Triple J’s Livid festival is back for 2002. This year the festival will travel from its Brisbane home to include Sydney and Melbourne. So far on the line up is international acts Sparta, Trail of Dead, Mogwai, Oasis, Bad Religion, Unwritten Law and Sum 41. On the local front the Dirty three, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, George, Something for Kate, Bodyjar, Motor ace and Machine Gun Fellatio will be playing.
The Livid Festival will face stiff competition this year from Austereo’s rock festival events being held around the same time.