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The Datsuns playing at the Melbourne BDO, 2004

The Big Day Out is an annual one day music festival which tours Australasia. It mainly features contemporary rock music, though there is also the "Boiler Room" which features electronic music and variety of other stages which feature slightly less mainstream acts, including a stage dedicated to hip hop.

The festival began in 1992 as a Sydney-only show, and was extended in 1993 to Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide. In 1994, shows in Auckland, New Zealand, and the Gold Coast were added. With the exception of 1998, the festival has continued with the same venues since, touring through January and February.

Notable acts that have played the festival include the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Silverchair, Metallica, Nirvana, and the Foo Fighters, amongst many other notable acts from the region and around the world. The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, and Basement Jaxx have played in the Boiler Room.

The festival was struck by tragedy in 2001, when teenager Jessica Michalik was crushed to death in a crowd surge during a performance by Limp Bizkit. The coroner's finding criticised the crowd control measures in use at the time, but also criticised lead singer Fred Durst for "alarming and inflammatory" comments when a rescue effort was underway.

Subsequent shows in 2002 and 2003 have featured a "D-barricade" (a different barricade design reducing the risk of a crowd crush).

Crowd watching Gerling at the Melbourne BDO, 2004


Artists lineups by year

This section is currently incomplete

2003: Foo Fighters, Jane's Addiction, PJ Harvey, Queens Of The Stoneage, The Living End, The Vines, Dj Luke Slater, Kraftwerk, Deftones, Millencolin, Pacifier, 28 Days, Frenzal Rhomb, You Am I, DJ Mark Dynamix, Waikiki, Machine Gun Fellatio, Cog, Murder Dolls, The Hard Ons, Wilco, Sparta, Jebediah, The Waifs, The Music, Augie March, Rocket Science, Kid Kenobi, Resin Dogs, 1200 Techniques, Bexta, Gonzales, Chicks On Speed, Underworld (East Coast Only), Jimmy Eat World (Sydney, Melb, Adelaide and Perth), Xzibit (East Coast only), DJ Darren Price (Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne), Dry And Heavy (Sydney and Melbourne), Pnau (Sydney and Melbourne), Preshrunk (Sydney and Melbourne)

2004: Metallica, The Strokes, The Dandy Warhols, Mars Volta, The Flaming Lips, Basement Jaxx, Aphex Twin, Black Eyed Peas, Peaches, The Datsuns, The Hoodoo Gurus, Something For Kate, Gerling, Jet, MC Trey, Downsyde, The Butterfly Effect, Magic Dirt

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