20 Years Of The Big Day Out

It's the Big Day Out's 20th birthday and to celebrate we're taking a look back at the artwork of the last 20 years of shows as well as some key headline acts, the attendance numbers, and ticket prices. It's been a wild ride, so sit back and enjoy as we open up the Big Day Out vault.

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  It's the Big Day Out's 20th birthday and to celebrate we're taking a look back at the artwork of the last 20 years of shows as well as some key headline acts, the attendance numbers, and ticket prices. It's been a wild ride, so sit back and enjoy as we open up the Big Day Out vault.

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  1992
  Headline Acts: Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes, The Hard Ons, Nirvana, Violent Femmes
  Ticket Price: $40
  Attendance: 9,500

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  1993
  Headline Acts: Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  Attendance: 46,000

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  1994
  Headline Acts: Bjork, Primus, The Ramones, The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden
  Ticket Price: $45
  Attendance: 120,000

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  1995
  Headline Acts: Ministry, Primal Scream, The Cult, Silverchair, The Offspring, Snog, Hole
  Ticket Price: $48
  Attendance: 130,000

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  1996
  Headline Acts: Rage Against The Machine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Prodigy
  Attendance: 140,000

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  1997
  Headline Acts: Soundgarden, The Offspring, The Prodigy
  Attendance: 210,000

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  1999
  Headline Acts: Marilyn Manson, Soulfly, Korn, Hole
  Attendance: 210,000

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  2000
  Headline Acts: Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters, Blink-182, Red Hot Chili Peppers
  Attendance: 250,000

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  2001
  Headline Acts: Coldplay, Rammstein, Mudvayne, Carl Cox, Limp Bizkit, PJ Harvey
  Ticket Price: $80
  Attendance: 215,000

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  2002
  Headline Acts: The Prodigy, NOFX, The White Stripes, New Order, Garbage
  Ticket Price: $88
  Attendance: 215,000

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  2003
  Headline Acts: Jane's Addiction, Foo Fighters, The Music, Kratwerk, Queens Of The Stone Age
  Ticket Price: $93
  Attendance: 218,000

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  2004
  Headline Acts: Metallica, The Strokes, The Dandy Warhols, The Mars Volta, Kings Of Leon
  Ticket Price: $86
  Attendance: 265,000

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  2005
  Headline Acts: Beastie Boys, System Of A Down, Chemical Brothers, Slipknot
  Ticket Price: $100
  Attendance: 225,000

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  2006
  Headline Acts: The White Stripes, Iggy and the Stooges, Franz Ferdinand, Kings Of Leon
  Attendance: 223,000

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  2007
  Headline Acts: Tool, Muse, Jet, The Killers, My Chemical Romance
  Ticket Price: $115
  Attendance: 276,000

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  2008
  Headline Acts: Rage Against The Machine, Bjork, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem
  Ticket Price: $125
  Attendance: 282,692

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  2009
  Headline Acts: Neil Young, Arctic Monkeys, The Living End, The Prodigy
  Ticket Price: $145
  Attendance: 282,692

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  2010
  Headline Acts:Muse, Powderfinger, Lily Allen, The Mars Volta
  Ticket Price: $145
  Attendance: 337,248

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  2011
  Headline Acts:Tool, Rammstein, Iggy and the Stooges, M.I.A, The Bloody Beetroots
  Ticket Price: $165
  Attendance: 287,000

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  2012
  Headline Acts: Kanye West, Soundgarden, Kasabian, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Nero
  Ticket Price: $175

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