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And there is no better symbol of the little club's big day out than their star player, Rocky Baptiste, who has spent almost 20 years in non-league football dreaming of such days as this. In fact he has been thinking about it even longer than that, for he was born and brought up in Haringey and has flirted with the notion of FA Cup glory since the day he realised he could see Wembley's twin towers from his bedroom window. (Guardian Unlimited)
Big day out clicks with brown rice Jan 25, 2008
All together the Foo Fighters crowd in Melbourne, 2003, photo by Sophie Howarth from her book, a pictorial history of the Big Day Out ... FOR 16 years Sophie Howarth has documented the unique slice of Australian cultural life known as the Big Day Out and, in the process, witnessed the births of some of our greatest bands ... One of her favourite photographs, from 1995, shows the incredible crowd watching the teenage trio make their Big Day Out debut. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Guitar legend won't quit his nightwatchman job Jan 25, 2008
THE crowd at Sydney's Big Day Out may look twice this afternoon at the folk singer armed only with an acoustic guitar and a cap on the laid-back "essential stage" ... Avant-garde artist Bjork has cancelled her headline appearance at the Big Day Out, citing vocal cord problems. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bjork cancels Sydney Big Day Out performance Jan 25, 2008
Icelandic singing star Bjork has cancelled her performance at today's Big Day Out festival in Sydney due to illness ... A statement released by the Big Day Out organisers said the superstar was forced to pull out at the last minute after seeking medical advice following her Sydney Opera House show ... "Bjork and the producers of Big Day Out hope for a swift recovery in anticipation of a continued Australian Tour.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Oompah, death metal and that voice: perfect Jan 25, 2008
Bjork plays at the Big Day Out today. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bjork cancels Big Day Out gig Jan 25, 2008
Bjork has cancelled her Big Day Out gig. ICELANDIC singer Bjrok has been forced to cancel her Big Day Out gig because of medical reasons, the event's producers said in a statement ... Big Day Out producers, Ken West and Vivian Lees said the show was cancelled due to medical reasons. (NEWS.com.au)
Maintaining the rage Jan 25, 2008
At the first Australian Big Day Out at the Parklands Showground on the Gold Coast last weekend, there was plenty of support for politically astute musicians Billy Bragg and Tom Morello ... Still, long after the revelry from the Big Day Out subsides, Bragg and Morello - something of an unlikely pair given one strums folk songs and the other is best known as Rage Against the Machine's hard-riffing guitarist - will be hoping their messages made an impact on at least some sections of the crowd ...... (The Age)
Ton-up Sachin doffs his cap to the Don Jan 25, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Approaching 40 ; India's Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his century yesterday, his first in Adelaide and 39th in Tests. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Tendulkar tames Aussies Jan 25, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Sachin Tendulkar scored a century as India ended day one of the fourth Test on top. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Stage win puts Davis back in the frame Jan 25, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Hard yakka ; the Tour Down Under peloton grinds its way up a hill in the gruelling 139km third stage yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
T-Mac vital in plan to gag Roar Jan 25, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Real pro ; Terry McFlynn will play a crucial role for coach John Kosmina when Sydney FC tackle Queensland Roar in their minor semi-final tonight. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Sellwood on par with Cotton Fingers Jan 25, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. "1. GREAT Australian? Yes. 2. One of our greatest jockeys? Yes. 3. Our greatest jockey ever? No.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Aussies galore in top 100 again? Yes, says Rafter Jan 25, 2008
Aussies galore in top 100 again. Yes, says Rafter - Tennis - Sport - smh. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Ton-up Sachin doffs his cap to the Don Jan 25, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Approaching 40 ; India's Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his century yesterday, his first in Adelaide and 39th in Tests. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Lesbian killers grin at sentencing Jan 25, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. January 25, 2008 - 2:01PM. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Forget the chook raffle, bung on the yoga Jan 25, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. And old John Nelson and Barry Twomey at Wallsend. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
