Rise Against!

#200 comments below...wow you obviously havent seen MUSE live have you? They have been around for over 10 years, released 5 epic albums and last year sold out Wembly Stadium 2 nights in a row. They are currenlty doing a world tour of which every show has been sold out in advance and as of right now...are the worlds biggest act. I rest my case.

I'm number 185#. Evolving? Really. The point I was trying to make is that all bands are crap. They've managed a few hit singles of digitally enhanced music. Basically all the bands announced are either unheard of because they havent been in long enough. Its not worth paying so much money for a band that have only released one song onto the charts. Kings of Leon I would pay to see. I'm not saying they all have to 90's bands. Just bands that actually have been around for a while.

And I truly hope I won't be having a hip replacemnt at 57!

Is florence and the machine playing?

Why does the price go up every year by about $15 when the line ups are getting worse?? There is no metal or rock bands!! So disappointing, its no longer worth going to!! :( Rather than having a diverse line up its all teeny bopper, dance music that not everybody is into.

MUSE alone worth the price of admission. EPIC LIVE....not many bands come close to these guys. They are pure entertainers and Bellamy is a genius. I think the rest of the lineup looks like good fun too. BRING IT ON I SAY.

its a good line up, muse are amazing live, kasabian lilly allen tmv ladyhawke ect...... there all good

but did anyone really see the line up and go oh wow that's amazing! i cant believe there coming"

im going

but theres no wow to the festival this year, and the pogues are good but they couldnt bring the excitement alone

Good, fun line up. Muse are fantastic live. Groove Armada are epic live, I don't know what all you people are crying about, it's def in top 5 days of the year even when you get a head liner like Neil Young (who was av)! Maybe you need to test out trying to get a ticket in Aus and realise the true value for these tickets

Kinda disappointing. Hopefully more headliners are announced, here's hoping Pixies or Radiohead.

Sure there were good years in the 90s but if you look at say 2000, or 2004 they were spectacular years. Once you experience that you know what a difference a fantastic lineup is like. Its a bland year, and safe choices have been made, with so many bands having played Big Day Out before, generally speaking it creates little interest for that 25+ demographic (of course there's always the die-hard fan that will gleefully pay $100 to see there beloved Janes Addiction, New Order, or Iggy Pop) is one band enticing enough though? It must be said the BDO is for that 15 to 20ish age more than ever, once upon a time it wasn't like this, we have to move on of course, we're a little country and the BDO was all we had there for awhile - now there a range of great festivals around weather it be the falls in aussie, lollapalooza in the US, even NZ's alowhum. No doubt the BDO will still sell out or get close because of the more commercial aspects now associated with the BDO, the hype and radio friendly bands. BDO is more popular than ever, its a young peoples playground. Thats the nature of the best, and money speaks. The great thing is theres plenty of other festivals out there tailor made for us all, this just isnt one of them...anymore.