Big Day Out: Young, MMJ, TVOTR

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Down Under's Big Day Out Traveling Festival - 01/16/09 - 02/01/09
Featuring: Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Arctic Monkeys & More

Neil Young
Australia and New Zealand's traveling festival, Big Day Out, has announced artists and details. This is a proud moment for BDO. After 17 years of producing the most dynamic, entertaining and challenging event Down Under, this year's shows promise to stand out from all others. Big Day Out 2009 goes from January 16 to February 1. Here are the dates:

01.16 Auckland, New Zealand - Mt. Smart Stadium
01.18 Gold Coast, Australia - Parklands
01.23 Sydney, Australia - Showgrounds
01.26 Melbourne, Australia - Flemington Racecourse
01.30 Adelaide, Australia - Showgrounds
02.01 Perth, Australia - Claremont Showground

The 2009 Big Day Out will feature the following artist on select dates:

Neil Young
My Morning Jacket
TV on the Radio
Serj Tankian
Black Kids
Lupe Fiasco
Z*Trip (NZ + EC only)
Arctic Monkeys
The Living End
Sneaky Sound System
Pendulum
The Ting Tings
Cut Copy (All Aus Shows)
Youth Group (All Aus Shows)
Birds of Tokyo (All Aus Shows)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring (All Aus Shows)
The Prodigy
Bullet for my Valentine
Simian Mobile Disco
Tiki Taane
Cog (All Aus Shows)
The Grates (All Aus Shows)
TZU (All Aus Shows)
Children Collide (All Aus Shows)
Sparkadia (All Aus Shows)
Little Red (All Aus Shows)
Mercy Arms (All Aus Shows)
Andee Frost (All Aus Shows)
Dropkick Murphys
Hot Chip
Holy Ghost!
Died Pretty (All Aus Shows)
Infusion (All Aus Shows)
Pee Wee Ferris
The Getaway Plan (All Aus Shows)
Mammal (All Aus Shows)
Ajax (All Aus Shows)
The Drones (EC Only)

For details on specific dates and tickets, go to www.bigdayout.com.

[Published on: 11/14/08]
 

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BGsteveBG starstarstarstarstar Fri 11/14/2008 09:50AM
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BGsteveBG

Sounds pretty badass!

Lakai2788 starstarstarstarstar Fri 11/14/2008 09:56AM
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Lakai2788

yeah, this looks like a pretty sick fest, too bad I'm not in Australia.

DeadBandofPhishes420 Fri 11/14/2008 12:17PM
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One way ticket to New Zealand please....i dont plan on coming back

Broesau starstarstarstarstar Fri 11/14/2008 12:18PM
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Nice, its probably tough for folks in AU and NZ to catch non-local live acts. ENjoy, G'day mate.

a22nz starstarstarstarstar Fri 11/14/2008 12:39PM
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Nice of jambase to post news of down-under. Can't wait for the Auckland show - one of the best line ups I've ever seen making its way down to NZ!!!

Flat5 Fri 11/14/2008 12:49PM
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Flat5

Neil is thinking in that picture, "damn. did I leave the coffee pot on? "

mmcquade Fri 11/14/2008 01:11PM
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mmcquade

good thing i'll be getting to Australia 2 weeks after this..

Cola21 Fri 11/14/2008 01:25PM
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Cola21

Well in that case, let's put another shrimp on the barbie.

dmb805 Sat 11/15/2008 04:47PM
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dmb805

i guess jim is all healed up?

snausages Tue 11/18/2008 05:35AM
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snausages

*sigh* that's sooo far away. :(

bmwsrok11 Thu 11/20/2008 12:16AM
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too bad no John Butler Trio. Not be stereotypical or anything but they seriously rock. Good times tunes for all.

Ill have ti catch them on their next run through. Oh well.