BDO 2008

[Hitman]

A little birdy has told me Silverchair, Karnivool and Gyroscope will be amongst the next announcement...

[Hitman]

The 2nd Announcement!

Since announcing the first round of BIG DAY OUT artists for the 2008 series, tickets have been snapped up at lightning speed with the Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne events selling out in less than 24hrs. If you live in Adelaide and Perth and have been waiting around till all the acts have been revealed before you purchase tickets, wait no longer or you could well miss out! For now you’ll find the next round of International and Antipodean touring artists who will be rocking the stage at each BIG DAY OUT.

Stirring harmonies, crashing guitars, bursting brass flourishes, killer choruses. We’re talking about three lads from Newcastle and one of the most acclaimed and successful bands in Australian music history, SILVERCHAIR. Having sold over six million albums worldwide, every album released by the band to date has spawned at least one #1 single and debuted at the #1 position on Australian charts. 2007 saw the release of their fifth studio album Young Modern leading to a clean sweep at the recent ARIA awards, taking the coveted "Album of the Year", "Song of the Year" and "Best Group" gongs among their five awards for the evening. With front man Daniel Johns’ shock and roll swagger expect an engrossing show from start to finish. Flamboyant and spontaneous, don’t miss the SILVERCHAIR juggernaut this summer as they serve up one epic track after another at THE BIG DAY OUT. (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

There’s no way around it, folks love SPOON. And the love will definitely be in the air when SPOON take to the stage at BIG DAY OUT 2008. The cult of SPOON has built up over fourteen years, six albums, and countless show-stealing festival appearances. From small beginnings in Austin, Texas, singer Britt Daniel, drummer Jim Eno, keys man Eric Harvey and bassist Rob Pope have made a big impact with minimalist style. Their latest payload of indie-pop brilliance, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, debuted in the US Top 10. Bigger, but no less elusive (thanks, New York Times), SPOON will be sharing the love at BIG DAY OUT this summer. (ALL SHOWS)

It’s been a weird and wonderful year or so for AUGIE MARCH. Their album Moo, You Bloody Choir went platinum in Australia, was nominated for six ARIAs and won The Australian Music Prize for Album of the Year. The track “One Crowded Hour” came in at #1 on triple j’s Hottest 100, voted for by over 600,000 listeners, and was also voted the APRA Song of the Year by their esteemed musical peers. Festival ready, AUGIE MARCH have spent most of 2007 touring both in the US and here in Oz, and for special shows on our shores they’ve even had a Symphony Orchestra in tow. Their live shows are beautiful and brimming with emotion, compelling and mesmerizing. This is your last chance to see their impeccable performance before they bunker down to make a new album. AUGIE MARCH at the BIG DAY OUT will be something majestic and special, do not miss out! (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

It’s out with the old, and in with the BRAND NEW at BIG DAY OUT 2008. Long Island’s BRAND NEW – singer/guitarist Jesse Lacey, drummer Brian Lane, guitarist Vinnie Accardi, bassist Garrett Tierney – were born and raised in the basements of the New York hardcore scene. After their second album, 2003’s Deja Entendu, was hailed as a masterpiece, the band dug even deeper for 2006’s The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me – “Simply put,” declared Alternative Press, “BRAND NEW have no peers.” To witness this band live is to witness intensely personal songs transformed into a powerful shared experience. Get your share at this summer’s BIG DAY OUT. (ALL SHOWS)

Come with us now on a journey through time and space, and the power of the fusion lick with REGURGITATOR at the BIG DAY OUT. Starring heroes of ironic rock-pop geekdom Quan, Ben, Peter and Seja, REGURGITATOR are part social commentators, part mess’n’noise pop experts. The ‘GURG first played BDO in 96 and blew our minds with tracks from the legendary Tu Plang, an album which was followed by equally legendary units, Unit and …art. When the Band in the Bubble popped in 2004, the ‘GURG released the resultant album, Mish Mash! After playing shows the world over and being firm favourites in Japan, REGURGITATOR are still serving up loads of rambunctious rock-pop in the form of their sixth studio album Love and Paranoia. Recorded in Brazil, it’s busting with the fun, 80s sounds of classic ‘GURG goodness. Bounce around down the front to REGURGITATOR’s old stuff as well as their new stuff, at the BIG DAY OUT. (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

