Summer has begun, the New Year is just around the corner, and so is the Big Day Out 2010 which has just announced the final artists who will be touring with the festival plus the local acts taking to the stage in Perth on Sunday January 31.
 
Big Day Out 2010 is hosting the mother of all celebrations - Fear Factory’s 21st birthday. Since forming in 1989, this Los Angeles quartet have consistently forged new territory, proving themselves masters of metal reinvention, and producing an industrial metal classic in 1995’s Demanufacture. After several years’ hiatus, Fear Factory hit the comeback trail this summer with Mechanize, their first album in five years. The revamped Fear Factory line-up - guitarist Dino Cazares, singer Burton C. Bell, bassist Byron Stroud and drummer Gene Hoglan - is promising raw aggression and reality. Keep it real at Big Day Out with the long-awaited return of Fear Factory (performing at all shows).

Before there was Kool Keith, Old Dirty Bastard or 2 Live Crew - before there was hip hop, for that matter - there was Blowfly, performing X-rated songs with a funky groove. Many people cite Blowfly as being the first rapper with his 1965 self-pressed Rap Dirty record, which was re-recorded after the smash success of Sugar Hill Gang's Rapper's Delight. Sampled by many, including: The Jurassic 5, Ice Cube, Atmosphere, P Diddy, Beyonce and Wu Tang Clan, Blowfly's sounds are a staple of modern-day hip hop.

An innovator in the Tijuana electronic music and video scene, DJ Chucuchu pumps out infectious Latin rhythms while his visual accompaniment will transport you to a familia Cumbia fiesta. The recent wave of Cumbia music that has enveloped most of Latin America has a very active node across the border towns of northern Mexico. Tijuana’s electronic musicians have embraced this wave with gusto.

Montreal DJ and producer Poirier mixes fresh Caribbean sounds including dancehall and soca with electro to create a dance floor frenzy to rival the best Carnival celebrations around the world. Joined on stage by hype man MC Zulu, their sound is equal parts lilting calypso melodies, driving percussion and traditional chutney sounds from the West Indies. Welcome to the future of jump-and-wave riddims, with our guarantee that nuff towels will be hoisted in the air and twisted madly in appreciation. Equal parts grimey, sweat-inducing and fun-as-helll, Poirier featuring MC Zulu will lift the steamy roof of the Lilyworld well into the hot nights of mayhem and lunacy.

The Scare and Big Day Out are of a like mind: party hard, but tour even harder. The livewire Queensland rockers - who’ve also put in the hard yards sleeping on couches and supporting big-name acts back in the mother country - made the nation stand up and listen with their second album Oozevoodoo. A visceral, cathartic blast of gritty, sleazy, groove-filled rock. Blessed with a frontman, Kiss Reid, who oozes as much sex appeal as he does voodoo, The Scare may well rock your pants off at Big Day Out 2010.

Pack your bags, ’cos BIig Day Out is taking you to Goodtown, with Wagons at the wheel.  Led by charismatic showman Henry Wagons and described as a "local treasure", Melbourne six-piece Wagons offer an unlikely mix of grand rock, dark country, irresistible crooning and classic pop, all topped off with Henry’s engrossing storytelling. Their latest, fourth album The Rise and Fall of Goodtown has seen them nominated for best group and best album at the 2009 EG Awards, yet more proof that Wagons’ Goodtown is the place to be. Leave your mundane life behind and jump aboard Wagons as they wind their way to Big Day Out 2010.

A charismatic and danceable treat, Teleprompter are a departure from traditional classifications. Merging Indie Rock attributes with an angular Post-Punk playing style, this indie quartet produce an enigmatic, no-holds-barred sound to the acclaim of critics and fans alike. Citing influences such as The Cure, At the Drive In, Gang of Four, and Bloc Party, Teleprompter have been honing their live performance skills and have now gained further recognition by snaring a coveted national touring spot on the Big Day Out as the winner of the uncharTED competition.

Local additions to Big Day Out at Perth Claremont Showgrounds on January 31 include The Novacaines, Burgerkill, DJ Muller, Tim & Jean, DJ Rekab, The Chevelles, DJ Kit Pop Abbe May & the Rockin’ Pnemonia, Blue Shaddy, Human Extinction Project, Arts Martial plus triple j unearthed winner Emperors

So all up the new touring additions to Big Day Out 2010 are Fear Factory, Blowfly, DJ Chucuchu, Poirier feat. MC Zulu, Dead Prez, Teleprompter (TED) and Tumbleweed who will all join the already massive lineup of Muse, Powderfinger, Lily Allen, Eskimo Joe, Groove Armada, Grinspoon, The Mars Volta, Ladyhawke, Dizzee Rascal, Karnivool, Peaches, The Temper Trap, Kasabian, Midnight Juggernauts, Rise Against, Magic Dirt, Mastodon, Lisa Mitchell, The Horrors, Bluejuice, Calvin Harris, Kisschasy, The Decemberists, Tame Impala, Girl Talk, Jet, Sasha, Devendra Banhart, Passion Pit, Simian Mobile Disco DJs, Silent Disco, Hilltop Hoods, Decoder Ring, Itch-E and Scratch-E, Maya Jupiter, Miami Horror, MDX, Sugar Army, DJ Sam La More, The Scare, Wagons, The Middle East, Phrase and Grrilla Step

For all things BDO including details on side shows, please visit www.bigdayout.com

Big Day Out is heading to the following places:

January 15 - Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
January 17 - Parklands, Gold Coast
January 22 - Sydney Showground, Sydney
January 23 - Sydney Showground, Sydney
January 26 - Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
January 29 - Adelaide Showground, Adelaide
January 31 - Claremont Showground, Perth