Festival No. 0000080 · Est. 1977
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About the artists
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2manydjs (DJ Set) formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1998. Plays breakbeat. -
Adele was born in Tottenham, United Kingdom, on 5 May 1988. Plays blue-eyed soul, neo soul, pop, pop soul, r&b, soul.
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Air Traffic formed in Bournemouth, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays indie rock.
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Anouk was born in The Hague, Netherlands, on 8 April 1975. Plays pop rock, rock.
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Babyshambles formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk revival, rock.
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Ben Folds was born in Winston-Salem, United States, on 12 September 1966. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, piano rock, pop, rock, singer-songwriter.
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dEUS formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, rock.
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DeVotchKa formed in 1997.
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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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Estelle was born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, on 18 January 1980. Plays contemporary r&b, dance-pop, funktronica, pop soul.
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Justice formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electro-disco, electronic, french electro, french house, house.
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KT Tunstall was born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on 23 June 1975. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk pop, folk rock, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Lenny Kravitz was born in Manhattan, United States, on 26 May 1964. Plays alternative rock, funk, funk rock, hard rock, neo-psychedelia, pop, pop rock, pop soul.
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Mika was born in Beirut, United Kingdom, on 18 August 1983. Plays alternative rock, dance-pop, electropop, europop, indie rock, leftfield, piano rock, pop.
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Moby was born in Harlem, United States, on 11 September 1965. Plays ambient, ambient techno, downtempo, electronic, electronica, house, pop, pop rock.
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Modern Skirts formed in 2005.
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Monza formed in 2000, and split up in 2010, after 10 years.
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My Morning Jacket formed in Louisville, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative country, alternative rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock.
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Nightwish formed in Kitee, Finland, in July 1996. Plays metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Panic! at the Disco formed in Las Vegas, United States, in 2004, and split up on 10 March 2023, after 19 years. Plays alternative rock, baroque pop, chamber pop, electropop, emo, emo pop, pop punk, pop rock.
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Patrick Watson was born in Lancaster, Canada, on 8 October 1979. Plays chamber pop, indie rock, rock.
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R.E.M. formed in Athens, United States, on 5 April 1980, and split up on 21 September 2011, after 31 years. Plays acoustic rock, alternative country, alternative rock, chamber pop, classic rock, electronic rock, folk rock, glam rock.
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Shameboy formed in 2004.
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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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Soulwax formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, dance, dance-punk, electro house, electroclash, electronic, indie rock, new rave.
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The Black Box Revelation formed in Dilbeek, Belgium, in 2005. Plays blues rock, garage rock.
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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 John Butler Trio formed in Fremantle, Australia, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, folk, folk rock, jam band, pop rock, rock, roots rock.
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The Raconteurs formed in Detroit, United States, in 2005. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, hard rock, indie rock, pop.
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The Verve formed in Wigan, United Kingdom, in 1989, and split up in 2009, after 20 years. Plays alternative rock, britpop, dream pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, post-britpop, rock, shoegaze.
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Tim Vanhamel was born in Zonhoven, Belgium, on 11 December 1977. Plays rock.
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Vampire Weekend formed in New York, United States, on 6 February 2006. Plays afrobeat, alternative rock, baroque pop, chamber pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield.
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Zita Swoon formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in March 1997. Plays chamber pop, indie pop.