Well it seems that things really are changing for Australia’s biggest and longest running festival. After the questionable success of last year’s installation, the kids at the Big Day Out offices have teamed up with the American mammoth C3 Presents to bring Australia what is set to be the biggest leg yet. Surprising pretty much everyone, it seems that Ken West has broken tradition and chosen to announce the lineup a few months earlier than usual.
Update 16/07/2012: Big DayOut 2013 lineup is here!
Thanks to the folks over at the AUReview, it came to our attention that the festival placed an advert(pictured above) in the nation’s street press, which will be distributed early this week. The festival’s marketing squad have really pulled this out of nowhere, even dropping the dates before the lineup (Melbourne wins this year, scoring Australia Day).
Update 21:58: Big Day Out have confirmed this is official – link
Speculation began ages ago about who would be gracing our shores in January for the funnest festival of the lot, and additionally what changes would actually happen when C3 joined the ranks, working side by side with Ken West’s crew. With lineup predictions ranging from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Pearl Jam to Kraftwerk, who knows what will happen come next Monday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFtNDArypY4
Big Day Out 2013 full lineup announced June 16th
Without further ado, here are the dates
Big Day Out 2013 Dates
Sydney – 18th January
Gold Coast – 20th January
Adelaide – 25th January
Melbourne – 26th January
Perth – 29th January
Tickets to the Big Day Out 2013 will go on sale Thursday July 19th 2012 through www.bigdayout.com at the following LOCAL times:
7.00pm SYDNEY Local Time
8.00pm GOLD COAST Local Time
8.00pm PERTH Local Time
9.00pm MELBOURNE Local Time
9.30pm ADELAIDE Local Time