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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.
History
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.
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.
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).
Crowd at the Big Day Out, Melbourne 2006. Note Tim Glomb from MTV's Viva La Bam
in the foreground.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.
The festival has also run a popular discussion forum, Big Day Out Forum,
boasting over 8,500 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.
Music of Australia
Timeline
Genres classical · hip-hop · indigenous Australian music · immigrant music ·
jazz · country · rock (pub rock · indie · punk · metal)
Organisations ARIA · APRA
Awards ARIA Music Awards · Country Music Awards of Australia · The Deadlys ·
Australian Music Prize · J Award · WAMi Awards · NT Indigenous Music Awards ·
Perth Dance Music Awards
Charts Kent Music Report · ARIA Charts · Triple J Hottest 100
Festivals Big Day Out · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Tamworth Country Music
Festival · Womadelaide · National Folk Festival
Media Countdown · Rage · Triple J · ABC · Community Radio
National anthem Advance Australia Fair
Cities and regions
Adelaide · Brisbane · Canberra · Melbourne · Sydney · Perth · Hobart
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.
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.
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 at the Big Day Out is limited to those brands who are
sponsoring the event (Jack Daniels branding can be seen in the adjacent photo),
and can only be purchased from within the venue.
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).
Artist lineups
Main article: Big Day Out lineups by year
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 Powderfinger, You Am I, Grinspoon and many others.
Announcement Hoaxes
There have been various fake press releases in the last few years; however, two
hoaxes have received considerable media coverage.
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.
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 Jay and the Doctor's
program on October 4, 2006, and was discussed with Humphrey B. Flaubert of TISM,
and both Flaubert and Jay and The Doctor refuted that their respective bands who
were on the fake line-up were playing.
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.
Flag Ban Controversy
Wikinews has related news:
Aussies ignore flag ban at Big Day Out festivalOn 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, and recognition that some indigenous Australians have issue
with celebrating the start of British settlement.
Entertainment at the Big Day OutSections 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".
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, and that rock concerts were not the appropriate venue to be waving a
flag
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