Roskilde

Roskilde

06 May, 2010
by: Spoonfed Festivals

Line-ups, updates and news for Roskilde 2010

 


Where: Roskilde, Denmark
When: 1 - 4 July 2010
How Much: DKK 1675 for full weekend ticket or One Day Pass - DKK 850


Roskilde is Europe's answer to Glastonbury: colossal, historic, multifarious and internationally reflective. The festival began in 1971, was originally a hippie fest and today has over 110,000 participants.

Musically the festival combines globally applauded artists from the live music elite, frontrunners from most cutting edge, contemporary genres, local Scandinavian headliners plus up-and-comers.

Like Glastonbury, the festival also has its own radio station and daily newspaper - as well as a lot of roaming perfomrers and a good range of theatre, spoken word and comedy.

This year's wonderful line-up includes:

GORILLAZ
JACK JOHNSON
MUSE
NEPHEW
PRINCE
THE PRODIGY
PATTI SMITH AND BAND
THEM CROOKED VULTURES
ALICE IN CHAINS
BAD LIEUTENANT
CV JØRGENSEN
DIZZY MIZZ LIZZY
KASABIAN
KASHMIR
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
MOTÖRHEAD
THE NATIONAL
NOFX
VAN DYKE PARKS
PAVEMENT
ROBYN
SICK OF IT ALL
TINARIWEN
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
AFENGINN
MATIAS AGUAYO
ANALOG AFRICA SOUNDSYSTEM
ARRIBA LA CUMBIA
THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR
BARON CRIMINEL
BEACH HOUSE
THE BEAR QUARTET
BEAT TORRENT
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS
BOBAN I MARKO MARKOVIC ORKESTAR
BONAPARTE
BROTHER ALI
CANTECA DE MACAO
CASIOKIDS
CÉU
CHOC QUIB TOWN
CIRCLE
CONVERGE
DAARA J FAMILY
DALA DALA
DEN SORTE SKOLE 
DIRTY PROJECTORS
DRAKE
DULSORI
EFTERKLANG
ELECTROJUICE
THE FLOOR IS MADE OF LAVA
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
FM BELFAST
GALLOWS
HEALTH
IKONIKA vs COOLY G
JAPANDROIDS
THE KANDIDATE
KASPER SPEZ
THE KISSAWAY TRAIL
BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA
LINDSTRØM & CHRISTABELLE
LOCAL NATIVES
JULIAN MARLEY
AURELIO MARTINEZ
MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND
MIIKE SNOW
MODERAT
NARASIRATO PAN PIPERS
NILE
JOHN OLAV NILSEN & GJENGEN
NISENNENMONDAI
ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU
PARAMORE
PENDULUM
GILLES PETERSON & ROBERTO FONSECA present HAVANA CULTURA
PORCUPINE TREE
PRINS THOMAS
ROOTZ UNDERGROUND
ROSKA
THE RUMOUR SAID FIRE
SCHLACHTHOFBRONX
SERENA-MANEESH
SHANTEL & BUCOVINA CLUB ORKESTAR
NAOMI SHELTON & THE GOSPEL QUEENS
SÓLSTAFIR
SPEED CARAVAN
STAFF BENDA BILILI
TIM SWEENEY
SYSTEMA SOLAR
T.O.K.
TECH N9NE
TEDDYBEARS
THE TEMPER TRAP
TITUS ANDRONICUS
DJ UMB
VALIENT THORR
WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE
WILD BEASTS
WOODEN SHJIPS
CHIMES & BELLS
EIM ICK
FALLULAH
FONTÄN
GHOST SOCIETY
ICEAGE
JOENSUU 1685
KANDY KOLORED TANGERINE
KHAL ALLAN
KILL SCREEN MUSIC
KRÅKESØLV
FREJA LOEB
MY EVIL TWIN
NIGHT FEVER
RISING
RUBIK
SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE
SUSANNE SUNDFØR
THEE ATTACKS

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