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Roskilde Festival

Roskilde Festival is festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the five biggest annual music festivals in Europe (the other four being the Sziget Festival, the Glastonbury Festival, the Paléo Festival and Rock Werchter). It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer.[1] In 1972, the festival was taken over by the Roskilde Foundation, which has since run the festival as a non-profit organization for development and support of music, culture and humanism.

It is Denmark's first real music-oriented festival, originally for hippies but today it covers more of the mainstream youth from Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. Roskilde Festival 2007 had more than 180 performing bands and gathered around 80,000 people paying for the concerts, with more than 21,000 volunteers, 5,000 media people and 3,000 artists – which means almost 110,000 people participated in the festival.

For many years it was a tradition that the campsite opened the last Sunday of June, but in 2010 the festival opened Saturday instead. The festival management argued that this would prevent earlier years problems with the fence going down before time. The early opening of the campsite, gives the festival guests plenty of time to settle down and "warm up". The festival officially starts the following Thursday at the Animal Showgrounds (in recent years simply known as the "Festival Site") and lasts for 4 days.

Until the mid-1990s the festival attracted mostly Scandinavians, but in recent years it has become more and more international (with an especially large influx of Germans, Australians and British). A Scandinavian alternative remained in the Midtfyns Festival, until that closed in 2004 following declining ticket sales.

The bands presented at Roskilde Festival are traditionally a balanced mix of large well known artists in the absolute live elite, cutting-edge artists from all contemporary genres, popular crowd-pleasing acts plus local Scandinavian headliners and up-and-coming names. The special Roskilde feeling is in particular ensured by stages located inside large tents, catering to an enthusiastic music-loving audience. As opposed to most other European festivals all bands play "real" concerts lasting for at least an hour.

The stages were until 2003 named after their colour, but as the names had not matched the actual colour of the tents for a period, it was decided to rename all stages except the Orange Stage, the central and main stage. The Orange Stage is open in front of a huge field, whereas the other tents cover the whole audience, the largest of which is the Arena stage (formerly known as Green Stage), the largest tent in Europe with an official capacity of 17,000 people. The 2007 edition saw two new tents, replacing Ballroom (1997–2006) which presented mainly World music, and Metropol (2003–2006) which presented mainly Electronica. In 2010 two stages, Astoria (from 2007) and Lounge, did not return, due to a slight shift in focus towards fewer, but bigger bands.

The music covers such styles as rock, Hip Hop, Metal, urban, electronica and 3rd world contemporary music. It has become a tradition to let an up-and-coming Scandinavian band open the Orange Stage on the first day of the festival. There are often surprising performances by classical acts, film-music, opera etc.

Apart from music there is always some theatre and 'lone acts' wandering around the festival site. Terrain and tents are always decorated in various ways.

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Roskilde news Written 2023-11-04 03:55:25

Roskilde Festival 2024: First wave of artists announced, including Kali Uchis, PJ Harvey, Romy, and more.

The 52nd edition of the iconic Danish non-profit festival runs from 29 June to 6 July next year and will feature more than 170 music acts. PJ Harvey, Kali Uchis, Romy, Trueno, The Armed and Blondshell are among the first 16 acts announced for the 2024 line-up. Tickets are on sale now.

Denmark's Roskilde Festival is one of the longest standing festivals in the game. Today, the non-profit festival-which donates all proceeds to humanitarian and cultural activities that benefit youth-announces its first batch of names to play next year's festival.

Colombian/American singer-songwriter Kali Uchis and UK veteran PJ Harvey will be among the headliners at next year's Roskilde Festival, following a 2023 line-up that included Lil Nas X, Burna Boy, Kendrick Lamar and many others.

A diverse line-up full of young and progressive artists
The inaugural announcement for Roskilde Festival 2024 spans across multiple styles, genres and continents, also featuring Argentinian rapper Trueno, American hardcore punk collective The Armed, and Japan's Violent Magic Orchestra.

"We have a long-running history of being a progressive festival with an international perspective, and we consistently push ourselves to further that purpose. We aim to inspire every single one of our 130,000 festival participants with a diverse line-up characterized by artistic curiosity and groundbreaking headliners presented in a unique festival setting", says Anders Wahrén, Roskilde Festival's Program Director.

Unfolding dreams for a better future Roskilde Festival is the biggest music festival in Northern Europe and is located just 20 miles outside of Copenhagen, offering a multitude of camping solutions as well as an onsite train station. The festival will also present a vast line-up of interdisciplinary art and activism through talks, workshops and performances.

"Roskilde Festival is a very communal event where dreams and new ideas for a better tomorrow are being addressed, exchanged, cultivated and eventually tried out by our participants. And music and art play a big part in inspiring us to even think and sense those new ideas to begin with", says Anders Wahrén.

Tickets for Roskilde Festival 2024 are on sale now. A full festival ticket gives access to the festival from 29 June to 6 July and costs DKK 2,400 (approx. €320) plus fee. One day tickets cost DKK 1,200 (approx. €160) plus fee.

Get your ticket at roskilde-festival.dk.

The first 16 announced acts for Roskilde Festival 2024 are:
Kali Uchis (US)
PJ Harvey (UK)
Gilli (DK)
Blondshell (US)
Heilung (INT)
Marina Sena (BR)
Omah Lay (NG)
Romy (UK)
Tainy (PR)
Trueno (AR)
The Armed (US)
Ivan$ito (DK)
Kind Mod Kind (DK)
Liv.e (US)
Mandy, Indiana (UK)
Violent Magic Orchestra (JP)

Roskilde news Written 2023-02-28 11:38:44

-Roskilde Festival adds Kendrick Lamar to this year’s line-up-

Northern Europe's biggest music festival reveals 16 new acts to the 2023 billing, which already features Lil Nas X, Rosalía, Blur and Christine and the Queens.

The American rap icon Kendrick Lamar returns to Roskilde Festival for a third time, eight years after his most recent visit to the Danish festival.

The non-profit festival adds 16 new acts to the 2023 line-up, in an announcement which also includes Caroline Polachek, Weyes Blood, Indigo De Souza, Special Interest, Angélique Kidjo and the celebrated metalcore outfit Code Orange.

Today the following 14 acts have been added to Roskilde Festival 2023:

Kendrick Lamar (US)

Angélique Kidjo (BJ)
Caroline Polachek (US)
Code Orange (US)
Weyes Blood (US)

Benny Jamz (DK)
Clarissa Connelly's Canon (DK)
Derya Yildrim & Grup Simsek (TUR)
First Hate (DK)
Fulu Miziki (CD)
Indigo De Souza (US)
Nora Brown (US)
Phelimuncasi (ZA)
Special Interest (US)

Roskilde news Written 2022-11-03 17:51:25

Burna Boy, Christine and the Queens presents Redcar, and Rina Sawayama to play Roskilde Festival

With the first 16 music acts in the line-up revealed, Roskilde Festival is now setting course towards next years' big youth culture gathering in Denmark.

--16 names have been added to Roskilde Festival's poster--

Burna Boy (NG)
Christine and the Queens presents Redcar (FR)
Kesi (DK)
Denzel Curry (US)
Rina Sawayama (JP/UK)
070 Shake (US)
Bru-C (UK)
eee gee (DK)
Florence Adooni (GH)
Hudson Mohawke (UK)
Karpe: Omar Sheriff (NO)
LEENALCHI (KR)
Lorna Shore (US)
Lous and the Yakuza (CD/BE)
PRISMA (DK)
SOUL GLO (US)

No Roskilde festival Written 2021-05-07 10:11:22

Forbuddet mod at gennemføre store arrangementer til sommer gælder også Roskilde Festival. Derfor må årets festival udskydes til 2022. Festivalen opfordrer alle billetkøbere til at bakke op ved at overføre deres billetter til næste år.

Det er netop meddelt, at det ikke er tilladt at gennemføre store arrangementer i Danmark til sommer. Forbuddet gælder også Roskilde Festival.

Det betyder, at Foreningen Roskilde Festival som ventet må udskyde afholdelsen af Roskilde Festival nr. 50 til sommeren 2022.

Signe Lopdrup, Roskilde Festivals administrerende direktør, siger:

"Aflysningen er jo desværre ikke helt uventet for os. Men det er meget ulykkeligt, og vi er knuste over, at vi ikke får mulighed for at samles igen på vores festival og bidrage til at genskabe de fællesskaber, som corona-krisen har ødelagt for landets unge. Det er der brug for nu. Aflysningen er meget alvorlig for vores forening og et hårdt stød for kulturens vækstlag og den værdikæde, der er med til at skabe festivalen."

Billetter kan overføres til 2022
Har man købt billet til den udsolgte festival i 2021, kan man overføre den til 2022. Ønsker man ikke at overføre sin billet, vil man kunne få den refunderet.

De præcise omstændigheder for overførsel og refusion vil være klar snarest muligt.

Signe Lopdrup siger:

"Det vil være en uvurderlig og afgørende hjælp for os, at billetkøbere overfører deres billet til 2022. Vi har oplevet en kæmpe opbakning fra billetkøberne gennem hele corona-tiden. Deres fortsatte støtte til os og andre aflyste arrangører er præcist det, som skal føre os igennem krisen. På den måde kan vi igen samles til Roskilde Festival på den anden side."

Er sikret kompensation
Sommerens festivaler er sikret kompensation for deres tab. Den økonomiske hjælp er afgørende for Roskilde Festival, da den er baseret på en almennyttig foreningsmodel, hvor alt overskud doneres til velgørende arbejde for børn og unge.

Roskilde news Written 2021-01-01 11:36:26

Rap star Kendrick Lamar tops the bill at Roskilde Festival.

The 33-year-old rapper straight out of Compton takes his place among the headliners in the lineup for Roskilde Festival number 50 in 2021.

Roskilde Festival gives its participants one more thing to look forward to in the new year.

Rapper, songwriter, producer, Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar returns to the festival in 2021.

Kendrick Lamar is certainly among the greatest rap artists of his generation. He has repeatedly impressed audiences as well as critics, and hip-hop icons such as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg have hailed him as 'The New King of the West Coast'.

Roskilde Festival's head of programme, Anders Wahrén, says:

"We are on the threshold of a new year, and we think there is a need and reason to be hopeful. That's why we're revealing another act for next year's festival."

"Despite his relatively young age, Kendrick Lamar is a modern legend and he has been one of the hottest wishes among our participants since he made his debut at Roskilde Festival in 2013. He's a show man but also a politically engaged artist with something on his mind, and he appeals to a wide audience without pandering."

Roskilde Festival has previously announced acts like The Strokes, Tyler, The Creator, Faith No More, HAIM, Thom Yorke Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, Anderson . Paak & The Free Nationals, FKA twigs, Mayhem, Megan Thee Stallion, The Whitest Boy Alive, TLC and many more.

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Roskildenytt Written 2020-02-27 13:51:04

Full music line-up revealed for Roskilde Festival including Kendrick Lamar, The Strokes, HAIM, Charli XCX and 106 more.

With a total of 110 new additions, the music line-up for the 50th edition of Northern Europe's largest festival is now ready.

Today's new acts will join already announced Taylor Swift, Tyler, The Creator, Thom Yorke Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, FKA Twigs, Faith No More, Kacey Musgraves and many, many more.

With the lowest average age ever among headliners, this year's Roskilde Festival aims for the future.

Rap's regal genius returns
32-year-old Kendrick Lamar is without a doubt the most recognised rap artist of his generation. He has done the rare feat of achieving both critical and commercial success without compromising the least bit with any of his visions.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning artist first performed at Roskilde Festival in 2013, and this year he returns to the main stage, the Orange Stage.

Garage rocking heroes The Strokes return to Roskilde Festival. The New Yorker band with the charismatic lead singer Julian Casablancas last performed at the festival in 2011, and this year they are coming to Roskilde with brand new material from their upcoming album The New Abnormal.

Today's announcement also features the sisters in HAIM who also have a new album on the way. Este, Danielle and Alana Haim are known for hits such as "I Want You Back" and "Little of Your Love" as well as working with another artist from this year's line-up, British singer and songwriter Charli XCX who is debuting at Roskilde Festival this year.

• Tickets can be purchased on roskilde-festival.dk
• Full festival tickets are DKK 2250 (approx. EUR 302), including free access to camping.
• One-day tickets are DKK 1100 (approx. EUR 148) - only a limited number available for each of the final four festival days.
Roskilde Festival 2020 lasts for eight days between Saturday 27 June and Saturday 4 July.

Roskildenytt Written 2019-05-01 02:54:09

Roskildefestivalen kompletterar musikprogrammet med 10 nya namn

Empire of the Sun, Death Grips, Aurora, Fontaines D.C., cupcakKe med flera kompletterar musikprogrammet för Nordeuropas största festival. Det fullständiga programmet innehåller totalt 188 artister.