When the power must be fought, there is one band to call: ANTI-FLAG. BIG DAY OUT 2008 has hit the phones. Four old school Pittsburgh punks for whom the word “outspoken” is a mission statement, ANTI-FLAG have been loud, proud and abrasive since 1993. Justin Sane (guitar, vocals), Chris #2 (bass, vocals), Chris Head (guitar) and Pat Thetic (drums) made the major-label leap with their seventh album, 2006’s For Blood and Empire. Think their message was toned down for the masses? Not a chance. With a new album in the works, ANTI-FLAG are set to give BIG DAY OUT a fresh summer blast of all-for-one, one-for-all punk. As ANTI-FLAG say, war sucks – let’s party! (ALL SHOWS)

Blistering, fast-paced songs with gritty guitar riffs – welcome to KARNIVOOL. Formed in Perth, Western Australia in the late 90s these hard hitting rock’n’rollers have gained a legion of devoted followers after a string of superb live tours, leading some satisfied fans to label them as one of Australia's best live acts of recent years. Fresh from touring the US as part of the Great American Rampage Tour, KARNIVOOL bring their heavy swagger to the BIG DAY OUT touring party for the first time. Rest assured it’s not quiet on Western front! (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

CARL COX will become an official BIG DAY OUT lifetime membership holder this summer, when the UK DJ returns for his third BIG DAY OUT season. After stints in 2001 and 2005, COX is back in the team in 2008 as an honorary Aussie – he now owns a house in Frankston, on the south-east fringe of Melbourne. A constant at the top of dance music’s totem pole across three decades now, COX has endured from the second Summer of Love to the rise of rave to the techno takeover, all the while rocking crammed dancefloors and wide open spaces around the world. For a feel-good factor like no other, hit the floor when CARL COX hits the decks at BIG DAY OUT 2008. (ALL SHOWS)

Sydney duo Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes have returned from their side projects to their first love, PNAU. ARIA award winning and in great demand for their live performances both overseas and at home, PNAU are constantly challenging themselves to remain at the top of their musical game. Their hotly anticipated third album, self-titled Pnau is no exception, it’s a killer - fun, serious, energetic, chilled, beautiful, relentless and addictive and will be banging through your speakers all summer. PNAU return to the scene in full force, don’t miss them when they heat up the BIG DAY OUT. (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

Take a blazing hot summer Down Under, add one 20-year-old songstress with a suitcase full of observations on London life, and you’ve got the lovable KATE NASH at BIG DAY OUT. NASH’s tales of unrequited love and unworthy exes – over indie pop, fragile folk and broken blues – are captured on her debut, Made of Bricks, a UK No.1. Once heard, makes perfect sense that among her influences NASH lists everything from Regina Spektor to Roald Dahl, Jurassic 5 to The Young Ones, poetry and politics to “being confused”. From drama student to shop assistant to MySpace sensation to chart-topper, NASH’s rise has been rapid. Clearly, KATE NASH has a story to tell – hear it at BIG DAY OUT 2008. (ALL SHOWS)

JOSH PYKE is the young Aussie ballad king of the moment. His melodies and narratives seamlessly combine diverse elements of life to form the fabric of songs that are timeless, full of emotion and emphatically honest. His debut melodic memoir Memories & Dust (which entered the ARIA charts at #4) picked up 3 ARIAs at this year’s Awards and showcases the strength of his heart felt and idiosyncratic song-writing. Since 2006 he has toured the UK twice, winning loads of fans along the way. As well as thrilling audiences at South by Southwest and Glastonbury PYKE has appeared at local festivals Splendour in the Grass and the Falls Festival and this summer his nomadic touring lifestyle brings him to the BIG DAY OUT 2008. (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

Queen of the decks and one of the most-loved DJ/producers in Australia, BEXTA will return to the BIG DAY OUT in 2008. A musician first and DJ second, BEXTA never fails to set the dance floor alight with her trancy style and substance. With productions and remixes that have been released all over the world, BEXTA is proud to be releasing her tenth installment – a triple CD – Mixology 10. On top of her dozen or so residencies here in Oz, BEXTA has graced the shores and dance floors of the UK, Europe, NZ and Canada and recently had a 6 week tour of Indonesia and finds her jetting in just in time for BIG DAY OUT. Rhythm is a dancer! Get down and move with BEXTA’s beats at the BDO! (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

