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Big Day Out 2012 First Annnouncement

5 October 2011 | 2:27 pm | Staff Writer

Big Day Out 2012 first line up announcement, ticket details and locations.

So it’s Big Day Out announcement time and there’s that nauseating mix of delight, dread and disappointment.  Despite many of us rolling our eyes at the festival and claiming we wouldn’t touch it or it’s southern cross tattooed punters with a 10ft stick, there’s years when there are enough awesome bands that you realise it’s cheaper to go to the festival than all the sideshows which inevitably clash anyway.  

Tickling our fancy on the 2012 line-up are New Yorkers BATTLES and mash up master GIRL TALK but then things start to get a bit fuzzy. We adore UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, but aren’t they playing Meredith Music Festival?  And sure FOSTER THE PEOPLE were super fun live, but we know that because we just saw them at Splendour.

Apparently this is only the first half of the 2012 20th Big Day Out line up so stay tuned for more news.

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Soundgarden

Kanye West

Kasabian

Best Coast

Foster The People

Cage the Elephant

The Getaway Plan

Girl Talk

Frenzal Rhomb

Odd Future

The Jezabels

Battles

Architecture in Helsinki

Mariachi El Bronx

Parkway Drive

Boy & Bear

Hilltop Hoods

Röyksopp

The Living End

My Chemical Romance

Tickets are $165 (incl GST) + bf*, and go on sale:

SYDNEY: WEDNESDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2011

GOLD COAST: THURSDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2011

AUCKLAND, MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE & PERTH: FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2011

FRIDAY, 20 JANUARY, 2012a

AUCKLAND MT SMART STADIUM

SUNDAY, 22 JANUARY, 2012

GOLD COAST PARKLANDS

THURSDAY, 26 JANUARY, 2012

SYDNEY SHOWGROUND

SUNDAY, 29 JANUARY, 2012

MELBOURNE FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE

FRIDAY, 3 FEBRUARY, 2012

ADELAIDE SHOWGROUND

SUNDAY, 5 FEBRUARY, 2012

PERTH CLAREMONT SHOWGROUND