Big Day Out 2013 Lineup

Ahem. AHEM. Is this thing on? Oh! Very good then. Well, here we go. The biggest name on the Australian festival calendar, the Big Day Out, has finally revealed their lineup for 2013.

The 2013 Big Day Out, which marks the festival's 21st birthday, will be the first Australian event since the introduction of the Big Day Out's partnership with C3 - the promoters responsible for Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits and thousands of other yearly concerts and tours.

 

Headlining the 2013 Big Day Out will be the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Peppers, who were wildly rumoured to take the headline slot since bassist Flea leaked that they'd be heading to Australian shores early in the year on Twitter, last toured Australia in 2007, and headlined the Big Day Out back in 2000. They'll be joined on the main stages by fellow Big Day Out alumni The Killers alongside Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Vampire Weekend.

 

Taking headlining privileges of the Boiler Room will be notorious Italian electro outfit The Bloody Beetroots whom will be debuting their brand new live show, whilst taking to the Green Stage will be Baltimore experimental pioneers Animal Collective on the back of their upcoming ninth studio album Centipede Hz.

 

Also joining the traveling circus this January will be Band Of Horses, Kaskade, B.o.B, Sleigh Bells, Foals, Death Grips, Alabama Shakes, 360, Crystal Castles, Pretty Lights, OFF!, Grinspoon, Against Me!, Gary Clark Jr, Nicky Romero, Morgan Page, Logo, Every Time I Die, Delta Spirit, Childish Gambino, Me, Hunting Grounds, Jeff The Brotherhood, Adventure Club, Jagwar Ma, House vs Hurricane, Avalanche City, Toucan, Helena, Nina Las Vegas and Sampology.

 

Phew! There we have it. Not bad, eh?

The 2013 Melbourne Big Day Out takes place at the Flemington Racecourse on Australia Day, Saturday January 26. Tickets go on sale at 9pm, Thursday July 19 through the Big Day Out website.

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Vampire Weekend
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Killers

Comments

Posted by Tyson on July 16, 2012 @ 7:55am
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Solid.

Posted by Lachlan Kanoniuk on July 16, 2012 @ 8:03am
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Keen for Killers, YYYs, Animal Collective, Death Grips, Off!, Against Me!, JEFF The Brotherhood (somehow missed them when they played every venue in Melbourne).

Posted by Krissi on July 16, 2012 @ 5:26pm
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There isn't a festival lineup these days doesn't piss off at least a percentage of trolls and punters - "too diverse and mismatched/too much of the same/too old school/where are the old school bands? - but FFS this is actually a decent mixed bag. The complaint I'm hearing the most is "none of these bands have anything new to tour". Firstly, BDO has always been a Best Of/Singles setlist from most bands and secondly, isn't it nice to see a band you love without them ramming a product in your face? (Mind you, I'm sure some releases will conveniently coincide with the festival).

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