The BDO was held over two days in 2011 but didn’t sell out on the second day. The change to the 2014 event has been rumoured for some time and the downsizing looks like move to protect the credibility of the event, especially in the wake of several other festivals being cancelled, including Harvest and Pyramid Rock, plus the poor sales of next week's Boomerang Festival.

Pearl Jam are headlining the BDO.

Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Blur and Snoop Lion (aka Snoop Dogg) are set to headline the event, which has its strongest line-up for years.

West added that organisers would try to increase the capacity on January 26. ‘‘Tickets to January 26 are anticipated to sell out much earlier so do not delay if you have not already purchased.’’

People who have bought tickets for the January 27 show can get a full refund (until October 30), use them on January 26 in Sydney or exhange for any other BDO festival.



BIG DAY OUT REFUND INFORMATION

For tickets purchased from bigdayout.com, email orders@bigdayout.com or please dial 1300 762 545

For tickets purchased from Ticketmaster, phone 136100

For other inquiries including tickets purchased from General Pants, visit support.bdopresents.com with "Sydney General Pants ticket exchange" "Sydney General Pants ticket refund" in the subject line.

