Big Day Out 2011 line-up

There have been legitimate clues, dodgy rumours and a many an uncalculated bet, but finally the time has come to reveal the official 2011 Big Day Out line-up.

Australia’s biggest festival will be celebrating its 18th Birthday with a mammoth bill come January, headed up none other than Mr Maynard James Keenan and his band of merry men Tool. Fresh from the studio where they are recording their fifth studio album, the Californian prog-rockers are set to bring their spectacular live show (lazers and all) down under next year for the first time in over four years.

Making just as much noise but with slightly more fire will be the band that made 2009 the year of X-rated videos and souvenir dildo box sets, Rammstein. Returning exactly a decade after their last BDO outing, the German industrial kings are set to strap-on and plug-in when they reach our shores in January.

Speaking of iconic Big Day Out moments, are you sick of hearing your mates go on about dancing on stage with the Godfather of punk way back in 2006? Well, you will finally have the chance to be Iggy’s dog when Iggy Pop and The Stooges bring their Raw Power back to Australia next year.



But wait, there is so much more. Keeping the controversy coming at BDO 2011 will be ranga-lover M.I.A, the man that likes to party more than Kiss, Andrew WK and the guy that said he would never be back James Murphy with LCD Soundsytem

For the first time in the festival’s eighteen year history, FasterLouder and our sister site inthemix are pleased as punch to be the online media partner’s of the Big Day Out. So once you have checked out the full line-up below, make sure you stay tuned to FL for all the BDO news, reviews, photos, interviews and goss you could possibly handle.

FasterLouder is proud to present the 2011 Big Day Out line-up:

Tool
Rammstein
Iggy And The Stooges
Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77
Lupe Fiasco
Grinderman
Primal Scream Screamadelica Live
Deftones
The Black Keys
Andrew W.K
The Jim Jones Revue
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
M.I.A
LCD Soundsystem
Booka Shade
Die Antwoord
Vitalic
CSS
Plan B
Ratatat
Crystal Castles ( East Coast only )
John Butler Trio
Wolfmother
Airbourne
Birds Of Tokyo
Kids Of 88
The Naked & Famous

Australia only locals:

Angus & Julia Stone
Dead Letter Circus
Children Collide
Operator Please
Bliss N Eso
Gyroscope
Pnau
Kid Kenobi & Mc Shureshock
Sampology
Blue King Brown
Will Styles
Little Red
Gypsy And The Cat
Lowrider

New Zealand only locals:

Die! Die! Die!
Bulletproof
I Am Giant
Six 60
Street Chant
Shihad playing The General Electric Live

Sunday 23rd January – Parklands, Gold Coast (tickets on sale October 7th with ticketmaster )

Wednesday 26th January – Showground, Sydney (tickets on sale October 6th with ticketmaster)

Sunday 30th January – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne ( on sale 8th October with ticketmaster)

Friday 4th February – Showground, Adelaide (on sale 8th October with ticketmaster )

Sunday 6th February – Claremont Showground, Perth (on sale 8th October with tickmaster)

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