Auckland's Big Day Out

Joel Bremner attended Auckland's Big Day Out on Friday 15 January 2010 at Mt Smart Stadium. The New Zealand event was the first concert of the 2010 seven-stop Australasian series.

The Auckland event played to a sold out crowd of 45,000 music fans across the variety of stages.

 
The line-up features some of the biggest names in the music world including Muse, Liliy Allen, Dizzie Rascal, Peaches, Kasabian, Groove Armada and many more including of course many local Kiwi bands.

Below: The Mars Volta.

And Kiwis behaved themselves with less than a dozen hospitalisations and arrests; always a downer at any festival.

St John Ambulance Service spokesperson Charlotte Guscott reports that the majority of the treatments attended by the service were for minor injuries including headaches, cuts and abrasions, blisters and heat-related injuries after the brilliant weather that Auckland turned out, with ten people transported to hospital.
 
Auckland Central Police report there were only eleven arrests, all for minor incidences. Inspector Derek Davidson said that the police were extremely happy with the crowd behaviour and the audience should be complimented for this – “it was a very peaceful event.”

Below: Dizzie Rascal.

Lily Allen.

Ladyhawke.

Temper Trap.

Muse.

From NZ, the BDO crew head straight to sell out crowds in Brisbane for the Gold Coast, Australia event on Sunday 17th January, followed by dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.