Festival No. 0000023 · Est. 2003
Weekend of the year
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About the artists
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Alexisonfire formed in St. Catharines, Canada, in September 2001. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, emo, emocore, experimental rock, noise rock, pop screamo, post-grunge. -
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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Be your own PET formed in 2003, and split up on 26 August 2008, after 5 years.
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Billy Talent formed in Mississauga, Canada, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, pop punk, pop rock, punk rock.
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Bloc Party formed in Reading, United Kingdom, in August 1999. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, new rave, post-punk revival.
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Buckcherry formed in Anaheim, United States, in 1995. Plays glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, rock.
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Bullet for My Valentine formed in Bridgend, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, groove metal, heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, nu metal.
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Caesars formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1995, and split up on 13 February 2012, after 17 years. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Citizen Cope was born in Memphis, United States, on 20 May 1968. Plays folk rock.
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Death Cab for Cutie formed in Bellingham, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, emo, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, midwest emo, rock.
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Deep Purple formed in Hertford, United Kingdom, in 1968. Plays blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, rock.
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Def Tech formed in 2001.
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Denki Groove formed in Shizuoka, Japan, in 1989.
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Detroit7 formed in February 2001. Plays rock.
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Duran Duran formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1978. Plays alternative rock, dance, electro, electronic, new romantic, new wave, pop, pop rock.
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Echo & The Bunnymen formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 1978. Plays alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, new wave, pop, pop rock, post-punk, rock.
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Fightstar formed in 2003. Plays post-hardcore, rock.
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Flipsyde formed in Oakland, United States, in 2000. Plays hip hop, rapcore, rock.
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Hal plays hip hop.
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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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Ian Brown was born in Warrington, United Kingdom, on 20 February 1963. Plays alternative rock, britpop, downtempo, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, rock.
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InMe formed in Brentwood, United Kingdom, in 2001.
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Interpol formed in New York, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk, post-punk revival.
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Kasabian formed in Leicester, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new rave, rock.
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Little Barrie formed in 2000.
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Louis XIV formed in San Diego, United States, in April 2003, and split up in 2009, after 5 years. Plays garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk revival, rock.
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M.I.A was born in Hounslow, United Kingdom, on 18 July 1975. Plays alternative dance, alternative hip hop, christian hip hop, contemporary christian, dance, dancehall, edm, electronic.
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1995. Plays punk, punk rock.
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Money Mark was born in 1960. Plays electronica.
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Nine Inch Nails formed in Cleveland, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative dance, alternative metal, alternative rock, electro-industrial, electronic, indie rock, industrial, industrial metal.
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No Warning formed in 1998, and split up in 2005, after 7 years.
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Oasis formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, britpop, hard rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, pop rock.
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Polysics formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1997. Plays electronic, electronic rock, j-rock, noise rock, post-punk.
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Public Enemy formed in Nassau County, United States, in 1985. Plays conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop.
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Q-Tip was born in St. Albans, United States, on 10 April 1970. Plays alternative hip hop, boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop, jazz rap, pop rap.
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Radwimps formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, j-rock, pop punk, pop rock, rock.
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Roddy Frame was born in East Kilbride, United Kingdom, on 29 January 1964. Plays alternative rock, folk, indie pop, indie rock, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock.
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Slightly Stoopid formed in San Diego, United States, in 1995. Plays dub, funk, hip hop, psychedelic rock, punk rock, reggae, reggae rock.
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Slipknot formed in Des Moines, United States, in 1995. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, groove metal, heavy metal, metal, nu metal.
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Special Beat formed in England, United Kingdom, in 1992.
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Teenage Fanclub formed in Bellshill, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, folk pop, indie rock, jangle pop, power pop.
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The Black Crowes formed in Atlanta, United States, in 1989. Plays blues rock, boogie rock, hard rock, jam band, rock, roots rock, southern rock.
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The Departure formed in 2004, and split up on 30 January 2008, after 4 years. Plays post-punk.
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The La's formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 1983, and split up in 1992, after 9 years. Plays alternative rock, britpop, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, merseybeat, rock, skiffle.
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The Mad Capsule Markets formed in Kanagawa, Japan, in 1985, and split up in 2006, after 21 years. Plays alternative rock, cyber metal, digital hardcore, hardcore punk, industrial, metal, nu metal, punk.
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The Ordinary Boys formed in Worthing, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays britpop.
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The Others formed in September 1989.
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The Rakes formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up on 22 October 2009, after 7 years.
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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 Subways formed in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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Tommy Guerrero was born on 9 September 1966.
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Towers Of London formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004.
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TV on the Radio formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2001. Plays art rock, electronic, experimental rock, indie rock, noise pop, psychedelic soul, shoegaze.
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Weezer formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 14 February 1992. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, emo, emo pop, garage rock, geek rock, mainstream rock, pop.
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Yellowcard formed in Jacksonville, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, melodic hardcore, pop punk, punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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Zazen Boys formed in 2003. Plays j-rock, math rock, post-punk.