend ticket sales with 10,000 tickets to the show remaining; however, this turned out to be 12,000 tickets after multiple orders were canceled and the remaining tickets were sold via a weekly internet ballot. General-sale tickets to the Gold Coast show also sold out in record time, with the remaining tickets distributed in a similar fashion. Subsequently the Melbourne, Auckland, Adelaide and Perth shows all sold out in record time, making it the first time where all shows have sold out, previously the closest to that has been in 2005 where all Australian shows sold out.

[edit] The Event

Note: some information varies from venue and location according to facilities. the information here is considered general across the festival locations. Like many other modern music festivals, the Big Day Out is held in stadiums which are more commonly designed for major sporting events. All of the Big Day Out locations utilize multiple performance stages, on which different acts will often be playing simultaneously. It is common that the well known international acts will play on one of the two "main stages", which overlook the main sporting ground of the venue, and the lesser known (and often local) acts will perform on smaller stages. All of the stages are within a short walking distance of one another. Image File history File links Bigdayout_crowd. ... Image File history File links Bigdayout_crowd. ... A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. ... The new Wembley Stadium in London is the most expensive stadium ever built; it has a seating capacity of 90,000 This article is about the building type. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

A signature feature of the Big Day Out is the "Boiler Room", a large circus-style tent in which the more electronically themed artists perform. This style of venue intends to enhance the sound and ambience of the performance, which can be compared to a Rave. For other uses, see Rave (disambiguation). ...

Other areas at the Big Day Out include a novelty entertainment stage, a signing tent, multiple food and merchandise shopping areas, and one or more designated alcohol consumption areas to which access is restricted to those of the local drinking age. Alcohol can only be purchased from within the venue. Many nations have a legal drinking age, or the minimum age one must be to drink alcohol. ...

The event lasts from mid-morning (doors open between 9am and 10am, depending on venue) to late evening (the last performances generally finish just before midnight).

[edit] Big Day Out 2008 Dates

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[edit] Artist lineups

Each year since its inception in 1992, Big Day Out has attracted a large range of artists and acts to perform ranging from Nirvana, Metallica, Marilyn Manson, Red Hot Chili Peppers and has been a launching platform for many Australian artists such as Regurgitator, Powderfinger, You Am I, The Living End, Grinspoon and many others. The Australian music festival Big Day Out began in 1992 in Sydney and has expanded since to include several Australian venues and also New Zealand. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... This article is about the person. ... Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ... Ben Ely and Quan Yeomans Regurgitator is an Australian rock band from Brisbane consisting of lead singer/guitarist Quan Yeomans, bassist Ben Ely and drummer Peter Kostic. ... Powderfinger is an Australian rock band. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

On the 27th of September, 2007 organisers Lees and West announced on the Big Day Out website that Rage Against the Machine would be playing at all shows on the 2008 event. This announcement was made due to the speed at which the Rage Against the Machine side-shows sold out. [1] Rage Against the Machine (also Rage and RATM) is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band, noted for their blend of hip hop, heavy metal, punk and funk as well as their revolutionary politics and lyrics. ...

[edit] Big Day Out 2008

The initial lineup was announced on October 2, 2007. Bands included were: Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ...

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[edit] Announcement Hoaxes

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

[edit] Big Day Out 2004

In late 2003, shortly before the first announcement was due, the Big Day Out's official online 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. This press release indicated the as-yet unannounced line-up for Big Day Out 2004. Further adding to its authenticity was that it included two 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]} Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

[edit] Big Day Out 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 not directly affiliated with Big Day Out (as it is a fan operated site).

The fake press release was obtained by several media outlets, including Triple J, Channel [V] and various newspapers. It was read out on Triple J Radio during Jay and the Doctor's breakfast program on October 4, 2006, and was discussed with Humphrey B. Flaubert of TISM. Jay and The Doctor (Both of Frenzal Rhomb) and Flaubert refuted that their respective bands who were on the fake line-up were playing. Jay and the Doctor are the on-air names of Australian radio duo Jason Whalley and Lindsay McDougall, on radio station Triple J. Best known as members of punk band Frenzal Rhomb, they performed occasional late-night shifts on Triple J until 2004. ... TISM (an acronym of This Is Serious Mum) is a seven piece anonymous alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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] Flag Ban Controversy

On 21 January 2007 a decision was made by the organisers to discourage Big Day Out patrons in Sydney from bringing and displaying the Australian flag. The organisers said the decision was a result of recent ethno-religious tensions in Sydney, complaints that the previous year's festival had been marred by roving packs of aggressive flag-draped youths,^[7] and recognition that some indigenous Australians have issue with celebrating the start of British settlement. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ... National flag and state ensign. ... Police observing crowds prior to confrontations The 2005 Cronulla riots were a series of ethnically motivated mob confrontations which originated in and around Cronulla, a beachfront suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Languages Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religions Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous...

Sections of the community had strong views supporting or objecting to the policy. The Prime Minister John Howard, New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma and Federal Leader of the Opposition Kevin Rudd publicly condemned the move. Premier Iemma suggested the event be canceled if the organisers cannot secure the safety of attendees. Main stage act Jet performed in front of a large backdrop of a black-and-white Australian flag cut-out of their name, with lead vocalist Nic Cester adding "I can't tell anyone else what to do but we as a band are very proud to be Australian and we don't want to feel we are not allowed to feel proud".^[8] Image File history File links Bigdayout_field. ... Image File history File links Bigdayout_field. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ... Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ... Morris Iemma (pronounced Yemma), born 21 July 1961, is an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales. ... 1 Note that Gough Whitlam refused to use the title Leader of the Opposition between the dismissal of his government in November 1975 and the first meeting of the new parliament in February 1976. ... Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. ... For other uses, see Jet. ... Nic Cester (born Nicholas John Cester July 6, 1979 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian musician, best known for his lead vocals in the rock band Jet. ...

However, other people including Andrew Bartlett of the Australian Democrats, sports writer Peter FitzSimons and members of the hip-hop outfit The Herd expressed concern that the flag was being misused by a handful of aggressive attendees in a jingoist manner, and that rock concerts were not the appropriate venue to be waving a flag [2]. Bartlett speaks at the launch of his campaign for re-election to the Australian Senate in July 2007 Andrew John Julian Bartlett (born 4 August 1964), Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since 1997, representing the Australian Democrats, of which he... The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party which was formed in 1977 through a merger of the Australia Party and the Liberal Movement after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp as a high-profile leader[1]. The new party was based... Peter FitzSimons, born in Peats Ridge, New South Wales, is an Australian journalist, author, radio presenter, and former Wallaby rugby union player. ... The Herd are an Australian hip hop outfit from the suburbs of Sydney. ...

[edit] Compilation albums

Image File history File links Bdo-disrespective. ... Disrespective is a New Zealand/Australian 3-disc ten year anniversary compilation album of the Big Day Out music festival released in 2002. ... Image File history File links Bdo2003. ... Big Day Out 03 is a New Zealand compilation album released to coincide with the Big Day Out music festival in 2003. ... Image File history File links Big_Day_Out_2004_album. ... Big Day Out 04 is a New Zealand compilation album released to coincide with the Big Day Out music festival in 2004. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Big_Day_Out_2005_album. ... Big Day Out 05 is a New Zealand compilation album released to coincide with the Big Day Out music festival in 2005. ... Image File history File links Bdo2006. ... Big Day Out 06 is a New Zealand compilation album released to coincide with the Big Day Out music festival in 2006. ...

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