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BASSINTHEGRASS〔 〕 is an Australian music festival. It is the largest music festival in the Northern Territory, and has been held annually since 2003 at the Darwin Amphitheatre in the territory capital. The festival is operated by the Northern Territory Government through the Northern Territory Major Events Company,〔 part of a project of the previous Martin government to bring prominent bands to the territory and showcase local talent. BASSINTHEGRASS has grown rapidly since its inception, resulting in the imposition of cap on ticket numbers in 2007. A sister festival, BASSINTHEDUST, has been held in Alice Springs since 2004, replacing an Alice Springs leg of BASSINTHEGRASS. ==History== The festival was first held in 2003, to fulfill a campaign promise by the government to hold a Big Day Out-style youth concert in the territory.〔"It's music to ALP". ''Northern Territory News'', 15 July 2003〕 It was held in both Darwin and Alice Springs in its inaugural year, with the Alice Springs leg later becoming the Bassinthedust festival.〔Burton, Alice. "Local acts signed for big day out". ''Northern Territory News'', 4 July 2003.〕 5000 people attended the Darwin leg, with a further 1500 in Alice Springs, listening to headline acts The Living End, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, and NoKTuRNL.〔〔"It's music to ALP". ''Northern Territory News'', 15 July 2003.〕〔"Crowe quietly flies in". ''Northern Territory News'', 11 July 2003.〕 It became an annual event.〔Carter, Chris. "Darwin ready as Alice swings". ''Northern Territory News'', 12 July 2003.〕 It became a Darwin-only festival in 2004 with the creation of Bassinthedust, and a crowd of 6000 turned out to a hear a larger lineup.〔Jackson, Paul. "Get set to rock in grass again". ''Northern Territory News'', 12 July 2004.〕〔"Locals boost big gig". ''Northern Territory News'', 3 July 2004.〕 Radio personality Jackie O had been meant to MC the event, but arrived nine hours late, and stormed off stage after being booed by the crowd and played over by Frenzal Rhomb in an incident that received national media coverage.〔"NT and beyond". ''Northern Territory News'', 6 August 2004.〕 You Am I, Little Birdy, Evermore, Regurgitator and Anthony Callea headlined the festival in 2005.〔Cavanagh, Rebekah. "Concert tickets selling fast". ''Northern Territory News'', 2 June 2005.〕〔"More room for more rocking". ''Northern Territory News'', 5 June 2005.〕 The festival switched to a two-stage format in 2006.〔〔Langford, Ben. "The Living End in our sights". ''Northern Territory News'', 11 April 2006.〕 Ticket sales increased, with a total audience of 9000 - a 40% increase on previous years.〔Carter, Chris. "BASS tickets may be capped". ''Northern Territory News'', 29 May 2006.〕 The high turnout resulted in a cap of 7000 tickets being introduced for the 2007 festival because of safety concerns.〔"GRASS goers capped at 7000". ''Northern Territory News'', 17 May 2007.〕 A capacity crowd attended.〔Brunt, Kasey "Gardens rock to BASS beat". ''Northern Territory News'', 27 May 2007.〕 BASSINTHEGRASS 2008 was held on 24 May 2008, at the Darwin Amphitheatre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bassinthegrass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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