Dessa nya namn läggs till i listan över redan offentliggjorda namn som bland annat innehåller Robyn, Cardi B, Bob Dylan, Silvana Imam, Chance the Rapper, Travis Scott, The Cure, Rosalía, Vampire Weekend med flera. Sammanlagt spelar artister från mer än 40 olika länder på festivalens åtta scener.

Visuellt stimulerande pop och mycket punk.
De australienska popfavoriterna i Empire of the Sun är äntligen tillbaka. De hade sitt genombrott med singlar som Walking on a Dream och We Are the People, och med ett nytt album på väg ger de sig nu ut på en exklusiv sommarturné där deras enda stopp i Skandinavien kommer vara på årets upplaga av Roskildefestivalen.

Empire of the Sun kommer att spela på den Orange scenen, som festivalen ursprungligen köpte av The Rolling Stones 1978. Empire of the Sun spelar där på samma dag som Travis Scott, den brasilianska sambalegenden Jorge Ben Jor och den lokala hjälten MØ.

Roskildefestivalens programchef Ander Wahrén säger:

"Det är både med stor glädje och lättnad vi äntligen kan presentera hela musikprogrammet som sammanlagt innehåller 188 artister från hela världen. När programmet äntligen är offentliggjort kan festivalgästerna börja planera inför sina egna musikfyllda festivalresor."

Efter att ha släppt albumet Year of the Snitch förra året är Death Grips nu redo att erövra nya fans i Norden under sin Roskildedebut. Den här energirika och punkinspirerade raptrion spelar på Arena - en av Europas största tältscener - på samma dag som Underworld, Johnny Marr och Jungle.

Punkattityden representeras därmed till max i dessa uppträdanden. Den Dublinbaserade gruppen Fontaines D.C. har just släppt sitt kritikerrosade album Dogrel. De spelar på den klassiska Pavilion-scenen samma dag som bland annat Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Carpenter Brut och norska Ulver.

Melbourne-kvartetten Amyl & the Sniffers är redo att inta festivalens minsta scen, Gloria, på samma dag som bland annat Stella Donnelly, Tirzah och Crack Cloud.

Shame är också tillbaka till Roskilde. Den här gången spelar de på den teaterinspirerade Avalon-scenen. De spelar som sista band den dagen, efter bland annat Neneh Cherry, Sharon Van Etten, Fatoumata Diawara och Jon Hopkins.

Dagens övriga offentliggöranden omfattar den norska popstjärnan Aurora, de återkommande electro-rockarna Spleen United, den amerikanska sångaren och låtskrivaren Sidney Gish, den barnförbjudna rapparen cuppcakKe och nordmakedonska Džambo Aguševi Orchestra.

Svenska ikoner på scenerna
Roskildefestivalen har åtta musikscener vars kapaciteter sträcker sig från cirka 1 000 till 60 000 åskådare. Silvana Imam har fått den prestigefyllda uppgiften att spela först på den Orange scenen på onsdagen, där även Bob Dylan och Cardi B kommer att spela på huvudscenen. Robyn förbereder sig för en riktig dansfest på fredag kväll på den Orange scenen och Neneh Cherry intar Avalon på torsdag.

Under festivalens första tre dagar är musikprogrammet tillägnat Nordens största talanger. Bland annat har artister som Silvana Imam, Icona Pop, Kornél Kovács, Albin Lee Meldau och Josefin Öhrn spelat här tidigt i sina respektive karriärer. I år uppträder svenska talanger som Linn Koch-Emmery, Z.E och Arre! Arre! uppträder som en del av talangprogrammet.

Här är de tio artister som läggs till programmet idag:

Death Grips (US)
Empire of the Sun (AU)
Spleen United (DK)
Amyl & the Sniffers (AU)
Aurora (NO)
cupcakKe (US)
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra (MK)
Fontaines D.C. (IE)
Shame (UK)
Sidney Gish (US)

Konst- och aktivismprogrammet kommer att publiceras senare under våren.
• Biljetter för hela festivalen kostar 2 100 DKK (inkluderar kostnadsfri åtkomst till camping samt mat och dryck du vill ta med).
• Endagsbiljetter kostar 1 050 DKK, men endast ett begränsat antal är tillgängliga för var och en av festivalens fyra dagar.
• Totalt kommer 180 artister att spela på festivalens åtta scener.
• Se mer på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildenytt Written 2018-10-29 13:09:10

Första artister för Roskildefestivalen 2019

Tolv artister som bland annat inkluderar Travis Scott, indiefavoriten Julia Holter, den finska popstjärnan Alma, R&B-sensationen Tirzah och trashlegenderna Testament har nu offentliggjorts för den ideella danska musikfestivalen. Totalt kommer 180 artister att spela på den 49:e upplagan av Norra Europas största musikfestival. Biljetterna släpps den 30 oktober.

Roskildefestivalen 2018 var en både solig och utsåld historia, vilket gjorde det möjligt att donera miljontals danska kronor till sociala och kulturella välgörenhetsorganisationer. Den ideella danska musikfestivalen offentliggör nu de första 12 av sammanlagt 180 artister som kommer att uppträda på den 49:e upplagan av Roskildefestivalen i 2019.

Travis Scott är en av hans generations största hip-hopartister, något som cementerats i och med släppet av hans tredje album, Astroworld, tidigare i år. Detta album toppade inte bara billboardlistan utan inkluderade även en lång rad kända artister som ville samarbeta med den 26-åriga rapparen från Houston: Bland dem kan bland annat The Weeknd, Drake, Kanye West, Tame Impala och Thundercat nämnas.

Travis Scott har fått lovord för hans lekfullhet och mycket energiska live-uppträdanden.

Programchefen Anders Wahrén säger:

"Travis Scott är en av modern hip-hop främsta liveartister och han är definitivt redo att inta vår berömda orange scen. Han kommer snart att vara en riktig ikon. Jag kan inte vänta på sommaren!"

Framtidens pop och metallegender
Tirzah slog igenom på riktigt i år med hennes debutalbum Devotion, som innehåller hennes alldeles egna slag av alternativ R&B-pop. Julia Holter, som snarare kan betecknas som en art-popartist är inte heller ny på Roskildefestivalen: Förutom egna framträdanden var hon även en av artisterna som deltog i det spektakulära öppningsframträdandet på den orange scenen 2016, som en del av Orchestra of Syrian Musicians tillsammans med Damon Albarn, Noura Mint Seymali med flera.

Alma är en av framtidens stora stjärnor som har fått många fans tack vare hitsingeln Chasing Highs och samarbeten med MØ, Charli XCX och Tove Lo.

Gitarrälskare kommer att ha mycket att se fram emot tack vare bland annat de livfulla indierockarna Parquet Courts och de som vill ha något tyngre kan glädja sig åt att se trashlegenderna Testament på festivalen igen. De som ser fram emot sällsyntheter och extrem metal bör gå och se dubbelframträdandet med Full of Hell och The Body.

Fans av elektronisk musik kan se fram emot framträdanden av den mycket uppskattade technoartisten Blawan och de mer visuella Rival Consoles.

Följande tolv artister har offentliggjorts för Roskildefestivalen 2019:

Travis Scott (US)
Scarlet Pleasure (DK)
Testament (US)
Alma (FI)
Blawan (UK)
Ghetto Kumbé (CO)
Full of Hell & The Body (US) spelar tillsammans
Julia Holter (US)
Nicola Cruz (EC)
Parquet Courts (US)
Rival Consoles (UK)
Tirzah (UK)
• Biljetterna för Roskildefestivalen släpps den 30 oktober. Biljetter för hela festivalen kostar 2100 DKK (inkluderar kostnadsfri åtkomst till camping samt mat och dryck du vill ta med).
• Endagsbiljetter kostar 1050 DKK, men endast ett begränsat antal är tillgängliga för var och en av festivalens fyra dagar.
• Fler artister kommer att offentliggöras inom kort.
• Totalt kommer 180 artister att spela på festivalens åtta scener.
• Se mer på roskilde-festival.dk
Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 345 miljoner svenska kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2018-04-05 08:48:10

--Roskildefestivalen släpper årets program--

Bland nyheterna på årets festival hittar vi Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Massive Attack och popens nästa superstjärna Dua Lipa. De nya 59 namnen inkluderar även Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Interpol, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kali Uchis och Stone Sour.

Den danska ideella festivalen kan redan skryta med namn som Eminem, Gorillaz, Cardi B, Bruno Mars, Nine Inch Nails samt massor av nya, lovande och stilbildande artister från fler än 35 länder. Idag läggs även Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Massive Attack och den prisbelönta popstjärnan Dua Lipa tillsammans med 57 andra namn till i listan över artister som kommer till årets Roskildefestival.

Bland de 59 nya namnen finns även Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Interpol, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joey Bada$$, Kali Uchis, John Maus, Stone Sour och The Streets frontman Mike Skinner.

Därmed är hela listan komplett, och Roskildefestivalen är redo att skicka de 130 000 besökarna på en veckolång upptäcktsresa, präglad av starka åsikter och aktivistisk konst som bryter mot format och förväntningar.

Den tidigare visselblåsaren Chelsea Manning och klimataktivisten Tuina Nikienta Olivier från Burkina Faso bjuder in till samtal. En 25 meter lång, antikapitalistisk jätteorm leder ner deltagarna till festivalplatsen under högröstad ledning av det skotska konstnärsparet Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich, och Folkekirkens Nødhjælp bjuder in till VM i Olikhet på en helt orimlig fotbollsplan medan de tyska konstnärerna Paul Barsch & Tilman Hornig låter lyxiga konstlimousiner köra runt bland de boende på campingen.

Roskildefestivalens programchef Ander Wahrén säger:

"Det här är kulmen på ett helt års intensivt arbete. Och det är en fantastisk känsla att kunna presentera ett program som innehåller både ikoniska och aktuella musikartister som Nick Cave, Massive Attack och Dua Lipa och tänkvärda inslag som Chelsea Manning och en orättvis fotbollsplan från Folkekirkens Nødhjælp. Det är precis den form av mångfald, aktivism och nyfikenhet som vi drömmer om när vi sätter ihop programmet."

Mer information om programmet och artisterna finns på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen kommer att offentliggöra ytterligare en handfull artister fram till festivalen, och det kompletta konstprogrammet kommer att lanseras under våren.

• Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
• Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 30 juni och lördagen den 7 juli 2018.
• Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 2100 DKK (exklusive avgifter). Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 1050 DKK (exklusive avgifter). Onsdagen är utsåld.
• Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 345 miljoner svenska kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2018-03-01 06:18:22

Nine Inch Nails och Fever Ray till Roskildefestivalen

Legender som Nine Inch Nails och My Bloody Valentine kommer tillbaka till Roskildefestivalen tillsammans med kompromisslöse Fever Ray samt hiphopikonerna Talib Kweli och Yasiin Bey som uppträder tillsammans under namnet Black Star. Peter Sommer intar den orange scenen med sitt nya album. Sammanlagt är 26 nya namn nu klara för Roskildefestivalen 2018.

Världsstjärnor som Eminem, Gorillaz, Bruno Mars och Cardi B finns redan på listan över artister som ska spela på Roskildefestivalen 2018. Efter måndagens offentliggörande av bl.a. Chelsea Manning, Stefflon Don och Sigrid läggs nu ytterligare 26 högaktuella artister till i programmet med både väletablerade legender och framstormande stjärnskott från hela världen.

Gränssökande på amerikanska och svenska
Med Trent Reznor i fronten etablerade sig Nine Inch Nails snabbt som ett intensivt och gränssökande band, och de har varit ett av de mest inflytelserika amerikanska banden under de senaste 25 åren. Nine Inch Nails är kända för sin unika industrirock, och skivor som The Downward Spiral (1994) och The Fragile (1999) är inget annat än moderna klassiker.

I år väntas de släppa den sista delen i sin rosade EP-trilogi som spelas live med hits som Closer, Head Like a Hole och Hurt.

Svenska Karin Dreijer, bättre känd som Fever Ray, utforskar människans mörka vrår med stor framgång. Hon var ena halvan av The Knife, där hon tillsammans med sin bror Olof var med om att omdefiniera elektronisk musik.

Idag är hon ledande inom experimentell popmusik, och hennes framträdanden är kända för att vara både överväldigande och provocerande. Det nya albumet Fever Ray var bland höjdpunkterna 2017, och besökarna kan förvänta sig både välkänt material och flera överraskningar när hon intar Arena den här gången.

Legender inom både noiserock och hiphop
Tidernas största noiserockband My Bloody Valentine återvänder till Roskildefestivalen efter 10 år. Med ett nytt album på väg är de redo att trollbinda festivalgästerna med både nya låtar och gamla klassiker - inte minst från noiserockens magnum opus Loveless från 1991.

