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Roskilde Festival

Roskilde Festival

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Each year Roskilde Festival attracts a massive audience from all over Europe, and today it is one of the biggest music festivals in Europe. It is a modern, cutting-edge festival which is organised by a non-profit humanitarian organisation on the basis of approximately 25,000 volunteers. All profits from the festival are donated to national and international humanitarian charity and cultural purposes by The Roskilde Festival Charity Society.
Roskilde Festival presents a progressive music programme which offers memorable experiences and lots of surprises. Year after year, the largest international crowd in Europe is drawn to Roskilde because of a combination of this year’s greatest successes, the living legends and the best representatives of the many corners of musical expression.
Each year, about 175 bands play at seven stages during four days from Thursday to Sunday. The camping areas open on the Sunday prior to the festival with music at Pavilion Junior – the stage for upcoming acts – and a wealth of activities during the four days leading up to Thursday. Roskilde Festival is 4 days’ warm-up and 4 days’ music. This is a total of 8 days of partying. Roskilde Festival is a unique and all-encompassing experience where music, events and activities form a unity with the intense sense of community among an emphatic audience.
Music through the years
Roskilde Festival was established in 1971 and has since then presented acts such as Arctic Monkeys, Beastie Boys, Björk, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, The Chemical Brothers, Bob Dylan, Fatboy Slim, Foo Fighters, Guns N’ Roses, Korn, Kraftwerk, Marilyn Manson, Bob Marley, Massive Attack, Metallica, New Order, Nirvana, Oasis, Queens Of The Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Scissor Sisters, The Streets, The Strokes, Talking Heads, Tool, U2, Underworld, Robbie Williams, Wu-Tang Clan, Roger Waters, Kanye West, The White Stripes and Brian Wilson.
Access to camping and parking is included in the ticket. Camping facilities include hot and cold showers, communal grills, food and drink stalls, shopping areas, cinema, street sports, skate ramp, free luggage storages and lots of activities and events.
Roskilde Festival takes place from 3 – 6 July, 2008. Camping areas open on Sunday 29 June at 08.00. Ticket sales begin on 1 December 2007.

My Interests

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Member Since: 9/14/2006
Band Website: roskilde-festival.com
Band Members: The Chemical Brothers (Uk) Grinderman (Aus/Uk/Us) Jay-Z (Us) Judas Priest (Uk) My Bloody Valentine (Irl/Uk) Radiohead (Uk) Slayer (Us) Neil Young (Can) Band Of Horses (Us) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Us) Cat Power (Us) Tina Dickow (Dk) Fedde Le Grand & Friends (Nl) Gnarls Barkley (Us) The Hellacopters (S) Kings Of Leon (Us) L.O.C. (Dk) M.I.A. (Uk) The Raveonettes (Dk) The Streets (Uk) 18th Dye (Dk/De) A Kid Hereafter (Dk) Aaron (Fr) Albertslund Terror Korps (Dk) Alphabeat (Dk) Anti-Flag (Us) At The Gates (S) Nicole Atkins & The Sea (Us) Awadi (Sen) Babylove & The Van Dangos (Dk) Battles (Us) Beardyman (Uk) Black Mountain (Can) The Black Seeds (Nz) Boy Better Know (Uk) Burhan G (Dk) Cadence Weapon (Can) The Campbell Brothers (Us) Choir Of Young Believers (Dk) Clutch (Us) The Count & Sinden (Uk) Dan Deacon (Us) Dee Pee (Dk) Dengue Fever (Us/Cbd) Digitalism (De) The Dillinger Escape Plan (Us) Dsl (Fr) Duffy (Uk) Dunkelbunt (A) The Dø (Fin/Fr) Efterklang (Dk) Enter Shikari (Uk) Extra Golden (Us/Ken) Familjen (S) Fanfara Tirana (Alb) The Fashion (Dk) Frédéric Galliano Kuduro Sound System (Fr/Ago) Girl Talk (Us) Goldfrapp (Uk) José González (S) Gossip (Us) The Grand (N) Henrik Hall (Dk) Holy Fuck (Can) Hot Chip (Uk) Isam B (Dk) Jneiro Jarel's Shape Of Broad Minds (Us) Joan As Police Woman (Us) Job For A Cowboy (Us) Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Us) Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band (Uk) Kenge Kenge (Ken) La Kinky Beat (E) Dj Kålhoved (Dk) Lady Saw (Jam) Liars (Us) Loungeclash (Uk) Lulu Rouge (Dk) Lykke Li (S) Magnetic Man Feat. Skream & Benga (Uk) Majors (Dk) Mamar Kassey (Ner) Mgmt (Us) Miss Platnum (De) Motorpsycho (N) Mugison (Isl) Kate Nash (Uk) No Age (Us) The Notwist (De) Orishas (Cub) Orquestra Imperial (Bra) Dj Wagner Pá (Bra) Path Of No Return (S) Pilgrimz (Dk) Polarkreis 18 (De) Raunchy (Dk) Jay Reatard (Us) Ricoloop (De) Roskillz (Dk) Rotten Sound (Fin) Santogold (Us) Seasick Steve (Us) Shackleton (Uk) Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar (De) La Shica (E) Sidi Goma (Ind) Spleen United (Dk) Spokfrevo Orquestra (Bra) Static & Noize (Dk) Strøm & Andyop (Dk) Sunburned Hand Of The Man (Us) Supersilent (N) Swollen Members (Can) Säkert! (S) Teitur (Fo) Telmary (Cub) Tivolis Symfoniorkester (Dk) Tokyo Police Club (Can) Vieux Farka Touré (Mali) Tumi And The Volume (Za) Valravn (Dk) Various Productions (Uk) Veto (Dk) Von Hertzen Brothers (Fin) Wildbirds & Peacedrums (S) Yeasayer (Us) Yoyo Oyoy Presents Kirsten Ketsjer, Yoke & Yohs And Yoyo Oyoy Special Occasion Orchestra (Dk) Alberta In Love (Dk/E) August (Dk) Dj Badboe (Dk) Dj Banel (Dk) Thomas Boberg (Dk) Boom Clap Bachelors (Dk) Canon Blue (Us) Dj Disse (Dk) Dub Tractor & Opiate (Dk) Dunkelbunt (A) August Engkilde (Dk) Lars Frost (Dk) Kim Grønborg (Dk) T.S. Høeg (Dk) Ian Ion (Dk) Mc Jabber (Dk) Jomi Massage (Dk) Krusseldorf (S) Peter Laugesen (Dk) Erik Levander (S) Litterær Hypnose Ved Jens Blendstrup & Lars Bukdahl (Dk) Klaus Lynggaard (Dk) Nis & Nis (Dk) Martin Rostbøll (Dk) Seahorse Transform (Dk) Soulclub Dj Team (Dk) The State, The Market & The Dj (Dk) Stella Polaris Sound System (Dk) Tone (Dk) White Pony Dj Team (Dk) The Asteroids Galaxy Tour (Dk) Beta Satan (Dk) Bloodgroup (Isl) Casiokids (N) Le Fiasko (Dk) Frednukes (Dk) The Freudian Slip (Dk) The Good The Bad (Dk) Jong Pang (Dk) Kiss Kiss Kiss (Dk) The Late Parade (Dk) Lucy Love (Dk) Majorian (Dk) Maria & Metammit (Dk) Pascal (S) Press Play On Tape (Dk) Riffelsyndikatet (Dk) The River Phoenix (Dk) Rumble In Rhodos (N) Rumskib (Dk) Slagsmålsklubben (S) Sleep With All Your Friends (Dk) Vira (Dk) When Saints Go Machine (Dk)
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My Blog

