5 episodes
Inside the Big Day Out ABC listen
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4.8 • 9 Ratings
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Double J presents the rise and fall of the world’s biggest touring music festival.
Host: Gemma Pike
Producer: Gab Burke
Supervising Producer: Mike Williams
Executive Producer: Meagan Loader
Sound Engineers: John Jacobs, Tim Jenkins
Theme music: Lindsay McDougall
Music: Hamish Camilleri
Artwork: Brad Cook
Digital Team: Dan Condon, Luanne Shneier
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EPISODE 5 - Give It Away Now
Not able to agree on two headliners for the 2014 show, the duelling owners book three. To break even, the festival will need to break records. The original founder is about to lose everything. Hasty decisions are made to salvage a cultural icon, but the ship is sinking.
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EPISODE 4 - Art Vs. Commerce
While ticket sales soar to hundreds of thousands in the 2000s, artistic differences see the founder’s relationship reach breaking point. The manager holding everything together ends up in rehab and the festival starts to unravel.
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EPISODE 3 - The Age of Innocence is Over
The 2001 Big Day Out ends in tragedy with the death of Jessica Michalik during Limp Bizkit’s Sydney set. Jessica’s best friend Liza Ryan was with her and shares the emotional story of the music fan behind the headline. Phil Jamieson from Grinspoon recalls performing at her memorial.
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EPISODE 2 – The Big Day Off
The Big Day Out expands quickly and becomes a national touring circus. Every music fan wants to go and every artist wants to play, with many bands treating the tour like a holiday.
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EPISODE ONE — A Vision Of Nirvana
In 1991 Australian music promoter Ken West had an idea for a one-day music festival. He called it the Big Day Out.
Customer Reviews
Great memories of 99
Great to hear the story from the beginning. I managed Deejay Punk Roc on the 1999 BDO. They were three incredible weeks. What a show, what an organisation, what stories we could tell, what a great group of people. I have such amazing memories. Still got a branded BDO beer can - unopened- in a frame in my bedroom.
I even bumped into an old mate in the lift at the Swiss Grand who Inwent to school with. 10,000 miles from home! He was working on the tour too.
An incredible experience. Thanks and hi from Liverpool.
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Secretly hoping this is a PR stunt of big day out returning 👀
Celebrating Aussie music history
Great story & great memories!