The one and only Henry Rollins joins the upcoming Big Day Out for 2006.

Rollins will be brining his eclectic spoken work performances for the tour across the country. Rollins was last seen here with his Shock and Awe…My Ass tour earlier this year and returns for the first time as spoken word at an Australian festival.

Rollins was a member of seminal punk band, Black Flag and has self-published many self-penned books as well as publishing other contemporary authors, head of his own record label, political activist and much more.

Join Henry Rollins along with Beasts of Bourbon, Mudvayne, The Go! Team, The Subways, M.I.A, The Greenhornes, Shihad, Wolfmother, The Hilltop Hoods, Cog, Sonic Animation, Sarah Blasko, Airbourne, The Presets, Bit By Bats,Drag, The White Stripes, Iggy & The Stooges, Franz Ferdinand, Kings of Leon, The Mars Volta, AFI, Sleater-Kinney, The Magic Numbers, Soulwax, 2manydjs, The Living End, Gerling, Dei Hamo, Magic Dirt, Cut Copy, End of Fashion, Faker, The Grates, Youthgroup and Wolf & Cub.

The travelling musical circus will travels around the country in January and February:

Sunday January 22 – Gold Coast
Thursday January 26 – Sydney
Sunday January 29 – Melbourne
Friday February 3 – Adelaide
Sunday February 5 – Perth