The Go! Team, The Subways, Mylo and M.I.A are some of the latest acts confirmed for the 2006 Big Day Out festival in Australia. Previously confirmed acts include Franz Ferdinand, The White Stripes, Iggy & The Stooges, The Magic Numbers and Kings of Leon. As previously reported, the Sydney date for the event sold out in record time, before organisers revealed that they were holding back 5000 tickets to be released at a rate of 500 per week. See http://www.bigdayout.com for more info, but the dates are as follows:
20 Jan: Auckland Ericsson Stadium
22 Jan: Gold Coast Parklands
26 Jan: Sydney Showground
29 Jan: Melbourne Princes Park
3 Feb: Adelaide Royal Showground
5 Feb: Perth Claremont Showgrounds