Another year, another Big Day Out . Following on from a massive line-up last year, Big Day Out organisers have thrown together what is one of the biggest line-ups to date.
This year the line-up is filled with triple j indie favourites and dance floor bangers. Artists from Major Lazer to Portugal. The Man have been announced, but the biggest surprise is the three notable headliners Pearl Jam, Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion and Blur . The three headliners alone are enough to sell the pricey $185 ticket, but throw in Arcade Fire , Tame Impala , Flume , Mac Miller and The Lumineers and you have a sure fire hit.
The organisers have gone above and beyond, providing us with killer ‘middle-tier’ acts such as The Naked And Famous, Flosstradamus, Grouplove and Toro Y Moi . There is a notable absence of Aussie hip hop with only PEZ making the cut at this stage. Aussie rock n Roll group Kingswood will also be making appearance as will DZ Deathrays but the line-up is drastically different from previous years. The distinction between the 2011 line-up to the 2014 alone is monumental.
Bands such as
Tool
and
Rammstein
have been replaced by
Arcade Fire
and the ‘Big Snoopy D-O-double-jizzle’. The metal heads may be a little disappointed but those indie kids will feel much more at home.
Line-Up:
Pearl Jam
Arcade Fire
Blur
Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion
Major Lazer
Steve Angello
Flume
The Lumineers
Tame Impala
Dillon Francis
Mac Miller
Ghost
Grouplove
Flosstradamus
Portugal. The Man
Toro Y Moi
DIIV
The Naked And Famous
Big Gigantic
PEZ
Mudhoney
Cosmic Psychos
Northlane
The 1975
Loon Lake
Kingswood
Bo Ningen
The Algorithm
DZ Deathrays
Peking Duk
Ben Morris
Rüfüs
Details:
Tickets: $185 + booking fee – $20 more than last year last year, but it seems as though the bump in price is definitely worth it.
General release tickets are available on the following dates via the Big Day Out website :
Gold Coast: 9am local time, Wednesday 7th August
Sydney: 9am local time, Thursday 8th August
Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth: 9am local time, Friday 10th August
WORDS BY Huw Nolan
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