Festival No. 0000359 · Est. 1994
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Sunday
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Voices from the field
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Nobody has said what this weekend was like
12+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what Big Day Out 2003 was actually like to be at.
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Somewhere in Gold Coast
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Big Day Out 2003
- City
- Gold Coast, Australia
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Deftones formed in Sacramento, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, experimental rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, rock, shoegaze. -
Foo Fighters formed in Seattle, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Jane's Addiction formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1986, and split up in December 2025, after 39 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, funk metal, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Jebediah formed in Perth, Australia, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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Kraftwerk formed in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1970. Plays electro, electronic, industrial, krautrock, neue deutsche welle, progressive electronic, synth-pop, techno.
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Machine Gun Fellatio formed in 1997, and split up in 2005, after 8 years. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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PJ Harvey was born in Bridport, United Kingdom, on 9 October 1969. Plays alternative rock, art rock, chamber folk, electronic, electronica, experimental, folk rock, grunge.
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Queens of the Stone Age formed in Palm Desert, United States, in 1996. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, desert rock, garage rock revival, hard rock, rock, stoner metal.
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Sparta formed in El Paso, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, emo, post-hardcore, rock.
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The Music formed in Kippax, United Kingdom, in 1999, and split up on 6 August 2011, after 12 years. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock.
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The Waifs formed in Albany, Australia, in August 1992. Plays folk, folk rock, rock.
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Underworld formed in Romford, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays alternative dance, ambient, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, house, new wave.