Big Day Out donates to flood relief

Organisers for the Big Day Out have donated $20,000 for the Queensland Flood Relief.

The money from the 2011 January Big Day Out shows is part of an on-going initiative by Big Day Out to give part of the proceeds to charity.

The Big Day Out Queensland show will be held on January 23 at the Gold Coast Parklands. The site has been spared from the heavy rainfalls of just one-hour drive north.

Some roads to the Gold Coast have been closed because of the floods but at this stage Big Day Out expect the Queensland show will go ahead as planned.

Building of the stages for the Queensland Big Day Out began at Parklands this morning.

The first Big Day Out will get underway next week in Auckland.

Dates are:

January 21, Auckland, Mt Smart Stadium
January 23, Gold Coast, Parklands
January 26 and 27, Sydney, Showground
January 30, Melbourne, Flemington
February 4, Adelaide, Showground
February 6, Perth, Claremont Showground

The 2011 Big Day Out acts are:

Tool, Rammstein, Iggy And The Stooges, M.I.A, John Butler Trio, Grinderman, Wolfmother, Lcd Soundsystem, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Crystal Castles, Lupe Fiasco, Primal Scream Screamadelica Live, The Black Keys, Deftones, Bliss N Eso, Angus & Julia Stone, Plan B, Pnau, Die Antwoord, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Booka Shade Dj Set, Andrew W.K., The Jim Jones Revue, Birds Of Tokyo, Little Red, Gyroscope, Vitalic, Css, Ratatat, Airbourne, Dead Letter Circus, Blue King Brown, The Naked & Famous, Operator Please, Children Collide, Gypsy And The Cat, Will Styles, Lowrider, Sampology, Kids Of 88, Kid Kenobi & Mc Shureshock, Sia, The Vines, The Greenhornes, Washington, Matt & Kim And Silent Disco.

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