Mastodon will be performing at the BIG DAY OUT Festival 2010 in Australia, find out more info and details Here!

Awesoem news BUT please, please please let there be a headline show in New Zealand!!! (and Oz)

I agree the festival is an awesome way for the band to get even more exposure and it's a pretty good festival series for that, but the band had huge support in New Zealand when they played with Slayer and as much as I love the band, I can't see myself shelling out $135 odd to see the boys in the middle of the day for possibly only 30 minutes. Plus flights and accommodation. Whinge over.

This is amazing, but the BDO lineup is a pile of shit this year. I want to see Mastodon so badly but i can't bring myself to pay that much just to see them for 30 minutes Please do sideshows in the major cities, you have more than enough fans to support the tour and you'll be in the country anyway.

That said, I'll probably end up paying 2x the price for a scalped ticket the day before the show if there doesn't end up being any sideshows

Did that, 3x. One of those times they where thrown out of the lineup at the day of the show.

I know it sucks, but at least they come to your country. And it's a lot cheaper than booking a flight to the US+buying a ticket+hotel+taxi etc.

Two aussie headline shows too, hope we get a New Zealand one as well. PLEASE!

I'm so relieved that it will be a headline show too.

I hope they do a show in NZ for ya stueethedalek!

yeah..

I bought the ticket anyway, and Just bought tickets to the Melbourne headline show!

fuck yes!

I can't believe they haven't announced a Perth headlined sideshow!! They have a huge following/fanbase in WA. Their tour promoters suck!

I Recieved an e-mail from ticketmaster recently letting me know about a change to the door times for the Melbourne side show and it a states that Mastodon will be playing from 9:30 till 11:30 which is incredible!

I am fucking frothing over this show!

Well it's this coming Friday in New Zealand for Big Day Out. The boys play from 1:45 - 2:30 in the afternoon. I won't be there but Ihope they rip the stage up and I hope we see them back later in the year sometime, hopefully. Fucken give 'em your best guys!

I was so depressed they weren't doing a Perth headline I bought a plane ticket and a ticket to the Melbourne gig. Fuck I love the mighty 'don!!

With that sort of set time - We may possibly see 'Crack the Skye' from start to finish like they did at some of their recent European headline shows. Though with that time frame they could possibly fit in blood mountain aswell. So fucking pumped.

Only three days till the Melbourne show now!

A mate knows a few people that went to the sydney show and they said that the don played for about an hour and a half. They didn't mention CtS in its entirety which WOULD be kick ass but its not manditory, whatever the setlist i bet they'll tear it up. I hope they have that trippy as fuck backdrop too!

Frothing man..

Auckland BDO they played CTS from start to finish apparently.

Thats awesome for all the fans that went!

I actually spoke to someone who went to the sydney side show who said that they did indeed play for 2 hours WITH Crack the Skye in full!!! so i think we can expect the same for the melbourne show on thursday. they didn't have that cool backdrop unfortunately, should be a killer show.

At the Sydney show at the UNSW Roundhouse they played...

Crack The Skye (full album)
Circle Of The Cysquatch
Aqua Dementia
Where Strides the Behemoth
Mother Puncher
Iron Tusk
March of the Fire Ants

Soundcheck went for about 2 hours and played most of the set with snippets of Sleeping Giant and some Black Sabbath throw in.

The gig itself was amazing. All of the guys were in awesome form. Brents voice was superb, Troys vocals cannot be faulted and to see Bill sing during Mother Puncher and Fire Ants was brilliant!

How the hell Brann managed to perform in the heat of the venue is beyond me, he just nailed eveything. A perfect musician is every sense.

I snapped many a photo which I shall post soon and got to hang out with the band for quite some time along with The Mars Volta and Fear Factory. Was a perfect day!

if mastadan could pl0x encore with hearts alive in melbourne

Holy fuck, I just got back from Big Day Out Melbourne, the boys were spot on.. vocals were actually faultless, Troy was playing the front row like a motherfucker, Crack the Skye in it's entirety. Bloody Great, can't wait to see them again this Thursday.

Oh man, I hate that guy so much. I really hope Troy was tearing him a new one out of shot.

Oh nice thanks for the info, thats sounds like an incredible day! i cannot wait for thursday night to see them myself. look forwards to seeing those photos.

machodon in 2 hours oh my