BDO Sydney and Gold Coast

– Sold out

45,000 tickets for the January 2009 Sydney and Gold Coast Big Day Out shows were snapped up almost as soon as they were released midnight last night and 9am this morning.

Online ballet

10,000 more tickets for Sydney and Gold Coast’s Big Day Outs will be released via an online ballet. So if you missed out on buying your Big Day Out tickets, you can still hold a little hope.

We would like to advise punters who missed out that the final 10,000 tickets will be made available for purchase through an online ticket ballot via the Big Day Out website

There are weekly draws taking place. Full details BIG DAY OUT website.

BDO Auckland, Perth, Adelaide, Perth

– On sale

These tickets are on sale midnight tonight and again 9am tomorrow Friday 10 October.  Don’t expect them to last long either.

Good luck!

News in from Adelaide Big Day Out is that one of the 34,000 punters tried to enter using a stolen ticket. Not smart – he now faces charges in court. All went well otherwise, with a record Adelaide BDO crowd.

Whilst temperatures in high 30’s couldn’t perturb 40,000 Perth attendees who packed out the Claremount Showgrounds – you have to wonder how the dehydration levels in the mosh pit were..? The Rage Against the Machine set had every fan panicked when there was a power outage, but all was resumed.
Read the Perth wrap-up here.

Well, the Big Day Out tour is now over for another year. Many would have suffered sore heads, UDIs, random meetings and much hilarity.

From all reports Rage Against the Machine where the standouts, but let’s not forget all the amazing local talent (the upcoming and the seasoned) who help make such memorable events.

Don’t forget, Josh Pyke’s memoirs of this years BDO are on ninemsn, complete with backstage interviews and photos.

For some humorous recollections of BDO’s past – check out Yumi’s (Channel V) BDO flashbacks. The Channel [V] site also has a swagger of interviews, photos and more.

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Related:
BDO Auckland, Gold Coast
BDO Sydney, Melbourne
BDO Backstage

The 2008 round-up continued

More action, updates and gossip to read if you weren’t a lucky BDO punter. Remember, the Big Day Out official site has press releases – of the shows as they travel around: BDO Press Releases.

Bjork fans would have been shattered by her having to pull out of Sydney BDO due to swollen vocal chords. She was back on the bill for Melbourne – vocal chords all rested, costumes all flowy, stage presence amazing!

Weatherwise, showers had plagued the Gold Coast event, but weather for Sydney and Melbourne was hot and dry. Melbourne BDO saw the move to Flemington Racecourse, which proved to be nice and roomy, however dust was a bit of a problem.

In Sydney, Police and rescue workers praised the behaviour of the BDO crowds. However, in Melbourne, crowds caused pandemonium when they surged forward and started climbing structures to see Rage Against the Machine. One guy, whilst unconscious, had to be crowd-surfed to an ambulance.

I cannot understand the stupidity of dangerous unruly crowds. Of course, some moshing, pushing, shoving is unavoidable (no problems there), but when it escalates to surging and crushing fans, they are ultimately risking their safety ~ but more importantly, that of many others by their actions. The tragedy of Sydney’s 2001 Big Day Out should not just be a distant memory!

Ok, I’m off my soap-box now!

For more highlights and updates, also check out In the Mix, Triple J or Central Station.

Also, check out Josh Pyke’s own BDO diaries as he travels around with the tour – Sydney, Melbourne.

Buy BDO artists albums online

Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem and Silverchair:

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Related:
BDO Auckland, Gold Coast
BDO Adelaide, Perth
BDO Backstage

What goes on?

Ever wanted to know what the DJs and artists do backstage? What they talk about? How much fun you’re missing out on??

Well, perhaps we should stay frontstage with the allusion of all the bad boy rock’n'roll hype, cause after all, many of them are just normal.

The Herald Sun interviews LCD Soundsystem, U.N.K.L.E. and Enter Shikari.

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BDO Auckland, Gold Coast
BDO Sydney, Melbourne
BDO Adelaide, Perth