Festival No. 0000411 · Est. 1970
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Somewhere in Landgraaf
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Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Megaland
- Address
- Hofstraat 13-15 6372 XC
- City
- Landgraaf, Netherlands
- Capacity
- 60,000
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About the artists
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Anouk was born in The Hague, Netherlands, on 8 April 1975. Plays pop rock, rock. -
Babylon Circus formed in 1995. Plays ragga hip-hop, reggae, rock, ska.
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Ben Howard was born in London, United Kingdom, on 24 April 1987. Plays alternative rock, folk, indie folk, indie rock, rock.
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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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Bombay Bicycle Club formed in Crouch End, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, rock.
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band was born in Long Branch, United States, on 23 September 1949. Plays alternative folk, americana, aor, classic rock, contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, heartland rock.
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Chase & Status formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, disco, drum and bass, dubstep, electronic.
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Chef'Special formed in Haarlem, Netherlands, in 2008. Plays funk rock, pop rock.
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Gers Pardoel was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands, on 12 May 1981.
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Herbert Grönemeyer was born in Gottingen, Germany, on 12 April 1956. Plays alternative pop, neue deutsche welle, pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock.
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Hungry Kids of Hungary formed in Brisbane, Australia, in March 2007, and split up in 2013, after 5 years. Plays pop.
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James Morrison was born in Rugby, United Kingdom, on 13 August 1984. Plays alternative rock, blue-eyed soul, indie rock, pop, pop rock, pop soul, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Keane formed in Battle, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, downtempo, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, piano rock, pop rock.
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Linkin Park formed in Agoura Hills, United States, in 1996. Plays aak, alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electronic rock, electropop, hip hop, metal.
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Mastodon formed in Atlanta, United States, on 13 January 2000. Plays alternative metal, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, progressive metal, sludge metal, stoner metal.
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Miike Snow formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2007. Plays alternative dance, festival progressive house, indie pop, indietronica, progressive house, synth-pop.
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Mumford & Sons formed in London, United Kingdom, in December 2007. Plays alternative rock, americana, folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, pop rock, rock, stomp and holler.
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Paul Kalkbrenner was born in Leipzig, Germany, on 12 June 1977. Plays electronica, minimal techno, techno.
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Racoon formed in Goes, Netherlands, in 1997. Plays alternative rock.
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Rival Sons formed in Long Beach, United States, in 2008. Plays blues rock, hard rock, rock.
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Seasick Steve was born in Oakland, United States, in 1941. Plays acoustic blues, blues, blues rock, country blues, modern blues.
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 1996, and split up in 2018, after 22 years. Plays funk, soul.
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The Afghan Whigs formed in 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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The Asteroids Galaxy Tour formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2007. Plays acid jazz, indie pop.
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The Cure formed in Crawley, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays alternative rock, dance-rock, gothic, gothic rock, indie rock, jangle pop, new wave, pop.
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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 Kyteman Orchestra formed in 2011. Plays classical, hip hop, jazz, pop.
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The Specials formed in Coventry, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays 2 tone, new wave, reggae, rocksteady, ska.
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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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Will and the People formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2006.