THE BIG DAY Out 2014 has announced its headliner and first round of acts.
Pearl Jam will close the festival, and other acts to grace the Western Springs stages include Arcade Fire, Blur, Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion), hip-hop crew Major Lazer, Swedish dance man Steve Angello, the Naked And Famous, Grouplove, The Lumineers, Mac Miller, Tame Impala, Mudhoney, Ghost, and Portugal The Man.
Then there’s local acts like The Naked And Famous, The Phoenix Foundation, SJD, Beastwars, Concord Dawn and Ladi6.
Here’s the BDO announcement video:

Big Day Out Announces First Acts
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