With friends like these… Jan 25, 2008
With friends like these - National - smh. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Big Day Out rocks Sydney Jan 25, 2008
THE Sydney Big Day Out may have lost one of its star attractions in Icelandic singer Bjork, but 55,000 fans still began their Australia Day weekend in rocking fashion. The annual travelling music festival - Australia's largest - opened in Auckland, New Zealand, on January 18 before heading to the Gold Coast on January 20. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Latest British it-girl has a hit - and still lives at home Jan 24, 2008
"With me it came fast, I thought, 'I don't know if I want this or if I am ready for this'. But you have to roll with it," Nash said yesterday from her Sydney hotel, where she is among a contingent of international artists in town for tomorrow's Big Day Out music festival ... Like Lily Allen - who played last year's Big Day Out festival and with whom Nash is most often compared, because of their opinionated lyrics and Cockney accents - Nash rose to fame quickly via her MySpace site. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Icelandic space pixie alights on butterfly wings Jan 24, 2008 Fergie fronts the Police Jan 22, 2008 BDO festival site secure for four years Jan 22, 2008 Jolene Andreson's greatest reality TV fear Jan 22, 2008 Lily Allen suffers miscarriage Jan 22, 2008 Great 99X memories are impossible to erase Jan 22, 2008 Warning on boutique sunscreen risk Jan 22, 2008 Read my hips: Sydney is simply the best Jan 21, 2008 Daniel Johns' two blondes Jan 21, 2008 Krill Shake Up Big Day Out 2008 Jan 21, 2008 Bjork bombs, Rage rages Jan 21, 2008 A very royal connection Jan 19, 2008 Fuss gives Nicole the baby blues Jan 19, 2008 Uplifting night out for queens of erotica Jan 15, 2008 Bjork attacks photographer Jan 14, 2008 Bjork pounds the paparazzi Jan 14, 2008 Iceland's singer Bjork attacks cameraman! Jan 14, 2008 New release coming from Pittsburgh political punk rockers Anti-Flag Jan 10, 2008 All go for the great outdoors Jan 7, 2008 Johns and Imbruglia split Jan 7, 2008 Play School to punk Jan 7, 2008 Big names headline summer of song, circus and drama Jan 5, 2008 Unlimited Norse power Jan 1, 2008 Kings of Leon Dec 31, 2007 Unsigned heroes Dec 30, 2007 Royalty returns for Falls Dec 21, 2007 Hilltop Hoods Dec 20, 2007 Tamarama is the go, band or sand Dec 19, 2007 Meredith Music Festival 2007 in pictures Dec 17, 2007 Fraction too much friction Dec 15, 2007 Robots in disguise Dec 14, 2007 Boyos abroad raising the flag, shaming the nation Dec 4, 2007 Derby day a breed apart from big day out in the US Nov 23, 2007 Big Day Out second round Nov 21, 2007 Photo Galleries Nov 21, 2007 Joy to the world - happy people having fun Nov 20, 2007 Argus cops it both ways Nov 18, 2007 MUSE the champions of the main stage Nov 17, 2007 Dolphins like fish out of water as Giants find London to theirliking Oct 30, 2007 Urban sets phaser on stun for Star Trek Oct 20, 2007 Politics with an overdose of spin Oct 13, 2007 Just a dash for old champ but big day out in the city is off thisyear Oct 4, 2007 Racecourse rages for biggest day out Oct 3, 2007 Rage, Bjork, Arcade Fire Sign On For Big Day Out Oct 3, 2007 Bjork, Rage head Big Day Out Oct 2, 2007 Bjork, Rage head BDO line-up Oct 2, 2007 Your cyber-scalper Sep 28, 2007 The ice maiden cometh: Bjork heads for Sydney Sep 26, 2007 Rage set for reprise in Big Day Out Sep 21, 2007 Billboard Bits: Rage Against The Machine, David Gray, Cake Sale... Sep 20, 2007 Rage on the road Sep 19, 2007 FREE: Auburn Beat Writer Pick'em Sep 14, 2007 Charlie Weis Press Conference Transcript (Sept. 11) Sep 13, 2007 National | No longer on defense, Notre Dame's Thomas switching to running back Sep 13, 2007 Final whistle Sep 6, 2007 Guest columnist: John Kampfner Sep 2, 2007 Hitting rock bottom Aug 25, 2007 Locals back under-fire festival Aug 18, 2007 Crossing the divide Aug 10, 2007 Singer Lily Allen banned from US Aug 8, 2007 Echo stars at Helpmanns Aug 7, 2007 Rockers shine in all splendour Aug 6, 2007 Homebake festival ban on underage fans Jul 27, 2007 Under-18 ban at Homebake Jul 26, 2007 Brand label takes on whole new meaning Jul 19, 2007
Apparently Bjork was booed by Rage Against the Machine fans when she appeared on the same bill as the American rockers at the Gold Coast leg of the Big Day Out on Sunday. Perhaps they thought she wasn't political enough. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Purrfectly slinky take on politics Jan 23, 2008