Albumet Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star från 1998 är definitivt en höjdpunkt i hiphopens historia. Sedan dess har Mos Def bytt namn till Yasiin Bey, och tillsammans med Talib Kweli är han en av tungviktarna som har format den moderna rapen. Under namnet Black Star återvänder de med en ny platta och uppträder för första gången tillsammans på Roskildefestivalen.

Den tidigare gitarristen i Mew, Bo Madsen, debuterar på Roskildefestivalen med sitt projekt Turbolens, som förutom frontmannen själv på gitarr och sång består av en grupp barn i åldern 12-15 år.

Många andra talanger kommer att bidra till den 48:e utgåvan av den danska non-profitfestivalen: Nio enormt lovande artister från Danmark, Sverige och Norge har idag offentliggjorts för tillväxtscenerna Rising och Countdown.

Roskildefestivalens programchef Ander Wahrén säger:

"Både Nine Inch Nails och Fever Ray är gränssökande artister som har fått en stor publik med sin intensiva och ibland dystra musik. Båda banden är sprudlande live, och spelar med en mäktig inlevelse i musiken som skapar en enorm gemenskap."

"Rockmusiken lever och frodas 2018. My Bloody Valentine och supergruppen Dead Cross är exempel på den energi som bara de bästa rockkonserterna kan ge. Samtidigt ser vi även tecken på nerver och närvaro i andra genrer med alternativ pop från Sampha och den elektroniska stjärnan Four Tet. För dem handlar allt om att överväldiga publiken. Det är helt enkelt jobbigt att vänta på att det äntligen ska bli sommar."

Följande 26 artister offentliggörs idag till Roskildefestivalen 2018:

Nine Inch Nails (US) - Onsdag 4 juli
Black Star (US) - Torsdag 5 juli
Fever Ray (SE) - Fredag 6 juli
My Bloody Valentine (UK/IE) Torsdag 5 juli
Peter Sommer (DK)
Celeste (FR) - Fredag 6 juli
6LACK (US) - Torsdag 5 juli
AMMAR 808 (TN) - Fredag 6 juli
Dead Cross (US) - Fredag 6 juli
El Leopardo (CO)
Four Tet (UK) - Fredag 6 juli
Laurel Halo (US) - Fredag 6 juli
MHD (FR) - Lördag 7 juli
Sampha (UK) - Fredag 6 juli
Superorganism (INT) - Torsdag 5 juli
Turbolens (DK) - Torsdag 5 juli
Yasmine Hamdan (LB) - Torsdag 5 juli

Rising och Countdown 1-3 juli:

B From E (DK)
Emil Kruse (DK)
Fool (DK)
Gurli Octavia (DK)
Marshall Cecil (DK)
Pale Honey (SE)
SASSY 009 (NO)
Simon Littauer (DK)
Slægt (DK)

175 artister i listan
Roskildefestivalen har nu släppt 86 namn till 2018 års upplaga, och listan kommer slutligen att innehålla 175 namn. Många fler namn kommer att offentliggöras inom kort.

• Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
• Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 30 juni och lördagen den 7 juli 2018.
• Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 2100 DKK (exklusive avgifter). Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 1050 DKK (exklusive avgifter). Onsdagen är utsåld.
• Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 345 miljoner svenska kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2018-02-26 08:41:43

Chelsea Manning kommer till Roskildefestivalen

När den amerikanska aktivisten Chelsea Manning kommer och berättar om rättigheter och personligt engagemang på årets Roskildefestival blir det samtidigt hennes första besök i Skandinavien sedan hon benådades 2017. Dessutom bjuds festivaldeltagarna på aktivistisk street art och ny musik.

Under de senaste tre åren har konsten, debatterna och aktivismen på Roskildefestivalen fokuserat på global jämlikhet. Som non-profitfestival har deltagarna alltid uppmuntrats till att engagera sig, och 2018 blir ännu ett år i aktivismens tecken.

Under temat Equality är ambitionen att inspirera till ställningstagande och nya idéer, och 2018 kommer festivalen att brinna av aktivistiskt engagemang när den amerikanska aktivisten Chelsea Manning gästar festivalen under till första europeiska framträdande sedan hon benådades 2017.

2013 dömdes Chelsea Manning under namnet Bradley Manning till 35 års fängelse i en militärdomstol för att ha läckt hemlig information om USAs krigsföring i Afghanistan och Irak.

Den tidigare amerikanske presidenten Barack Obama sänkte straffet som en av sina sista åtgärder i Vita huset. Sedan hon släpptes fri har Chelsea Manning, som efter domen identifierat sig som kvinna, slagit in på den aktivistiska banan som förespråkare för offentlig transparens i en digitaliserad värld samt för transpersoners rättigheter.

Torsdagen den 5 juli pratar Chelsea Manning om aktivism och om att skapa förändringar i världen.

Roskildefestivalens chefsintendent Mette Woller berättar:

"Chelsea Manning har om någon en dramatisk och personlig berättelse som är både relevant och aktuell i världen 2018. Det är i synnerhet hennes vilja att livsomvälvande beslut och därefter ta de enorma konsekvenserna av sina handlingar som vi tror kommer att samla och påverka sommarens festivaldeltagare. Samtidigt vill vi möjliggöra öppna samtal, så att deltagarna själva kan vara med och ställa frågor under resans gång."

Aktivistisk street art mot ojämlikheter
Där Chelsea Manning använder sina ord och sin historia som sina vapen, använder de anmärkningsvärda street art-konstnärerna ±Maismenos± och sitt missnöje mot världens orättvisor genom sina visuella verk i det offentliga rummet. Deras konstverk kommer att få centrala placeringar på festivalområdet.

Dagens övriga offentliggöranden innehåller dessutom det alternativa svenska rockbandet Rome Is Not a Town, det brittiska hiphop-hoppet Stefflon Don samt Norges popsensation Sigrid, som nyligen vann BBCs prestigefyllda pris "Sound of 2018".

Följande 11 artister offentliggörs idag inför Roskildefestivalen 2018:

The Blaze (FR) - Onsdag 4 juli
Rome Is Not A Town (SE)
Kelly Lee Owens (UK)
Juana Molina (AR)
Sigrid (NO) - Lördag 7 juli
Stefflon Don (UK)
Regelbau presents Central + DJ Sports + C.K + Manmade Deejay (DK) - Torsdag 5 juli
Ond Tro (DK) - Torsdag 5 juli
Smerz (NO)
Nyt Liv (DK) - Torsdag 5 juli
Motorsav (DK) - Torsdag 5 juli
Yonaka (UK) - Lørdag 7 juli

Nytillkomna till konst- och debattprogrammet:

Chelsea Manning (US) - Thursday 5 July
±Maismenos± (PT)
Bankslave (KE)

175 artister i listan
Roskildefestivalen har tidigare släppt 48 namn till 2018 års upplaga, och listan kommer slutligen att innehålla 175 namn. Många fler namn kommer att offentliggöras inom kort.
Artister som Eminem, Cardi B, Gorillaz, First Aid Kit, Bruno Mars, David Byrne, Stormzy och Mogwai har redan offentliggjorts. Sammanlagt 175 artister kommer att spela på de åtta olika scenerna.

• Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
• Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 30 juni och lördagen den 7 juli 2018.
• Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 2100 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 1050 DKK (exklusive avgifter). Onsdagen är utsåld.
• Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 345 miljoner svenska kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2017-11-18 16:48:10

Gorillaz och David Byrne kommer till Roskildefestivalen

Damon Albarn återvänder till Roskildefestivalen tillsammans med sina lekkamrater från Gorillaz, och den musikaliske globetrottern David Byrne bjuder in till en resa genom solokarriären och de klassiska låtarna av Talking Heads. Även Stormzy, Fleet Foxes och de svenska stjärnorna First Aid Kit finns bland de 11 nya namnen. Biljettförsäljningen är nu igång, och fler namn kommer att offentliggöras innan årsskiftet.

Roskildefestivalen är i full gång med att samla ihop pusselbitarna till ännu en festival som blandar internationella storstjärnor med de allra nyaste tillskotten på stjärnhimlen.
Nu har det tillkommit 11 nya artister från en rad olika genrer på festivalprogrammet som redan innehåller namn som Bruno Mars, Mogwai och Vince Staples.

Gorillaz i toppform
Damon Albarn och hans tecknade lekkamrater i Gorillaz är nu redo för en spektakulär show på den orange scenen under 2018 års festival.

Gorillaz spelade på Roskildefestivalen 2010, och just nu är de ute på en enorm turné som även tagit dem hit till Skandinavien. Roskildefestivalens besökare kan se fram emot ett band i toppform, som verkligen är proffs på att växla mellan punkig energi, elektroniska grooves och intimitet i arenaformat.

Deras många hits som Feel Good Inc, Rhinestone Eyes, Clint Eastwood, Kids With Guns, On Melancholy Hill, Stylo och Saturnz Barz från årets dystopiska festplatta Humanz levereras som vanligt med massor av gäster på scenen och galna animerade filmer på storskärmarna.

Legendarisk musikalisk globetrotter
Roskildefestivalen 2018 är även platsen för en sällsynt konsert i Danmark med den evigt nyfikne musikaliske globetrottern David Byrne, som både levererar höjdpunkter från sin färgstarka solokarriär och naturligtvis klassisker från tiden som frontman i legendariske Talking Heads.

Dessutom kan alla som älskar folk-popinspirerat välljud och fantastiska texter se fram emot de nyligen återuppståndna - och extremt efterfrågade - amerikanska Fleet Foxes och den älskade svenska syskonduon First Aid Kit, samtidigt som det framstormande brittiska grime-fenomenet Stormzy blivit allt populärare världen över sedan hans explosiva fest på 2016 års festival.

Slutligen kommer namn som Clutch, Scour, Slaves och Chelsea Wolfe med största säkerhet att dra till sig uppmärksamheten från alla som gillar den dystra och hårda sidan av festivalen.

Detta är de 11 namn som idag offentliggörs inför Roskildefestivalen 2018:

GORILLAZ (INT)
DAVID BYRNE (US)
FIRST AID KIT (SE)
FLEET FOXES (US)
STORMZY (UK)
CHELSEA WOLFE (US)
CLUTCH (US)
KAKKMADDAFAKKA (NO)
OMNI (US)
SCOUR (US)
SLAVES (UK)

Roskildenytt Written 2017-11-03 14:52:18

Bruno Mars kommer till Roskildefestivalen

Den amerikanske superstjärnan Bruno Mars kommer för första gången någonsin att uppträda på Roskildefestivalen till sommaren. Även svenske Watain finns bland de första 10 namnen tillsammans med bland andra Mogwai, Vince Staples och Myrkur. Biljetterna släpps den 15 november, och många fler namn kommer att offentliggöras den närmaste tiden.

Roskildefestivalen börjar nedräkningen till den 48:e festivalen med en riktig popsmäll.
Med den 32-årige hitmakaren och femfaldige Grammy-vinnaren Bruno Mars bland de 10 första namnen till festivalen kan publiken redan nu se fram emot 24 karat guldmagi på scenerna under 2018 års Roskildefestival.

Bruno Mars, som är född och uppvuxen på Hawaii, har sedan länge en väl förankrad plats som en av dagens mest talangfulla popartister. Hans tredje album 24K Magic har sedan det släpptes under hösten 2016 spottat ur sig åtskilliga hitsinglar, och med en albumförsäljning på över 130 miljoner under karriären är han dessutom en av de bäst säljande artisterna någonsin.

Bruno Mars har hyllats för sin charmiga stil på scenen, och hans publik kan se fram emot en otrolig och explosiv show som är fullproppad med hits som Grenade, Just The Way You Are, That's What I Like och naturligvis Uptown Funk.

Detta blir första gången som den amerikanske superstjärnan uppträder på Roskildefestivalen, och med sig på den Orange scenen torsdagen den 5 juli har han naturligtvis det fantastiska bandet The Hooligans och sina alltid lika välkoreograferade dansare.

Det är med dessa 10 namn som Roskildefestivalen börjar nedräkningen till 2018:

BRUNO MARS (US)
C.V. JØRGENSEN (DK)
MOGWAI (UK)
VINCE STAPLES (US)
MYRKUR (DK)
NELSON CAN (DK)
OH SEES (US)
YASUAKI SHIMIZU (JP)
WATAIN (SE)
WILKINSON (UK)

Roskildenytt Written 2017-04-06 02:54:33

Roskildefestivalen avslöjar årets program och 77 nya namn

The XX har lagts till i listan över artister på den danska non-profitfestivalen tillsammans med Icona Pop, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Future Islands, Royal Blood, Slowdive, The Avalanches, Nicolas Jaar, Anthrax och 68 andra artister.

Med offentliggörandet av hela spellistan och 77 nya namn kan musikälskarna nu gå på upptäcktsfärd bland de 173 namnen från fler än 30 länder och en rad olika genrer, inriktningar och stilar som utgör 2017 års Roskildefestival.

