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The Big Day Out is Australia’s most prominent and popular music festival, featuring an eclectic mix of local and international rock and dance acts along with cultural displays, art installations and performances. The roadshow travels the country, stopping at the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth – as well as Auckland, NZ. Since its humble beginnings in 1992, the festival has become the premier live musical experience in Australia.

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Cavalera Conspiracy, Lynchmada, Shifting The Paradigm @ The Hifi, Brisbane (06/12/2012)

by naysayer, 9th February, 2012

Cavalera Conspiracy tore The Hifi a new roof in their Big Day Out sideshow.

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Big Day Out @ McCallum Park, Perth (05/02/12)

by carlosrockets, 7th February, 2012

Sunday’s event could be considered a very left-of-field experiment by the BDO organisers. It was evident that a majority of people enjoyed the day thoroughly.

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Big Day Out: "Some years we sell out, some years we don't"

by grattan, 6th February, 2012

Despite lower than hoped for attendance figures in 2012, the BDO promoters have promised that the festival won’t just be an East Coast affair in 2013.

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Big Day Out @ Adelaide Showgrounds (03/02/2012)

by kymjets, 6th February, 2012

This year's Big Day Out, on it's 20th anniversary may not have been the raging success of previous years but it was still worth the price of admission.

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Foster The People @ The Palace, Melbourne (30/1/12)

by lateleigh, 3rd February, 2012

Foster The People kick all more than a few goals at their The Big Day Out sideshow in Melbourne.

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Soundgarden @ The Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne (01/02/12)

by steaid101, 3rd February, 2012

Soundgarden - as fresh and exciting now as in 1989.

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OFWGKTA @ The Hi-FI, Melbourne (01/02/2012)

by jhf92, 2nd February, 2012

Odd Future return to Melbourne for more madness.

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Big Day Out East Coast wrap-up

by grattan, 2nd February, 2012

The Big Day Out has crashed its way down the East Coast and FasterLouder was there to cover it all.

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Girl Talk @ The Palace, Melbourne (31/01/2012)

by amychapman, 2nd February, 2012

Girl Talk throws the perfect party at The Palace

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Kanye West @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne (31/01/2012)

by Electric Cafe, 1st February, 2012

Kanye West, his ego, and an absolutely feverish full house at the Myer Music Bowl.

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Mariachi El Bronx, The Vasco Era @ Billboard, Melbourne (30/01/12)

by Bigg A Watts, 1st February, 2012

In town as part of the traveling circus that is the Big Day Out, Mariachi El Bronx, the Charro-suit wearing alter ego of Californian rock band The Bronx, performed to a sold out crowd at Melbourne's Billboard on Monday night.

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Cage the Elephant @ The Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (31/01/12)

by steaid101, 1st February, 2012

Shultz’s pure volatile nature is what makes such an enticing front man when he’s not diving into the audience he’s riffing non-sequiturs about punching like an Irish man.

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Kasabian, The Vaccines @ Festival Hall, Melbourne (28/01/12)

by distantsun007, 1st February, 2012

Amid a spate of sideshow madness, two big-name bands were thrown together in one auspicious billing.

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Big Day Out @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne (29/01/2012)

by Goat, 31st January, 2012

Rock! Rock! Rock! And... Kanye West. Melbourne's Big Day Out sizzled (literally) and acts like Soundgarden and Kasabian delivered solid, energy-fuelled sets the crowd lapped up.