![]() Ian Moss, Dragon, Choirboys, 1927, Skipping Girl Vinegar, Menzclub Clothing: 158a Bridge Rd, Richmondĭangerfield: Melb Central, 300 Lonsdale StĮdge Clothing: Highpoint City, Shop 1111C - Lev 1 Unsurpassed Panoramic Views of the City If, that is, it still exists.MAX MOOSE: Melbourne: Dance Music Festivals & Events Music industry sources reveal that the company is considering launching Lollapalooza in Australia, to reclaim the Big Day Out's audience. Austin, Texas-based C3 Entertainment, which acquired the Big Day Out in several transactions over the last few years, also runs Lollapalooza, a festival with a familiar name that's never been used in Australia. The latter may be particularly significant. Hence the same names pop up wherever festivals are held: This year England's Glastonbury was topped by Arcade Fire, Metallica and Kasabian, while Denmark's vast Roskilde called on The Rolling Stones and Arctic Monkeys, with Chicago's Lollapalooza presenting Eminem, Outkast and Kings of Leon. Generally sit outside the Australian music festival market, on the ascent. And while Metallica headlined the BDO in 2004 and Soundwave in 2012, Radiohead and Daft Punk have never played Australian music festivals.Īcts rise more quickly, but less high, than they once did, especially with pop music, whose big names ![]() Two years ago, launching a revamped Big Day Out headlined by veteran bands Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Killers, the festival's co-founder Ken West admitted that there were just three acts that in reality could guarantee success at the BDO or a similar event: Metallica, Radiohead and Daft Punk. One of them, Soundgarden, has previously topped three BDO bills, the most recent in 2012. ![]() Soundwave's three headliners all made their name between 15 and 25 years ago. January's final BDO, which failed, had a bill topped by Pearl Jam and Arcade Fire. The problem for those willing (or foolhardy enough) to take the risk of drawing 300,000 people around Australia to a music festival, as the Big Day Out once did, is the now obvious dearth of genuine headline acts. "So add two zeroes to every applicable risk figure. "I need 3000 people, but a touring festival nationally needs 300,000," he said. Taranto says that sales of his $99 tickets have been strong and he expects to sell out or come close, although he was prepared to make a loss on this year's debut to establish the event. The push for artisanal quality has reached the live music market. Whether it's Out on the Weekend, headlined by Justin Townes Earl and Ryan Bingham, or next January's Sugar Mountain, which focuses on experimental/art-pop bands and will announce early next month, the niche festival is the only area of the music market that is growing. Out on the Weekend has two stages, but there's no clashes and a capacity of 3000 people." "I don't know what classifies something as a festival, but when I think of it, it's multi-stage with lots of people. I tried to call it an event for a long time," Taranto said. "I wish there was another term to use apart from festival. Thom Yorke: Radiohead have never played an Australian festival. Already involved in Easter's Boogie Festival, a micro-festival held at Tallarook, north of Melbourne, he's announced Out on the Weekend, a bespoke assembling of Americana acts debuting at Seaworks in Williamstown on Saturday, October 18. Taranto, who also tours bands such as The Black Keys, recently announced as the headliners for next April's Bluesfest in Byron Bay, and Wilco, is a music industry rarity in 2014: the promoter launching a new music festival. "There are genre-specific things that people can choose now." "The grandiose seven stages festival appears to be on the decline, almost a dinosaur, at this moment," observed Brian Taranto, who by virtue of running the merchandising sales company Love Police, has long been at the front line of the industry. Music festivals are now trying not to be too many things to too many people. It's these events which undercut the Big Day Out, which once prospered by throwing out a wide net. The second school is the genre-based event: Soundwave, with headliners Soundgarden, Faith No More and Slipknot, supplies heavy guitar music, while March's Future Music Festival, which is due to be announced next month, focuses on electronic dance music. The camping festivals have become trusted brands, even as the price of a full camping tickets has risen above $300 (or $500 in the case of Splendour in the Grass). These events are sold on the experience first, with the actual list of bands second Meredith's biggest selling point is not headliners such as The War on Drugs or De La Soul, it's the event's famous "no dickheads" policy. Daft Punk sit on top of the wish list for festival organisers.
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