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Festival No. 0000361 · Est. 1993

Big Day Out 2012

Big Day Out 2012

Flemington Racecourse - Melbourne, Australia
25+ Artists 18 Editions
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Flemington Racecourse
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Flemington Racecourse Flemington, VIC 3031
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Melbourne, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
    Kitty, Daisy & Lewis formed in 2000. Plays r&b, rockabilly.
  • 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.
  • Parkway Drive
    Parkway Drive formed in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2003. Plays melodic metalcore, metalcore.
  • 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 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 Living End
    The Living End formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays punk, rock, rockabilly.
  • The Vaccines
    The Vaccines formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk revival, power pop.