The "headliner" is Neil Young. I actually don't mind a bit of Neil, every decade he seems to write one or two good songs. Would I want to go see him in concert though? No I wouldn't.
Headlining the boiler room is the Prodigy. If this were 1997 it would probably be big news, but I'm pretty sure noone cares about them anymore. I have their CD Fat of the Land up on ebay at the moment, and despite the fact that it features their biggest hits "Firestarter" and "Smack My Bitch Up", it hasn't got a single bid on it yet.
Also in the lineup are The Living End (who I don't care for personally, but I recognise they've got a decent size audience), Arctic Monkeys (who I've only heard once but thought were a poor-man's Strokes) and Sneaky Sound System.
I don't really enjoy the Big Day Out at the best of times - the combination of hot weather, drunk and stoned kids, and bad sound isn't a recipe for success. But sometimes I feel like I don't really have a choice - like last year, when a reformed Rage Against the Machine played. After years of hoping they'd someday get back together, I wasn't going to pass up seeing them because the situation wasn't ideal.
This year I'm not even remotely tempted to go though. I'm wondering what the turnout will be like - if it's anywhere close to years passed it will confirm my suspicions that the majority of people who go couldn't really care less about music, they just go because it's the thing to do.
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