Big Day Out lineups by year
This is a comprehensive listing of artists and bands who have performed at Big Day Out listed by year. Big Day Out is an Australian music festival which began in 1992 in Sydney and has expanded since to include several Australian venues and also Auckland, New Zealand. Each year, the line-up of artists changes dramatically, generally maintaining rock as the focal music style, but also featuring many hip-hop, electronica, blues and roots artists. Since its beginning, the line ups have included international acts such as Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Chemical Brothers, Tool, Marilyn Manson, Muse, Nine Inch Nails and Red Hot Chili Peppers while also promoting local Australian and New Zealand artists such as Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, Silverchair, and many others.
1992
Violent Femmes |
Nirvana |
Massappeal |
Beasts of Bourbon |
Celibate Rifles |
Died Pretty |
Ratcat |
The Clouds |
Yothu Yindi |
Club Hoy |
Cosmic Psychos |
Falling Joys |
Sound Unlimited Posse |
Box the Jesuit |
The Hellmenn |
The Village Idiots The Ruptured Spleans |
You Am I |
Smudge |
The Meanies |
The Welcome Mat[A] |
The Hard Ons with Henry Rollins |
Scorched Earth Policy
Notes
- A ^ The Welcome Mat were the first band to perform for the day, and thus became the first band to perform at any Big Day Out festival.
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Notes
- A ^ Sepultura were originally named in the lineup, but cancelled after Max Cavalera left the band in December 1996. Sepultura were replaced by Fear Factory.
Plus - The Porkers
1998
Big Day Out was not held in 1998.
1999
2000
2001
Notes
- A ^ Originally, Limp Bizkit was scheduled to headline the tour and appear at all locations, however after the death of a crowd member at the Sydney show, the group chose to withdraw from the remaining shows of the tour.
2002
2003
2004
Notes
- A ^ American band A Perfect Circle withdrew from the lineup, while the group Fear Factory appeared as a mystery artist playing in place of all of A Perfect Circle's scheduled performances.
2005
2006
Crowd in front of the two main stages at the Big Day Out, Melbourne 2006.
Notes
- A ^ AFI, Mylo and Jean Grae withdrew from all scheduled performances in Big Day Out 2006.
2007
Notes
2008
Notes
- A ^ Björk was forced to pull out her performance at the Sydney Big Day Out under doctor's orders following swelling on her vocal cords.
2009
Notes
2010
The first official line-up for the 2010 installment was posted on the Big Day Out website just before midnight 28 September 2009. The second official line-up for the 2010 installment was posted on the Big Day Out website just before midnight 11 November 2009. The full line-up was as follows
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Sydney |
Melbourne |
Perth |
Adelaide |
Gold Coast |
Auckland |
Muse | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Powderfinger | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Mars Volta | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lily Allen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Groove Armada | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kasabian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dizzee Rascal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Peaches | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Girl Talk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rise Against | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mastodon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Horrors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Calvin Harris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Decemberists | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Passion Pit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Devendra Banhart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sasha | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Simian Mobile Disco | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fear Factory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dead Prez | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Eskimo Joe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Karnivool | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ladyhawke | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Temper Trap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Silent Disco | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Grinspoon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Midnight Juggernauts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tame Impala | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kisschasy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Magic Dirt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lisa Mitchell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Bluejuice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hilltop Hoods | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Miami Horror | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Maya Jupiter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Itch-E and Scratch-E | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sam La More | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MDX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Decoder Ring | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sugar Army | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Scare | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wagons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Middle East | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Phrase | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Grrillastep | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Teleprompter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tumbleweed[B] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Blowfly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DJ Chucuchu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Matt Hall | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Poirier feat. MC Zulu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bridgemary Kiss | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Catcall | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Danimals | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
DJ Ben Morris | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
DJ Mark Craven | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
DJ Mark Murphy | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Oh Mercy | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Regular John | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Robbie Lowe | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Seekae | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Sherlock's Daughter | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Songs | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
The Art | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
DJ Spex | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
The Crayon Fields | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Calling All Cars | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Dan Sultan | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
DJ Bonita | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
DJ Mafia | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Public Opinion Afro Orchestra | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
St Helens | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Abbe May & the Rocking Pnuemonia | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Arts Martial | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Blue Shaddy | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Burgerkill | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
DJ Kit Pop | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
DJ Muller | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
DJ Rekab | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Emperors | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Human Extinction Project | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
The Chevelles | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
The Novocaines | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Tim and Jean | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
20th Century Graduates | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Coerce | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
DJ Japeye | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Femme Fatales | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Hawks of Alba | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Loot & Plunder | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Poetikool Justice | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Se Bon Ki Ra | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Stubanga | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
The Swiss | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
The Thieves | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Butcher Birds | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Dallas Frasca | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
DJ Katch | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
DZ | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
I Heart Hiroshima | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Mexico City | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Soma Rasa | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Surecut Kids | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
The Poor | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Señor Tasty Taste | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Bandicoot | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Baticuda Sound Machine | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Cairo Knife Fight | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Concord Dawn | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Deja Voodoo | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Dick "Magik" Johnson | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Dimmer | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Elston Gun | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Evil | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Gin Wigmore | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Head Like A Hole | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
House of Shem | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
James Duncan | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Kidz in Space | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
KORA | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Lord Of Tigers | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Midnight Youth | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Mile High | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Minuit | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Mountaineater | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Nick D | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
O'Lovely | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Opensouls | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
PNC | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Sandy Bay Social Club | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Tainted | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
The Checks | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
The Drab Doo Riffs | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
The Veils | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Tim Phin | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
True Lovers | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Tahuna Breaks | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Valedictions | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Beenie Man[B] | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Notes
- A ^ Tumbleweed only appeared at Sydney on Saturday 23rd.