BIG DAY OUT is proud to announce that SHY CHILD are coming out of their shell, and coming our way. New York duo Pete Cafarella (vocals/keytar), and Nate Smith (drums) create aural anarchy with every turn. Their third album Noise Won’t Stop is a chaotic melding of synth-funk, reclaimed rave, ’80s pop, indie electro, jittery R&B and future disco. There’s a reason it’s called Noise Won’t Stop, people! Masters of the unexpected, SHY CHILD are mentally perplexing, and likely to get your body flexing. Prepare for mad movement and glorious confusion at BIG DAY OUT 2008. (ALL SHOWS)

At the BIG DAY OUT in 2008 you may find yourself engulfed by the uncompromising emo-pop-rock of Perth’s GYROSCOPE. This multi-WAMi nominated and Award winning band has garnered praise from critics and punters alike, for their debut album Sound Shattering Sound (2004) which featured the hits “Doctor, Doctor”, “Safe Forever” and “Take this for Granted”. After taking to the stage alongside the likes of Dashboard Confessional and Blink 182 whilst kickin’ it with audiences at Rockit and Homebake, GYROSCOPE followed up in 2005 with their sophomore album Are You Involved? Recent times have seen the band putting the finishing touches on their brand new record Breed Obsession, recorded in the UK and due out March 2008. They’ve given us a taste of things to come with their new single Snakeskin but come fall in emo-love with the echoing melodies, dynamic, gritty guitars and grinding rhythms of GYROSCOPE at the BIG DAY OUT. (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

They built themselves up from the grass roots, then took to the skies. Now British sensations ENTER SHIKARI are flying further than ever before – all the way to BIG DAY OUT 2008. The St Albans four-piece are a classic case of: it shouldn’t work, but it does. Hardcore and trance? Punk and jungle? Strobe lights and human pyramids? That’s the ENTER SHIKARI arsenal, the thrilling mix that sent the band’s independent debut, Take to the Skies, to No.4 on the UK charts. Grab your glowsticks and prepare to rock – BIG DAY OUT is raving about the coming of ENTER SHIKARI. (ALL SHOWS)

Through word of mouth and the revelation of their EP Cement Cement on triple j, OPERATOR PLEASE have set the music scene abuzz both here and overseas. Initially dubbed the ‘coolest band ever’ to ‘the next big thing’, NME added to the fervour, naming them one of year’s ‘bands to watch’. Luckily, you’ll be able to watch them at the BIG DAY OUT! They have already played the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK in August - not bad for a band formed in 2005 by lead singer Amandah Wilkinson in an attempt to compete in her high school's annual "Battle of the Bands" competition! With their highly anticipated debut album Yes Yes Vindictive to be released this November, this is one band to keep an eye on. See them for yourself in 2008 as they tour with the BIG DAY OUT for the first time. (ALL SHOWS)

Rock: progressive. Electronica: leftfield. Beats: edgy. All this and more dwells within the one amazing act: UNKLE (live). And now BIG DAY OUT 2008 brings you UNKLE as you’ve never seen UNKLE before: a fully-fledged live band, able to leap multiple musical genres in a single bound. To bring UNKLE’s latest album War Stories to life, James Lavelle and Richard File have dreamed up a unique audiovisual experience incorporating a seven-piece band, lights, screens and (probably) bells and whistles. “It’s Chemical Brothers meets Nine Inch Nails,” Lavelle told Rip it Up. “It’s pretty intense and pretty heavy.” To experience this one-of-a-kind musical tour de force, BIG DAY OUT’s yer UNKLE. (ALL SHOWS)

