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The Big Day Out ('''BDO''') is an annual Music Festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 . As of 2003, it has featured 7 or 8 stages (depending on the venue) accommodating popular contemporary Rock Music , Electronic Music , mainstream international acts and local acts. HISTORY The festival began in 1992 as a Sydney -only show with Violent Femmes as the headline act, along with Nirvana and a range of other foreign and local alternative music acts playing at the Hordern Pavilion . In the months preceding the event, Nirvana's '' Nevermind '' was released and became an international smash hit, therefore guaranteeing the success of the festival. Kurt Cobain was chronically ill at the time of the show. In 1993, the festival was extended to include Melbourne , Perth , and Adelaide . In 1994, shows in Auckland , New Zealand , and the Gold Coast were added. In 1997 it was announced that that year's event would be the last. The following year promoters, Vivian Lees and Ken West , organised a predominantly electronic and dance festival; however, the event was canceled, and the Big Day Out returned in 1999. American band Pearl Jam were booked to headline the 2001 tour almost 12 months in advance, as they had just started to do festivals for the first time since problems at festivals in the early 90's. On 30th June 2000 at the Roskilde Festival Denmark , they ended their set prematurely after the crowd surged forward, crushing and fatally injuring 9 people. They pulled out of the BDO, claiming to never do festivals again. Pearl Jam later played Leeds & Reading Festivals, UK, in 2006. Also, during the 2001 Sydney Big Day Out teenager Jessica Michalik was crushed to death in a crowd surge during a performance by Limp Bizkit . The Coroner 's finding criticised the Crowd Control measures in use at the time, and also criticised Lead Singer Fred Durst for "alarming and inflammatory" comments when a rescue effort was underway. Subsequent tours continue to feature a "D-barricade" (a purportedly safer Barricade design reducing the risk of a crowd crush). from MTV's Viva La Bam in the foreground.]] In 2004, due to the popularity of the Sydney event and the hefty price of the headline act, a historic second event was announced for Sydney - the first and so far only time this has happened in the festival's history. The line-up for both days was same except for the smaller local acts. The festival has also run a popular discussion forum, Big Day Out Forum, boasting over 10,000 members; however, more than half of these accounts have never been used and over three quarters of members have a post count of 10 or less. At the other end of the scale, the top 10 users have some 180,000 posts between them since the current board's software was introduced in August 2005. On Friday the 13th October 2006, the 2007 Sydney BDO show sold out in record time of just 12 hours, breaking the previous record of 9 days. Due to this, organisers were forced to suspend ticket sales with 10,000 tickets to the show remaining; however, this turned out to be 12,000 tickets after multiple orders were canceled and the remaining tickets were sold via a weekly internet ballot. General-sale tickets to the Gold Coast show also sold out in record time, with the remaining tickets distributed in a similar fashion. Subsequently the Melbourne, Auckland, Adelaide and Perth shows all sold out in record time, making it the first time where all shows have sold out, previously the closest to that has been in 2005 where all Australian shows sold out. THE EVENT ''Note: some information varies from venue and location according to facilities. the information here is considered general across the festival locations.'' Like many other modern Music Festival s, the Big Day Out is held in Stadium s which are more commonly designed for major sporting events. All of the Big Day Out locations utilize multiple performance Stage s, on which different acts will often be playing simultaneously. It is common that the well known international acts will play on one of the two "main stages", which overlook the main sporting ground of the venue, and the lesser known (and often local) acts will perform on smaller stages. All of the stages are within a short walking distance of one another. A signature feature of the Big Day Out is the "Boiler Room", a large circus-style tent in which the more electronically themed artists perform. This style of venue intends to enhance the sound and ambience of the performance, which can be compared to a Rave . Other areas at the Big Day Out include a novelty entertainment stage, a signing tent, multiple food and merchandise shopping areas, and one or more designated alcohol consumption areas to which access is restricted to those of the local Drinking Age . Alcohol can only be purchased from within the venue. The event lasts from mid-morning (doors open between 9am and 10am, depending on venue) to late evening (the last performances generally finish just before midnight). ARTIST LINEUPS See Also: Big Day Out lineups by year Each year since its inception in 1992, Big Day Out has attracted a large range of artists and acts to perform ranging from Nirvana , Metallica , Marilyn Manson , Red Hot Chili Peppers and has been a launching platform for many Australian artists such as Powderfinger , You Am I , Grinspoon , Hunty and many others. ANNOUNCEMENT HOAXES There have been various fake press releases in the last few years; however, two hoaxes have received considerable media coverage. Big Day Out 2004 In late 2003, shortly before the first announcement was due, the Big Day Out's official online forum was hacked, and a fake press release was written and posted under the alias of the forums administrator, and as such many believed it was real. This press release indicated the as-yet unannounced line-up for Big Day Out 2004. Further adding to its authenticity was that it included two bands that had already said they were playing ( Metallica and The Dandy Warhols ) and another number of bands that were rumoured or highly speculated, instead of the common theme of fake announcements which had bands such as Nirvana or The Beatles . The fake announcement spread to various websites and was pulled from the forum after about 20 hours. Big Day Out 2007 Again, shortly before the first announcement, a fake press release was posted on a the BDOFORUMS Myspace which is designed with the same artwork and colouring as the official Big Day Out website, but is not directly affiliated with Big Day Out (as it is a fan operated site). The fake press release was obtained by several media outlets, including Triple J, Channel {Link without Title} and various newspapers. It was read out on Jay And The Doctor 's program on October 4, 2006, and was discussed with Humphrey B. Flaubert of TISM , and both Flaubert and Jay and The Doctor refuted that their respective bands who were on the fake line-up were playing. Channel V reported the announcement as being official and made the headlines in their music news program. Despite poor grammar and spelling, the fake lineup was believed by many people; Australia and New Zealand wide. FLAG BAN CONTROVERSY On , Retrieved 28 January 2007 and recognition that some Indigenous Australians have issue with celebrating the start of British settlement. Sections of the community had strong views supporting or objecting to the policy. The Prime Minister John Howard , New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma and Federal Leader Of The Opposition Kevin Rudd publicly condemned the move. Premier Iemma suggested the event be canceled if the organisers cannot secure the safety of attendees. Main stage act Jet performed in front of a large backdrop of a black-and-white Australian flag cut-out of their name, with lead vocalist Nic Cester adding "I can't tell anyone else what to do but we as a band are very proud to be Australian and we don't want to feel we are not allowed to feel proud".1 However, other people including Andrew Bartlett of the Australian Democrats , sports writer Peter FitzSimons and members of the hip-hop outfit The Herd expressed concern that the flag was being misused by a handful of aggressive attendees, and that rock concerts were not the appropriate venue to be waving a flag {Link without Title} . COMPILATION ALBUMS |
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