Video: Andrew W.K. announces the 2011 Big Day Out music festival line-up

We attended BIG Day Out 2010, great bands, but really unorganized venue at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse, just a bunch of kids trashing the place. To top it off we had a media pass but no photo passes, what the ??  There were a few punters who hacked into the Melbourne Cup horse paddies in the park and let them loose just to be cool.... cough cough.. NOT!  Surprisingly enough, the venue is supporting the event again this year. None the less the amazing lineup continues to be even more amazing , drumroll please......take it away 'ANDREW WK': [...]

If you have't had your coffee yet this morning, you're sure in for some eyebrow raises today for several reasons. First, Andrew W.K. has drank enough coffee for the both of us and has announced the first batch of artists for the Australia and New Zealand's Big Day Out Festival 2011 . Second, hearing Andrew W.K. say the word "antipodal" is hilarious on several levels. And third, and most importantly, the lineup is pretty stacked: Tool, Rammstein, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Deftones, MIA, LCD Soundsystem, Andrew W.K., The Deftones, The Black Keys, Die Antwoord, Grinderman, Lupe [...]

The 2011 Big Day Out lineup has been released. LCD Soundsystem return to Australia after what many people thought was their last gig ever at Splendour in the Grass, while dance fans will rejoice seeing PNAU, Bloody Beetroots and Crystal Castles on the lineup. Sadly, there's no Blink 182 on the lineup. Rumours had been circling that they were scheduled to head down under, since the band reunited. The Lineup Tool Rammstein Iggy and the Stooges M.I.A. LCD [...]

Andrew W.K. announces 2011 Big Day Out line-up