Festival No. 0000023 · Est. 2003
Weekend of the year
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About the artists
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311 formed in Omaha, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, funk rock, rap rock, rapcore, reggae, reggae rock, rock. -
Alicia Keys was born in Manhattan, United States, on 25 January 1981. Plays contemporary r&b, hip hop, hip hop soul, jazz, jazz pop, neo soul, pop, pop soul.
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Band of Horses formed in Seattle, United States, in 2004. Plays americana, folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, pop rock.
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Bedouin Soundclash formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2001.
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Biffy Clyro formed in Kilmarnock, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, emo, indie rock, pop rock, post-hardcore, progressive 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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Boom Boom Satellites formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1990, and split up on 22 June 2016, after 26 years. Plays big beat, electronic, electronic rock.
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Café Tacvba formed in Ciudad Satélite, Mexico, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, latin, rock.
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Cajun Dance Party formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up in 2010, after 5 years.
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Caravan formed in Canterbury, United Kingdom, in January 1968. Plays canterbury scene, progressive rock.
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Coldplay formed in London, United Kingdom, in September 1996. Plays alternative rock, ambient pop, art pop, britpop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, piano rock.
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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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Cut Off Your Hands formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006. Plays post-punk.
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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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Devo formed in Akron, United States, in 1972. Plays art punk, electronic, electronic rock, electropunk, experimental rock, geek rock, new wave, post-punk.
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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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Fatboy Slim was born in Bromley, United Kingdom, on 31 July 1963. Plays big beat, electronic.
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Friendly Fires formed in City of St Albans, United Kingdom, in 2006. Plays indie rock, indietronica.
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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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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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Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007, and split up in 2010, after 3 years.
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Johnny Foreigner formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in December 2005. Plays indie rock.
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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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Justice formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electro-disco, electronic, french electro, french house, house.
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Kids In Glass Houses formed in Cardiff, United Kingdom, on 5 May 2004, and split up on 31 October 2014, after 10 years. Plays pop punk, pop rock.
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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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Los Campesinos! formed in 2006. Plays indie pop, indie rock, twee pop.
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Lostprophets formed in 1997, and split up on 1 October 2013, after 16 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, emo pop, hard rock, nu metal, pop rock, rock.
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Metis was born in Hiroshima, Japan, on 28 March 1984. Plays reggae.
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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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Micky Green was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 28 June 1984. Plays blues, pop.
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MuteMath formed in New Orleans, United States, in 2002. Plays alternative rock.
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New Found Glory formed in Coral Springs, United States, in 1997. Plays easycore, emo pop, pop punk, punk, rock.
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New Young Pony Club formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays electropop, indie pop, synth-pop.
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Old Man River was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1979.
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OneRepublic formed in Colorado Springs, United States, in 2004. Plays folk pop, pop, pop rock, rock.
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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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Paolo Nutini was born in Paisley, United Kingdom, on 9 January 1987. Plays alternative rock, blues, folk rock, indie rock, pop, rock.
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Paul Weller was born in Sheerwater, United Kingdom, on 25 May 1958. Plays alternative rock, britpop, indie rock, pop rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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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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Perfume formed in Leicester, United Kingdom, in 1993, and split up in 1997, after 4 years. Plays britpop, indie 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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Radwimps formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, j-rock, pop punk, pop rock, rock.
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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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Silversun Pickups formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, indietronica, rock, shoegaze.
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Skindred formed in Newport, United Kingdom, in 1998. Plays alternative metal, jazz, metal, nu metal, rap rock, rapcore, reggae, reggae rock.
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South Central plays bass house, deep house, dubstep, edm, electronica, house, new rave, progressive house.
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Spiritualized formed in Rugby, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays art rock, chamber pop, dream pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, psychedelic rock, shoegaze.
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Super Furry Animals formed in Cardiff, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, britpop, disco, electronic, experimental rock, indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia.
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Teenagers formed in 1965, and split up in 1970, after 5 years.
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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 Jesus and Mary Chain formed in East Kilbride, United Kingdom, in 1984. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, noise pop, post-punk, rock, shoegaze.
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The Kills formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, 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 Living End formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1994. Plays punk, rock, rockabilly.
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The Metros formed in Peckham, United Kingdom, in 2006, and split up on 17 June 2009, after 3 years.
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The Prodigy formed in Braintree, United Kingdom, on 5 October 1990. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, big beat, breakbeat, breakbeat hardcore, dance, drum and bass, electronic.
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The Subways formed in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie rock.
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the telephones formed in Urawa-ku, Japan, in 2005.
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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 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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The Wombats formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie pop.
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These New Puritans formed in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays avant-garde, experimental, experimental electronic, martial industrial, neoclassical dark wave, post-industrial, post-minimalism, post-punk.
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Tokyo Police Club formed in Newmarket, Canada, in 2005, and split up on 29 November 2024, after 19 years. Plays indie rock.
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Trivium formed in Orlando, United States, in 2000. Plays heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, progressive metal, thrash metal.
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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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Xavier Rudd was born in Victoria, Australia, on 29 May 1978. Plays blues, folk, folk rock, indie folk, reggae, singer-songwriter.
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Yelle formed in 2005. Plays electropop, pop.
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Zebrahead formed in 1996. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, easycore, funk metal, funk rock, pop punk, punk rock, rap rock.