Melbourne - Event

Australasia's huge touring music festival, Big Day Out moves south for its annual stint in Melbourne - now settled in its new venue at Flemington Racecourse.

The festival begins its tour in Auckland, New Zealand then explodes into Australia over the following three weekends. Legendary Canadian musician Neil Young spearheads the 2009 line-up. The Prodigy add fire to Melbourne's Big Day Out programme, Arctic Monkeys get crowds up and dancing and also on the bill are My Morning Jacket, Bullet for my Valentine, Pendulum and The Living End.

Established in 1992, the Big Day Out festival has grown steadily each year to reach its present status as Australia's biggest music event, attracting top bands from around the world, as well as the finest Antipodean talent.