It's official.  The Big Day Out is returning to New Zealand in January 2014.  

Auckland was taken off the Big Day Out calendar following lower than average ticket sales for the event in 2012.  Now the event is returning and has been curated specifically for its New Zealand audience.  It's been described as having "connections to the event happening over the Tasman, but it won't be the same and …

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Big Day Out promoter Ken West has said that it was a mistake for New Zealand to be added to the Big Day Out tour.  

In an interview with Fasterlouder, West was asked whether the Big Day Out would ever return to New Zealand.  He answered "New Zealand should have never happened. I think New Zealand will depend on what we can do over there. [We] did a very quick exercise yesterday which was: if you…

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to headline next year's Big Day Out festival along with The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Vampire Weekend.

This is the first time in over a decade that the Big Day Out won't be coming to New Zealand, however the Red Hot Chili Peppers have confirmed via their website that they'll perform a side show at Auckland's Vector Arena on January 14th.  Ticket information f…

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Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has cleared up any confusion on what was perceived to be a dig at Kanye West.  

While Soundgarden were playing their set at the Gold Coast Big Day Out, the soundcheck taking place for fellow headliner Kanye West's performance could be heard between songs.  At the time Cornell commented  "Sounds like there's children playing music there, retarded children, retar…

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Kanye West was the centre of controversy at the Gold Coast Big Day Out on Sunday night when he took to the stage 45 minutes late.  

The delay was blamed on a heavy downpour of rain which was said to have caused technical problems to sound equipment.  Big Day Out promoter Ken West released a statement defending Kanye which read "Stop picking on Kanye, the technical problems that delayed his star…

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