Our reaction to the very diverse initial lineup of acts for Big Day Out 2011 erred on the side of ambivalence: along with a smattering of terrific surprises there was a number of repeat offenders and an unfounded Blink 182 BDO rumour that sadly never came to fruition. The second lineup has just been unveiled over at FasterLouder and unfortunately there aren’t any real surprises:
Sia
The Vines
The Greenhornes
Washington
Matt & Kim
Reggie Watts
Plus the triple j Unearthed winners:
Gold Coast – Ball Park Music
Sydney #1 – We Say Bamboulee
Sydney #2 – Lanie Lane
Melbourne – Eagle and the Worm
Adelaide – Pagen Elypsis
Perth – Split Seconds
First lineup
Tool
Rammstein
Iggy & The Stooges
M.I.A.
LCD Soundsystem
Andrew W.K. (phew that would have been weird)
Deftones
Crystal Castles
Black Keys
Die Antwoord
Grinderman
Lupe Fiasco
Primal Scream (performing their seminal 1990s album ‘Screamadelica’)
The Bloody Beetroots
Plan B
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
Booka Shade DJs
The Jim Jones Review
CSS
Ratatat
The John Butler Trio
Angus and Julia Stone
PNAU
Bliss ‘n Eso
Birds of Tokyo
Wolfmother
Little Red
Gyroscope
Operator Please
Airbourne
Blue King Brown
Dead Letter Circus
Children Collide
Naked and Famous
Anna Lunoe
Gypsy and the Cat
Kids of ’88
Kid Kenobi & MC Sure Shot
Sampology
Lowrider
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