Regurgitator are playing at Sydney's Big Day Out this Friday. The Band In A Bubble DVD was released this month. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Big stars often make obligatory comments about the country they're visiting, but Fergie's genuine about her love for Australia - she performed her first show with the Black Eyed Peas during a visit to Sydney, then did her first large-scale tour here with the band as part of the Big Day Out. "It's so wonderful that people in Australia have supported me this much," she says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
THE Big Day Out, which attracts 53,000 revellers, has been guaranteed its Parklands base until at least 2012 ... While in the long term it might be a different story, right now the Gold Coast show, the Big Day Out and the harness racing would remain at Parklands until at least 2012, he said. (Gold Coast News)
Jolene Andreson's greatest reality TV fear. January 21, 2008 12:00am. (NEWS.com.au)
January 21, 2008 12:00am. Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage / supplied. (NEWS.com.au)
It was the station known industrywide that helped launch countless artists' careers and gave us Big Day Out, Live Xs, and Freeloader concerts. There was too much heritage to just coldly shut it down. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
THIS year's Big Day Out seems to have sparked its latest fashion trend from Australia's teenage tearaway Corey Delaney. Sponsored Feature. (NEWS.com.au)
Bon Jovi will start the feast tomorrow, followed by Rage Against The Machine on Tuesday, Bjork on Wednesday, the Police on Thursday (supported by Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie) and the Big Day Out musical festival on Friday. And then there's the Country Music Festival in Tamworth, which is expected to attract celebrity guests including Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A DAY after Natalie Imbruglia was spotted taking time out in Hawaii, her soon-to-be ex-husband Daniel Johns got people talking at the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast yesterday when he arrived with not one, but two mystery blondes in tow. Newly blond himself after a trip to the salon, Daniel rolled up to Parklands in the obligatory rock-star Tarago around 3pm yesterday and spilled out with bandmates Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou and two attractive blonde women one of whom looked to be particularly... (NEWS.com.au)
Australia's most loved festival Big Day Out kicks off in Auckland today with 2007 uncharTED winners and Australia's newest favourites Krill taking the stage ... 2007 uncharTED winners Krill will take to the stage this week with shows across Australia and New Zealand on the Big Day Out tour. (SONY BMG Music Australia)
Iceland's Bjork didn't live up to her hyped billing at yesterday's Big Day Out ... How apt those lyrics turned out to be, considering the mute reaction afforded Bjork by the 53,000 music fans that packed into the Gold Coast Parklands for the Big Day Out yesterday ... Just what possessed the Big Day Out's organisers to invite Iceland's bad girl of pop to Australia's premier music festival was anybody's guess - because there's little doubt she'll be remembered this year not for her Big Day Out... (Sydney Morning Herald)
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. The Bard of Barking Bragg has taken a fresh approach to English patriotism. (Sydney Morning Herald)
She is scheduled to perform at the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast tomorrow and in Sydney next Wednesday. The details are being kept under wraps by Bjork's management team as they are keen to avoid a repeat of the scene at Auckland airport this week, when the artist went feral on a New Zealand photographer. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Don't expect too many media calls or interview opportunities with the Icelandic singer/songwriter Bjork when she arrives in Australia for her sold-out Sydney Festival performance at the Opera House next Tuesday and at the Sydney Big Day Out on January 25 ... Bjork, who arrived in Auckland to perform at the Big Day Out concert, is said to have torn in half the shirt of a New Zealand Herald photographer, Glenn Jeffrey, after he photographed her arriving at the airport. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Bjork, who is in Auckland to perform at the Big Day Out concert on Friday, tore New Zealand Herald photographer Glenn Jeffrey's shirt in half, after he photographed her arriving at the airport early yesterday. Jeffrey, a news photographer of 25 years, said Bjork was accompanied by a man who asked him not take photos. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
