Big Day Out - Event Summary

Friday Jan 21 2011
AUCKLAND BIG DAY OUT
Post Event Summary

The BIG DAY OUT landed in Auckland today for the first event of the 2011 7-stop Australasian series. The Auckland event played to a near sold out crowd of just under 45,000 music fans at Mt Smart Stadium. Rain didn’t squash the big crowds spirits.

Following a joint briefing session held directly after the Auckland Big Day Out event, this information has been compiled in conjunction with representatives of the following organisations.

St John Ambulance
Auckland Central Police

To the best of our collective knowledge this summary is an accurate and up to date representation of the day’s incidents.

St John Ambulance Service spokesperson Charlotte Guscott reports that there were 1085 treatments on site. The majority of the treatments attended by the service were for minor injuries including headaches, cuts and abrasions and blisters injuries
Treatment numbers throughout the day were steady. There were seven people transported to hospital for further observation, none of them serious injuries.

Auckland Central Police report there were only eleven arrests, all for minor incidences. Inspector Derek Davidson said that the police were extremely happy with the crowd behaviour and the audience should be complimented for this – “it was a very peaceful event.”

Event organisers would like to praise the audience for their amazing co-operation of the ongoing BDO safety initiatives and their consideration of fellow patrons.

From NZ, the BDO crew head straight to Brisbane for the GOLD COAST event on Sunday 23rd January, followed by two dates in Sydney then onto Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. The line-up features some of the biggest names in the music world including TOOL, RAMMSTEIN, DEFTONES, MIA, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM and many, many more.

2011 BIG DAY OUT – REMAINING BIG DAY OUT EVENTS

SUNDAY, 23 JANUARY - GOLD COAST PARKLANDS – SOLD OUT!!!!!

WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY - SYDNEY SHOWGROUND – SOLD OUT!!!!!

THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY - SYDNEY SHOWGROUND

SUNDAY, 30 JANUARY - MELBOURNE FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE - SOLD OUT!!!!!

FRIDAY, 4 FEBRUARY - ADELAIDE SHOWGROUND

SUNDAY, 6 FEBRUARY - PERTH CLAREMONT SHOWGROUND
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