BIG DAY OUT 2006
Now in its fourteenth year, the Big Day Out is one of Australia's premier touring festivals. This year they are gearing up to deliver one of the most exciting, diverse and dynamic Big Day Outs ever.

The Dates and Places
Gold Coast 22/1/2006, Gold Coast Parklands
Sydney 26/1/2005, Sydney Showground
Melbourne 29/1/2005, Princes Park South
Adelaide 3/2/2005, Royal Adelaide Showground
Perth 5/2/2005, Claremont Showgrounds

The Scoop
For 2006 BDO the globe was searched for just the right acts to come and hang out with everyone. It is after all the world’s biggest travelling summer camp. Let’s hope everyone gets along, has fun and hears some great music along the way! This year there is also a fantastic new venue for Melbourne. More area, more grass, more trees and close to the city!

Look out for our expanded BDO 2006 coverage in the upcoming weeks.

The White Stripes | Iggy & The Stooges | Franz Ferdinand | Kings of Leon | The Mars Volta | Soulwax | AFI | 2 Many DJs | Sleater-Kinney | The Magic Numbers | The Living End | Shihad | Wolfmother | End of Fashion | Gerling | Dei Hamo | Mudvayne | The Go! Team | The Subways | Mylo | DJ James Murphy | The Greenhornes | Kid Kenobi plus MC Sureshock | Magic Dirt | Beasts of Bourbon | Sonicanimation | Faker | Sarah Blasko.

Below are just some of the band we think are going to ROCK!.