It wont be long before shes in Australia to perform at the Big Day Out , but ... It wont be long before shes in Australia to perform at the Big Day Out and an extra-special sideshow as part of the Sydney Festival, but Bjork is already making waves in her oh-so recognisable fashion The singer and songwriter has physically lashed out at a photographer in Auckland ... Bjrk had just arrived in New Zealand to perform as part of their Big Day Out and according to News. (inthemix)
Jeffrey said Bjork, who is in Auckland to perform at the Big Day Out concert on Friday, fell to the ground after attacking him. "As she did this, she fell over, she fell to the ground," he said. (Xinhuanet, China)
The band will invade Australia later this month, including a stop at the Big Day Out Festival with Rage Against the Machine, and two other dates with Rage. After that it's a 31/2-week tour of Europe highlighted by a booking on the NME Brats lineup with Gallows. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
loving the Big Day Out ... Big Day Out - January 25 ... loving the Big Day Out. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Silverchair will perform at the Big Day Out this month. Share this article. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
I know full well that his mates are already going to the Big Day Out and various underaged thrash nights. In my day I didn't get to see INXS until I was 16 but, then again my first introduction to pop was at seven with Abba's Arrival. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Bjork also heads the line-up for the Big Day Out, on January 25, alongside Rage Against The Machine ... Australia's healthy music scene is represented by Newcastle's Silverchair, who share top billing at the Big Day Out with Bjork and Arcade Fire and will be joined by their compatriots Grinspoon, Paul Kelly, Sarah Blasko and Augie March. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Some day someone will sit down and explain just how, despite all the evidence to the contrary, Bjork Guomundsdottir is considered close enough to the centre of popular culture to actually be a headline act at both the Sydney Festival and the Big Day Out. Sure, she gets by with just a single name but she doesn't make pop records. (Sydney Morning Herald)
"We hear the Falls Festival is amazing. "We've only ever been out for the Big Day Out, and that's like a rock'n'roll summer camp. We did most of our bonding at the bar with bands. (The Age)
TO ME, the Bad Seeds have always been an Australian band, and we've been out overseas making authentic Australian music," said Nick Cave at this year's ARIA awards. Probably with a few drinks under his belt, Cave was wondering out loud why his band of 23 years had been overlooked by the powers that be, as he alone was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. He was right to wonder. For decades now, overseas audiences have warmly embraced Australia's most innovative and idiosyncratic artists, such as... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
On their last Big Day Out tour in 2006, US Southern rockers Kings of Leon routinely kitted themselves out in stylish tight, black clothes for their shows despite the intense summer heat and their rabid hangovers ... "We hear the Falls Festival is amazing. "We've only ever been out for the Big Day Out, and that's like a rock'n'roll summer camp. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Erik JensenDecember 20, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Set to perform at a sold out album launch for their third album, Eternal Holiday, the band's star was on the rise following tours to Europe and the US with bands such as You Am I and Supergrass and festivals including the Big Day Out. Then, at the album launch on April 9, the frontman Roman Tucker fell, hit his head and after being taken to hospital was put in a medically induced coma. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
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Battles play the Becks Bar at Hyde Park Barracks on January 23 and the Big Day Out at Sydney Showground on January 25. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
LCD Soundsystem, here soon for the Big Day Out, name-checked the Frenchmen in their 2005 single Daft Punk Is Playing At My House. And the samples from Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger that pervade Kanye West's Stronger, the standout track on his Graduation album, are helping keep the hip-hop star on top. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
