Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has cleared up any confusion on what was perceived to be a dig at Kanye West.  

While Soundgarden were playing their set at the Gold Coast Big Day Out, the soundcheck taking place for fellow headliner Kanye West's performance could be heard between songs.  At the time Cornell commented  "Sounds like there's children playing music there, retarded children, retar…

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Kanye West was the centre of controversy at the Gold Coast Big Day Out on Sunday night when he took to the stage 45 minutes late.  

The delay was blamed on a heavy downpour of rain which was said to have caused technical problems to sound equipment.  Big Day Out promoter Ken West released a statement defending Kanye which read "Stop picking on Kanye, the technical problems that delayed his star…

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Big Day Out 2012

January 20th: Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Yesterday marked the final time that Auckland would host a Big Day Out. Mt Smart Stadium has been home to the festival every year since 1994 (with the exception of a year off in 1998) and the wheels were in motion to make sure that the event went out in style.

Maybe the crowd attendance was down this year (just under 20,000) and the eve…

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Kasabian have posted a new song online titled 'Table Tennis Boom Box'.  

The 44 second track, which can be heard below, was recorded backstage at the Yokohama Blitz in Yokohama and uses a table tennis ball as percussion.  

Kasabian, who released their fourth studio album 'Velociraptor!' in September last year, will be performing in Auckland this coming Friday [20th January] at Mt Smart Stad…

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Big Day Out promoter Ken West has expressed concern with rival Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah.  

Maddah began promoting the Australian Soundwave Festival in 2004 and is headlined by top international hard rock and metal bands.  This year the event is to feature System Of A Down, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot and Bush.  The festival takes place from late February / early March and tours t…

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