The 2012 Big Day Out takes place today from Mt Smart Stadium. and is set to feature - 

Soundgarden, Kasabian, My Chemical Romance, Best Coast, Foster The People, Cut Off Your Hands, Cage The Elephant, Gin Wigmore, Girl Talk, David Dallas, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Battles, Mariachi El Bronx, Ghost Wave, Beastwars, MayaVanya, The Living End, Röyksopp, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Nero (Li…

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Best Coast have announced plans for second album, the follow up to their 2010 debut 'Crazy For You', stating it will be a more "mature" release.  

Frontwoman Bethany Cosentino told the Alternative Press "The new songs include less melodrama about 'My boyfriend is annoying and doesn't like me' and more about me and what's going on in my life not in relationships."  

She continued "It's more d…

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BIG DAY OUT is proud to announce the return of the Vert Ramp Skate Show to the national tour for 2012.

Twenty years ago, skateboarders rolled in on a huge custom built vert ramp to the sounds of skate rock band "Village Idiots" (on what was to become known as the "Skate Stage") marking the opening of the first ever BIG DAY OUT.  The legendary BIG DAY OUT skate show had begun and ten years of a…

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The timetable for next years Big Day Out has been leaked early by the New Zealand Herald.  

Intially the timetable was going to be unveiled on Monday but the Herald released the schedule yesterday via its website.  

Soundgarden are to close the proceedings on the Main Stage at 9 PM while Noel Gallagher will officially close the show on the Green Stage at 10.30 PM.  

Below is the full timetab…

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Kasabian are more than happy with the way they've been performing their new songs live on stage.  

The band released their fourth album 'Velociraptor!' in September of this year and are set to be one of the main headliners for next years Big Day Out.  

Guitarist Serge Pizzorno spoke to the Evening Standard concerning the reception the new songs have been getting.  "We've nailed 'em mate. We'…

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