In the run up to Australia Day this year, organisers of the Big Day Out music festival triggered a nationwide round of chest-beating by declaring the national flag unwelcome at the Sydney event. Their aim, they said, was to prevent aggressive displays of nationalism and ethnic violence. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Max PresnellNovember 23, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The long awaited second round of acts for the 2008 Big Day Out is here, with ITM on the money with the previously announced rumours of and. Not to be outdone theyll be joined by the biggest man in breaks, Krafty Kuts, as well as Pnau, Bexta, Goodwill, Dr Octagon with Kutmaster Kurt, and Aceyalone. (inthemix)
Audio slideshow: Bob's big day out in Wentworth. Audio slideshow: smh. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
After seeing fellow happy rockers the Polyphonic Spree perform at the 2005 Big Day Out, the group decided to turn a shared passion for joyful music into a band, writing songs about their favourite things such as Red Frogs and Newtown. Nowadays, the group is half girls' choir and half pop-folk band with the four boys on guitars, drums and synthesiser and Sydney Conservatorium of Music graduate Irena Tasevska- recruited after she worked with Cuthbert on music for a stage play - on keyboard. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wearing his Australian Jockey Club chairman's hat last week, Smyth-Kirk successfully outsourced $40 million in costs associated with the Pope's Big Day Out at Randwick racecourse to the NSW taxpayer. No doubt buoyed by his success over God, the chairman of the digger Kingsgate, who claims a faith in the Roosters and not much else, told shareholders what it thought about its failed takeover of Andean Resources. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
MUSE were the undisputed champions of the main stage at the 2007 Big Day Out ... Bellamy says kicking off the year with an Australian summer and the Big Day Out set the tone for the year ... "Big Day Out puts you in a good mood for the year. Before that, the touring had been just as the album first came out and that is a very tense period of time," he says. (Courier Mail)
LONDON: American football's big day out in London was a success as the New York Giants beat the Miami Dolphins 13-10 at rain-lashed Wembley Stadium. Fears that the first regular-season NFL match to be played outside North America would be a damp squib were unfounded, despite the dismal conditions in the English capital on Sunday that at times turned the contest into a lottery. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Entertainment quiz Test your entertainment knowledge Sponsored Links Featured gallery NZ Music Awards 2007 Play of the day On the red carpet at the NZ Music Awards Big Day Out Get ready to rock Features Feedback On the box Gossip Blogs Latest reviews Competitions Editors' Picks. . (Stuff.co.nz)
If we get you elected you gotta promise to fly 'em here to play the Big Day Out. " "Now, Kimberley. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Just a dash for old champ but big day out in the city is off this year ... Just a dash for old champ but big day out in the city is off this year ... But he won't get his big day out this year because of the equine influenza-related ban on horse movement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
ENIGMATIC Icelandic singer Bjork will join the re-formed Rage Against the Machine in the first Big Day Out line-up at its new home at Flemington Racecourse in January. Bjork, who last played the Big Day Out in 1994, will use an eight-piece brass section and 11-strong Icelandic choir to help bring to life her latest album, Volta ... Grinspoon (in a rare Melbourne show), Paul Kelly (in his first Big Day Out), Hilltop Hoods, Midnight Juggernauts and Sarah Blasko lead the Australian charge. (The Age)
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. Rage Against The Machine, Bjork and the Arcade Fire will lead the lineup for the 2008 Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New Zealand ... Some acts will play their own headlining shows in the territories in conjunction with Big Day Out, including , who will play Jan. 22 in Sydney and Jan. 30 in Melbourne ... Here are the Big Day Out tour dates. (Billboard.com)
Hardcore political rockers Rage Against the Machine and Icelandic songstress Bjork lead the line-up for the 2008 Big Day Out ... The Big Day Out shows will be the band's first appearances outside the US since they reformed in April after a seven-year hiatus ... Bjork will return to the Big Day Out stage for the first time since 1994, while Canadian indie band Arcade Fire will play their first-ever Australian shows. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bjork last played at the Big Day Out in 1994 (file photo) ... Icelandic singer Bjork and hardcore rockers Rage Against the Machine lead the line-up for the 2008 Big Day Out ... Their Big Day Out appearance will be their first outside the States since reforming in April after a seven-year break. (ABC Online)
