Big Day Out Drama

There’s never a dull moment as the Big Day Out festival tours Australia.

This year’s Big Day Out ran Jan. 15-30 and included many major acts, such as Muse, Jet, Lily Allen, Powderfinger and Eskimo Joe.

In Melbourne, police are close to arresting one of four attendees who jumped the fence of neighbouring Flemington Racecourse where 700 horses worth a total of $200 million are kept.

The festival-goers got into the stables of a trainer, Mark Kavanagh, and let 25 of his horses out of their stalls and chased them around for 30 minutes. One horse suffered a minor pelvis injury.

In Sydney, it was the police who were being investigated. The Police Integrity Commission is investigating claims by BDO security that an Assistant Commissioner gave his 16-year-old daughter an undercover police pass to gain free access to the Sydney show.

At the Adelaide show, a man wielding a small knife stole tickets from a punter outside the venue.