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Festival No. 0000646 · Est. 1999

Big Day Out 2012

Big Day Out 2012

Gold Coast Parklands - Southport, Australia
36+ Artists 5 Editions
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Gold Coast Parklands
Address
Cnr Smith St and Parklands Drive 4215
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Southport, Australia

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  • Architecture in Helsinki
    Architecture in Helsinki formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2000. Plays chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, pop, twee pop.
  • Art vs Science
    Art vs Science plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, electronica, indietronica, new rave.
  • BASSNECTAR
    BASSNECTAR was born in San Francisco, United States, on 16 February 1978. Plays breakbeat, brostep, downtempo, drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, electronic, electronica.
  • Battles
    Battles formed in New York, United States, in 2002. Plays art rock, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, math rock, post-rock, progressive rock.
  • Best Coast
    Best Coast formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2009. Plays dream pop, garage rock, indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi, surf.
  • Boy & Bear
    Boy & Bear formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2009. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
  • Cage the Elephant
    Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, United States, in 2006. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop.
  • Calling All Cars
    Calling All Cars formed in 2005.
  • Das Racist
    Das Racist formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2008, and split up in December 2012, after 4 years. Plays hip hop.
  • Drapht
    Drapht was born in Perth, Australia, on 4 September 1982. Plays hip hop.
  • Foster the People
    Foster the People formed in Los Angeles, United States, in October 2009. Plays dance-pop, indie pop, pop.
  • Frenzal Rhomb
    Frenzal Rhomb formed in 1991. Plays punk, punk rock, skate punk.
  • Girl Talk
    Girl Talk was born in Pittsburgh, United States, on 26 October 1981. Plays experimental, glitch, hip hop, plunderphonics.
  • Hilltop Hoods
    Hilltop Hoods formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 1991. Plays hip hop.
  • Inland Sea
    Inland Sea formed in 2010.
  • Kanye West
    Kanye West was born in Atlanta, United States, on 8 June 1977. Plays art pop, chipmunk soul, christian hip hop, conscious hip hop, contemporary r&b, deep house, electropop, experimental hip hop.
  • Kasabian
    Kasabian formed in Leicester, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new rave, rock.
  • Kimbra
    Kimbra was born in Hamilton, United States, on 27 March 1990. Plays art pop, indie pop, singer-songwriter.
  • King Cannons
    King Cannons formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2007, and split up on 28 August 2013, after 6 years.
  • Mariachi El Bronx
    Mariachi El Bronx formed in Los Angeles, United States, in August 2006. Plays mariachi.
  • My Chemical Romance
    My Chemical Romance formed in Newark, United States, on 12 September 2001. Plays alternative rock, emo, emo pop, hard rock, indie rock, pop punk, pop screamo, post-hardcore.
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
    Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, baroque pop, britpop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop rock, post-britpop.
  • OFWGKTA
    OFWGKTA formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2007. Plays hardcore hip hop, hip hop, horrorcore.
  • Papa vs. Pretty
    Papa vs. Pretty
  • Parkway Drive
    Parkway Drive formed in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2003. Plays melodic metalcore, metalcore.
  • Regurgitator
    Regurgitator formed in Brisbane, Australia, in March 1994. Plays alternative rock, rock.
  • Röyksopp
    Röyksopp formed in Tromsø, Norway, in 1998. Plays ambient, ambient house, club, dance, dance-pop, downtempo, edm, electro house.
  • Soundgarden
    Soundgarden formed in Seattle, United States, in 1984, and split up in 2017, after 33 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, psychedelic, psychedelic rock.
  • The Amity Affliction
    The Amity Affliction formed in Gympie, Australia, in 2003. Plays emocore, post-hardcore.
  • The Getaway Plan
    The Getaway Plan formed in November 2004. Plays alternative rock, post-hardcore.
  • The Jezabels
    The Jezabels formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
  • The Jungle Giants
    The Jungle Giants formed in 2011. Plays dance-pop, indie pop, indie rock.
  • The Living End
    The Living End formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays punk, rock, rockabilly.
  • The Medics
    The Medics formed in Cairns, Australia, in 2007.
  • The Red Paintings
    The Red Paintings formed in 1998.
  • The Vaccines
    The Vaccines formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk revival, power pop.