Festival No. 0000360 · Est. 1992
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About the artists
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Afrika Bambaataa was born in South Bronx, United States, on 19 April 1957, and died on 9 April 2026, aged 68. Plays afro-funk, breakbeat, electro-funk, hip hop. -
Aphex Twin was born on 18 August 1971. Plays acid breaks, acid techno, ambient, ambient techno, bleep techno, breakbeat, breakcore, drill and bass.
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Audio Bullys formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica, house.
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Basement Jaxx formed in Brixton, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays big beat, dance, dance-pop, electro house, electronic, funky house, house, latin house.
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Black Eyed Peas formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1995. Plays dance-pop, electronic, hip hop, pop, pop rap, west coast hip hop.
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David Holmes was born in Belfast, United Kingdom, on 14 February 1969. Plays downtempo, trip hop.
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Fear Factory formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 31 October 1990. Plays alternative metal, death metal, groove metal, heavy metal, industrial, industrial metal, metal, nu metal.
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Felix da Housecat was born in Chicago, United States, on 27 August 1971. Plays alternative dance, big beat, electroclash, electronica, house, synth-pop, techno.
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Jet formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, hard rock, rock.
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Kings of Leon formed in Nashville, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, pop rock, rock, southern rock.
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Metallica formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 28 October 1981. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, blues rock, groove metal, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal.
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Muse formed in Teignmouth, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays alternative dance, alternative metal, alternative pop, alternative rock, art rock, dance, dubstep, electronic.
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Peaches was born on 11 November 1966. Plays dance-punk, electroclash.
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Pnau formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1999. Plays dance, disco, electro, electronic.
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Poison the Well formed in Coral Springs, United States, in June 1998. Plays metalcore, post-hardcore, screamo.
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Salmonella Dub formed in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1992. Plays drum and bass.
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Something for Kate formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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The Dandy Warhols formed in Portland, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop rock, rock.
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The Darkness formed in Lowestoft, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, rock.
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The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, progressive pop, psychedelic pop.
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The Mars Volta formed in 2001. Plays alternative rock, art rock, experimental, hard rock, melodic metalcore, neo-progressive rock, neo-psychedelia, post-hardcore.
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The Sleepy Jackson formed in Perth, Australia, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, baroque pop, folk, power pop.
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The Strokes formed in New York, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, new wave, post-punk revival, rock, synth-pop.
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Thursday formed in New Brunswick, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, emo, post-hardcore.