Big Day Out Lineups By Year - 2012

2012

The lineup was announced on 29 September 2011. The first 17 artists were announced over the Big Day Out Twitter page from 8 until 10pm. The three main headliners were announced on 30 September 2011 on Triple J. Tony Hawk was announced as a non-musical special guest.

Bold indicates headline act.

Auckland Gold Coast Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Perth
Kanye West Cancelled Yes Yes Yes Cancelled Cancelled
Soundgarden Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kasabian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nero Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
My Chemical Romance Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Living End Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hilltop Hoods No Yes Yes Yes Yes Cancelled
Cavalera Conspiracy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Parkway Drive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Girl Talk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bluejuice No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Röyksopp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Battles Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Jezabels No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Art vs. Science No Yes Yes Yes No No
Bassnectar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Odd Future Cancelled Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Architecture In Helsinki No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kimbra Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Regurgitator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Vaccines Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tonite Only No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mariachi El Bronx Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cage The Elephant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Drapht No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Foster The People Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Frenzal Rhomb No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Getaway Plan No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Papa Vs Pretty No Yes Yes Yes No No
Boy & Bear No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Best Coast Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Calling All Cars No Yes Yes Yes No No
Abbe May No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ShockOne No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Das Racist Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Miss Kittin No Yes Yes Yes No No
T-Rek No Yes Yes Yes No No
King Cannons No Yes Yes Yes No No
The Amity Affliction No Yes Yes Yes No No
Faker No Yes Yes Yes No No
Stonefield No Yes Yes Yes No No
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis No Yes Yes Yes No No
Midnight Youth Yes No No No No No
The Adults Yes No No No No No
I Am Giant Yes No No No No No
Cut Off Your Hands Yes No No No No No
Mt Eden Yes No No No No No
Cut Off Your Hands Yes No No No No No
Cairo Knife Fight Yes No No No No No
Gin Wigmore Yes No No No No No
Six60 Yes No No No No No
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Yes No No No No No
David Dallas Yes No No No No No
Beastwars Yes No No No No No
Bulletproof Yes No No No No No
Ghostwave Yes No No No No No
MayaVanya Yes No No No No No
Sir-Vere Yes No No No No No
Junica Yes No No No No No
Nick D Yes No No No No No
@Peace Yes No No No No No
Jakob Yes No No No No No
The Bronx No No No No Yes Yes
Grind Time Now No No No Yes No No
Grinspoon No No Yes No No No
Tony Hawk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Notes

  • A ^ Kanye West was originally announced to play all shows, but was later withdrawn from the Auckland, Perth and Adelaide line-ups.
  • B ^ Hilltop Hoods were withdrawn from the Perth show.
  • C ^ Odd Future were withdrawn from the Auckland show after complaints concerning their homophobic lyrics. They still performed in Auckland, playing a sideshow at the Powerstation the night before.
  • D ^ Tony Hawk appeared at all Big Day Out festivals in 2012 performing skate demonstrations.

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