Festival No. 0000371 · Est. 1996
Weekend of the year
No. 0002184
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Somewhere in Chelmsford
Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Hylands Park
- Address
- London Road CM2 8WQ
- City
- Chelmsford, UK
- Capacity
- 90,000
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About the artists
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Cast formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays britpop, indie rock, jangle pop, post-britpop, power pop, rock. -
Denim formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1992, and split up in 1997, after 5 years. Plays bubblegum pop, glam rock, indie pop, synth-pop.
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Elastica formed in London, United Kingdom, in October 1992, and split up in September 2001, after 8 years. Plays alternative rock, britpop, indie rock, new wave, pop punk, rock.
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Fluffy formed in 1994, and split up in 1998, after 4 years.
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Gary Numan was born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, on 8 March 1958. Plays ambient pop, art pop, dance-pop, dark ambient, dark wave, electro-industrial, electronic, electronic rock.
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Gorky's Zygotic Mynci formed in Carmarthen, United Kingdom, in 1991, and split up on 26 May 2006, after 15 years. Plays folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, neo-psychedelia, progressive folk, progressive pop, psychedelic folk.
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Heavy Stereo formed in 1995, and split up in 1996, after 1 year. Plays britpop, glam rock.
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Incognito formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays acid jazz.
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Jonathan Richman was born in Natick, United States, on 16 May 1951.
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Kula Shaker formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays britpop, folk rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, raga rock, rock.
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Lamb formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays art pop, atmospheric drum and bass, downtempo, drum and bass, electronic, electronica, folktronica, indietronica.
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Lightning Seeds formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays alternative rock, britpop, electronic, indie pop, new wave, pop rock, rock, trip hop.
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Longpigs formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 1993, and split up in 2000, after 7 years. Plays britpop.
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Mad Professor was born in Georgetown, United Kingdom, on 27 March 1955. Plays ambient dub, dub, reggae, roots reggae.
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Menswear formed in Camden Town, United Kingdom, in October 1994, and split up in 1998, after 3 years. Plays britpop.
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Morcheeba formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays downtempo, electronic, hip hop, soul, trip hop.
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Orbital formed in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, in 1989. Plays ambient house, ambient techno, big beat, breakbeat, electronic, electronica, house, idm.
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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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Pulp formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 1978. Plays alternative dance, alternative pop, alternative rock, art rock, britpop, chamber pop, glam rock, indie pop.
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Pusherman formed in 1994, and split up in 1997, after 3 years.
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Shed Seven formed in York, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays alternative rock, britpop, jangle pop, power pop.
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Sleeper formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1993, and split up on 30 December 1998, after 5 years.
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Space formed in 1977. Plays disco, electronic, space disco.
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Stereolab formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1990. Plays art pop, avant-garde pop, cocktail nation, experimental rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, krautrock.
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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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Supergrass formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 1993, and split up in 2010, after 17 years. Plays alternative rock, britpop, glam rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop punk, post-britpop, power pop.
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The Aloof formed in 1990, and split up in 2000, after 10 years.
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The Cardigans formed in Jönköping, Sweden, on 31 October 1992. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop, pop rock, rock, sunshine pop, twee pop.
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The Charlatans formed in West Midlands, United Kingdom, in 1988. Plays alternative rock, britpop, indie pop, indie rock, madchester, neo-psychedelia, rock, roots rock.
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The Mike Flowers Pops formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays cocktail nation, lounge, space age pop.
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The Wannadies formed in Skelleftea, Sweden, in 1988. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, power pop.
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Tricky was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 27 January 1968. Plays electronic, hip hop, trip hop.