Roskildefestivalen 2017 blandar de internationella superstjärnorna med de senaste tillskotten på stjärnhimlen, och skickar ut de 130 000 deltagarna på festivalområdet på en upptäcktsresa som är baserad på mångfald och konstnärlig kvalitet.

The XX och framtidens stjärnor
Tidigare år har internationella giganter som The Weeknd, Foo Fighters och Arcade Fire visat att Roskildefestivalen bjuder på gemenskap i arenaformat. Med offentliggörandet av brittiska The XX sätter Roskildefestivalen det sista stora namnet till spellistan. The XX är aktuella med sitt rosade tredje album som under 2017 har varit ett globalt genombrott för bandet. Trions medlemmar är alla under 30 år gamla, och när de till sommaren uppträder på den Orange scenen blir det framför deras hittills största publik i Skandinavien.

The XX är ett av flera unga namn i toppen av årets spellista, som tidigt i karriären har bevisat att de är här för att stanna - fler exempel är namn som Lorde, Father John Misty, Solange, Royal Blood, Justice, Halsey och Future Islands.

Det framtidsorienterade fokuset på huvudnamnen speglas överallt på listan över artister, där Roskildefestivalen som talangfabrik strävar efter att presentera artisterna tidigt i karriärerna. Det gäller för yngre urbana artister som Princess Nokia, Lil Uzi Vert, G-Eazy och Bryson Tiller såväl som för de debuterade nordiska talangerna som möter sin första större publik på Roskildefestivalen.

Förra året debuterade danske Phlake på Rising-scenen - en scen för nordiska nykomlingar - och nu tar de steget upp på den legendariske Orange scenen. 2017 kan det vara svenske Shitkid eller Skott, danske Irah eller Silvester eller kanske norske Sigrid som kan få skjuts i karriären efter sitt möte med Roskildefestivalens otroligt nyfikna publik.

Roskildefestivalens programchef Anders Wahrén säger:
"Det är ett galet klimax att äntligen kunna presentera hela listan över vårt urval av den aktuellaste, mest genredefinierande och utmanande musiken för 2017. The XX har precis som Solange, The Weeknd och Lorde skapat massiv uppmärksamhet över hela världen, trots att de inte ens är 30 år gamla. De kan om någon få tyst på pratet om brist på headliners i framtiden, och har fortsatt potential att överraska och vinna ännu fler fans när de gästar den Orange scenen i sommar. På det sättet representerar de både nutid och framtid när de står på spellistan tillsammans med nya, unga och lovande talanger som Noah Carter, Silvester och Sigrid."

Kvinnliga förebilder utmanar bristen på jämlikhet
Årets spellista kännetecknas av en lång rad kvinnliga artister som - förutom gör fantastisk musik och levererar den med helt rätt energi - kämpar för jämlikhet, jämställdhet, medborgerliga rättigheter och kvinnors rättigheter.

Jenny Hval, Princess Nokia, Solange, Madame Gandhi, Discwoman, Alsarah & The Nubatones, Noga Erez, Elza Soares, Jah9, Weyes Blood, Hun Solo och Savage Rose är exempel på att publiken kan förvänta sig kvinnliga artister som använder sin musik som plattform till att inspirera till förändring och jämlikhet. De starka förebilderna kan utmana och påverka obalansen i en bransch där kvinnorna är i stor minoritet på scenerna.

Anders Wahrén säger:
"Vi har ett ansvar att förändra obalansen i könsfördelningen. Vi ser vår egen roll som en plattform där starka förebilder av båda könen kan inspirera till förändring och jämlikhet. Det gäller även en förändring som ändrar framtidens könsfördelning bland musikerna på våra scener. Vi är som festival den sista delen av den musikaliska "näringskedjan", men det betyder inte att vi inte ska försöka påverka den. Det kan vi göra med namn som Princess Nokia och Madame Gandhi, som båda är intressanta då de har en vass konstnärlig och åsiktsmässig profil och samtidigt befinner sig i det urbana området som normalt är mycket mansdominerat. De är förebilder som visar en annan väg i en mansdominerad bransch, och kan inspirera till nya tankar i mötet med publiken."

Stjärnorna knyter nävarna
Spellistan visar att artisterna i stor grad tar en politisk ställning till sin omvärld 2017, och att musik, konst och åsikter går hand i hand på Roskildefestivalen.

Arcade Fire gav ut sin första singel på tre år, "I Give You Power" några få timmar innan Donald Trump tillträdde som president medan A Tribe Called Quest representerade den motsatta sidan när de på den amerikanske Grammy-utdelningen uttryckte sin kritik mot den nyvalda presidentens inreseförbud från utvalda muslimska länder. Inte heller Father John Misty håller inne med sin politiska samtidskritik, och Solange uttrycker sig om frigörelse, rasism och medborgarrättigheter.

Resan genom spellistan visar en rad musiker som använder musiken på ett politiskt sätt för att skapa en agenda. Puertoricanske Residente har starka åsikter om LGBT-rättigheter och människosmuggling, och har varit en så högljudd och progressiv röst att har fått en Nobel Peace Summit Award för sitt sociala engagemang. Seun Kutis senaste skivsläpp har den mycket karaktäristiska titeln "Struggle Sounds", och palestinske 47Soul tar upp kampen för frihet och jämlikhet i deras hemland. De uppträder samma dag som israeliske Noga Erez, förenade genom konst, musik och mänsklighet.

Legenderna gör comeback
Årets festival är även centrum för mötet mellan erfarna artister och en ung publik. Foo Fighters var på Roskildefestivalen senast 2005, och Arcade Fire genomför i år sin första spelning på festivalen på 10 år.

De banbrytande australiensarna The Avalanches gjorde en förbluffande kreativ comeback med plattan "Wildflower" förra året, en skiva som låtit vänta på sig i hela 16 år. De skotska noiserockarna The Jesus and Mary Chain gav under 2017 ut sin första platta på 19 år, och detsamma gäller brittiska Slowdive, som tagit upp karriären efter 20 års skivuppehåll. Metalheadsen kan se fram emot att skakas om ordentligt av de beryktade thrash-kungarna Anthrax, som förra året visade att de fortfarande är i toppform med skivan "For All Kings".

Med en genomsnittsålder på 24 har de flesta av Roskildefestivalens 130 000 besökare inte haft många chanser att se danska The Savage Rose, som spelade på festivalen för första gången 1974. 2017 firar gruppen 50 år som band, och kommer att visa en helt ny generation hur nydanande och viktig deras musikaliska resa har varit för den danska musikscenen.

Se alla artister här: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2017
Totalt 173 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 24 juni och lördagen den 1 juli 2016.
Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 1995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildenytt Written 2017-03-05 11:06:41

Father John Misty och 23 andra nya namn till Roskildestivalen

Den karismatiske låtskrivaren och artisten Father John Misty är redo att förföra massorna på den Orange Scenen, medan Elza Soares och den feministiske rapparen Madame Gandhi spelar sina första konserter i Danmark. Även Bonobo, Nils Bech och Tinashe finns bland dagens nyheter.

Father John Misty fick sitt stora danska genombrott när kan överrumplade både publik och recensenter med en triumfartad show på Roskildefestivalen 2015. Redan här bevisade bohemen med det långa skägget att han är både en av nutidens största låtskrivare och en överväldigande artist.

Hans nya platta "Pure Comedy" kommer ut i början av april, och redan nu pekar singlar som "Ballad of the Dying Man", "The Wildly Different Perspectives" och plattans titellåt på en mer eftertänksam och politiskt reflekterande sida av den annars så färgstarka och ironiska Father John Misty.

Ännu en överrumplande konsertupplevelse väntar alltså. Denna gång på den Orange Scenen.

Sambadrottning och feministisk rappare
Roskildefestivalen är även platsen där man har chansen att uppleva artister som sällan uppträder i Norden. Det är ofta här som programmets största överraskningar och genombrott ligger och väntar bland de sammanlagt 175 konserterna.

Den 79-åriga legenden Elza Soares är känd som drottningen av avantgarde-samba. Sedan 50-talet har hon satt ett varaktigt avtryck på brasiliansk musik med sitt musikaliska mod och sin kamp mot sociala orättvisor. Idag är hon en ikon i hemlandet, vilket inte minst betonas på hennes senaste album "A Mulher do Fim do Mundo" (Woman at the End of the World), som rosats för sin modiga och banbrytande blandning av traditionella brasilianska musikstilar och noiserock.

Bland de yngre kvinnliga artisterna bjuder amerikanska Madame Gandhi på självsäker feministisk electro-rap, medan den 24-åriga r'n'b-stjärnan Tinashe har riktig stjärnstatus och en säker känsla för glittrande pop som kan säkra hennes plats på framtidens stjärnhimmel.

Norsk multitalang
Brittiska Bonobo får just nu stor uppmärksamhet med sin medvetna och organiska electronica, medan jamaicanske Popcaan blandar pop och dancehall på ett sätt som har imponerat på stjärnor som Drake och Snoop Doog, Samtidigt kommer fans av tv-serien "SKAM" att känna igen den norska multitalangen Nils Bech, som nyligen fick massiv uppmärksamhet för sin tolkning av julpsalmen "O helga natt".

Roskildefestivalens programchef Anders Wahrén säger:

"Father John Misty slog helt undan benen på dem som såg honom 2015. Därför tror vi att han kan ge en helt ny dimension till showen när han tar sig an den Orange Scenen den här gången."

Med namn som Elza Soares, Madame Gandhi och Popcaan har publiken verkliga upplevelser att vänta med fantastiska artister som vi inte har haft möjligheten se på våra breddgrader tidigare. Det är ofta en del av programmet, att publiken kan gå på upptäcksfärd mellan scenerna och komma hem från festivalen med enorma musikaliska överraskningar i ryggsäcken."

Dessa artister offentliggörs i dag till årets Roskildefestival:

Father John Misty (US)
Elza Soares (BR)
Bonobo (UK)
Popcaan (JM)
Sort Sol (DK)
Tinashe (US)
A Day to Remember (US)
Baest (DK)
Bjarki (IS)
Boujeloud (DK)
Clams Casino (US)
Dør Nr. 13 (DK)
Fatima Yamaha (NL)
Franske Piger (DK)
Full of Hell (US)
Group Doueh & Cheveu (MA/FR)
András (AU)
KiNK feat. Rachel Row (BG)
Madame Gandhi (US)
Mechatok (DE)
Moon Duo (US)
Nils Bech (NO)
The Rumour Said Fire (DK)
School of X (DK)

Foo Fighters, The Weeknd, Arcade Fire, Solange, Trentemøller, G-Eazy, Moderat/Modeselektor, Blink-182 och Justice är några av de övriga namnen som har offentliggjorts till sommaren Roskildefestival.

• Se alla offentliggjorda artister här: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2017
• Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
• Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 24 juni och lördagen den 1 juli 2016.
• Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 1995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 345 miljoner svenska kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2017-02-07 07:23:52

Lorde och A Tribe Called Quest till Roskildefestivalen

Den nyazeeländska popsensationen Lorde spelar sin första nordiska konsert på årets Roskildefestival, medan de albumaktuella hiphop-legendarerna A Tribe Called Quest spelar på festivalens orange scen under sitt enda stopp i Skandinavien på sin avskedsturné. Svenska ShitKid och Ştiu Nu Ştiu har nu tagit plats bland de 29 nya banden som offentliggjorts till sommarens festival tillsammans med bland andra Bryson Tiller, Gucci Mane och Rag'n'Bone Man.

Tidigare har The Weeknd, Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, Solange och Justice offentliggjorts bland de internationella namnen till nonprofit-festivalen i Roskilde. Med 29 nya avslöjande är nu 70 av 175 artister offentliggjorda, och ännu en gång blandar festivalen superstjärnor med lovande artister som ännu har det stora genombrottet framför sig.

Popsensationens första skandinaviska konsert
Det blir hennes första konsert någonsin i Skandinavien när den nyazeeländska popsensationen Lorde gästar sommarens Roskildefestival.

Den 20-åriga Lorde, vars fullständiga namn är Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, sjöng sig in i hela världens hjärtan och hitlistor under 2013 med megahiten Royals och det rosade debutalbumet "Pure Heroine". 2014 cementerade hon sin enastående talang med singeln Yellow Flicker Beat och spelade även in soundtracket till Hunger Games-filmen Mocking Jay Pt. 1.

Hon har jämförts med en ung Kate Bush, medan David Bowie prisade hennes minimalistiska och poetiska elektro-pop och kallade den för framtidens musik. Nu är Lorde äntligen redo att följa upp framgångarna, och hennes andra album släpps senare under 2017. Därför kommer konserten naturligtvis att bjuda på helt nytt material.

Högaktuella legendarer bjuder på sin avskedsshow
A Tribe Called Quest definierade soundet på den avspända och jazziga hiphopen på 90-talet, och plötsligt, efter 18 års frånvaro kommer de tillbaka med albumet "We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service", en av 2016 års mest förbluffande och rosade comebacks.

