Since the news that Blur would be fucking this BDO noise and pulling out of the 2014 festival (due to “challenging conditions“) ticket-holders and ticket-no-holders alike have been on the edge of their proverbial/actual computer chair waiting to hear who AJ Maddah would pull out of his trilby to replace them. After releasing a clue into the wild – “two US and one UK band” – it has finally been announced via Facebook and Twitter that Beady Eye, The Hives and Deftones will all be replacing Blur in the headlining spots at this year’s Big Day Out:
We are excited to announce @Beady_Eye, @Deftones and @The_Hives are joining Big Day Out 2014! Tickets and information http://t.co/dcl3DuqpSV
— Big Day Out (@bigdayout) December 4, 2013
The comment with the most amount of likes on said announcement, is this re appropriated image from an earlier BDO: 
The joke being that no one will turn up.
Elsewhere on the internet, punters have taken to metaphor making to ease the pain:
“We are proud to announce, after the cancellation of fillet steak for this years Meat Day Out festival, iiiis….. Tofu!” @bigdayout #refund
— sam carter (@Samblers) December 4, 2013
Here we see some concentrated hatred towards Beady Eye:
@bigdayout @Beady_Eye suck
— Mark (@m_snowy) December 4, 2013
Tagging in the bands and calling them ‘piss poor’. Ice cold, Notherbob. Ice cold:
@bigdayout @Beady_Eye @deftones @The_Hives Piss poor. Glad I didn’t buy a ticket.
— Notherbob (@timcure78) December 4, 2013
Welcoming and inclusive:
@bigdayout @Beady_Eye @deftones @The_Hives glad to welcome you to the list of magical musicians. See you there!!
— Jordan Bein (@jordan_bein) December 4, 2013
Confused:
@bigdayout who are any of these ppl
— Maddie Heffernan (@a_seedy_old_man) December 4, 2013
Psyched on The Hives country of origin:
Looking forward to dancing my face off with my fave SWEDISH band, @The_Hives #BDO14
— Sofia Silvestrini (@vooligan) December 4, 2013
Or it could be emphasis on account of the classic misdirection employed by AJ, of which ‘Doctor’ be starten’ su’in over:
@iamnotshouting @hottest_100 Faux Pas is a french phrase, not a Swedish, UK or US one… x
— Lindsay McDougall (@Doctortriplej) December 4, 2013
que?
Big ups to Big Day Out for giving me a fisting right in my Beady Eye. Eugh. #BDO14 #beadyeye #failwhale
— Shota Adam (@Shotaadam) December 4, 2013
Not sure if like or dislike being fisted…
According to Johno:
People will soon forget Blur were even on the line up #bdo14
— Johno (@johnoAMH) December 4, 2013
‘ppreciate what you given:
God, people are STILL bitching about #BDO14. People should fucking appreciate the effort @iamnotshouting went into in such a short time!
— B. (@babyitsablowout) December 4, 2013
Cannot make everyone happy:
But I still think the #BDO14 lineup needs to be bigger and better
— Iain Alvarez (@IainAlvarez93) December 4, 2013
Conspiracy theorist up in here:
Personally, I think Deftones and the Hives were being added whether Blur was coming or not. But used as publicity.
— Gary Dooley (@NaturalGaz) December 4, 2013
Not giving up the search for answers:
@nonstoptone @iamnotshouting I think the festival is also owed an explanation for their appalling conduct. None has been given to date.
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) December 4, 2013
In reply:
@OnHoldToCrazyDo @nonstoptone That was made fairly obvious tbh.
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) December 4, 2013
BREAKING NEWS: Maddah agrees that Blur are ‘butt hurt’.
For those amongst you who are also ‘butt hurt’ over the announcement, you can apply for an immediate refund between now and January 6th, 2014, by following the instructions detailed at www.bigdayout.com.
BIG DAY OUT 2014 DATES
Sunday 19 January – Metricon Stadium & Carrara Parklands, Gold Coast
Friday 24 January – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
Sunday 26 January – Sydney Showgrounds
Friday 31 January – Bonython Park, Adelaide
Sunday 2 February – Claremont Showgrounds
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