The BIG DAY OUT dims the lights and turns the spot on GOODWILL, Sydney’s finest DJ, whose career reads like the history of the last decade of Australian dance music. As an ever popular musical guest, DJ GOODWILL is the DJ in demand at festivals around Australia and has performed at Good Vibes, Summerdayze and has supported the likes of Jamiroquai. GOODWILL has also been keeping busy hosting the Ministry of Sound Radio Sessions – the largest syndicated dance show on commercial radio in Australia. As well as mixing Ministry of Sound's The 2008 ANNUAL, Clubbers Guide to 2006 & 2007 and Sessions Three as well as compilations for One Love, Alfresco Soiree and Dusk at Bondi Beach. But he’s best known for his weekly exploits entertaining the world’s dance floors with huge tunes and a sixth sense for mixing that causes mayhem at every turn of a dial. At the BIG DAY OUT expect Techno, Nu-House, Electro and beyond, all blended with 3 decks, FX and live visuals to match. Let the games begin! (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

What does KRAFTY KUTS do? “I play breaks and make funky music.” What does DYNAMITE MC do? “I respect skill, style and originality.” Put this Brit duo together and you’re guaranteed that beats will break, drum will bass and hip will hop at BIG DAY OUT 2008. KRAFTY has won pretty much every international DJ award going, and paved new ground with his album Freakshow. DYNAMITE is best known as one of Roni Size’s Reprazent crew, and as the slick voice on KRAFTY’s latest banger There They Go. Both are regular visitors to Australia. But KRAFTY KUTS & MC DYNAMITE together? That’s a rarity you’ll only get at BIG DAY OUT this summer. (ALL SHOWS)

DIE! DIE! DIE! is another band from the shores of New Zealand to set fire to the souls of music fans everywhere. Their self titled debut had Artrocker magazine impressed, DIE! DIE! DIE! created "A colossal sounding debut single...it's little surprise that these Kiwis make such a marvellous racket, slinging out twisted melodies and hard, razor-edged shards of post-punk dynamics. We'll have some of that." So will fans at the BIG DAY OUT! This year the band has been busy with their second album Promises, Promises which shows the trio evolving with dramatic, chaotic instrumentation and hypnotic riffing. Get ready for DIE! DIE! DIE!’s edgy, non-nonsense rock 'n' roll inspiring you to do the hip-shake thang at the BIG DAY OUT. (NZ + EAST COAST)

In 2008, BIG DAY OUT will unveil a different side to a superstar. On one stage, he’ll be the Rage Against the Machine guitar hero you know and love. On another stage, Tom Morello will transform into his alter ego, the folk hero known as THE NIGHTWATCHMAN (Tom Morello acoustic). Singing songs of protest, bitterness, injustice and revenge from his album One Man Revolution, Morello seeks to mobilize and inspire music fans to join his quest for social justice. Bear witness to THE NIGHTWATCHMAN at BIG DAY OUT 2008. (ALL SHOWS)

Music that’s as much about the message as the melody, BLUE KING BROWN are kings of the live show! Taking afro-beat, latin-reggae to a new level with 110% energy and enthusiasm BLUE KING BROWN to make a distinctly original sound, with socially conscious attitude that walks the talk. Their first single “Water”, won an APRA songwriters award in 2005 and an AIR Chart award in 2006, but it was the track “Come and Check Your Head”, that sent fans into a frenzy Australia wide. Equally impressive, was their independent debut album in 2006 titled Stand Up that beamed out fresh grooves, enchanting beats, and mind-bending percussion. With refreshing roots like these, protesting is more fun than ever! Get up, Stand Up on the dance floor with BLUE KING BROWN at the BIG DAY OUT! (Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne)

New York MC Kool Keith goes by many names. At BIG DAY OUT 2008, you will know him as DR OCTAGON. But wait, there’s more. The confirmed maverick and one-time Ultramagnetic MC will be joined by his long-time partner in rhyme, beats, and all manner of underground, space-age hip hoppery, KUTMASTA KURT. As a duo, they are sometimes known as Diesel Truckers – well, they do love an alias! – and carry a respect unrivalled in the hip hop community for their minimalist beats and lyrical headtrips. Prepare for space travel when DR OCTAGON with KUTMASTA KURT bring the hip hop noise to BIG DAY OUT. (NZ + EAST COAST)

Energy with attitude, poise and posture is what characterizes Melbourne indie-pop band, BRITISH INDIA. From their first appearance on the Melbourne live scene, critical interest has swept up over the band like a raging monsoon. Their debut Guillotine, released earlier this year and produced by Harry Vanda and Glenn Goldsmith, is an album that celebrates straight-up guitar pop, while the refined sound and astute lyrics on the album suggests aplomb beyond the band members’ years. From the freewheeling Britpop melodies to acute social commentary and back to rollicking garage pop, this is music to which everyone can relate. BRITISH INDIA colonizes the BIG DAY OUT in 2008! (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS)

