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Big Day Out Unearths More Artists For 2007 Tour
9th November 2006
Since announcing the first round of Big Day Out artists for the 2007 series, tickets have been snapped up at record speed. If you have been waiting around till the second announcement before you purchase tickets, you need wait no longer. Below you'll find the next round of International acts and Antipodean touring artists who will be rocking the stage at each Big Day Out.
Among those heading our way are UK pop mistress Lily Allen, whose debut album 'Alright, Still' boasts the UK No.1 single Smile. Chicago's best kept secret, Lupe Fiasco (USA) has been hyped by the likes of Kanye, Pharrell and Jay-Z; watch out for his debut album 'Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor': thought-provoking and playful lyricism coupled with sure-fire beats. And you want attitude? Big Day Out 2007 will be dripping with the stuff, as Kasabian (UK) strut across the stage showcasing tracks from their two albums to date. The Streets (UK), led by people's poet Mike Skinner, will be telling it like it is at Big Day Out 2007. Armed with his third album, 'The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living', hip hop storyteller Skinner will be spinning true stories of success and excess.
Covering a bit of diverse musical territory will be Big Day Out's old mates, The Crystal Method (USA). Las Vegas' Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland will put the dance, the breaks, the rock, the rave, the dub, the house, the squelch, the boom and the beats into your Big Day out 2007. The Big Day Out is also set to deliver Justice for all. That's Justice, French style, the duo made up of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, known for their neo techno, post-mash-up, electro, disco sounds. And bringing the metal will be Trivium (USA), coming to us from Florida with neck-snapping riffs and scream-along choruses and tracks from their new album 'The Crusade'.
Among those heading our way are UK pop mistress Lily Allen, whose debut album 'Alright, Still' boasts the UK No.1 single Smile. Chicago's best kept secret, Lupe Fiasco (USA) has been hyped by the likes of Kanye, Pharrell and Jay-Z; watch out for his debut album 'Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor': thought-provoking and playful lyricism coupled with sure-fire beats. And you want attitude? Big Day Out 2007 will be dripping with the stuff, as Kasabian (UK) strut across the stage showcasing tracks from their two albums to date. The Streets (UK), led by people's poet Mike Skinner, will be telling it like it is at Big Day Out 2007. Armed with his third album, 'The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living', hip hop storyteller Skinner will be spinning true stories of success and excess.
Covering a bit of diverse musical territory will be Big Day Out's old mates, The Crystal Method (USA). Las Vegas' Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland will put the dance, the breaks, the rock, the rave, the dub, the house, the squelch, the boom and the beats into your Big Day out 2007. The Big Day Out is also set to deliver Justice for all. That's Justice, French style, the duo made up of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, known for their neo techno, post-mash-up, electro, disco sounds. And bringing the metal will be Trivium (USA), coming to us from Florida with neck-snapping riffs and scream-along choruses and tracks from their new album 'The Crusade'.
Big Day Out 2007 welcomes a true poet laureate, The Bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke (UK). Inspired by Kerouac and Ginsberg, peer to punk's legends, a forebear of Billy Bragg and The Streets. From the clubs of Manchester to the epicentre of punk, he supported The Buzzcocks, The Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello and The Fall. No ordinary poet, John Cooper Clarke speaks with the rhythms of rock'n'roll.
From New York to Tokyo to Big Day Out 2007 come Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band (Japan), three men, three mics, no decks, and a fat-ass, old school block party vibe. How do Afra, Kei and K-Moon do it? Be there to find out when Japan's good-time beatboxing contribution to the international hip hop world lay out the answers. And when Diplo (USA) takes the stage, be ready for Hip hop, grime, Miami bass, baile funk, 80s pop, electro, and rock, brought from his seminal Hollertronix parties in Philadelphia and his genre-busting work with M.I.A in London, to his musical archeology in Brazil and his own album Florida.