Rap-pionjärerna fortsätter att hyllas för sitt livsbejakande sound, och deras knivskarpa sociala medvetenhet är högaktuell på alla sätt. Även om rapparen Phife Dawg dog 2016, mitt under inspelningen av plattan, för Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad och Jarobi White andan vidare tillsammans, när de under sommaren drar ut på sin avskedsturné.

Spelningen på Roskildefestivalen blir A Tribe Called Quests enda stopp i Skandinavien, och en av relativt få spelningar i Europa under 2017.

På gränsen till det stora genombrottet
23-årige Bryson Tiller från Louisville, Kentucky kickstartade karriären när han la ut sina låtar på Soundcloud och fick miljoner streamningar som resultat. På några månader blev den r&b-inspirerade rapparen hyllad av namn som Drake och The Weeknd, samtidigt som debutplattan "T R A P S O U L" klättrade till plats 8 på Billboards top 200.

Den extremt produktive Atlanta-rapparen Gucci Mane är vida känd som kungen av Atlanta-rap. Han har haft ett enormt inflytande på yngre förmågor som Future och Young Thug, och hans diskografi består så här långt av nio album samt fler mixtapes än de allra flesta. Albumet Everybody's Looking från 2016 har garanterat ett amerikanskt genombrott för Gucci Mane, och nyligen skapade han tillsammans med Rae Sremmund den globala superhiten "Black Beatles", som hittills har streamats fler än 360 millioner gånger på YouTube. Konserten på årets Roskildefestival blir hans första besök i Danmark.

Roskildefestivalens programchef Anders Wahrén säger:

"A Tribe Called Quest är en av tidernas bästa hiphopgrupper. Så när de väljer att avsluta karriären med att ge ut en helt fantastisk comeback-platta, är jag säker på att de kan leva upp till sin legendariska status och leverera en superb avskedsshow under sin enda konsert i Skandinavien."

"Lorde kommer att ge sin första skandinaviska konsert i samband med att hon släpper sin efterlängtande andra platta. Samtidigt debuterar lovande artister som Bryson Tiller, Gucci Mane och Rag'n'Bone Man på Roskildefestivalen, som alla står inför det stora genombrottet. Även om mer än hälften av årets band fortfarande är hemliga, pekar årets program redan på att bestå av flera av de mest aktuella och genredefinierande artisterna under 2017."

Dessa artister har nu offentliggjorts inför årets Roskildefestival:

A Tribe Called Quest (US)
Bryson Tiller (US)
Gucci Mane (US)
Lorde (NZ)
47Soul (PS)
Against Me! (US)
Atomikylä (FI)
AV AV AV (DK)
Dub De Gaita - Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto (CO)
High On Fire (US)
Oranssi Pazuzu (FI)
Pert Near Sandstone (US)
Ph/Mr Peter Hayden Band (FI)
Priests (US)
Rag'n'Bone Man (UK)
Rüfüs (AU)
Show Me the Body (US)

Följande artister spelar på scenerna Countdown och Rising, som under festivalens första dagar presenterar unga och lovande talanger:

Auðn (IS)
AyOwA (DK)
Fugleflugten (DK)
The Kutimangoes (DK)
Modest (DK)
Noah Carter (DK)
Odd Couple (DE)
ShitKid (SE)
Silvester (DK)
Snow Boyz (NO)
Ştiu Nu Ştiu (SE)
Tvivler (DK)

Foo Fighters, The Weeknd, Arcade Fire, Solange, Trentemøller, G-Eazy, Moderat/Modeselektor, Blink-182 och Justice är några av de övriga namnen som har offentliggjorts till sommaren Roskildefestival.

Se alla offentliggjorda artister här: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2017
Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 24 juni och lördagen den 1 juli 2016.
Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 1995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 225 miljoner kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2016-12-22 10:52:39

The Weeknd kommer till Roskildefestivalen

Den unge megastjärnan The Weeknd har slagit streamingrekord har och definierat om modern popmusik. Till sommaren tar han med sig sitt futuristiska ljud till Roskildefestivalens orange scen, där han spelar sin första danska festivalkonsert.

Det är en av nutidens absolut största popstjärnor på toppen av sin karriär som nu kommer till sommarens Roskildefestival, och är dessutom en av de mest önskade musikerna bland festivalens deltagare.

Den endast 26 år gamla Grammy-vinnande kanadensiske Abel Tesfaye har på blott fem år intagit tronen som sin generations mest hyllade popartist. Och har dessutom gjort det helt på sitt eget unika sätt.

Han har själv skapat sitt unika futuristiska popsound med tunga digitala beats och ett dystert textuniversum, och han har även samarbetat med enorma stjärnor som Daft Punk, Beyoncé och Drake.

Den första uppmärksamheten spred sig gradvis på Internet under 2011 med mixtape-utgåvan av House of Balloons, men det var det Grammy-vinnande och miljonsäljande albumet Beauty Behind the Madness, som var genombrottet för The Weeknd under 2015. Albumet innehöll hitsinglar som Can't Feel My Face, The Hills och naturligvis Earned It, som även fanns med på soundtracket till filmen Fifty Shades of Grey.

För bara några veckor sedan gav The Weeknd ut albumet Starboy, som genast for upp i toppen av den amerikanska Billboard-listan. Samtidigt slog albumet streamingrekord på Spotify när The Weeknd puttade ner Justin Bieber och blev den mest streamade artisten på en enda dag. Den nya skivan har även ett starkt nordiskt inflytande, då svenske Max Martin och norske Cashmere Cat finns bland producenterna.

Roskildefestivalens programchef Anders Wahrén berättar:

"Vi har hållit koll på The Weeknd och hans utveckling under lång tid nu, och det är ingen hemlighet att han har legat i toppen på våra gästers önskelista i flera år. Han är något så unikt som ett respekterat undergroundfenomen som håller sig trogen mot sitt sound och sitt förflutna, även om han har blivit till en av världens största popstjärnor just nu. Det är mycket unikt för en artist, så vi är riktigt stolta över att han spelar sin första danska festivalkonsert på Roskildefestivalen."

The Weeknd spelar på den Orange Scenen på onsdagen den 28 juni 2017.

När The Weeknd tidigare under 2016 släppte datumen för sin första världsturné sålde biljetterna till konserten i Köpenhamn slut på en timme. Konserten på Roskildefestivalen blir The Weeknds första danska festivalkonsert.

Foo Fighters, Arcade Fire, Solange, Trentemøller, G-Eazy, Moderat/Modeselektor, Blink-182 och Justice finns bland de övriga 41 artisterna som nu är offentligjorda till nästa års Roskildefestival.

Se alla offentliggjorda artister här: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2017
Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 24 juni och lördagen den 1 juli 2016.
Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 1995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 225 miljoner kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2016-11-30 06:53:35

Arcade Fire, Solange och många fler till Roskilde Festival

Kanadensiska Arcade Fire är tillbaka och Solange gästar Roskilde Festival för första gången. Även Justice, Warpaint, Erasure och Blink-182 finns bland de totalt 24 nya namn som nu läggs till Roskilde Festival 2017.

Det är bara några veckor sedan Roskilde Festival kunde offentliggöra rocklegenden Foo Fighters till nästa års affischer och nu sätter festivalen in ännu fler superstjärnor i sällskap med de nyaste skotten på stjärnhimlen. Det sker genom tillkännagivandet av ytterligare 24 nya namn från hela den musikaliska världskartan.

Kanadensisia giganter och dansvänliga synthare
Kanadensiska Arcade Fire har sedan debututgivningen av Funeral från 2004 utvidgat och utmanat sitt förunderliga musikaliska universum och gruppens sällsynta konserter är berusande och sprudlande maktdemonstrationer, som gång på gång bevisar att frontnamnet Win Butler och hans följe befinner sig i unik världsklass.

År 2017 kommer de äntligen tillbaka med en ny - och enligt uppgift disko-inspirerad - platta och ger i samband med det sin första konsert på Roskilde Festival på 10 år.

De franska festspecialisterna Justice är garanter för en överdådig och euforisk upplevelse på Orange Scene, medan Andy Bell och Vince Clarke från den legendariska synth-pop-duon Erasure är redo att ge en lektion i pophistoria med hits från en 30 år lång karriär.

Amerikanska kvinnor och svenska killar
Med sitt nya, starkt politiska album A Seat at the Table har Solange etablerat sitt namn som en popstjärna på den amerikanska musikhimlen. Hon har promenerat ända till toppen på hitlistorna och har blivit extremt rosad av recensenterna och nu är hon redo att gästa Roskilde Festival för första gången.

Även Margo Price vänder upp och ned på amerikanska ideal. Hon har kallats frälsaren av country-musiken och hennes nya platta - utgiven på Jack Whites skivbolag - är en signal till konservativa krafter i Nashville om att hon går sina egna vägar.

Gitarren lever i högsta grad: Pop-punkarna Blink-182 och svenska Viagra Boys är klara för sina första konserter på sommarens Roskilde Festival, medan band som Warpaint och norska Blood Command kommer tillbaka till non-profit-festivalen med nya plattor i ryggen.

Det är de här 24 namnen som idag offentliggörs för Roskilde Festival 2017:

Arcade Fire (CA)
Blink-182 (US)
Justice (FR)
Erasure (UK)
The Lumineers (US)
Solange (US)
Warpaint (US)
BCUC (ZA)
Black String (KR)
Blood Command (NO)
Cashmere Cat (NO)
Jagwar Ma (AU)
Kellermensch (DK)
Kevin Morby (US)
Margo Price (US)
Kano (UK)
Møme (FR)
Neurosis (US)
Princess Nokia (US)
Red Fang (US)
Svin (DK)
Vanishing Twin (UK)
Viagra Boys (SE)
Wiki (US)

Gemenskapsupplevelser och morgondagens stjärnor
Programchef Anders Wahrén säger om dagens offentliggöranden:

"Arcade Fire tillhör på många sätt en ny generation av stilskapare och sedan de spelade hos oss för 10 år sedan har deras ambitioner och massiva popularitet absolut inte blivit mindre. Så vi ser fram emot en fullständigt storslagen och överväldigande upplevelse på Orange Scene 2017."

"Med gränssökande konstnärer som Black String från Sydkorea och Viagra Boys från Stockholm pekar vi också mot framtiden. De 24 namnen idag kommer från 10 olika länder och skiljer sig mycket åt. De avspeglar ett mångfasetterat och nyfiket program med många konstnärer som både är starkt politiska och kan dra folk, inte minst Solange."

Totalt 39 namn är nu offentliggjorda inför Roskilde Festival 2017, vilket motsvarar ungefär en fjärdedel av programmet.

Se video

• Se alla offentliggjorda artister här: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2017
• Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
• Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 24 juni och lördagen den 1 juli 2016.
• Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 1995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 225 miljoner kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2016-11-15 05:04:45

Foo Fighters till Roskildefestivalen

Det eftertraktade amerikanska rockbandet med karismatiska frontmannen Dave Grohl spelar deras enda skandinaviska konsert på Roskildefestivalens Oranga Scen i sommar. Biljettförsäljningen till nästa års festival skjuts igång tisdagen den 15:e november.

Det är ett band från rockens absoluta topp som nu offentliggörs till Roskildefestivalen 2017.

Foo Fighters uppstod ur askan från Nirvana för över 20 år sedan. Med åtta album i bagaget och en skivförsäljning på över 30 miljoner står dem idag som en av hårdrockens tungviktare och spelar på utsålda stadiumspelningar oavsett var de dyker upp i världen.

Med sångaren och gitarristen Dave Grohl som en av rockens mest älskvärda och karismatiska huvudpersoner, är gruppens konserter renodlade uppvisningar av glödande rock n' roll doserat med rikliga mängder slagkraftig metallisk energi och de fräsande gitarrerna och den melodiska elegansen levereras med massor av livsglädje och allsångs-ögonblick.

Foo Fighters gästade senast Roskildefestivalen 2005, så de är högst sällsynta gäster på våra breddgrader. Konserten på nästa års Roskilde är bandets enda skandinaviska konsert i sommar.

Roskilde Festivalens programchef Anders Wahrén säger:

"Foo Fighters är tveklöst ett av världens största rockband, och vi har länge försökt att få hit dem igen. Så det är fantastiskt när det äntligen klaffar, så att vi kan välkomna dem tillbaka till Roskilde Festivalen. Och vi är helt klart väldigt glada för att det till och med blir deras enda skandinaviska show i sommar."

"Foo Fighters kan om någon samla en massiv publik och skapa en känsla av samhörighet och livsglädje, så på det sättet är det ett helt perfekt namn till Oranga Scenen. Och det har definitivt också höjt våra egna förväntningar att deras konserter under de senaste åren har visat att de är vitala och tända som aldrig förr."