The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: MashUp. Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Bjork, who will also perform at The Big Day Out, is one of contemporary music's most original artists. A child star who released her first record at the age of 11, she gained international attention as a member of Icelandic group the Sugarcubes. (Sydney Morning Herald)
IN 1996, rap metal band Rage Against the Machine worked its audiences into the biggest mosh pits this country has seen on the national Big Day Out tour ... It is expected to headline the Big Day Out when the line-up is announced next week. (The Age)
Rage Against The Machine will play two headlining dates in Australia in late January, which are widely believed to bookend appearances at the annual Big Day Out festival ... The group has not played in Australia since the 1996 Big Day Out event. (Billboard.com)
It is also strongly rumoured to be headlining next year's national Big Day Out festival ... The Big Day Out line-up will be announced next week. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Offense improves just enough with a big day out of Mario Fannin. Joe Medley: Auburn 17-10. (Auburn Sports -- Rivals.com)
And I would expect starting with that, before you even get to running back, I would expect a big day out of him on special teams. Q. How was your slow start. (Und.com)
"And I would expect starting with that, before you even get to running back, I would expect a big day out on him on special teams.". Though Weis may put Thomas' special teams prowess at the top of his mind, Thomas feels that the success of the Notre Dame running game will fall on his shoulders throughout the season because of his experience. (Daily Orange, NY)
"With a lot of things when you clean it up it becomes more homogenised. I remember seeing Silverchair at the Big Day Out years ago. People were on poles and on the roofs, but you could never do it now.". Grub's team, the famed Newtown Jets, were another casualty of the period. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
If Brown goes early he will announce his plans either at Labour's September conference in Bournemouth or wait a week to overshadow Cameron's big day out in Blackpool. Then it would be all-out political war until the end of October. (Sunday Mirror)
It's a simple rule the Strokes (bottled by Metallica fans during 2004's Big Day Out in Sydney) and Justin Timberlake (on the same bill as AC/DC and the Rolling Stones at the Toronto Rocks concert) wish they'd obeyed. Aim. (Guardian Unlimited)
Big Day Out Ltd said they had received dozens of letters from local residents backing the music festival. It followed calls to scrap the three-day event after the disruption caused by this year's traffic problems. (BBC News -- UK)
BF: You see it at the Big Day Out. Overseas bands are so used to having a hierarchy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
First there was that infamous backstage blue with Jet's drummer Chris Cester earlier this year at the Big Day Out. The couple feuded when Allen accused the Australian rocker of snubbing her at a Japanese festival two years ago. (Daily Telegraph)
Melbourne rock promoters Vivian Lees and Ken West won best contemporary musical festival for the 2007 Big Day Out Festival. When you see news happening: SMS/MMS: 0406 THE AGE (0406 843 243), or us. (The Age)
"It's smaller than a lot of the festivals, such as Big Day Out," said co-promoter Paul Piticco. "It's not in the city, so it's a holiday more than a day out and it takes people out of their normal winter environment. "This town is rooted in alternative lifestyles and different religions and beliefs. (The Australian)
Patrons have complained the blue line which greets them at The Domain each December and Olympic Park railway station before Big Day Out each January is intimidatory. The Homebake exclusion of under-age fans was greeted with mixed reaction on music forums yesterday. (NEWS.com.au)
"But in reality - and I don't care if anyone wants to call us weak - the pressure of dealing with those licensing constrictions, not restrictions, is too much. It's too demanding on us and the Botanic Gardens Trust.'' Is this fair on young music fans? Tell us via the feedback form below. Segreto said a statistical analysis of Homebake's patronage found only five to eight per cent of festivalgoers are under 18. Police have increased their presence and the use of drug dogs at major Sydney... (Daily Telegraph)
The winner, which will be announced in October, gets a recording contract with Sony BMG Red Label and an appearance at The Big Day Out. "UncharTED is contributing to their culture, rather than just sitting there as a brand," Rash says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
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