Official Big Day Out 07 Press Release

Welcome to the official….. OFFICIAL 2007 BDO 1st ANNOUNCEMENT!–

Now that everyone has had their fun & had a go at their own announcements it is finally our turn…that is of course if you believe that this is the actual official first announcement.

So for those of you who are true believers read on…..

We hoped you liked the show in 2006: wasn’t Iggy great?

For us, it’s not just about great music but also about offering a great experience: not only for the audience, but for the bands and of course for the team that makes the shows a reality.

2007 will be the 15th year of the BDO. Over that time we have witnessed amazing performances from artists ranging from the obscure to the megastars. We, of course, intend to continue that tradition.

That said, we do feel it is time to turn up the volume for 2007.

A big show also means you need to take extra care of each other, pace yourself, play safe and get home in one piece. Please don’t forget about the getting home safely part of the day.

So, no more lectures, it’s meant to be fun.

The first announcement packs a lot of punch and we would recommend buying your tickets early. Rest assured, the second and third announcements will only reconfirm your decision.

So lets get to the actual real official, official first announcement.

BIG DAY OUT 2007 will host the heaviest modern metal experience of all, TOOL. After 15 years of breaking, shaking and earthquaking new musical ground, TOOL topped the charts in 2006 with their latest unique melding of art, prog and metal, 10,000 Days. With an unmercifully heavy set that reaches back over a decade to the still staggering Sober, BIG DAY OUT 2007 will feel the earth move under its feet as TOOL rumble and roar into life.

In the summer of 2004, JET wowed BDO audiences with blistering sets showcasing their worldwide smash debut Get Born. Sure, it was only rock‘n’roll, but we liked it! In 2007, JET return to the BIG DAY OUT stage with their new effort, Shine On, a rollicking LP jam-packed with rootsy Delta blues, British hard-rock and Everly Brothers inspired harmonies. Expect a show packing a swaggering rock‘n’roll punch as a new light shines on JET at the BDO.
Direct from outer space, BIG DAY OUT 2007 is thrilled to welcome the most thrilling operatic sci-fi carnival on the face of the earth, MUSE. The fuel powering this prog rock missile from Mars is Black Holes and Revelations, a No.1 album around the world, and a showcase of a band at the top of their game – a game no one else has ever dared dream of playing. In 2007, BIG DAY OUT will be ridiculous, overblown, ambitious and utterly brilliant – all thanks to the one and only MUSE.

In the beginning, there was the BIG DAY OUT. And in the beginning of the BIG DAY OUT, there was VIOLENT FEMMES. Fifteen years after they folk-punked the BIG DAY OUT into existence alongside some little band called Nirvana, VIOLENT FEMMES are back to reclaim what’s rightfully theirs. BIG DAY OUT 2007 will ring to the sounds of the FEMMES classics that have become part of the rock’n’roll fabric: Add it Up. Blister in the Sun. Kiss Off. Gone Daddy Gone. Gimme the Car. American Music… VIOLENT FEMMES at BIG DAY OUT: a rite of passage no self-respecting music fan can miss.

When SCRIBE first stepped up to ask the question “How many dudes do you know flow like this?” in his smash hit Not Many, this young New Zealand rapper was setting out on a crusade to bring a new flavour to the international hip-hop scene. The real deal alternative to gun-toting, bling-laden cash hip-hop, SCRIBE’s powerful stage presence, hard hitting, hook-laden rhymes are irresistible and have inspired all corners of the hip-hop community to wax lyrical.

BIG DAY OUT 2007 is buzzing about the arrival of the best band to come from anywhere, ever – THE KILLERS. The Las Vegas band, led by the “knicker-wettingly debonair” Brandon Flowers, sold 5 million copies of their debut album Hot Fuss, and delivered some of the best singles of the 2000s so far: Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me and Smile Like You Mean It. Now comes the new album, Sam’s Town, and a live show renowned for causing mass singalongs and hormonal hysteria. With the coming of THE KILLERS, BIG DAY OUT 2007 is going to be, well, killer.

