Festival No. 0000061 · Est. 1993
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Somewhere in Biddinghuizen
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- Venue
- Evenemententerrein Walibi World
- Address
- Spijkweg 30 8256 RJ
- City
- Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
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For the record
About the artists
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2562 was born in 1979. Plays dubstep, post-dubstep. -
Amy Macdonald was born in Bishopbriggs, United Kingdom, on 25 August 1987. Plays folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, pop, pop rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Andy C was born on 7 April 1976. Plays afro house, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, drum and bass, edm.
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Ane Brun was born in Molde, Norway, on 10 March 1976. Plays alternative rock, art pop, rock.
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Anouk was born in The Hague, Netherlands, on 8 April 1975. Plays pop rock, rock.
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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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AutoKratz formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays electro, electroclash, electronic, electronica, techno.
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Bart Skils was born in Goirle, Netherlands, in 1974.
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Beardyman was born in London, United Kingdom, on 14 May 1982. Plays beatboxing, hip hop.
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Benga was born in Croydon, United Kingdom, on 28 November 1986. Plays dubstep, future house, uk garage.
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Black Kids formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 2006. Plays indie pop.
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Black Mountain formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2004. Plays indie rock, psychedelic, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Black Sun Empire formed in Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1997. Plays drum and bass, dubstep, electronic, neurofunk, techstep.
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Blood Red Shoes formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in September 2004. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, grunge, indie rock, post-punk, punk, punk rock.
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Bong-Ra was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1972. Plays breakbeat, breakcore, breaks, cybergrind, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic, electronica.
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Booka Shade plays dance, electronic, house, techno.
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British Sea Power formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, art rock, experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk.
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Budos Band formed in Staten Island, United States, in 2005. Plays afrobeat, funk, jazz, psychedelic rock, soul.
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Che Sudaka formed in Barcelona, Spain, on 15 March 2002. Plays cumbia, latin, punk, reggae, rock, ska.
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Claw Boys Claw formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1983. Plays garage rock, indie rock, punk rock, rock.
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Code Red formed in 1996. Plays contemporary r&b, europop.
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Crystal Castles formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006, and split up in October 2017, after 11 years. Plays alternative dance, bitpop, dance, edm, electroclash, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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Danko Jones formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1996. Plays hard rock, rock.
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De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2005. Plays gangsta rap, hip hop, r&b.
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deadmau5 was born in Niagara Falls, Canada, on 5 January 1981. Plays ambient, bass house, breakbeat, club, complextro, dance, deep house, dubstep.
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Deformer plays breakcore, jungle.
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dEUS formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, rock.
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Digitalism formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 2004. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electroclash, electronic, french house, new rave, rock.
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Diplo was born in Tupelo, United States, on 10 November 1978. Plays afro house, bass house, club, country, dance, disco, edm, electronic.
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DJ Scotch Egg was born in Tokyo, United Kingdom. Plays experimental, future bass.
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Does It Offend You, Yeah? formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up on 25 April 2012, after 6 years. Plays dance-punk.
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Dominik Eulberg was born in Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Germany, in 1978.
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Dropkick Murphys formed in Quincy, United States, in 1996. Plays americana, celtic punk, folk punk, folk rock, hardcore punk, pigfuck, punk, punk rock.
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Editors formed in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Elbow formed in Ramsbottom, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays alternative rock, britpop, chamber pop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, post-britpop, post-rock.
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Ellen Allien was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1969. Plays acid techno, electronic, minimal techno, techno.
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Erol Alkan was born in London, United Kingdom, on 30 May 1974.
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Extince was born in Oosterhout, Netherlands, in 1967. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
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Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, dance-rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica.
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Fuck Buttons formed in 2004, and split up in 2015, after 11 years. Plays drone, electronic, experimental electronic, noise, post-industrial, progressive electronic.
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Fucked Up formed in 2001. Plays hardcore punk, indie rock, post-hardcore, punk.
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Gem formed in November 2012, and split up on 31 March 2018, after 5 years. Plays j-pop.
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Get Well Soon formed in 2003.
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Girls formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2007, and split up in 2012, after 5 years. Plays indie rock.
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Gogol Bordello formed in New York, United States, in 1999. Plays dub, folk punk, folk rock, gypsy punk, latin rock, polka, punk, punk rock.
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Hadouken! formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up on 10 November 2014, after 9 years. Plays dance, electronic, grime, new rave.
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Haydamaky formed in Kyïv, Ukraine, in 1991. Plays rock.
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Headphone formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 2001.
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Hercules & Love Affair formed in New York, United States, in 2004.
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HIM formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1991, and split up on 31 December 2017, after 26 years. Plays alternative rock, gothic metal, gothic rock, pop rock.
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Hit Me Tv formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Holy Fuck formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2004. Plays electronic, electronic rock, instrumental, post-rock.
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Hot Chip formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative dance, alternative r&b, deep house, electronic, electronica, electropop, house, indie pop.
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Infadels formed in Hackney, United Kingdom, in 2003, and split up on 1 September 2012, after 9 years.
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Iron & Wine was born in Chapin, United States, on 26 July 1974. Plays alternative rock, americana, contemporary folk, country, folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock.
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Jamie Lidell was born on 18 September 1973. Plays electronic, soul.
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Jaya the Cat formed in Boston, Netherlands, in 1998. Plays punk rock, reggae, ska.
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Joost Van Bellen was born in Leiden, Netherlands, on 4 January 1962.
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Junkie Xl was born in Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands, on 8 December 1967. Plays big beat, breakbeat, electroclash, electronic.
