Info: The Big Day Out was an annual music festival that, as of February 2014, is held in four Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast and Adelaide, as well as Auckland, New Zealand. The festival was usually held in late January each year. It debuted on the 1992 Australia Day public holiday in Sydney and expanded to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by the following year. The Gold Coast and Auckland were added to the schedule in 1994. As of 2003, it has featured seven or eight stages (depending on the venue) accommodating popular contemporary rock music, electronic music, mainstream international acts and local acts. 2004 Big Day Out Lineup: Metallica, The Strokes, The Dandy Warhols, The Black Eyed Peas, The Darkness, Kings of Leon, Muse, Basement Jaxx, The Mars Volta, Poison the Well, The Flaming Lips, Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert, Afrika Bambaataa, Felix Da Housecat, Thursday, Peaches, Definitive Jux, Audio Bullys, David Holmes, Fear Factory, Lostprophets, Hoodoo Gurus, Skulker, The Sleepy Jackson, Magic Dirt, Jet, 1200 Techniques, Open Thought, Fur Patrol, Gerling, The Butterfly Effect, Something for Kate, MC Trey, Pnau, Blood Duster, Sonic Animation, Pee Wee Ferris, Salmonella Dub, Friendly, Good Shirt, King Kapisi, Scribe and P-Money, Downsyde, Kamahl, Preshrunk, Rocket Science, Tadpole, The Datsuns & A Perfect Circle.
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