Everyone’s favourite Fremantle prodigies ESKIMO JOE run away to join the BIG DAY OUT circus this summer with their third album Red Wine and Black Fingernails in tow. With throbbing drums, warm keyboard atmospheres and ethereal guitars, the Eskies are wildly charismatic showmen with sex appeal to boot. Not afraid of a little rock‘n’roll they are not to be missed at BDO 2007.

BIG DAY OUT 2007 gets back in black with the coming of my CHEMICAL ROMANCE. Beloved by black-clad music fans everywhere for their incendiary hits I’m Not Okay (I Promise), Helena and The Ghost of You, my CHEMICAL ROMANCE are set to leave the pretenders choking in their dust with their new, epic concept album The Black Parade. Led by an iconic performer in Gerard Way, my CHEMICAL ROMANCE will put the pomp and punk pageantry into BIG DAY OUT 2007.

BIG DAY OUT 2007 has a warm, fuzzy feeling now that PEACHES & HERMS are coming to rub us up the right way. PEACHES, the self-made, self-produced, do-it-yourself leader of the electro punk movement comes armed with her third album, Impeach my Bush, and her first band, HERMS. The all-star line up features Samantha Maloney (Hole, Courtney Love, Eagles of Death Metal) on drums; Radio Sloan (Courtney Love, The Need) on guitar; and JD Samson from Le Tigre on keys. With this all-girl onslaught, the Peaches live experience will be even more of a sheer rock ‘n’ roll free for all. So it is with a sense of exhilaration and palpable danger that BIG DAY OUT 2007 announces the return of PEACHES & HERMS.

EVERMORE have come a long way since the initial release of their impressive album debut Dreams; after a phenomenal season of touring on the live circuit, winning hearts in Oz and overseas, the three Hume brothers picked up a swag of awards and found themselves with a multi-platinum selling record. In 2006 EVERMORE have returned with a new album Real Life and we welcome them to the BIG DAY OUT for the first time, to deliver their dynamic rock, melodic harmonies and uplifting lyrics.

Get ready to shake ya ass. SPANK ROCK will bring the party, the rhythms and the raunch to BIG DAY OUT 2007. Hyped by DJs from Freq Nasty to Laurent Garnier, some call SPANK ROCK the figureheads of a sound known as Baltimore Club. We just call ‘em funny, catchy, clever, fearless and most of all, innovative. Representin’ their debut set, YoYoYoYoYo, Baltimore’s SPANK ROCK will be doing fresh, funky and filthy things with hip hop at BIG DAY OUT 2007.

Masters in the business of making music to lift the soul, Perth’s rock‘n’roll genius THE SLEEPY JACKSON return to play the BIG DAY OUT in 2007. With a vision unmatched in modern pop, The Sleepies have the ability to carve out nuggets of pure musical gold; from sublime acid-country to Who-like power pop, they deliver it all. Get ready for songs from their new album Personality: One was a Spider, One was a Bird, a heady concoction of sumptuous symphonic beauty, strings and massed choirs included!

Inspiring anticipation, awe and respect all at once, THE HERD has a reputation for fiery, electrifying live shows. With an unconventional line up, THE HERD take to the stage as an eight-piece outfit with three MC’s and two singers. With stage antics that turn the fun up to eleven, THE HERD will get the crowd grooving in flow-motion from the outset. Touring for the first time in 2007, catch them at a BIG DAY OUT near you.

Oozing excitement and an unparalleled energy with everything they do, Melbourne all-girl three-piece THE SPAZZYS bring their brash three-chord power chaos back to the BIG DAY OUT this summer. Since arriving to tear up the scene with their vibrant Ramones-esque punk pop rock, the band has kicked formidable amounts of arse! Don’t miss their red hot performance.

Stay tuned for our next announcement, when we reveal the latest additions to amplify your summer of music.

