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Big Day Out 2011 line up revealed

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Sep 28, 2010 Updated Oct 1, 2010

The first round of bands performing at the Big Day Out 2011 has been announced.

Organisers have finally put to rest the rumours of who will take to the stage at next year's festival, revealing one of its heaviest line-ups ever.

Two hard rock acts – American prog rockers Tool and Germany’s Rammstein will headline, whilst Scottish band Primal Scream will perform their classic album Screamadelica in full.

Australian talent on the list include John Butler Trio, Wolfmother, Angus and Julia Stone, Gyroscope and Birds of Tokyo.

The festival will play in Auckland, the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth across dates in January and February.

More acts are set to be revealed, confirmed so far:

Tool
Rammstein
Iggy and The Stooges
M.I.A
John Butler Trio
Grinderman
Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77
Wolfmother
Lupe Fiasco
Deftones
The Black Keys
Birds of Tokyo
Primal Scream – Screamedelica Live
LCD Soundsystem
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
Die Antwoord
Angus & Julia Stone
Plan B
Booka Shade DJS
Bliss n Eso
The Naked & Famous
The Jim Jones Revue
Aribourne
Andrew W.K.
Little Red
Crystal Castles (NZ + East Coast)
Pnau
Gyroscope
CSS
Dead Letter Circus
Kid Kenobi & MC Shureschock
Vitalic
Ratatat
Blue King Brown
Kids Of 88
Operator Please
Children Collide
Will Styles
Gypsy & The Cat
Lowrider
Sampology

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Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Martin Duffy, and Darrin Mooney. Barrie Cadogan has toured and recorded with the band since 2006 as a replacement after the departure of guitarist Robert "Throb" Young. The band performed...

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