Festival No. 0000371 · Est. 1996
Weekend of the year
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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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Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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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. -
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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David Gray was born in Sale, United Kingdom, on 13 June 1968. Plays alternative rock, contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Embrace formed in Bailiff Bridge, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, britpop, indie pop, indie rock, piano rock, pop rock, post-britpop, post-grunge.
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Faithless formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1995. Plays dance, dance-pop, downtempo, electronic, house, progressive house, progressive trance, techno.
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Foo Fighters formed in Seattle, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Grandaddy formed in Modesto, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, indietronica, lo-fi, progressive pop, space rock, space rock revival.
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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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Idlewild formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in December 1995. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Jimmy Barnes was born in Glasgow, Australia, on 28 April 1956. Plays hard rock, rock, soul.
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JJ72 formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1996, and split up on 22 June 2006, after 10 years. Plays alternative rock, indie rock.
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Kylie Minogue was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 28 May 1968. Plays contemporary r&b, dance-pop, disco, electropop, eurodance, europop, house, nu disco.
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Michael Franti & Spearhead formed in San Francisco, United States, on 21 April 1994.
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Muse formed in Teignmouth, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays alternative dance, alternative metal, alternative pop, alternative rock, art rock, dance, dubstep, electronic.
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Neil Finn was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand, on 27 May 1958. Plays pop rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Nelly Furtado was born in Victoria, Canada, on 2 December 1978. Plays alternative rock, eurodance, folk, indie rock, pop, singer-songwriter, soft rock.
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Nina Persson was born in Jönköping, Sweden, on 6 September 1974. Plays pop, rock.
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Phoenix formed in Versailles, France, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Placebo formed in 1994. Plays alternative rock, glam rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, funk, funk metal, funk rock, hard rock, heavy metal, indie rock, pop rock.
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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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Snow Patrol formed in Dundee, United Kingdom, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, britpop, indie pop, indie rock, noise pop, pop rock, post-britpop, power pop.
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Sparklehorse formed in Richmond, United States, in 1995, and split up in 2010, after 15 years. Plays alternative rock, indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, slowcore.
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Starsailor formed in Wigan, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, piano rock.
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Texas formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1986. Plays alternative rock, blue-eyed soul, indie rock, pop rock, rock, soft rock.
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The Avalanches formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1997. Plays alternative dance, big beat, breakbeat, club, dance, disco, downtempo, electronic.
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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 Divine Comedy formed in Enniskillen, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays alternative rock, art pop, baroque pop, chamber pop, cocktail nation, indie pop, indie rock, pop.
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The Spooks formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2002.
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Toploader formed in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays pop rock, post-britpop, rock.
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Tricky was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 27 January 1968. Plays electronic, hip hop, trip hop.
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Turin Brakes formed in Balham, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays folk, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop.
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Wheatus formed in Northport, United States, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, pop rock, power pop, rock.
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