Big Day Out 2014 Kicks Off In Auckland: Setlists & Videos

Big Day Out 2014 has officially begun, with the festival taking over the New Zealand city of Auckland yesterday, 17th January. By all accounts a raging success, the event was the biggest Big Day Out Auckland had ever seen. Even Serj Tankian and Neil Finn were there, just to check it out.

We’ve compiled the setlists from a bunch of the festival’s most exciting acts to get you in the mood for the next two weeks of music as the festival moves through the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. So take a peek down below and see what’s heading your way.

Stay tuned to our Big Day Out 2014 Feed for all the latest as the festival-ing continues!

Watch: Pearl Jam – Black (Live at Big Day Out 2014 Auckland)

PEARL JAM

Seattle rockers Pearl Jam played a mammoth set which included material from their 2013 album Lightning Bolt, old classics such as Even Flow and Black, and a cover of The Who‘s Baba O’Riley to close out their second and final encore.

Pearl Jam Big Day Out 2014 Auckland Setlist

Friday, 17th January

Western Springs Stadium

Release

Go

Corduroy

Lightning Bolt

Mind Your Manners

Given to Fly

Brain of J.

Even Flow

Sirens

Let the Records Play

Unthought Known

Infallible

Black

Save You

Habit (with Liam Finn)

Better Man

Encore

Footsteps

Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town

Nothingman

Daughter

Why Go

State of Love and Trust

Porch

Encore 2

Baba O’Riley (The Who cover)


ARCADE FIRE

Canadian indie-rock heroes Arcade Fire performed a massive set spanning their entire discography, marking a fresh change from the Reflektor-heavy shows in late 2013. Fan favourites Keep The Car Running, Ready To Start and Wake Up are very pleasant surprises.

Arcade Fire Big Day Out 2014 Auckland Setlist

Friday, 17th January

Western Springs Stadium

Ready to Start

Flashbulb Eyes

Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

Joan of Arc

The Suburbs

The Suburbs (Continued)

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

Afterlife

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Haiti

Normal Person

Keep The Car Running (with My Body Is A Cage intro)

Reflektor

Rebellion (Lies)

Here Comes The Night Time

Wake Up


Watch: Snoop Dogg – What’s My Name? (Live At Big Day Out 2014 Auckland)

SNOOP DOGG

Rapper Snoop Dogg performed the night of 16th January, prior to the festival’s first day, in a more intimate club show at The Powerstation. He performed material from his other pseudonym Snoop Lion, as well as two Dr Dre covers and Snoop classics Drop It Like It’s Hot and I Wanna Love You. According to the NZ Herald, the exact same set was played the next night at BDO.

Snoop Dogg Big Day Out 2014 Auckland Setlist

Thursday, 16th January

The Powerstation

Here Comes The King (Snoop Lion)

P.I.M.P. (50 Cent cover)

Ups & Downs

The Next Episode (Dr. Dre cover)

Gin & Juice

Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang (Dr. Dre cover)

Drop It Like It’s Hot

Who Am I? (What’s My Name?)

I Wanna Love You

Signs

Jump Around (House of Pain cover)

Young, Wild & Free (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars cover)


BEADY EYE

Liam Gallagher (of Oasis fame) and his new band Beady Eye managed to squeeze in covers of Oasis’ Morning Glory and Rock’n’Roll Star, as well as The Rolling StonesGimme Shelter, amongst their own material. Oh the nostalgia…

Beady Eye Big Day Out 2014 Auckland Setlist

Friday, 17th January

Western Springs Stadium

Flick of the Finger

Four Letter Word

Soul Love

Second Bite of the Apple

Morning Glory (Oasis cover)

I’m Just Saying

Iz Rite

Shine a Light

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (Oasis cover)

The Roller

Bring the Light

Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)


Watch: The Lumineers – Ho Hey (Live at Big Day Out 2014 Auckland)

http://youtu.be/e6wz3fsiNos


DEFTONES

Californian alt-metal idols Deftones performed an ever-energetic set including hits such as Diamond Eyes and Change (In The House Of Flies).

Deftones Big Day Out 2014 Auckland Setlist

Friday, 17th January

Western Springs Stadium

Diamond Eyes

Rocket Skates

Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)

My Own Summer (Shove It)

Tempest

RX Queen

Poltergeist

Rosemary

Swerve City

Change (In the House of Flies)

Engine No. 9

7 Words


Watch: Ghost – Year Zero (Live at Auckland Big Day Out 2014)

GHOST

Swedish heavy metal act Ghost played an appropriately dark and ominous set which included a cover of Roky Erickson‘s If You Have Ghosts, which appears on their 2013 EP of the same name. Dave Grohl was not in attendance.

Ghost Big Day Out 2014 Auckland Setlist

Friday, 17th January

Western Springs Stadium

Infestissumam

Per Aspera ad Inferi

Con Clavi Con Dio

Stand by Him

Prime Mover

If You Have Ghosts (Roky Erickson cover)

Year Zero

Ritual

Monstrance Clock


PRIMUS

Primus, the Californians responsible for the South Park theme song and some of the strangest rock/funk/prog the world has ever seen, helped fans reminisce with performances of all-time classics Jerry Was a Race Car Driver and polishing off wisely with the song everybody know, Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver.

Primus Big Day Out 2014 Auckland Setlist

Friday, 17th January

Western Springs Stadium

Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers

Groundhog’s Day

Over the Falls

Lee Van Cleef

Jilly’s on Smack

Jerry Was a Race Car Driver

My Name Is Mud

Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver


(All setlists sourced from setlist.fm)

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