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Festival No. 0000361 · Est. 1993

Big Day Out 2011

Big Day Out 2011

Big Day Out 2011 - Melbourne, Australia
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  • Airbourne
    Airbourne formed in Warrnambool, Australia, in 2004. Plays classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, rock.
  • Angus & Julia Stone
    Angus & Julia Stone formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2006. Plays folk, indie pop.
  • Birds of Tokyo
    Birds of Tokyo formed in Perth, Australia, in 2004. Plays alternative rock, rock.
  • Bliss N Eso
    Bliss N Eso formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2000. Plays hip hop.
  • Children Collide
    Children Collide formed in 2005. Plays indie rock.
  • Crystal Castles
    Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
  • Dead Letter Circus
    Dead Letter Circus formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 2004. Plays neo-progressive rock.
  • Deftones
    Deftones formed in Sacramento, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, experimental rock, heavy metal, metal, nu metal, rock, shoegaze.
  • Die Antwoord
    Die Antwoord formed in 2008. Plays electronic, hip hop, hip house, instrumental hip hop, pop rap, rave, trap.
  • Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
    Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, rock, stomp and holler.
  • Gypsy and the Cat
    Gypsy and the Cat formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2008.
  • Iggy & the Stooges
    Iggy & the Stooges formed in Ann Arbor, United States, in 1972. Plays classic rock, garage rock, hard rock, proto-punk, punk, punk rock, rock.
  • Kids of 88
    Kids of 88
  • LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, indietronica, new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
  • Little Red
    Little Red formed in 2005, and split up on 21 July 2012, after 7 years.
  • Lupe Fiasco
    Lupe Fiasco was born on 16 February 1982. Plays abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop, pop rap.
  • M.I.A
    M.I.A was born in Hounslow, United Kingdom, on 18 July 1975. Plays alternative dance, alternative hip hop, christian hip hop, contemporary christian, dance, dancehall, edm, electronic.
  • Matt and Kim
    Matt and Kim formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2004. Plays indie pop.
  • Paul Dempsey
    Paul Dempsey was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 25 May 1976.
  • Plan B
    Plan B was born in Forest Gate, United Kingdom, on 22 October 1983. Plays dubstep, hip hop, pop soul, r&b, soul.
  • Pnau
    Pnau formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1999. Plays dance, disco, electro, electronic.
  • Rammstein
    Rammstein formed in Berlin, Germany, in January 1994. Plays alternative metal, gothic metal, industrial, industrial metal, metal, neue deutsche härte, rock.
  • Ratatat
    Ratatat formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, electronic, electronic rock, hip hop, indietronica, instrumental, neo-psychedelia, new rave.
  • Sia
    Sia was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 18 December 1975. Plays alternative pop, art pop, dance-pop, electropop, indie pop, pop.
  • The John Butler Trio
    The John Butler Trio formed in Fremantle, Australia, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, folk, folk rock, jam band, pop rock, rock, roots rock.
  • The Naked and Famous
    The Naked and Famous formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2007. Plays indie rock.
  • The Vines
    The Vines formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, post-grunge, rock.
  • Tool
    Tool formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1990. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electronic, hard rock, heavy metal, math rock, metal.
  • Wolfmother
    Wolfmother formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock.