Outspoken rapper and hip-hop mogul Kanye West and reformed Seattle rock stalwarts Soundgarden will headline next year's Big Day Out.
West and Soundgarden will also be joined by American alt punks My Chemical Romance and rabble rousing Brit rockers Kasabian, who announced last week they would be playing the New Zealand and Australian festivals.
The Big Day Out will be held at Mt Smart Stadium on January 20. It will be the first time the rock-dominated event has been headlined by a hip-hop artist.
West, whose hits include Gold Digger, Touch the Sky and Otis from his recent album with Jay-Z, has played three times in New Zealand before, supporting U2 in November 2006 and at the St James in March that year (after the Irish mega group were forced to reschedule their concert dates).
He also performed his own solo show at Vector Arena in 2008.
