Big Day Out @ Sydney Showgrounds

Regs & I - Big Day Out Veterans

Me @ Billy Bragg

Spoon @ BDO

Regs & I @ Rage Against The Machine

What I remember (in 2024)

Went with Reggae.

First 4 bands are bands that have come around since I left Australia, but Reggae thought I needed to see them.

Regurgitator were still great.

I thought Spoon were great (on a smaller side stage).

Nightwatchman did a Beds Are Burning cover.

Hilltop Hoods really got the crowd going.  Australian hip-hop is pretty good.

Thought I'd seen Billy Bragg in 96 Big Day Out, but not so.  Greeting To The New Brunette and Waiting For The Great Leap Forward were highlights of the day.

The old couple were seated in the stands for the rest of the day.  

silverchair were ok, but didn't play anything off Frogstomp.  

Arcade Fire didn't live up to the best live band around moniker that was currently being thrown around.  Bjork cancelled a second time - she did the same thing in Sydney in 1994.  

And Rage played the same set as the Entertainment Centre a few days prior.

This was my 9th and inevitably my last Big Day Out.  While I'm glad it reached the great success it was - with something like 40,000 people here today, I much preferred the first one, with a quarter of that amount of people at the old Showgrounds.

The Crap Facts:
This is my 258th concert.

This is my 2nd concert at Sydney Showgrounds.
This is my 2nd concert in Homebush.
This is my 181st concert in New South Wales.
This is my 184th concert in Australia.
British India are the 315th band I've seen.
Cut Off Your Hands are the 316th band I've seen.
Something With Numbers are the 317th band I've seen.
Faker are the 318th band I've seen.
This is my 7th Regurgitator concert.
Spoon are the 319th band I've seen.
The Nightwatchman is the 320th band I've seen.
Hilltop Hoods are the 321st band I've seen.
Billy Bragg is the 322nd band I've seen.
This is my 11th silverchair concert.
Arcade Fire are the 323rd band I've seen.

Arcade Fire is the 500th time I've seen a band in New South Wales.

Arcade Fire is the 650th time I've seen a band.

This is my 4th Rage Against The Machine concert.