The original – and in many people’s eyes, the best – the one and only Big Day Out will return once again in early 2009, trundling around the country in January and early February, serving up rock, indie, hip-hop, electronica and everything else in between.
As already widely reported, folk-rock godfather Neil Young will headline the 2009 tour, but now after much speculation the entire first round of artists has been revealed. Joining Young atop the bill, there’s local trio The Living End as well as celebrated UK indie outfit the Arctic Monkeys.
On the dance tip, there’s Pendulum and Simian Mobile Disco (as revealed on inthemix!), Sneaky Sound System, Cut Copy, The Ting Tings, and one that’s likely to excite a whole lot of ITMers, The Prodigy! Not to be outdone, if you like your indie, rock and metal, Bullet For My Valentine, TV On The Radio, Cog, Youth Group and much more are also lined up.
Of course this is only the first round, with the Big Day Out historically making two more announcements in the lead-up to the festival, so stay tuned to ITM for details. Tickets are $132+bf for all events nationally. They go onsale for the Sydney event Wednesday October 8th, followed by the Gold Coast on Thursday October 9th, with the remaining dates of the tour onsale Friday October 10th.
Big Day Out 2009 first round line-up:
Neil Young
The Living End
Arctic Monkeys
My Morning Jacket
Sneaky Sound System
Pendulum
Bullet For My Valentine
Cut Copy
TV on the Radio
Cog
Simian Mobile Disco
The Grates
Birds of Tokyo
Youth Group
The Ting Tings
TZU
Tiki Taane
Eddy Current Suppression Ring
and… The Prodigy
Big Day Out 2009 tour dates:
Fri Jan 16 – Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Sun Jan 18 – Gold Coast Parklands, Gold Coast
Fri Jan 23 – Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney
Mon Jan 26 – Flemington Race Course, Melbourne
Fri Jan 30 – Adelaide Showgrounds, Adelaide
Sun Feb 1 – Claremont Showgrounds, Perth
Stay tuned to ITM’s festival page in the lead-up for all the latest Big Day Out news and info, or if you’d like to see what went down at the 2008 festival check out our galleries from the tour!
[ Gold Coast | Sydney | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth ]
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