bIG DuRR oUt

the first line up for the 2010 Big Day Out::

Muse
Lily Allen
Peaches
Dizzee Rascal
The Mars Volta
Powderfinger
Groove Armada
Rise Against
Kasabian
Eskimo Joe
Grinspoon
Girl Talk
Ladyhawke
Karnivool
The Temper Trap
Midnight Juggernauts
Magic Dirt
Mastodon
Lisa Mitchell
The Horrors
Bluejuice
Calvin Harris
Kisschasy
The Decemberists
Tame Impala
PNC
Kora
Dimmer
Minuit
Gin Wigmore
The Checks
Ladyhawke
James Duncan.

Big Day Out at Mount Smart Stadium :: January 15th

I haven’t missed a BDO since 2002 but looking at this first line up that could be about to change. Unless the 2nd & 3rd are totally epic, (and they could be) things aren’t looking too flash for this instalment of what used to be a festival of fresh talent. Sure the BDO has always included the big dinosaur bands (Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Foo Fighters, Neil Young), but they have always balanced it out with new artists on the cusp of mainstream acclaim. then again I admit that I haven’t heard of some of these groups such as Bluejuice and Karnivool but to me the line up (and last years) seems a bit stale with Lily Allen, Peaches, Dizzee Rascal and Mars Volta all been to New Zealand a lot over the last couple years. On TV3's Sunrise this morning they interviewed the guy who selects the BDO line up & he said that he went for artists who currently have new albums out, leading me to believe that Big Day Out are now focusing on providing high rotation artists for the masses rather than breaking fresh and exciting music. Then again I could be shooting a massive hole in my foot if they bring it massively in the second & third announcements.