With barely six months to go until the Big Day Out kicks off in Auckland before heading across the ditch to do a lap around Australia, the Tone Deaf moles have been busy passing on information back to HQ so we can let you know who’s playing first. We haven’t had any more rock stars shooting off their mouths about how much they’re looking forward to having a summer holiday touring around Australia since our last update, but we have had a few leaks coming through. The Tone Deaf computer nerds are good at tracking ISP addresses and we think these all look pretty kosher.

So without further ado, in addition to Hot Hot Heat and The National, we also hear M.I.A, Hole (looks like they may forgive her for her last BDO tour bad behaviour), Gorillaz (they’re cheap because you don’t have to get hookers and cocaine for cartoon characters), Cut Copy and The Temper Trap. Keep checking back here for more tips and leaks as we get ‘em. If you have some info to share hit us up at [email protected]

Update July 15th, 11:30am Just got some wind of some other rumours floating around that include Primus, MGMT, Black Keys, Fatboy Slim, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, and Deftones. We’ll let you know more once we get something more concrete.

Update: July 21 9:00am Gorillaz to be one of the headlines? Find out here

Update: August 10 9:00am Mark Ronson, MIA, and Andrew WK confirmed! Read more about it

Update: August 12 9:00am Soundgarden and Kings Of Leon to headline! Read more about it

Update September 14 1:00pm South African rap sensations Die Antwoord confirmed they’ll be playing BDO in an interview with New Zealand’s 3 News.