Triage tents, dislocated shoulders, unconscious teens and bloodied bodies. For many paramedics Australia Day is the worst public holiday in the nation’s calendar. It’s even been described as a war zone.

A 24-year-old man has been accused of trying to smuggle a stash of ecstasy tablets the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast.

This Friday’s Big Day Out music festival in Auckland will be the last held in New Zealand after organisers said the event is no longer financially viable in Kiwi-land.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | This week we’re talking the golden girls of Australian country music, Aussie music on ya Aussie radios and bad news for Big Day Out…

Check out which acts and musicians have been announced for the Big Day Out 2012. This is the lineup so far, with many more to come.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | What do you get when you mix country music and guns? Steve Lee! Plus we have all the Big Day Out latest news and the low down on the Deadly Awards.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND: The Aussie answer to Justin Bieber; the Middle East mystery and what’s with our festivals at the moment?