The time Big Day Out 2014 ticket-holders and future fence-jumpers (don’t do it) have been waiting for has arrived. The second lineup announcement for Big Day Out brings with it a slew of exciting new acts including Primus and Vista Chino joining the likes of Pearl Jam, Blur, Arcade Fire, and many more.
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It’s been a contentious year for one of Australia’s most beloved festivals, indeed it has been for the Australian festival market in general. Since the release of the first lineup in July, we’ve seen Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah buy into the company as well as talk of financial ruin.
Update: DIIV drop out of Big Day Out 2014 — full details here!
The aforementioned rumours rubbished by both BDO CEO Adam Zammit and Maddah, as well as several delays in the announcement of the second lineup, with Zammit originally claiming the second announcement would happen in September.
Back in July, BDO boss Ken West told FasterLouder that the second announcement would take the 2014 roster from 32 acts, up to 45, whilst stressing that punters shouldn’t expect any “massive” acts for the second announce. Indeed Maddah referred to it as a “supplementary announcement.”
West also told FL that the second announcement would “correct” the omission of heavier acts from the bill, saying, “I do know that it’s a little light on [the heavier] front, but some of the second announcement stuff will correct that.”
After Mutemath and Conor Oberst‘s Desaparecidos jumped ship from the axed Harvest lineup to Soundwave 2014, many eyes were focused on Primus on CSS to see where the fate of those acts lay.
Readers can check out the full lineup for Big Day Out 2014 below.
Big Day Out 2014 Second Lineup Announcement
Primus
Vista Chino
The Drones
CSS
Kerser
Bluejuice
Violent Soho
The Jungle Giants
All The Colours
Bliss N Eso (except Adelaide)
360 (Adelaide only)
joining…
Pearl Jam
Arcade Fire
Blur
Snoop Dogg
Major Lazer
Steve Angello
Flume
The Lumineers
Tame Impala
Dillon Francis
Mac Miller
Ghost
Grouplove
Flosstradamus
Portugal. The Man
Toro Y Moi
DIIV
The Naked And Famous
Big Gigantic
PEZ
Mudhoney
Cosmic Psychos
Northlane
The 1975
Loon Lake
Kingswood
Bo Ningen
The Algorithm
DZ Deathrays
Peking Duk
Ben Morris
Rüfüs
Big Day Out 2014
Friday, 17th January
Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
Sunday, 19th January
Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Friday, 24th January
Melbourne, Flemington Racecourse
Sunday, 26th January
Sydney, Sydney Showgrounds
Monday, 27th January – CANCELLED
Sydney, Sydney Showgrounds
Friday, 31st January
Adelaide, Bonython Park
Sunday, 2nd February
Perth, Claremont Showgrounds