This year the John Butler Trio have spent a large chunk of time in Europe, USA and Japan and at festivals all around the world, and they've been back in the studio working on their fifth album that will be released in early 2007. Little Birdy were propelled from the musical hotbed of Perth on to the Australian alt-rock stage with their acclaimed 2004 debut 'Big Big Love'; and now 2006 sees LB and lead singer Katy Steele return to release their second album 'Hollywood'. Plus the Princes of dirty electro-boogie The Presets will be there: Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes were two squares who met at college and realised they shared a mutual untamed passion for music. From beer swilling rock and introspective Indie pop to high-camp Euro disco The Presets dug it all and set about creating their own skewed vision of scary, streamlined pop.
West Auckland's Blindspott have made a triumphant return in 2006 with their second album, 'End the Silence', which debuted at Number 1, making them the first NZ band to have two number 1 album debuts. Shaky Hands are signed to Melbourne' Speak'n'Spell Records, and on tour with everyone from You Am I to Shihad. With their third album just released, Jakob explore dynamic, swelling soundscapes in the tradition of NZ acts like Bailterspace and HDU.
Goodnight Nurse have bopped their way round the high schools of Australasia and clocked up an incredible 900k plus plays on myspace… it helps to have recorded a charmingly bonkers version of the Kelis Milkshake song for a b-side. Moving on from their early days asDesecrator, Sinate disbanded as a couple of their members were drafted into the almighty 8 Foot Sativa but Sinate were reforged last year to come back heavier and harder than ever. These metallers have a secret place on their website called "Ripping the wings off angels" which about sums them up.
Goodnight Nurse have bopped their way round the high schools of Australasia and clocked up an incredible 900k plus plays on myspace… it helps to have recorded a charmingly bonkers version of the Kelis Milkshake song for a b-side. Moving on from their early days asDesecrator, Sinate disbanded as a couple of their members were drafted into the almighty 8 Foot Sativa but Sinate were reforged last year to come back heavier and harder than ever. These metallers have a secret place on their website called "Ripping the wings off angels" which about sums them up.
Shayne Carter's 20 year music career is a pathway trod with integrity and no turning back - through the Double Happys, to Straitjacket Fits, and then reinventing his music under the Dimmer moniker. And fellow legend David Kilgour features, bringing a legacy from his days in The Clean ahd a string of wonderful solo albums. His latest recordings have seen him based in Nashville where the influence of his musical buddies Lambchop can be heard.
Dawn Raid's heavyweight hip-hop crew Deceptikonz have collectively sold over 125,000 albums and singles with 5 gold and 2 platinum records under their belt, including a Gold record in Australia. Formed in 1996 on the streets of South Auckland, the explosive group consisting of Savage, Mareko, Alphrisk and Devolo have made a return with their sophomore album 'Heavy Rotation'. After spending the best part of the last two years on the road supporting the success of Deceptikonz member Savage's album 'Moonshine' in both New Zealand and Australia, Deceptikonz are ready to unleash their raw collective energy.
With their giant mohawks and tattooed sleeves, scrappy young punks the Rabble might look every bit like Rancid's little brothers and have a scarppy street punk sound which has built up this North Shore outfit's live following. And straight outta Scribe and P Money's Dirty Records stable comes PNC who started off in the Breakin Wreckwordz crew and has just released his debut album 'Rookie Card'.
Stay tuned for the third and final line up announcement coming soon.
Lily Allen, Lupe Fiasco, Kasabian, The Streets, Crystal Method DJs, Justice, Trivium, John Cooper Clarke, Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band, Diplo, John Butler Trio, Little Birdy, The Presets, Blindspott, Dimmer, Deceptikonz, Goodnight Nurse, PNC, Shaky Hands, The Rabble, Jakob, David Kilgour, Sinate, join Tool, Muse, Violent Femmes, The Killers, Peaches and Herms, My Chemical Romance, Spank Rock, Jet, Eskimo Joe, Scribe, Evermore, Shapeshifter, The Mint Chicks, The Veils, Minuit, The Tutts, Opensouls
Friday January 19th Auckland Mt Smart Stadium
Maurice Rd Penrose. Gates open 11am
Tickets $110 +bf from all Ticketek Outlets, phone and credit card bookings 09 307 5000 or www.ticketek.co.nz, Real Groovy, Sounds, ECM, all good music stores nationwide and our website www.bigdayout.com
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