Big Day Out ticket from the 2008 festival. Headline acts included Rage Against The Machine, Bjork, Arcade Fire, LCD Sound System, Dizzee Rascal and Carl Cox.
Newspapers and magazines were largely positive in their reporting of the 1973 Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival, although those of a tabloidbent tended to focus on the nudity rather than the festival itself.
As the new century dawned it was clear music festivals were now a viable and often long-running proposition. WOMAD, the Big Day Out and others continue to attract huge crowds each year
