2011
The first line-up for the 2011 Big Day Out was officially released via the Big Day Out website at 12:01am 28 September. The second announcement was released on 24 November and completed the 2011 line-up.
For the second year in a row Sydney held two festivals due to increasing popularity of the event.
Official line-up is as follows:
| Auckland | Gold Coast | Sydney | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tool | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rammstein | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Iggy and the Stooges | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| M.I.A. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The John Butler Trio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grinderman | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Bloody Beetroots | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LCD Soundsystem | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lupe Fiasco | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deftones | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Black Keys | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Birds of Tokyo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Primal Scream | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wolfmother | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Greenhornes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Die Antwoord | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Black Milk * | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Plan B | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Booka Shade (DJ Set) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Naked and Famous | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Jim Jones Revue | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Airbourne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Andrew W.K. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lowrider | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cansei de Ser Sexy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vitalic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ratatat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kids of 88 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Crystal Castles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Angus & Julia Stone | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Anna Lunoe | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Vines | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Little Red | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Washington | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bliss N Eso | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Matt & Kim | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Please | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Children Collide | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PNAU | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gyroscope | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dead Letter Circus | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Will Styles | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gypsy & The Cat | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blue King Brown | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sampology | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shihad | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Die! Die! Die! | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Bulletproof | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| I Am Giant | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Six60 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Street Chant | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| The Phoenix Foundation | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Knives at Noon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| T54 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Luger Boa | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| The Unfaithful Ways | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Three Houses Down | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Surf City | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| The Earlybirds | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Lynchmada | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Oceanics | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Notes
- A ^ At the Adelaide performance, Tool were joined by Till Lindemann and Christoph Schneider of Rammstein for an extended performance and pyrotechnics display during Lateralus.
- B ^ The Black Keys withdrew from the Big Day Out lineup.
- C ^ Primal Scream appeared at all shows performing their 1991 album Screamadelica in its entirety.
- D ^ New Zealand band Shihad performed their hit album from 1999, The General Electric in its entirety.
Read more about this topic: Big Day Out Lineups By Year