		Sonicanimation Stabbing guitar, whirling synths and family-size beats showcase SONICANIMATION’s sound and style. Combining diverse musical fashion, lyrical wit and a quirky sense of humour has created the up-beat music that Australian audiences have come to love. Their reputation as an energetic and frenetic live act has seen them play the Big Days Out nationally four times; and they have supported The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and Fat Boy Slim. They have played countless dance parties including Ministry of Sound, and filling in for CJ Bolland when he refused to get on the plane from Germany! Now, off the back of their final national headline tour, living legends Sonicanimation return to play their last Big Day Out. An event not to be missed! official site
		Sarah Blasko For those not in the know, the overture is that tune at the start of a musical, featuring all the little excerpts of melodies from all the songs in the show - all woven into one flowing drama of its own. The scene is set, boy met, conflict engaged, tension built, hope all but lost and then in a final twist, a hero emerges and resolution unfurls itself on a world still obscured by curtains, and drowned out by the murmurs of ushers. It sets the scene by tempting you with all the drama and intrigue that the full story will bring, and then snatches it away before your coat is even checked. Perhaps, that's why Sarah Blasko has chosen “The Overture & the Underscore” as the title of her very first album: an encapsulation of the many intertwining narratives and textures her musical life promises, and a defining moment in its progression so far. official site
		Magic Dirt Tuning in and making manifest this nebulous shadow world is the creative musician’s journey. Welcome to sonic alchemy of Magic Dirt’s fifth album, a magnificent, super-melodic collision of sound and instinct called SNOW WHITE. This extraordinary record is the culmination of a 13-year quest through a maelstrom of amplified sound to some of the most tight and thrilling radio rock’n’roll of our time. Its rich melodies and lavish, seductive atmospheres comprise a new benchmark of perfection for one of our most driven and uncompromising bands. official site
		The Mars Volta Don’t call it a comeback, a concept, or a cult. Do call it: music unlike anything else on the face of the Earth, and probably most other planets, too. It’s the one and only, The Mars Volta, and it’s coming to blow your mind. When they disbanded the beloved At the Drive-In and formed The Mars Volta in 2001, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez were on a mission to move beyond genres. The Texans blend sci-fi, primal punk, electronic pulses, hair-raising vocals, Latin grooves, hardcore, prog, classic rock, and a lot more besides. But labels and pigeonholes are of no use on planet Mars Volta. So take a trip this summer, and experience a rock show that defies convention… and gravity. The Mars Volta are about to enter Australia’s atmosphere. official site
		Franz Ferdinand Who’s the band that ran away with top spot in Triple J’s Hottest 100? The band invited to rock Buck Palace at Prince William’s request? The band with a live show the BBC called “to die for”? The answer to all of the above can only be… Franz Ferdinand. The foursome charged out of Glasgow, Scotland in early 2004, landing at the top end of the UK charts with their instant-classic single Take Me Out, going on to slay America, selling over one million copies of their self-titled debut worldwide, and dragging a new wave of British rock bands in their wake – everyone from Bloc Party to The Futureheads. Now the hottest ticket of winter 2004 will be even hotter in summer 2006, when the world conquering Franz Ferdinand return to take Australia out. official site
		Henry Rollins Pop Culture Renaissance Man Henry Rollins returns to Australia to present his Spoken Word show for Big Day Out 2006. The string of shows from January 20 – February 5th will mark the performer’s first trip back to Australia since his successful 10 date tour of May 2005. Henry’s return comes fresh off his North American “25 Years of Bullshit” tour celebrating the last quarter century of his life spent on the road. Henry is keeping his bags packed, but unpacking some baggage, mixing timely commentary on politics, pop culture, and his most recent exploits with some of his favorite stories from 25 years on the road. Don't miss this unflinching energy of Henry Rollins Spoken Word - live - this summer. official site
		The Go! Team As the girl out of Poltergeist once said, “They’re here”. And here they are, Big Day Out 2006, ready to put the disco in discordant, ready to red limit all the levels, it’s The Go! Team. Lodged somewhere in the previously undiscovered zone where Sonic Youth meets The Jackson 5, The Go! Team’s 2005 Mercury Music Prize nominated debut album Thunder, Lightning, Strike kicked out the jams and then spread it on crumpets for tea. official site
		Kings of Leon They’ll rock you, they’ll roll you, they’ll break your heart. They are Kings of Leon, and they’re set to shake up Australia this summer. The Southern fried Followill boys – drummer Nathan, singer Caleb, guitarist cousin Matthew and youngest brother and bassist Jared – burst outta Nashville in 2003 with Youth & Young Manhood, a star-making debut of garage rock, boozy blues, rootsy riffs and a dash of country. official site
		The White Strips Ladies and gentlemen, from Detroit, dressed in red and white, with the odd dash of black, armed with just an electric guitar and drum kit, please welcome back to Australia a duo who need no introduction, Jack and Meg, aka The White Stripes. Since they last graced the Big Day Out in 2002, our old friends Jack and Meg have dropped two universally acclaimed albums, Elephant and this year’s wildly diverse Get Behind Me Satan, not to mention an era-defining single in the shape of Seven Nation Army. They led the “new rock” explosion with the likes of The Strokes, have won a couple of Grammys, topped charts worldwide, and sold a quarter of a million albums in Australia alone. And The White Stripes’ simple, two-person line-up belies a huge blues-garage-country-folk-rock’n’roll cacophony. official site
		End of Fashion O Yeah is the first single from End Of Fashion’s self titled debut album. With its thumping bass line and stick-in-your-head chorus, it sits between ten equally punchy and unforgettable tunes that make this foursome from Perth, founding members Justin and Rodney, Nick Jonsson on drums and Tom King on bass; one hell of an item to look out for. End of Fashion spent the start of the year in Sweet Tea Studios in Oxford, Mississippi recording their first longplayer. “Oxford is a college town. People outside of the studio seemed a bit bemused,” laughs Jonsson, “that a band would come all the way from Australia to this small town they all wanted to get out of. But it was cool. There’s a good feeling there and great music.” After work they saw Model T Ford in Proud Larry’s bar and P Lander Z and King Elementary in a club called Two Sticks. official site
		Gerling ‘Three scruffy punks, with nice shoes, daring to push the envelope and challenge the mainstream, armed with shitty broken equipment... ready to take on the world…’ That was how Gerling described themselves in mid-2003 shortly after completing their third genre defying album BadBlood!!! The release, dark and dense, combined Gerling’s love of electronic and guitar music with the punk aesthetic that they had been reared on. BadBlood!!! spawned the live anthems ‘Get Activated’, ‘Who’s Ya Daddy?’, ‘Whacked Light’ and radio hit ‘In The City’ that introduced Gerling’s first foray into live horn sections. official site
		Iggy and the Stooges THow often do you come face to face with genuine rock royalty? Never? Well, 2006 is your year, as we roll out the red carpet to herald the arrival of those most seminal of rockers – Iggy and the Stooges. Formed in 1967 with a mission to rail against the predominant hippie movement, The Stooges were all about the seedy underbelly of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. Over three albums – 1969’s self-titled debut, 1970’s Fun House, and 1973’s Raw Power – The Stooges found power in the primal and the primitive. But this was dangerous music, too far ahead of its time, and soon after Raw Power’s release, the band disintegrated. After 30 years apart, and with frontman Iggy blazing an iconic solo trail in between, The Stooges are back. But be warned, this ain’t no nostalgia trip. “These guys are now very focused workers, they’re hungry,” says Iggy. “Scott can still sell a song as a drummer, and Ron has really grown as a guitar player.” official site

More Info
check out the Big Day Out website www.bigdayout.com


Information correct at time of publication.