Foo Fighters spelade senast 2005 på Roskildefestivalen, medans Dave Grohl dessutom har gästat festivalen som trumslagare i Nirvana och Them Crooked Vultures, 1992 respektive 2010.

Gruppens senaste utgivning är ep'en Saint Cecilia från november 2015, medans albummet Sonic Highways släpptes hösten 2014.

Trentemøller, Moderat/Modeselektor, G-Eazy och Angel Olsen har tidigare offentliggjorts till nästa års festival, och endnu fler namn kommer att släppas innan jul.

• Se alla offentliggjorda artister här: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2017
• Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
• Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 24 juni och lördagen den 1 juli 2016.
• Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 1995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.

Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 225 miljoner kronor till donation.

Lisa Written 2016-05-20 03:47:27

Great news, Roskilde Festival will stream live together with Red Bull, quotations from the Festival page below!

"Together with Red Bull TV, Roskilde Festival will livestream concerts from #RF16 around the globe. Along with five other iconic festivals, including Primavera Sound, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, Roskilde Festival will be part of Red Bull TV’s festival coverage during the summer."

Ida Written 2016-05-20 02:38:53

Sign up for Camp or the year competition, more info can be found here: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/news/2016/sign-up-for-camp-of-the-year-2016

Ida Written 2016-05-12 16:01:31

Hurry, soon there will be no tickets left: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/news/2016/friday-tickets-sold-out

Lisa Written 2016-05-02 15:51:45

Funderar du fortfarande vilka artister du vill se under årets festivalsommar? Sluta fundera och kolla in det här heta spelschemat från Roskildefestivalen!
http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/schedule/2016

Roskildenytt Written 2016-02-24 06:56:09

-Roskildefestivalen stödjer svenskt initiativ för flyktingar-

Det är både genom insamlingar och donationer som den ideella organisationen Kompis Sverige får stöd till sitt arbete med att integrera nya och mer etablerade svenskar.

Till årets Roskildefestival kan publiken köpa en särskild biljett som direkt stödjer Kompis Sverige. Denna speciella biljett heter Making a Change, och Kompis Sverige är ett initiativ som arbetar just för att göra en skillnad i samhället.

Initiativet inriktar sig på mötet mellan människor och är ett vänskapsprogram som matchar ihop nya svenskar med mer etablerade svenskar. Som vänskapspar lär man känna nya kulturer och blir på så vis del av en större gemenskap.

Med en svensk vän kan nyanlända både lära sig svenska och komma närmare det svenska samhället, medan de etablerade svenskarna får möjlighet att möta en person med annan bakgrund och kultur.

En skillnad för gemenskapen
Roskildefestivalen och Kompis Sverige har flera saker gemensamt. Båda organisationerna är ideella och båda fokuserar på gemenskap där människor möts och tillsammans får nya perspektiv.

Roskildefestivalens taleskvinna Christina Bilde säger:

”Kompis Sverige använder sig av en enkel metod – det jämställda och öppna mötet mellan människor – för att göra en skillnad för gemenskapen. Därför har vi valt att stödja dem. Det handlar helt enkelt om att vara öppen och redo att förflytta sig och skapa förändring.”

Making a Change-biljetten kostar 200 DKK mer än det vanliga festivalpasset. De 200 DKK går oavkortat till Kompis Sverige. Om man köper biljetten före den 5 mars, donerar Roskildefestivalen ytterligare 400 DKK för varje såld biljett till Kompis Sverige.

Kompis Sverige grundades 2013 av Natassia Fry och Pegah Afsharian.

Årets Roskildefestival äger rum mellan 25 juni och 2 juli. Allt överskott går oavkortat till humanitära och sociala ändamål. I år lägger festivalen fokus på politisk jämställdhet under rubriken Stand Up For Your Rights, där ljuset bland annat riktas mot flyktingar, begränsad yttrandefrihet och rätten till ett privatliv.

Bland de som uppträder på Roskildefestivalen 2016 återfinns LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ghost, Tame Impala, PJ Harvey, Wiz Khalifa och många fler. Hittills har 54 av 175 artister offentliggjorts.
• Se alla bokningar här: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2016
• Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
• Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 25 juni och lördagen den 2 juli 2016.
• Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 1995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.
Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 225 miljoner kronor till donation.

Roskildenytt Written 2016-01-25 06:41:56

LCD Soundsystem återförenas på Roskildefestivalen 2016

LCD Soundsystem återupptar karriären med en spelning på Orange scen och svenska Ghost gästar Roskilde med sin hårt slående, melodiska rock. Bland dagens 21 nya släpp finns också Tame Impala, Chvrches och Savages.

Den slutliga lineupen för Roskildefestivalen kommer senare i vår. Men med 21 nya bokningar är 53 av 175 namn släppta och nu börjar ett program ta form, där återigen internationella superstjärnor får sällskap av de senaste skotten på stjärnhimlen.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, New Order, PJ Harvey, Tenacious D och Wiz Khalifa har redan släppts och nu blir listan ännu längre med högaktuella, internationella artister som LCD Soundsystem, Ghost, Tame Impala, Chvrches och Savages, och bland de danska namnen finns MØ, S!vas och The Minds of 99.

LCD Soundsystem tillbaka efter fem år
Ryktena har varit igång länge och nu i början av 2016 kunde frontmannen James Murphy äntligen officiellt bekräfta att LCD Soundsystem har hittat tillbaka till varandra igen. Återföreningen består inte bara av konserter i USA och Europa, utan också i ett helt nytt album senare 2016 – bandets första nya material sedan "This Is Happening" från 2010.

LCD Soundsystem skapade på 10 år enorm uppmärksamhet med sin skoningslösa disco-punk-partyrock, innan bandet efter tre album och minnesvärda hits som Daft Punk Is Playing At My House, ’All My Friends’ och ’Someone Great’ valde att avsluta på topp med en avskedskonsert på Madison Square Garden i New York i 2011.

Fem år senare får Roskildefestivalens besökare möjlighet att se och höra LCD Soundsystem fortsätta festen, när bandet intar Orange scen i sommar.

Roskildefestivalens programchef Anders Wahrén säger:

"LCD Soundsystem återförening i sommar kom närmast ur det blå och vi trodde faktiskt inte på de första ryktena som började surra på internet förra året. Men nu är det verklighet och de kan återuppta karriären på Orange scen en sen sommarkväll i år. I motsats till så många andra band som återförenas, så slutade LCD Soundsystem eftersom de knappast kunde blir bättre eller bli mer framgångsrika. Men nu kommer de tillbaka med både konserter och ett nytt album, och vi är helt övertygade om att de kommer hitta glädjen och spelsuget och infria våra skyhöga förväntningar."

LCD Soundsystem spelade på Roskildefestivalen 2007 och 2010.

Exklusiv dansk sommarspelning med MØ
Också Danmarks pop-darling MØ kommer till Orange scen i sommar. Det blir en formidabel topp i en kometkarriär utan like. 2013 debuterande hon som ett spirande pophopp på Roskildefestivalens scen för unga talanger, och nu senast har 27-åriga MØ dragit iväg på ett internationellt popäventyr och har samarbetat med stjärnor som Iggy Azalea och Major Lazer.

Tillsammans med just Major Lazer och DJ Snake har MØ satt rekord med den mest spelade låten på Spotify, monsterhiten Lean On, som har spelats över 630 miljoner gånger. Just nu fokuserar hon stenhårt på inspelningen av sitt andra album och hennes fans kan förvänta sig både välkända hits och splitternya sånger.

Här är de 21 nya namnen till Roskildefestivalen 2016:

LCD Soundsystem (US)
MØ (DK)
Tame Impala (AUS)
Chvrches (UK)
Ghost (S)
Kvelertak (N)
S!vas (DK)
Birdy Nam Nam (F)
Destroyer (CA)
DJ Paypal (DE)
First Hate (DK)
Floating Points (UK)
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (UK)
Gaye Su Akyol (TR)
Klub 27 (DK)
The Minds of 99 (DK)
Palace Winter (DK)
Protomartyr (US)
Recondite (DE)
Savages (UK)
Tal National (NE)

Se en presentationsfilm av de släppta namnen: https://youtu.be/nPyZs_jmJBE

Biljettförsäljningen är igång
Med dagens släpp har Roskildefestivalen nu presenterat 53 namn till den kommande festivalen och många fler namn är på väg. Det fullständiga programmet presenteras i början av april.

• Se alla bokningar här: http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2016
• Totalt 175 artister spelar på årets Roskildefestival.
• Roskildefestivalen äger rum mellan lördagen den 25 juni och lördagen den 2 juli 2016.
• Biljetter till Roskildefestivalen kostar 1995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Ett begränsat antal endagsbiljetter finns till salu för 995 DKK (exklusive avgifter).
• Biljetter kan köpas på roskilde-festival.dk.
Roskildefestivalen arrangeras av frivilliga eldsjälar och är 100 % ideell. Allt överskott doneras till kulturella och välgörande ändamål av Föreningen Roskilde Festival. Sedan starten på 1970-talet har Roskildefestivalen dragit in över 225 miljoner kronor till donation.

Roskilde News Written 2013-05-14 15:03:17

JOIN ROSKILDE RIDESHARE WITH ANTS
Roskilde Festival has partnered with the Scandinavian based ridesharing service Ants, to make sharing a ride to Roskilde easy, green and with special benefits for those using the service.
If you are planning to drive to Roskilde Festival 2013, we encourage you to fill up your car. It's both more green, you'll maybe get to meet new people, and if you are using the Ants ridesharing service you'll gain even more benefits.

Special parking for all Roskilde Rideshare cars
All cars participating in Roskilde Rideshare with Ants are eligible for a reserved, free and centrally placed parking spot, if at least 4 people are sharing the ride. Other than save money on the normal parking fee, it'll make the walk with all your stuff from the car to the camping grounds shorter and easier.

Sign up using Ants and we will keep you informed on how to get to the parking, and what to do when you are there.

Unique opportunity to cars from Germany, Sweden or Norway: Get a free Full Festival Ticket
Roskilde Festival has donated a total of 100 free Full Festival Tickets to citizens in Germany, Norway and Sweden, who uses Ants to share their ride with other guests heading to Roskilde Festival.

Both driver and passengers must have a profile on Ants. When the ride has more than three passengers, Ants will contact the driver in order for him to confirm that everyone in the car has a valid ticket. If everyone has a valid ticket, the driver can claim his free full festival ticket on the day of arrival to the festival. Important: sign-up for this unique opportunity ends 16 June, and are only for the first 100 cars from Germany, Sweden or Norway that sign up!

If you want to share a ride to Roskilde Festival, follow the “How to” guide. http://roskilde-festival.dk/practical/travel/roskilde_rideshare/

Roskilde News Written 2013-05-14 14:54:44

THE BEST APP-IDEAS HAVE BEEN SELECTED
Now it’s time to turn the ideas into festival-apps.
The winners of the Roskilde LABS idea contest have been found. Almost 70 ideas were submitted and three great ideas selected:

Fix my Festival by Martin Buch: an app that lets you tip festival officials about a problem that needs fixing. You take a picture and/or describe the problem and tag it with the GPS-location.

Music for Money by Mads Møller: a fundraiser app that allows concert-goers to raise money for charity by collecting donations from pledges for going to concerts.

Roskilde mAPP by Rasmus Fly Filbert: an app that combines the social life of the festival with the tracking of data for the festival to use to improve the festival experience.

Now it’s time to get coding

The app contest has already started and dedicated festival-goers are coding away to make the best possible festival app. For more info on the app contest go to the Roskilde LABS website. Deadline for submitting your app is 1 June 2013.
http://labs.roskilde-festival.dk/competition/

Festivalnytt Roskild Written 2013-05-08 01:52:25

CHASE & STATUS CONFIRMED FOR ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2013
Electronic headliner is joined by Kenton Slash Demon and Om Unit.

Thanks to today’s confirmed acts, we’re not only giving you a proper electronic party on Orange Stage, designed to burn more calories than any normal workout; we’ve also filled the last few empty slots on our Apollo stage.
“We can hardly wait for another sweaty rave-performance from a band who also packed the Cosmopol stage in 2011,” says booker Anders Wahrén.

CHASE & STATUS (UK) show us how electronic music can take the energy and high adrenalin levels from punk and metal, and turn it into parties that boil with equal amounts of intensity. In 2013, they’ll be taking on Orange Stage with new music and an even bigger show combining the best parts of drum’n’bass, dubstep, pop and rock in a magnificent collision.

KENTON SLASH DEMON (DK) is the night-clubbing side-project from Jonas Kenton and Silas Moldenhawer from When Saints Go Machine. ”Kenton Slash Demon has already proven their worth, so in all fairness we could have booked them sooner than we have. But sometimes you just fall in love with what’s been standing in front of you for a long time,” says booker Claes Roepstorff, responsible for the electronic acts at Roskilde Festival.