If it’s riddims you want, it’s riddims you’ll get, when ACEYALONE explores the outer regions of hip hop on the outer reaches of the earth – Down Under, that is, on BIG DAY OUT 2008. From his early ’90s breakout in the Freestyle Fellowship crew, to his solo classic A Book of Human Language, to 2007’s hip hop/dancehall blend on Lightning Strikes, ACEYALONE has stood tall as not only one of the most prolific indie rappers on the West Coast scene, but also one of the smartest and most charismatic. Guaranteed to make you feel good, join ACEYALONE on his new trip at BIG DAY OUT this summer. (NZ + EAST COAST)

The 2008 BIG DAY OUT welcomes our first uncharTED winner, KRILL. Hailing from the central coast of Queensland, these five younglings (four girls and a guy) are now based in Sydney and are delivering impressive slices of shiny, new-wave influenced power pop. Bold, quirky and mischievous, KRILL are unashamed disciples of the 80s concede the vogue era of music but approach their music with a freshness and vitality that borders on a kind of musical schizophrenia. For some trademark nouveau-skanked disco rock or quirky electro-pop, have a whale of a time and fill up on KRILL at BDO! (ALL AUSTRALIAN SHOWS – uncharTED winner)

New additions to BIG DAY OUT 2008: silverchair, Spoon, Augie March, Brand New, Regurgitator, Anti-Flag, Karnivool, Carl Cox, Pnau, Kate Nash, Josh Pyke, beXta, Shy Child, Gyroscope, Enter Shikari, Operator Please, Unkle (live), Goodwill, Krafty Kuts & MC Dynamite, Die! Die! Die!, The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello acoustic),Blue King Brown, Dr Octagon with Kutmaster Kurt, British India, Aceyalone, Krill

These acts join the already announced: Rage Against the Machine, Bjork, Grinspoon, Arcade Fire, Hilltop Hoods, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly, LCD Soundsystem, Sarah Blasko, Faker, Midnight Juggernauts, Dizzee Rascal, Something With Numbers, Battles, Cut Off Your Hands.

Stay tuned for more local additions in your city!

[BJN]

If I was going, I'd want to be seeing Karnivool, Regurgitator and UNKLE *and Dr Octagon/Kool Keith!* (in addition to RAtM and Bjork, of course. & Battles). Would definitely be worth the price of the ticket and hassle of getting it to see all of them, but not worth the sunburn, shit food and enormously long queues to horrible toilets, etc.
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[Hitman]

Yeah, I'm pretty keen to see Kool Keith actually...

[edw1n]

If I was going, I'd want to be seeing Karnivool, Regurgitator and UNKLE *and Dr Octagon/Kool Keith!* (in addition to RAtM and Bjork, of course. & Battles). Would definitely be worth the price of the ticket and hassle of getting it to see all of them, but not worth the sunburn, shit food and enormously long queues to horrible toilets, etc.
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Karnivool and Bjork unfortunatelly will conflict i think.

[Chantel]

Music fan avoids 'Big Tase Out' after police warning
Monday Jan 21 11:00 AEDT
By ninemsn staff



The threat of a shot from a Taser gun was the only thing that could bring a violent Big Day Out patron under control at the weekend, police say.

A 39-year-old man allegedly kicked a security guard at the Gold Coast music festival yesterday around 5.30pm, before being arrested by police.

He then allegedly continued to lash out after being placed in a patrol van, refusing requests to move to another vehicle.

A senior officer then produced a Taser — warning the detained man that it was his final chance to comply or he would be shocked.

Faced with 50,000 volts, the Buderim man decided to cooperate.

He has been charged with one count of common assault and will appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on February 11.

[Hitman]

Glad that wasn't Al...

[Chantel]

:lol:

Glad that wasn't Al...

That's what I thought!

[gr_cunt_eg]

A friend of mine aquired a taser, not the gun but the original style.
piss funny. so much pain...
The worst thing to have around when you're getting pissed and the dares start to fly around!

[Hitman]

Oh shit...