<>FRIDAY JANUARY 19th AUCKLAND MT SMART STADIUM
Maurice Rd Penrose. Gates open 11am
Tickets $110 +bf from all Ticketek Outlets, phone and credit card bookings 09 307 5000 or www.ticketek.co.nz, Real Groovy, Sounds, ECM, all good music stores nationwide and our website www.bigdayout.com

SUNDAY JANUARY 21st GOLD COAST PARKLANDSSmith St Southport. Gates open 11am
Tickets $115 (inc GST) +bf* from Ticketek outlets/Phonecharge 132 849, Rockinghorse Records (Brisbane), Skinnys Music (Brisbane),Butter Beats (Fortitude Valley), Woodys Music (Woodridge), Sunflower (Pacific Fair), Atlantis Music (Southport), Parklands Gold Coast (Southport), Pines Music Station (Elanora), Mosh Pit Music (Maroochydore), Hotel Great Northern (Byron Bay), ABC Centre Ballina (Ballina), HMV Cairns (Cairns) and from our website www.bigdayout.com

THURSDAY JANUARY 25th SYDNEY SHOWGROUND
Showground Rd Sydney Olympic Park. Gates open 11am. Event closes midnight.
Tickets $115 (inc GST) +bf* from Red Eye (Sydney Ph 02 9299 4233), Ticketmaster outlets/Phonecharge 136 100, and from our website www.bigdayout.com

SUNDAY JANUARY 28th PRINCES PARK SOUTH
Royal Pde North Carlton, Melbourne. Gates Open 11am
Tickets $115 (inc GST) +bf* from Ticketmaster outlets/Phonecharge 136 100, Missing Link (Melbourne), Corner Hotel Box Office (Richmond), Polyester (Fitzroy), Greville (Prahran), Central Station Records (Melbourne), Platos (Frankston), Island Surfboards (Cowes P.I), Leading Edge Music (Horsham, Shepparton, Echuca, Ballarat), Mellbergs Music (Mildura), Capricorn Leading Edge (Warrnambool), and from our website www.bigdayout.com

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2nd ROYAL ADELAIDE SHOWGROUND
Rose Tce Wayville, Adelaide. Gates Open 11am
Tickets $115 (inc GST) +bf* from CIB Phonecharge 08 8231 1891, Venuetix outlets/phonecharge 08 8225 8888, Big Star (Adelaide,Magill, Norwood, Marion), Krypton Discs (Glenelg), dB Magazine (City West), Midwest Trader (City East), Live Clothing (Rundle Mall), Elevator (Seaford), Mr V Music (Semaphore), Sonic CDs (Smithfield), Globalize (Rundle Mall, Elizabeth, West Lakes, Harbourtown, Modbury, Marion) Surround Sound (Victor Harbour), DVD & Music Centre (Renmark), Music World (Port Lincoln) and from our website www.bigdayout.com

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4th CLAREMONT SHOWGROUND
Graylands Rd Claremont, Perth. Gates Open 11am
Tickets $115 (inc GST) +bf* from Ticketmaster outlets/Phonecharge 136 100, 78 Records (Perth), Mills Records (Fremantle), Planet Video (Mt Lawley), Live Clothing (Perth, Morley, Whitford City, Claremont, Karrinyup, Booragoon, Harbour Town, Cannington), Da Da’s (Perth), Malibu Dive (Perth), Rokeby Records (Subiaco), Leading Edge (Joondalup), Bassendean Newsagency (Bassendean), Melville Heights Newsagency (Melville), Jumbo Entertainment (Bicton), Trax (Mandurah), Nob’s Musique (Bunbury), Blue 62 (Busselton), Dunsborough Hotel (Dunsborough), Geraldton CD Centre (Geraldton), Swellsounds (Margaret River), Kalgoorlie Sound (Kalgoorlie), Vibes (Albany), Chinatown Music (Broome) and from our website www.bigdayout.com

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 13th OCTOBER
For full show information and internet ticket bookings check out the website
www.bigdayout.com
*booking fees may vary pending on outlet & mode of purchase