The summer heat was at full force as thousands of people arrived to the 100th Big Day Out.  

Kisschasy played their sweet pop songs to an energetic crowd with hits such as ‘Face Without a Name’ and ‘Generation Why’.

Moving to the main stage, American progressive metal band Mastodon destroyed the stage through synchronised brutal guitar riffs and impressive drumming along with satanic vocals that were perfect for this weather. They played tracks mainly from their newest record ‘Crack The Skye’ including the opener ‘Oblivion’, ‘Divinations’ and ‘The Czar’.  

As Mastodon left the stage, lead singer Tom Meighan of Kasabian entered the stage and encouraged everyone to dance with ‘Shoot The Runner’ and crowd favourite ‘Fire’.  

At the converse stage, Passion Pit had just started to warm up with ‘I’ve Got Your Number’. ‘The Reeling’ and ‘Little Secrets’ with Michael Angelakos’ sweet falsetto voice carrying every tune to perfection.  

By now the weather had changed drastically; forming cool breezes and light drizzle just as The Decemberists walked on stage. What ensured was perhaps the highlight of the day as they delivered each song was such force and passion with crowd favourites ‘The Rake’s Song’, ‘The Crane Wife 1 and 2’ and ‘O Valencia!’  

Finally it was time to see Dizzee Rascal, and just as his set began the weather took a turn and started to rain. However that didn’t stop the crowd from hanging onto his every word and ‘Bonkers’ got the entire stadium moving; a spectacular event to witness.  

It was now Lily Allen’s turn to charm the audience with ‘LDN’, ‘Smile’ and a cover of Britney Spears ‘Womanzier’ as well as managing to throw a ‘Fuck You’ in there too. Her set was mediocre at best as she seemed pretty miserable on stage.  

The Mars Volta are gods among men. Leaping straight into ‘Son et Lumiere’ Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s intense vocals along with Omar Rodríguez-López’s insane guitar skills annihilated the audience’s aural senses. They tore up their set with a few old songs ‘L'Via L'Viaquez’ as well as the always popular ‘Goliath’.  

Ladyhawke had drawn in a fairly large crowd, as she sung her way through ‘Paris is Burning’ and ‘My Delirium’.  

Nothing bad can ever be said about Muse, ever. Their set was marvellous with their backdrops and lighting that accompanied with it. The band obliterated the stage with old tunes such as ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ to their epic arena rock song ‘Unite States of Eurasia’. However it was ‘Time Is Running Out’ and ‘Plug In Baby’ that were the highlights of the night. The encore was their rendition of AC/DC’s Back in Black with Nic Cester from Jet on guest vocals, as Matt Bellamy leapt across the stage shredding away it was the ideal way to end the night.