New Zealand The last EVER Big Day Out
- from sean aickin
on Jan 24th - New Zealand
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Down here in 'li'l ol' NZ' we haven't been blessed with too many Music Festivals. The biggest and longest (I think) was the Big Day Out, this started in NZ in 1994 and carried on (except 1998) until 2012.
Citing a couple of reasons (mainly surrounding poor tickets sales and rising costs) the organizers have decided to pull the plug on next years festival and call it a day. The old adage of 'use it or lose it' has, unfortunately, come true. BUT we got one more outta them, one more trip, one last final day!
And what a day. Soundgarden closed the main stage (after playing the first NZ Big Day Out in 1994), Mariachi El Bronx rocked (in a very Mexican Way) beside a Skate Ramp, Battles assaulted my ears, Das Racist taught me new things and Best Coast stole my heart.
Here are a couple of pics from each of those mentioned bands! For more pics check this CrackBook Album
Citing a couple of reasons (mainly surrounding poor tickets sales and rising costs) the organizers have decided to pull the plug on next years festival and call it a day. The old adage of 'use it or lose it' has, unfortunately, come true. BUT we got one more outta them, one more trip, one last final day!
And what a day. Soundgarden closed the main stage (after playing the first NZ Big Day Out in 1994), Mariachi El Bronx rocked (in a very Mexican Way) beside a Skate Ramp, Battles assaulted my ears, Das Racist taught me new things and Best Coast stole my heart.
Here are a couple of pics from each of those mentioned bands! For more pics check this CrackBook Album
