Festival No. 0000358 · Est. 1997
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Somewhere in Penrose
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- Venue
- Mt Smart Stadium
- Address
- Beasley Avenue 1061
- City
- Penrose, New Zealand
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Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Aceyalone was born in Los Angeles, United States. Plays conscious hip hop, hip hop. -
Antagonist formed in 1998.
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Anti‐Flag formed in Pittsburgh, United States, in 1988, and split up on 19 July 2023, after 35 years. Plays anarcho-punk, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, political hip hop, pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Arcade Fire formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, baroque pop, chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, new wave.
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Battle Circus formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2004, and split up in 2011, after 7 years.
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Battles formed in New York, United States, in 2002. Plays art rock, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, math rock, post-rock, progressive rock.
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Billy Bragg was born in Barking, United Kingdom, on 20 December 1957. Plays alternative rock, anti-folk, folk, rock.
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Björk was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 21 November 1965. Plays alternative dance, alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop.
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Brand New formed in Merrick, United States, in 2000. Plays alternative punk, alternative rock, art rock, emo, indie rock, midwest emo, noise rock, pop punk.
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Carl Cox was born on 29 July 1962. Plays techno.
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Collapsing Cities formed in 2006.
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Cut Off Your Hands formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006. Plays post-punk.
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Die! Die! Die! formed in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 2003. Plays noise pop, post-punk revival, punk rock.
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Dizzee Rascal was born in Bow, United Kingdom, on 18 September 1984. Plays bassline, fidget house, grime, hip hop, hip house, pop rap, r&b, trance.
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Enter Shikari formed in City of St Albans, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, electronicore, nintendocore, post-hardcore, rave, screamo.
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Grinspoon formed in Lismore, Australia, in 1995.
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Hilltop Hoods formed in Adelaide, Australia, in 1991. Plays hip hop.
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Katchafire formed in Hamilton, New Zealand, in 1997. Plays reggae, roots reggae.
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Kate Nash was born in Harrow, United Kingdom, on 6 July 1987. Plays alternative rock, garage punk, indie pop, indie rock, pop, singer-songwriter.
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Kerretta formed in 2006. Plays instrumental, post-rock.
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LCD Soundsystem formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, indietronica, new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Liam Finn was born in Melbourne, New Zealand, on 24 September 1983. Plays dream pop, indie rock.
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Mobb Deep formed in 1993, and split up on 20 June 2017, after 24 years. Plays boom bap, east coast hip hop, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, hip hop.
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Operator Please formed in Gold Coast, Australia, in 2005, and split up in 2011, after 6 years. Plays indie rock.
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Opshop formed in 2002.
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Paul Kelly was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 13 January 1955. Plays acoustic rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Pluto formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1970, and split up in 1973, after 3 years. Plays progressive rock.
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Rage Against the Machine formed in Los Angeles, United States, in August 1991, and split up in January 2024, after 32 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, funk metal, metal, nu metal, rap metal, rap rock, rapcore.
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Scribe was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 29 May 1979. Plays hip hop.
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Shihad formed in 1988, and split up on 16 March 2025, after 37 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal.
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Shocking Pinks plays electronic.
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Shy Child formed in New York, United States, in 2000, and split up in 2010, after 10 years.
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Spoon formed in Austin, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, dance-punk, indie pop, indie rock, post-punk, rock.
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Supergroove formed in Auckland, New Zealand, on 31 December 1989. Plays funk rock.
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Surf City formed in Mount Roskill, New Zealand, in 2004. Plays indie rock, shoegaze, space rock.
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The Checks formed in 2002, and split up in 2012, after 10 years. Plays rock.
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The Clean formed in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1978. Plays dunedin sound, indie pop, jangle pop.
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The Phoenix Foundation formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1997.
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Tiki Taane was born on 17 December 1976. Plays drum and bass.
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Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman was born in New York, United States, on 30 May 1964. Plays folk, folk rock, rock.
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Unkle formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, breakbeat, downtempo, electronic, electronica, trip hop.