BIG DAY OUT 2009

[LT Smash]

Confirmation today that Neil Young will be headlining the 09 festival

[Wedgie]

Confirmation today that Neil Young will be headlining the 09 festival

IM THERE!!

Saw him at Apollo in 86 and have been waiting since to see him again!
WOOHOO!!

Thanks for the info!

[LT Smash]

No probs

rest of the lineup to be released September 30

[Wedgie]

Anyone else decent will be a bonus.
And at least I know I wont be the oldest on there as my old man will be tagging along no doubt, will be heaps of hippies there, the dope smokers might even count as many as the happy tablet brigade!

[woodwt]

Neil Young at the Big Day Out WTF!

[BenchedEagle]

Happy days, luv the neil young.

[schimma]

Confirmation today that Neil Young will be headlining the 09 festival

awsome maybe Pearl Jam will tour with Neil young. Hope so

[Dogwatcher]

Will be interesting to see how the emo/punk kids handle the old fella. I'll be keen to see him and hear what all the ol' hippies were raving about.

[Brock Landers]

Very interesting choice for the BDO. Have any other bands been announced?

[Baron Greenback]

Sorry, I must be pretty ignorant. But who the hell is Neil Young??

[Dogwatcher]

Man, CN, I always feel like I'm edumacating you....
Surely with your love of Pearl Jam you'd have heard of Neil Young - "Keep on rockin' in the freeeee world".



Wikipedia:

Neil Percival Young[1] OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director.
Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature nasal tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his style of claw-hammer acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: folk-esque acoustic rock (as heard in songs such as "Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (in songs like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In more recent years, Young has started to adopt elements from newer styles of music, such as industrial, alternative country and grunge, the latter of which was profoundly influenced by his own style of playing, causing some to confer on him the title of "the godfather of grunge".
Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), and Greendale (2003).[2]
He is also an outspoken advocate for environmental issues and small farmers, having co-founded in 1985 the benefit concert Farm Aid, and in 1986 helped found The Bridge School,[3] and its annual supporting Bridge School Benefit concerts, together with his wife Pegi.
Although Young sings frequently about U.S. legends and myths (Pocahontas, space stations, and the settlement of the American West),[4] he remains a Canadian citizen and has never wanted to relinquish his Canadian citizenship. He has lived in the U.S. for "so long" and has stated, about U.S. elections, that he has "got just as much right to vote in them as anybody else."[5]

[Booney]

Sorry, I must be pretty ignorant. But who the hell is Neil Young??

[Q.]

Very interesting choice for the BDO. Have any other bands been announced?

My Morning Jacket.

Simian Mobile Disco is rumoured.

[Hazbeen]

Neil Young at the Big Day Out WTF!

Its nearly as bad as Bjork this year.

[lovetotalkfooty]

is there a date for the show yet

[zipzap]

Neil Young at the Big Day Out WTF!

Its nearly as bad as Bjork this year.

God she was appalling

[godoubleblues]

Im tempted to go to this one
do they do family passes, my kids go each year and me and the missus are now keen to see Neil Young

[Mr66]

Hope he reforms Crazy Horse for his backing band.
It'll be great to see a legend.

[Wedgie]

Just found out he's doing solo shows in Sydney, Bribane and Melbourne, I might have to go to one of those also.

Other acts at this stage rumoured for the BDO are Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Simian Mobile Disco.

[johntheclaret]

Sorry, I must be pretty ignorant. But who the hell is Neil Young??

guess you've never heard of Crosby, Still and Nash then either CN