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90s skate-punks Blink 182 are planning a return to Australia in early 2013, but it is unclear whether their much lauded drummer Travis Barker will be making the trip with them.

LA rock geeks Weezer will play their classic debut album in their first Australian tour in 16 years.

A Big Day Out image featuring the 2013 line-up has created a stir after being placed on Tumblr.

Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit has used the stage at Soundwave to mouth off at the promoters for the Big Day Out, calling them “fucking assholes”.

Soundgarden played the Big Day Out in 1997 and after two shows in Hawaii in their way back across the Pacific, decided to end their half-decade of riff-fuelled global domination.

Let’s assume that the reason Kanye West’s set at the Big Day Out and his solo shows were identical is because he doesn’t do things by halves.

We cover Kanye and Parkway, Battles and Best Coast, Mariachis and Racists, odd Frenzal and Odd Future, and the rest at this year’s Big Day Out.

Kanye West is keeping his Big Day Out setlist to the greatest hits from his five studio albums but he also has a Katy Perry song in there too.

It is Melbourne’s turn for the Big Day Out today.

Soundgarden performed their first Australian sideshow on Wednesday night at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

Chris Cornell says that comments he made during the Soundgarden set at the Big Day Out in the Gold Coast on Sunday were directed at the BDO organisers, not Kanye West.

Big Day Out founder Ken West has spoken out about inaccurate media reports today about the delay in Kanye West’s performance last night in Queensland.

The Big Day Out have posted the setlist from Soundgarden’s Gold Coast slot.

Rapper 360 has let the cat out of the bag for what promises to be a very interesting collaboration this weekend.

New Zealand is about to see its last ever Big Day Out.

Big Day Out has added some guest additions for the 2012 events.

The Big Day Out have launched their free iPhone app for 2012 with some nifty new features.

Australia’s biggest touring festival, The Big Day Out has announced a new partnership with C3 Presents, the company behind American juggernaut festivals Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Staff at St Luke’s Roosevelt hospital have been placed on alert for “a celebrity arrival”. Beyonce is getting ready to give birth to her first child.

Kanye West had one of his fans thrown out of a gig in Tacoma, Washington because he threw his business cards on the stage.

Big Day Out promoter Ken West has announced that Mariachi El Bronx and The Bronx will play at both the Adelaide and Perth Big Day Out events.

Big Day Out sideshows for Foster The People, My Chemical Romance, Kasabian, Odd Future, Girl Talk and more are on sale now.

Kanye West will perform two additional shows in Australia when he tours for Big Day Out in January.

Soundgarden will perform extra shows in Sydney and Melbourne while in Australia for the Big Day Out.

Brooklyn alt-hip-hop heads Heems, Kool A.D. and Dap, otherwise known as Das Racist, announce sideshows.

Big Day Out has rolled out sideshow dates for Kasabian, My Chemical Romance, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Poyksopp, Odd Future and Cage The Elephant.

Noel Gallagher will make his first solo appear in Australia on Big Day Out 2012. The Vaccines have also been added to the bill.

Radical hip-hop act Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All will still tour New Zealand despite Auckland council claiming they are off the Big Day out bill.