OM UNIT (UK) draws his inspiration from sounds such as dubstep, instrumental hiphop and jungle. Especially the latter, well-known sound of 90’s electronic music was what got producer and dj John Coles going when he was just a teenager and first threw his love on electronic music. Today, his mix of various styles is right up there with those that define the future of London bass music.

Festivalnytt Written 2012-06-23 11:49:49

ÅRETS ROSKILDE CINEMA-PROGRAM UDE NU
Roskilde Cinema har i de senere år haft vokseværk. Området Cinema City byder ikke kun på de bedste oplevelser foran biograflærredet, men på filmrelaterede aktiviteter en masse.

Containerbiografen, film-quiz og en ‘moviemenu’, der giver adgang til hele Zentropas bagkatalog - fra ‘Klovn’ til ‘Efter Brylluppet’ til...

Ikke alene vises filmperler af allerhøjeste kaliber, men også forpremierer, surprisevisninger og særlige gæsteoptrædende vil løfte humøret hos Roskilde Festivals biografgængere.

SÆT DIT PERSONLIGE PRÆG PÅ TRIBUNEVÆGGEN
Skiltemaler og tidligere graffitikunstner Steve Powers har i år fået den eftertragtede tjans at male tribunevæggen ved Orange Scene.

Væggen er næsten 100 meter, og Powers har brug for dit input til at skabe noget, der repræsenterer den helt særlige Roskilde vibe.

TAG DIN SMOKING ELLER GALLAKJOLE MED PÅ FESTIVAL
Vær med i et mp3-eksperiment, en kæmpe flash mob og en gallafest på årets festival.

Tag del i løjerne med performancekunstner Charlie Todd og hans internationalt anerkendte gruppe, Improv Everywhere.

CO-CREATE MED ROSKILDE ROAD TRIP
Roskilde Road Trip er kommet hjem, og vi har samlet alle de gode ideer i et område i Dream City.

Mød kreative sjæle fra turen rundt i Nordeuropa, giv dig i kast med workshops og vær med i en musikvideo.

DONÉR DINE LEGOMÆND TIL ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
Vi har fået fingrene i en fantastisk LEGO-gengivelse af Orange Scene. Vi mangler blot LEGO-publikummer foran scenen.

Har du en LEGO-minifigur eller to i overskud, så tag dem med på årets festival og donér dem til vores nye udstilling.

Festival News Written 2012-06-23 11:13:32

THE STAGE DESIGN OF APOLLO WILL BE OTHERWORLDLY AND UNIQUE
Roskilde Festival’s new electronic stage has found its shape. With its futuristic, cocoon-like appearance Apollo is unlike anything, Roskilde (or any other festival) has featured before.

Apollo, Roskilde Festival’s new electronic stage, is ready.

“It is wonderful to have found the right, cutting-edge design to interact with the different kinds of electronic music, you will meet at the Apollo Stage”, says head of music Rikke Øxner.

Apollo is inflatable, the colour orange and with an otherworldly, cocoon-like appearance, so that people might mistake it for some kind of UFO or mirage at the first encounter. Visuals and specially designed helium balloons will be an integrated part of the experience as soon as the music commences.

Drawn in Berlin, sown in Barcelona
Apollo’s design has been tendered at six studios as well as the usual suppliers of light and sound. The internationally acclaimed, Berlin-based studio p was chosen.In close interaction with Roskilde Festival they thought out the unique construction. Área Cúbica situated on the outskirts of Barcelona has sown the stage which we will receive in Roskilde shortly.

The light design is by Michael Rahr, a true Roskilde veteran who has worked with design and production for many years. Roskilde Festival contacted him at one of his bases in Las Vegas, he immediately agreed to work with Apollo as well. The result is a powerful lighting which no doubt will be an attraction, especially after sunset.

Experienced Expertise Regarding Sound
The Apollo sound system is the most recent Martin MLA system, which Roskilde Festival already tested at the Orange Stage in 2010. It is delivered to Roskilde Festival by ETP, who has more than 15 years of experience with the delay system at the Orange Stage.

A serious advantage with the MLA system is how it manages to distribute the sound very accurately. This way people outside the camping area and outside the festival in general won’t be bothered. We are looking forward to the take-off for Apollo.

“With Apollo we are once again ahead of the pack taking our position seriously as the leading and most versatile music festival in Northern Europe. Also within the field of electronic music, a genre which is shooting in a lot of different directions right now,” says head of music Rikke Øxner.

During our warm-up days from 1 to 4 July we present Nordic, electronic artists at the stage – during this period we have named the stage Apollo Countdown.

Apollo in numbers

Width: 21.5 meters
Height: 9 meters
Depth: 13 meters
Design: Studio p
Produktion: Área Cúbica (3-4 technicians and engineers involved, 4 seamstresses)
The tent material is orange on the outside, black on the inside
Is made from 3 components, only takes few minutes to inflate.
Helium balloons 3 x 4 meter

Festivalnytt Written 2012-06-23 11:09:13

SPILLEPLANEN ER KLAR TIL ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
Samtidig offentliggør vi Kraftklub, Lone, Christina Rosenvinge og The Sway Machinery.

Det er med stor fornøjelse, at vi offentliggør den færdige spilleplan til Roskilde Festival 2012. Ved samme lejlighed afslører vi også, hvem der fylder musikprogrammets sidste ledige pladser.

DJ STATIC LUKKER OG SLUKKER MED MEGA SHOW PÅ ARENA
Roskilde Festivals andenstørste scene bliver søndag nat en ekstravagant hiphop-eksplosion.

Visse spilletider på Roskilde Festival har en særlig betydning. Arenas sidste, udvidede spilletid fra søndag midnat er én af dem.

FÅ WIFI PÅ ÅRETS FESTIVAL
Som noget nyt tilbyder vi i år wifi til alle festivalgængere.

Tiltaget er sat i søen for at styrke og opgradere netmulighederne og aflaste telefonnettet under festivalen.

DREAM CITY ER UNDER OPBYGNING: FRA IDÉ TIL FESTIVAL
Ideer bliver til projekter, som festivaldeltagerne vil realisere i Dream City om mindre end tre uger.

Engagerede festivaldeltagere er lige nu i fuld gang med at forvandle mere end 50 idéer til projekter til vores Dream City. Vær med.

TAG MED I ROSKILDE FESTIVAL OG WIMPS TIDSMASKINE
Hvornår var det nu U2 spillede på Orange? Hvad hed det band, du hørte på Cosmopol i 2010, og hvordan lød Roskilde Festival egentlig i 1973?

I anledning af Roskilde Festival tilbydes ubegrænset gratis adgang til WiMP i perioden frem til og med Roskilde Festival 2012.

VIND EN KØRETUR TIL ROSKILDE FESTIVAL – INKL. BILLETTER
Fra dit hjem til festivalen og retur - med helt egen chauffør.

Takket være vores nye samarbejde med Volkswagen, kan du nu vinde up!tur frem og tilbage til Roskilde Festival – og selvfølgelig få billetter til indgangen.

GENGIV ET BJÖRK-ALBUMCOVER OG KOM GRATIS PÅ FESTIVAL
Vær kreativ uden brug af digitale hjælpemidler (såsom Photoshop) og deltag i konkurrencen.

For at deltage i konkurrencen skal du gengive ét af Björks officielle albumcovers uden brug af digitale hjælpemidler.

ORANGE PRESS HAR BRUG FOR DIG
Din friskpressede festivalavis er ved at finde appelsinerne frem til årets omgang Orange Press.

Har du et tip til en god en god festivalhistorie, så træk Orange Press i det digitale ærme. Vi glæder os til at høre fra dig.

DIN CAMPINGOPLEVELSE UDVIKLER SIG HELE TIDEN – OGSÅ NÅR DU IKKE HER
Roskilde Festival er beriget med verdens mest kreative campister.

Den dialogsøgende campingguide Camp Codex 2012 er lavet med jer og til jer.

Festival News Written 2012-06-23 10:56:28

THE BAND SCHEDULE IS READY FOR ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
At the same time Roskilde Festival announces Kraftklub, Lone, Christina Rosenvinge and The Sway Machinery.

It is with great pleasure that Roskilde Festival announces the band schedule for this year's festival.

At the same time the festival announces who fills out the last vacant slots in the lineup:

KRAFTKLUB (DE) have charmed the rock-loving audience in Germany with their rebellious party music. The band sounds a bit like Franz Ferdinand or The Clash with weißbier in the blood and thinly disguised chart ambitions.

LONE (UK) have on a dense stream of albums developed their own imaginative mix of rave, hip hop, funk, techno and star-glittering synthesizers. It’s evident on the critically acclaimed 2012 release Galaxy Gardens on which the many flavours, colours and shades are perfectly balanced atop the looped rhythms.

CHRISTINA ROSENVINGE feat. CHRIS BROKAW & REFREE (E/US) has taken the step from teenage pop idol to respected alternative artist in Spain. Her distinctive vocals are reminiscent of both Stina Nordenstam and Cat Power. In this unique, first concert in Denmark, she is accompanied by sadcore legend Chris Brokaw of Codeine and the Catalan troubadour Refree.

THE SWAY MACHINERY (US) plants Jewish cantor singing in a gaudy flowerbed of African, East European and Middle Eastern sounds. At the same time, the interplay and the brass band guarantee a playful and rocking atmosphere, lifting the ancient music traditions to a higher level of funk and Afrobeat-like music.

The Sway Machinery's obsessive sounds are intended as part of a night on the Gloria stage where musical hypnosis is the overall theme. Roskilde Festival was lucky to get ahold of the American band, as one of the originally scheduled acts is unfortunately unable to play.

One cancellation
Son Palenque were supposed to play as part of this theme on the Gloria stage Saturday night, but unfortunately they won't be able to make it. Their European tour is postponed to 2013.

See you at Roskilde Festival 5 – 8 July 2012
(warm-up from 30 June to 4 July)

Festivalnytt Written 2012-06-10 15:44:39

GOSSIP ER KLAR TIL ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
Lee Fields, Gentleman, Niklas og Spillemændene slutter sig også til musikprogrammet.

Et spændende femkløver indfinder sig på nogle af musikprogrammets sidste ledige pladser.

ER DU STREET?
Street City præsenterer både skate opvisninger- og konkurrencer, street art, live acts og Rap Slam Battles.

Roskilde Festivals Skate-område disker igen i år op med et ambitiøst og hæsblæsende program, der kan tage pusten fra enhver med hang til street, skate og rap og alt derimellem.

APPARATJIK LANDER PÅ ORANGE SCENE SENT TORSDAG
Den internationale supergruppe byder på et kosmisk sansebombardement under stjernehimlen.

En spektakulær nattekoncert venter torsdag nat, når al anden musik er forstummet. Omkring kl. 1 torsdag nat lander Apparatjik.

SE KORTET OVER ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
Hvordan ser områderne ud i år? Hvor skal din lejr ligge?

Så er kortet for Roskilde Festival 2012 klar, og du kan nu begynde at sætte ring om det område, hvor du godt kunne tænke dig at bo i.

KELLERMENSCH ÅBNER ORANGE SCENE
Det eksperimenterende rockbands tredje besøg på Roskilde Festival sender dem op på nordisk musiks øverste etage.

Efter at have spillet på upcoming-scenen Pavilion Junior i 2009 og Pavilion i 2010 tager Kellermensch nu skridtet op på øverste etage.

MØD CHARLIE TODD FRA IMPROV EVERYWHERE
Han fortæller, hvorfor han glæder sig til årets festival, hvorfor du skal huske solcreme, og selvfølgelig om de sjove events, der venter os.

Hvad går projektet 'Say something nice' ud på? Og mp3-eksperimentet?

Festivalnytt Written 2012-06-10 15:40:14

SVERIGE MÖTER DANMARK I EN LYRISK LANDSKAMP PÅ ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
Rim, metaforer, ordlekar och punchlines kommer att kastas fram och tillbaka när det nya danska lyrikkonceptet Rap Slam Battles presenteras på Roskilde Festival 2012.

Två av Sveriges bästa battlerappare, Shazaam och Henry Bowers, ska försvara nationens ära mot Danmarks två engelskspråkiga battlefavoriter Spirited Sage och J-Spliff.

Efter 3 utsålda shower i Århus och Köpenhamn, är det nu festivalfolkets tur att uppleva det nyskapande lyrikfenomenet Rap Slam Battles under uppvärmningsdagarna på Roskilde Festivals Street City-området (tidigare "Roskilde Skate"). Även om fenomenet är känt från de svenska battleligorna som Basementality och The O-Zone Battles, är konceptet nytt i Danmark.

Borta är de gamla danska rapbattle-konceptens improvisation, ämnen från publiken, boxningsring, bakgrundsmusik och DJ, och in kommer betydligt högre krav på lyriken, flera månader av förberedelser och en unik kombination av rapbattles och poetry slam.

