Festival No. 0000411 · Est. 1970
Weekend of the year
No. 0000980
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Monday
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Somewhere in Geleen
Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Sportpark
- City
- Geleen, Netherlands
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Sportpark, Geleen for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
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Big Country formed in Dunfermline, United Kingdom, in June 1981. Plays alternative rock, celtic rock, new romantic, new wave, pop rock, post-punk, rock. -
Billy Bragg was born in Barking, United Kingdom, on 20 December 1957. Plays alternative rock, anti-folk, folk, rock.
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Dio formed in Cortland, United States, in 1982, and split up on 16 May 2010, after 28 years. Plays classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock.
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Jimmy Cliff was born in Adelphi, Jamaica, on 30 July 1944, and died on 24 November 2025, aged 81. Plays jamaican ska, reggae, reggae-pop, rocksteady, roots reggae, ska, soul.
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John Hiatt was born in Indianapolis, United States, on 20 August 1952. Plays blues, blues rock, folk.
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Marillion formed in Aylesbury, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, art rock, neo-progressive rock, pop rock, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock.
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Pretenders formed in Hereford, United Kingdom, in March 1978. Plays hard rock, jangle pop, new wave, pop, pop rock, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Wang Chung formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1979, and split up in 1991, after 12 years. Plays dance-pop, new wave, pop.