[B]
- B ^ Beenie Man was withdrawn from lineup by organizers.
2011
The first line-up for the 2011 Big Day Out was officially released via the Big Day Out website at 12:01am 28 September. The second announcement was released on 24 November and completed the 2011 line-up.
For the second year in a row Sydney held two festivals due to increasing popularity of the event.
Official line-up is as follows:
Notes
2012
The lineup was announced on 29 September 2011. The first 17 artists were announced over the Big Day Out Twitter page from 8 until 10pm. The three main headliners were announced on 30 September 2011 on Triple J. Tony Hawk was announced as a non-musical special guest.
Bold indicates headline act.
Notes
- A ^ Kanye West was originally announced to play all shows, but was later withdrawn from the Auckland, Perth and Adelaide line-ups.
- B ^ Hilltop Hoods were withdrawn from the Perth show.
- C ^ Odd Future were withdrawn from the Auckland show after complaints concerning their homophobic lyrics. They still performed in Auckland, playing a sideshow at the Powerstation the night before.
- D ^ Tony Hawk appeared at all Big Day Out festivals in 2012 performing skate demonstrations.
2013
The first lineup was announced at midnight on 16 July. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were announced shortly before the first lineup announcement. Lucha VaVOOM was announced as a non-musical special guest.
Bold indicates headline act.
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Sydney |
Gold Coast |
Adelaide |
Melbourne |
Perth |
Red Hot Chili Peppers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Killers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Vampire Weekend | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Bloody Beetroots (Live) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kaskade | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Animal Collective | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Band of Horses | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
B.o.B | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sleigh Bells | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Foals | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Alabama Shakes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
360 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Crystal Castles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pretty Lights | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Off! | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Grinspoon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Against Me! | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gary Clark, Jr. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nicky Romero | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled |
Morgan Page | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Logo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Every Time I Die | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Delta Spirit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Childish Gambino | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ME | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hunting Grounds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
JEFF the Brotherhood | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Death Grips | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Adventure Club | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jagwar Ma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
House Vs. Hurricane | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Avalanche City | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Toucan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Helena | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nina Las Vegas | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sampology | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Compressorhead | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Medics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Something With Numbers | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Urthboy | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Thy Art Is Murder | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Deep Sea Arcade | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Royal Headache | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Chance Waters | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Good Heavens | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Stereogamous | Yes | No | No | No | No |
The Griswolds | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Fishing | Yes | No | No | No | No |
The Gooch Palms | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Donny Benet | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Jackie Onassis | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Bob Log III | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Dead Letter Circus | No | Yes | No | No | No |
I Heart Hiroshima | No | Yes | No | No | No |
The Cairos | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Hey Geronimo | No | Yes | No | No | No |
We All Want To | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Evil Eddie | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Skinwalkers | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Dave’s Pawn Shop | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Lily Rouge | No | Yes | No | No | No |
The Vernons | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Sneaky Picnic | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Jakarta Criers | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Paul Mac | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
The Beards | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Grey Ghost | No | No | Yes | No | No |
The Killgirls | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Full Tote Odds | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Messrs | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Allday | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Lady Strangelove | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Steering By Stars | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Sincerely, Grizzly | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Stab Capital | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Gemini Downs | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Archers | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Dr Piffle & The Burlap Band | No | No | Yes | No | No |
The Aves | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Bodyjar | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Seth Sentry | No | No | No | Yes | No |
The Smith Street Band | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Kingswood | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Yung Warriors | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Money For Rope | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Jackson Firebird | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Split Seconds | No | No | No | Yes | No |
For Our Hero | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Generik | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Zanzibar Chanel | No | No | No | Yes | No |
The Stiffys | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Apes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Chicks On Speed DJ Show | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Sugar Army | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Emperors | No | No | No | No | Yes |
The Chemist | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Sons of Rico | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Further Earth | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Arts Martial | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Rainy Day Women | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Boys Boys Boys! | No | No | No | No | Yes |
The Love Junkies | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Skank MC | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Dead Owls | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Tomàs Ford | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Foam | No | No | No | No | Yes |
DJ Keyno | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Phetsta | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Kaskade cancelled Adelaide, Melbourne, and Perth on the festival. Nicky Romero cancelled Perth, but instead played the first four shows on the 2013 tour.
2014
The first lineup was announced at 8:00PM AEST on 31 July.
Bold indicates headline act.
Blur and DIIV withdrew from the 2014 lineup.
Notes
- A ^ With no event in 2015, Cosmic Psychos are the only band to play both the first Big Day Out and the last.
2015
There will be no Big Day Out in 2015.[1] It was announced on 26 June 2014 that the 2015 Big Day Out had been cancelled. The announcement came after long-running speculation over the future of the summer festival and revelations the day before from Sydney Showground executives that festival organisers had cancelled their 2015 venue booking.[2][3]
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