Four new acts on this year’s programme

Bullet for My Valentine, Solomon Burke, CocoRosie and Lupe Fiasco join this year's line-up. Roskilde Festival has not rested on its laurels since the big programme announcement in mid-April. Therefor...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Wed, 14 May 2008 02:59:00 PST

The Cult are not playing after all

The British rock heroes have to cancel their entire summer tour.The Cult have announced that they cannot play the scheduled concert at this year's Roskilde Festival. Singer Ian Astbury injured his le...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Tue, 13 May 2008 12:17:00 PST

Majorian is playing the Pavilion Junior stage

The winner of the Danish music talent competition Live Contest DK '08 is playing on Roskilde Festival's stage for new, promising acts.The final in the Danish music talent competition Live Contest DK '...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:16:00 PST

Roskilde Festival is ready for 2008

A dazzling range of music181 names. From Western stadiums to African provinces. Buckle up and get ready for a musical rollercoaster ride. Roskilde's music programme has variation and scope like none o...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:27:00 PST

Twelve new bands for upcoming stage

The first batch of bands for Roskilde Festival's upcoming stage see the light of day.Pavilion Junior is Roskilde Festival's stage for new, promising Nordic acts. The following bands all play in the wa...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:27:00 PST

Gnarls Barkley to Roskilde

he soul duo is added to the programme along with Familjen and Miss Platnum.GNARLS BARKLEY (US) play their first concert at Roskilde Festival this summer. The duo  consisting of music magician Danger ...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:22:00 PST

Grinderman ready to rock Roskilde ’08

Wednesday 02.04.08 Grinderman ready to rock Roskilde ’08 Nick Cave’s garage band is added to the programme together with Digitalism, Duffy, Hot Chip and MGMT. Nick Cave is an old friend ...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:55:00 PST

M.I.A. hits Roskilde Festival

M.I.A. hits Roskilde Festival The British warrior girl is added to the programme along with Burhan G and Majors. She is one of the hottest acts today and a trendsetting fashion icon. Her music is a ...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:06:00 PST

Kings of Leon, The Tivoli Symphony Orcestra, Judas Priest and many more =)

Wednesday 12.03.08..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Three American class acts Bonnie ’Prince’ Billy, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Kings of Leon are...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:54:00 PST

Neil Young to Roskilde 08

The legendary country rocker's only Scandinavian concert this summer is at Roskilde Festival. We are proud to present a living legend. An artist who can elevate rock music in a way that makes the hai...
Posted by Roskilde Festival on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:07:00 PST