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Kid Carpet was born in Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Killswitch Engage formed in Westfield, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative metal, emo, heavy metal, melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, progressive metal.
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Kissy Sell Out was born in Huntingdon, United Kingdom, on 18 June 1984.
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Korpiklaani formed in 2003. Plays folk metal, metal.
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Kraak & Smaak formed in Leiden, Netherlands, in 2003. Plays electronic.
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Late of the Pier formed in Castle Donington, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays dance-punk, electropunk, glam rock, indietronica, new rave.
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Laura Marling was born in Eversley, United Kingdom, on 1 February 1990. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk, rock.
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Los Campesinos! formed in 2006. Plays indie pop, indie rock, twee pop.
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Luciano was born in Manchester, Jamaica, on 20 October 1964.
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Lucky Fonz III was born in Gouda, Netherlands, on 20 April 1981.
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Lykke Li was born in Ystad, Sweden, on 18 March 1986. Plays alternative rock, art pop, dance-pop, dream pop, electropop, indie pop, pop, synth-pop.
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Magnetic Man formed in Croydon, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays dubstep, electronic, uk garage.
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Melon was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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MGMT formed in Middletown, United States, in December 2002. Plays hypnagogic pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new wave, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Midnight Juggernauts formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Plays electronica, electropop.
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Mindless Self Indulgence formed in New York, United States, in 1997. Plays dance-punk, electronic, electronica, electropunk, punk rock, rock.
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Miss Kittin was born in Grenoble, France, on 15 July 1973. Plays electroclash, electronica.
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Modeselektor formed in 1996. Plays electro, electronic, idm, techno.
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No Age formed in 2005. Plays experimental rock, lo-fi, noise, noise rock, post-punk.
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One Night Only formed in Helmsley, United Kingdom, in 2003.
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Paprika Korps formed in 1995.
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Pendulum formed in Perth, Australia, in 2002. Plays alternative metal, dancefloor drum and bass, drum and bass, dubstep, edm, electro house, electronic, electronic rock.
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Pete Philly & Perquisite formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2003, and split up on 29 December 2011, after 8 years.
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Plain White T's formed in Chicago, United States, in 1997. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, emo pop, pop punk.
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PVT formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1999. Plays electronica, experimental, neo-psychedelia, post-rock.
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Reprazent formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays drum and bass, hip hop, jazzstep, jungle.
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Róisín Murphy was born in Arklow, Ireland, on 5 July 1973. Plays dance-pop, electronic, electropop, pop.
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Santigold was born in Philadelphia, United States, on 25 September 1976. Plays electronic, hip hop, indie rock, new wave, pop.
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Sex Pistols formed in London, United Kingdom, in October 1975, and split up on 14 January 1978, after 2 years. Plays punk, punk rock, rock.
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Sigur Rós formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 4 January 1994. Plays ambient, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, dance, dream pop, electronic, electronica.
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Simian Mobile Disco formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays electro, electro house, electronic, tech house, techno.
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Slagsmålsklubben formed in 2002.
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St. Paul was born in Minneapolis, United States, on 18 October 1964.
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Stephen Lynch was born in Abington Township, United States, on 28 July 1971.
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Steve Aoki was born in Miami, United States, on 30 November 1977. Plays edm, electronic, house.
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Sven Vath was born in Obertshausen, Germany, on 26 October 1964. Plays electronic, techno, trance.
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Textures formed in Etten-Leur, Netherlands, in 2001. Plays death metal, metalcore, progressive metal.
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The Breeders formed in Boston, United States, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, noise pop.
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The Dresden Dolls formed in Boston, United States, in 2000. Plays alternative rock, cabaret, dark cabaret, piano rock, punk 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 Fratellis formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop, post-punk revival, rock.
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The Gutter Twins formed in 2003, and split up in 2011, after 8 years.
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The Hives formed in Fagersta, Sweden, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, hard rock, indie rock, post-punk revival, punk.
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The Hoosiers formed in 2003. Plays indie pop, pop, rock.
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The Kooks formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock.
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The National formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, americana, chamber pop, indie rock, piano rock, post-punk, post-punk revival.
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The Opposites formed in 2004.
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The Pigeon Detectives formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays indie rock.
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The Presidents of The United States of America formed in Seattle, United States, in 1993, and split up in 2015, after 22 years. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, pop punk, post-grunge, power pop.
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The Roots formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 1987. Plays alternative hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz, jazz rap, progressive soul, rock, soul.
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The Ting Tings formed in Salford, United Kingdom, in December 2007. Plays alternative rock, dance-punk, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk revival, rock.
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The Wombats formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie pop.
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Thrice formed in Irvine, United States, in August 1998. Plays alternative rock, emo, hard rock, indie rock, melodic hardcore, post-hardcore, rock.
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Tom Baxter was born in Ipswich, United Kingdom, on 29 October 1973.
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Tricky was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 27 January 1968. Plays electronic, hip hop, trip hop.
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Triggerfinger formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, hard rock, stoner rock.
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Tunng formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays folk, folktronica, indie folk, indie pop.
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Underworld formed in Romford, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays alternative dance, ambient, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, house, new wave.
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Vive La Fête formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1997. Plays electroclash, electronic, synth-pop.
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Volbeat formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2001. Plays groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock and roll.
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We Are Scientists formed in Berkeley, United States, in 2000. Plays indie rock.
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White Lies formed in Ealing, United Kingdom, in February 2008. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Yeasayer formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2006, and split up on 19 December 2019, after 13 years. Plays alternative rock, electropop, experimental rock, indie rock, indietronica, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, post-rock.