Big Day Out Lineup Announced

As per usual, the rumour mills have been in meltdown over the past few weeks as anticipation flared for who would be on the lineup of one of the biggest touring festivals in Australia. At midnight last night organisers, Lees & West announced the long awaited list which includes the cream of international punk, Iggy & The Stooges and synonymous prog-rockers currently holed up in the studio, Tool and original men of melancholy themselves, Grindermen. After a 'goodbye' tour of Australia not so long ago, LCD Soundsystem return as well as glitter-rapper M.I.A. Local bands include the likes of ARIA nominated Angus & Julia Stone, home-grown favourites, John Butler Trio and newly reformed Wolfmother.

Tool
Rammstein
Iggy & The Stooges
Grindermen
Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77
M.I.A
John Butler Trio
Deftones
Wolfmother
Lupe Fiasco
The Black Keys
Primal Scream - performing Screamedelica live
Die Antwoord
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
LCD Soundsystem
Angus & Julia Stone
Plan B
The Naked & Famous
Bliss n Eso
Booka Shade DJs
Airbourne
Andrew W.K
The Jim Jones Revue
PNAU
Crystal Castles (East Coast only)
Little Red
Dead Letter Circus
Sia
Gyroscope
Ratatat
CSS
Vitalic
Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock
Operator Please
Children Collide
Blue King Brown
Kids of 88
Lowrider
Will Styles
Gypsy & The Cat
Sampology


For eager punters, tickets begin to go on sale October 7 for the Gold Coast leg of the tour. The dates of the tour itself are as follows;

Auckland Friday, January 21;
Gold Coast Sunday, January 23;
Sydney Wednesday, January 26;
Melbourne Sunday, January 30;
Adelaide Friday, February 4;
Perth Sunday, February 6

Tickets will be available at 12:01 a.m through the Big Day Out website, or at 9 a.m through Ticketmaster on the specified dates. For more info, visit the official BDO website at www.bigdayout.com