Rebecca Houlden takes us to the Big Day Out in Melbourne and captures the amazing performances of Kasabian, Frenzal Rhomb, Mariachi El Bronx, Cage The Elephant, The Living End (pictured) and many more...

Ah Big Day Out… the festival that has been running like a freight train year after year only to be halted this year by slow ticket sales and a ‘weak lineup’. And despite all my concerns leading into the day Ken West (minus Vivian Lees for the first time ever) pulled it off and put on a more than enjoyable day.

The event calendar continues to get well truly filled! Here are some announcements and dates for events in February.

There was a great deal of scrutiny in the lead up to the 20th anniversary of the Big Day Out with regards to the festivals relevance. Poor ticket sales and the announcement of the last ever Auckland leg, sans headliner Kanye West, did nothing to help the ailing publicity.

It's been a bumper few weeks for Australian festivals and announcements; we've picked the cream of the crop so as not to leave you hanging! First off, we turn to the latest news from Heatwave Festival over the whole "D12 not showing up" thing...

The burning sun and heat inside the tent told me it was time to get up and get going for day number two of Pyramid Rock. It was a beautiful day on sunny Phillip Island and the breeze off the ocean made for perfect festival conditions.

You're no strangers to The Living End, and now they're no strangers of you! The band asked their fans to submit footage for this clip via Facebook and the footage of 19 fans made the cut. Check out the clip for "For Another Day":

Many of you will probably have heard of this project by now, and it is certainly a remarkable proposition; Rewiggled: A Tribute to the Wiggles gathers together twenty of Australia’s most popular artists from the last ten years and has each of them tackle a song from the catalogue of the world’s most popular children’s group.

While the second announcement for the 2012 leg of iconic festival the Big Day Out was announced today, some odd decisions in tweaking the lineup in certain cities also came through the wire.

The sun was shining, the midriffs were exposed and the boys were shirtless, with perfect festival weather arriving just in time for Newcastle’s Fat As Butter festival. With an impressive line up of some of Australian’s favourite bands as well as some well known international acts (that may or may not have shown up...more on that later) the sunny weather matched the sunny disposition of the crowd for a day of what proved to be great live music.

Triple J is drip feeding the BDO 2012 announcement ... Here we go!

Kanye West, Soundgarden, Kasabian

ROYKSOPP!!!, Girl Talk, Best Boast, Cage The Elephant, The Getaway plan, Foster The People, Frenzal Rhomb, OFWGKTA, The Jezabels, Battles, Mariachi El Bronx, Parkway Drive, Architecture in Helsinki, Boy and Bear, Hilltop Hoods, The Living End, My Chemical Romance

The wait is finally over! Following the announcement of Australian dance powerhouse, Sneaky Sound System, as the first act on the Mission To Launch Festival this New Year’s Eve in Canberra, the party organisers are beaming with excitement to reveal the full line-up:

THE LIVING END

SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM

IAN CAREY [USA]

CLOUD CONTROL

THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS

THE HERD

THE POTBELLEEZ

BRITISH INDIA

On Thursday night, The Living End lit up The Palace in Melbourne on their The End Is Just The Beginning tour. The Melbourne rock trio brought in a crowd of variety, ranging from flannelette-clad bogans, to the Triple M dads, to the hardcore fanatics, in an evening that showed that the band aren’t quite ready to slow down just yet.