No Big Day Out For 2015: Report

25 June 2014 | 7:55 pm | Staff Writer

Iconic festival in hiatus?

A day of dramatic news reports continued for the troubled Big Day Out festival this evening.

Following today's earlier news that the iconic Australian touring festival's director had transferred his stake in Big Day Out to US owners C3 Presents, it has been alleged that there are no plans for it to return in 2015.

Fairfax has reported that the Sydney Showgrounds, home to the NSW leg of BDO, confirmed that no booking has been made for next year's event.

Showgrounds General Manager Peter Thorpe told Fairfax: "All I know is they cancelled the booking last week and we were told to release the date."

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Fairfax also cite an anonymous Melbourne venue owner - normally host of BDO sideshows - as confirming the 2015 BDO no-show: "There will not be a Big Day Out in 2015. Not a single agent has been approached by the BIg Day Out."

At this point it is unclear if this marks the end of Big Day Out or if 2015 will just be a hiatus year for the event.