Inside the Big Day Out

By Double J

Music

What's Inside the Big Day Out about?

It was the world's biggest touring music festival and an Australian rite of passage. Every band on the planet wanted to be on the line-up. The backstage parties were legendary. For music fans, it was the best day of the year. So why did it collapse?

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EPISODE 5 - Give It Away Now

10.28.2019

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 ...

Inside the Big Day Out episodes:

10.28.2019 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 ...
10.21.2019 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.
10.14.2019 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 ...
10.07.2019 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.
09.30.2019 EPISODE 1 – 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.