Now I have never been to a Big Day Out before, so I can’t exactly jump on the criticising bandwagon and complain about how it’s changed. I will say that compared to the other festivals that I have been to, it was a little on the smaller side; with most of the stages packed into a small section of the foreshore.

The final stop of the Big Day Out Festival tour landed at McCallum Park, Perth with a lineup featuring Soundgarden, Kasabian, My Chemical Romance, Battles, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Kimbra, Bluejuice and more. Stuart Sevastos brings us the photos of the day.

We catch up with Melbourne rockers Stonefield backstage at the Big Day Out in Sydney to talk about playing Glastonbury, BDO, being sisters (and young sisters at that), plus we get a hint as to what to expect in 2012...

Attendance at the Adelaide Big Day Out was way down this year, but the enthusiasm level of the crowd was high. A scaled down show, minus the eastern states headliner Kayne West and one main stage gave this festival a more intimate feel. Between the main stage and the Guvera skate stage, Legends of Vert performed on the half pipe skate ramp. Perfect weather for an enjoyable day of music.

We catch up with Sydney's Faker backstage at the Big Day Out to talk about the festival itself and find out what led them to put their latest record online for free at the end of last year...

The number of people dressed in black t-shirts was noticeable as far back as Federation Square, as the hordes of music fans made their way towards the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

Having witnessed Mariachi El Bronx two nights earlier at Billboard, it was fascinating to see the same musicians in their hard rock alter ego, The Bronx, already ripping the half-empty bowl a new one, at the very un-rock’n’roll time of 7PM.

This was the last night of the Kanye West Big Day Out tour and The Sidney Myer Music Bowl was buzzing with excited punters. At 8:30PM the words “ACT 1”, followed by a cheesy painting of Roman statues, was projected onto the huge backdrop as the Jay-Z and Kanye single “H.A.M.” signaled that it was time to give up on the impossibly long drink queues and take a position.

Rebecca Houlden's photos from the Melbourne Big Day Out continues with pictures of Soundgarden (pictured above), Foster The People, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis and Kanye West. Click HERE to see part one.

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.

Backstage at Big Day Out in Sydney, Larry Heath catches up with Luke and Rob from Melbourne outfit King Cannons.