The timetable for the 2011 Big Day Out on January 21 has been released today.
Click here for the timetable
Kicking off at 10.30am with grungy punk pop fun from local band Street Chant, the Big Day Out threads its way through early afternoon highlights like the Deftones on the
Orange stage, and Die Antwoord in the Boiler Room before getting seriously busy from late afternoon.
Anyone concerned about a Deftones / Andrew WK crossover will be pleased to see AWK following his first Green Stage set with a 4.45pm Lilyworld appearance. You might want to catch both.
The curious will have time to check out plenty more local band highlights including the debut of Kody and Bic on Essential before starting to make plans for how to get around the rest of the day.
Things get heavy in the moshpit zone of the Orange and Blue main stages as the evening progresses from Shihad's General Electric set to Iggy and the Stooges – not to mention the promised audio visual spectacle from Rammstein and Tool.
The Green and Essential stages hit their groove early evening with the bluesy growl of the Black Keys before Edward Sharpe and Primal Scream's Screamadelica set prepare the crowd for Nick Cave's Grinderman finale. A nice slot in there for locals The Phoenix Foundation too.
An insane Boiler Room run is certain to hold its crowd suspended in a party frenzy from early firestarters Ratatat to the afore-mentioned zeffers, Crystal Castles, Bloody Beetroots and peaking with LCD Sound System, Booka Shade DJs and closer MIA, setting herself up to tear the place down in style.
THE BIG DAY OUT, FRIDAY JANUARY 21st, AUCKLAND, MT SMART STADIUM
Maurice Rd Penrose. Gates open 11am
Tickets $150 (inc GST) + booking fee. Strict limit of 4 tickets per customer. Available from Real Groovy, Marbecks, all Ticketmaster Outlets, phone and credit card bookings 0800 111 999 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz, and from www.bigdayout.com