"MC:s Fight Night-konceptet, där improvisation är viktigast, är underhållande, men det är dags för förnyelse. Det ger vi er", förklarar grundaren av Rap Slam Battles Luxshan Ratnaravi.

Första internationella duellen någonsin på dansk mark Rap Slam Battles bryter barriären mellan rapbattles och Poetry Slam - t.ex. när nykorade danske mästaren i Poetry Slam, Jacob Hallgren, möter rapparen Nota Bene i en spännande clash av lyrikgenrer. Festivalshowen består av fem battles fördelade på tre dagar och kulminerar i den prestigefyllda landskampen på engelska.

"Det blir vår första internationella Rap Slam Battle på dansk mark, och det är jättestort för oss att få två av vårt broderlands bästa rimkrigare att ställa upp mot Danmarks två tyngsta på engelska. Jag hoppas och tror, att vi kommer att uppleva landskampsstämning på Street City-område onsdag", säger Luxshan Ratnaravi.

Alla fem battlen kommer att äga rum under de sista tre uppvärmningsdagarna måndag till onsdag klok 17:00 och kulminerar med den tidigare nämnda två-mot-två-landskampen.

Info: http://www.rapslam.dk/

Ett videoexempel på en Rap Slam Battle från Rust hittar du här

Händelser: "Rap Slam Battles # 4: Going orange!"

Datum:

2 Juli 2012, 17:00 P: Pede Gøbb vs. Oliver Ravn (aka Ole Omkvæd)

3 Juli 2012, 17:00 P: RimLigheden vs. humme & Benjah + Nota Bene vs. Jacob Hallgren

4 Juli 2012, 17:00 P: Daniel & Low vs. MC Ollie & Eco + J-Spliff & Spirited Sage (DK) vs. Shazaam & Henry Bowers (SE)

Festivalnytt Written 2012-05-30 13:50:46

GØR DIG KLAR TIL AT FÅ EN PÅ (SMAGS)OPLEVEREN
Discountvinsmagning, sønderjysk kaffebord, gris på grill, bornholmsk most og grødworkshops. Væk dine smagsløg mellem koncerterne på årets festival.

I år præsenterer vi under overskriften ’More Than Eating’ det mest omfattende madevent-program i festivalens historie. Madoplevelser ud over det sædvanlige vil tage dig med på et kulinarisk pause fra lejrmad og dåseøl.

VI OFFENTLIGGØR DEN ORANGE ÅBNER I MORGEN
I morgen får du vished om, hvem der som første band skal indtage Roskilde Festivals mægtige Orange Scene i 2012.

Hvem mon får æren af at spille Roskilde Festivals største scene op som første band eller kunstner? Inden længe bliver det afsløret.

TAG MED TIL OPEN CAMP GADEFEST PÅ NØRREBRO
Lav lejrflag til festivalen, prøv den tyrkiske barber og oplev masser af god mad og musik til multietnisk gadefest den 2. juni.

Kom og vær med når Roskilde Festival, Trampolinhuset og Bybi arrangerer gadefest med fokus på unge asylansøgere i Norden.

Festival News Written 2012-05-30 13:34:00

MUSICAL OBSESSION AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL'S GLORIA STAGE
Hamadcha Sufi Tariqa completes the programme of obsessive, ethnic music on Roskilde Festival’s smallest stage.

Our intimate stage Gloria presents a challenging schedule of mesmerising music from Africa, The Caribbean and Eastern Europe.

The musical trance and persistent repetition in the rhythms and vocal harmonies are common among the very different artists appearing in this schedule.

With their Arabian oboes, exotic major scales and persistent percussion rhythms HAMADCHA SUFI TARIQA of ESSAOUIRA (MAR) creates a unique space that is both timeless and drags you down through the centuries. The roots of this music reach more than 500 years back in time and are part of the mystic and poetic sufi tradition of Islam.

Besides the Moroccan orchestra, which has been announced today, another two acts are a part of the schedule. SON PALENQUE is the leading band of the genre Palenque that was founded among fugitive, African slaves in the village of Palenque de San Basilio, Columbia hundreds of years ago.

With about 30 years and a whole series of albums under the belt, Son Palenque fuses cumbia, highlife and Afrobeat in their own transatlantic mixture. The old foxes deliver a soundtrack that is alive and vibrant, even if past history goes far back in time.

MAJOVCI GROUP is synonymous with a unique form of wedding music, an almost trance-like sound played on a zurla – a kind of obo with the same sound as bagpipes – and giant tapan drums.

Majovci Group’s music and band members are direct descendants of this tradition, which dates back more than a thousand years. With this fascinating dance orchestra, you’ll get an exotic breath of air from Eastern Europe’s colourful past.

Yet again, Roskilde Festival is the place to be when you want to be challenged and expand your musical genres. This ‘block’ is just a small section of a very wide and rich musical lineup that embrace all continents and remote corners of the world.

More music to come
It's getting close but Roskilde Festival is not quite done yet. The last acts in the lineup will be announced in the coming weeks.

Festival News Written 2012-05-30 13:23:37

DR. JOHN TO PLAY ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
The legend from New Orleans is added to the lineup along with electronic summer sounds from Africa Hitech and Giraffage.

Today's new music announcements span a genre spectrum from silver-grey voodoo rock to young electronica. Roskilde Festival welcomes the brightest times of the year with music from different genres, filled with a sunny taste.

DR. JOHN and THE LOWER 911 feat. JON CLEARY (US) give a demonstration of what the music city New Orleans excels in. Since the acid-rocking breakthrough with Gris Gris from the late 60s, Dr. John's swampy voodoo funk rock has become an institution. The great medicine man's latest album, Locked Down, is a round of classic swinging roots rock filled with golden Farfisa organ, brass, female choir singers and a well-oiled showy feel.

AFRICA HITECH (UK) consists of two experienced and respected lads in progressive electronic music, Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek. With Africa Hitech the two Brits weave together a global-scented sound tapestry that contains traces of not only Africa and the Caribbean but also Chicago and London's steamy nightclubs.

GIRAFFAGE (US) conjures an impressionistic sound full of warm synthesizers and hazy memories of summer holidays. At the same time, the solar-heated, electronic tracks carry enough challenging rhythms and quirky details, making this music for both ears, nostalgia and the mind.

More music to come
It's getting close but Roskilde Festival is not quite done yet. The last acts in the lineup will be announced in the coming weeks.

Festivalnytt Written 2012-05-18 09:18:57

SLIP DIN INDRE FILMSKABER LØS PÅ ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
VideoMarathon at Roskilde Festival udfordrer dig til at optage og redigere en film på 48 timer.

Kan du lave en kortfilm om ét bestemt emne eller en musikvideo til duoen Dig & Mig på kun 48 timer?

Q&A MED MUSIKCHEF OG TALSKVINDE
Se Rikke Øxner og Christina Bilde besvare spørgsmål efter program-release.

Du har mulighed for at se eller gense, hvad der skete bag døren til Nina Bang Salen i Vega – og måske du kan få svar på netop det spørgsmål, du ligger inde med.

GØR DIG KLAR TIL AT BESTIGE PYRAMIDEN
Den Roskilde-aktuelle performancekunstner Charlie Todd har udvalgt vinderen af konkurrencen, der bringer hans koncept ’Say Something Nice’ til Dream City.

Du får chancen for at bestige en pyramide og sige noget pænt til verden, når en unik Dream City-version af Charlie Todd og Improv Everywhere’s installation ’Say Something Nice’ ser dagens lys til sommer.

HVIL DIT HOVED PÅ EN FREMMED SKULDER
Vi har føjet mere indhold til dette års More Than Music-program.

Mød en hidtil ukendt festivalgænger i en lydtæt boks. Tag dit kunstværk med i en kunstparade. Hvil dit hoved på en fremmed skulder. Der er med andre ord rig mulighed for at komme hinanden ved i aktiviteterne på Roskilde 2012.

PARTY SUIT TIL SALG I SHOPPEN
Sidste års populære storsællert er tilbage i nyt design.

Vi solgte sidste år et begrænset oplag af et såkaldt party suit. Hylderne blev ryddet i løbet af ingen tid. I år har vi et nyt party suit til salg.

Festival News Written 2012-05-16 15:37:01

Festival maniacs! There is only a few days left to score tickets to Roskilde Festival 2012!

Compete at http://www.facebook.com/Festivalphoto.net

May the orange force be with you!

Festivalnytt Written 2012-05-14 16:05:30

GLÆD DIG TIL DET STØRSTE KUNSTPROGRAM NOGENSINDE
En danmarkspremiere på amerikansk kæmpeinvolverende performance, en israelsk bevidsthedsprovokatør og berlinske urbanaktivister er blot en lille del af kagen.

Roskilde Festival er en musikfestival. Men den er også meget, meget mere. I år er vores ‘More Than Music’-indhold mere ambitiøst end nogensinde før.

Det betyder international kunst, der gerne vil involvere dig og få dig til at deltage. Få her et indblik i et par internationale godbidder, som du kan opleve på festivalen til sommer.

John Written 2012-05-10 02:00:56

Roskilde Art Events:

The Danish premiere: Improv Everywhere
Charlie Todd, the man behind the phenomenon Improv Everywhere creates mega events involving up to 20,000 people that manages to engage people in a humorous and provocative way. Maybe you've heard about 'No Pants Subway Ride'? – if you haven’t, check out the video at the bottom of the page.

This summer you can - among other things - look forward to a huge party including a string quartet and tuxedo and prom dresses at the swimming lake when this American performance artist ad is crew comes to Roskilde.

The sign-maker: Steve Powers
He transforms dead, sad neighbourhoods into poetic street corners with his ‘Love Letters for You’. 50s-kitschy signs and letters are Steve Powers’ characteristics. This international artist also has the prestigious job of painting the grandstand wall by Orange Stage.

The intimate provocateur: Einat Amir
Imagine going into a soundproof box where you meet someone you don’t know. Speakers tell you what to do and in four minutes you’ll get to know another person. Together with Lilith Performance Studio in Malmö, the acclaimed Israeli artist shares her magnificent performance ‘Enough About Me’ with us. In an age where we constantly expose ourselves, it’s Einat Amirs wish that we ask: How well do we really know the person next to us?

The city art craftsmen: RAUMLABOR
The Berlin-based urban activists have created an installation at Roskilde Road Trip in Berlin, which with is interactive facade with street art and poster collages comments critically on the urban space and capitalistic companies.

It might be difficult to imagine how it will all go down at the festival – but you can definitely look forward to be challenged at this year’s festival. Well, if you really dare to join in.

John Written 2012-05-07 07:04:10

How cool is this lineup ....BJÖRK (ISL)
BON IVER (US)
THE CURE (UK)
MEW (DK)
THE ROOTS (US)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND (US)
JACK WHITE (US)

Festivalnytt Written 2012-05-06 07:19:03

Download den officielle mobilapp

FØRSTE UDGAVE AF APP’EN ER KLAR
Få Roskilde Festival med i lommen. Læs nyheder, gå på opdagelse i årets program, se videoer og del dine favorit-artister med vennerne.

Nu kan du gå på opdagelse i festivalprogrammet via vores app. Følg linket for download-links.

SIG NOGET PÆNT OG VIND EN BILLET
'Say Something Nice'-konceptet kommer til vores Dream City. Fortæl os hvordan du fysisk vil opføre konceptet, og du kan sikre dig en billet til årets festival.

Følg linket, se videoen og overfør idéen til Dream City på Roskilde Festival. Det kræver bare et podie, en megafon, et skilt og så din unikke tilgang.

GENSE PROGRAMRELEASEN
Fik du ikke set vores livestream i torsdags, eller trænger du til en genudsendelse, så kig forbi vores web-tv.

Se den fulde udsendelse med alle artistpræsentationerne, spørgsmålene og reaktionerne via linket nedenfor.

Festivalnytt Written 2012-05-06 07:12:59

LAV DIN EGEN ROSKILDE-PLAKAT
Hvem er dine hovednavne? Nu kan du lave din helt egen plakat, dele den med vennerne på Facebook og vinde billetter til festivalen.

I ’My Roskilde Poster’ kan du forme årets Roskilde-plakat helt efter din egen smag. Alle plakatmagere er automatisk deltager i lodtrækningen om 3x1 billetter til årets festival.

FULDEND DIT FESTIVAL-LOOK
I efteråret kunne du indsende dit bud på designet til dette års publikum-T-shirt. T-shirten er nu klar – og du kan vinde den.

Et kvindeansigt med hænder, hvor der oftest er hår. Sådan ser vinder-designet ud. Deltag i konkurrencen om at vinde T-shirten ved at uploade et billede af dit ultimative festival-look.

PSSST! NYT WEAR OG SPIL I SHOPPEN
Hvad med et cool terningespil, en festivalgænger-designet t-shirt eller måske noget forårsfriskt wear? Find det i webshoppen nu.

Påbegynd forberedelserne til årets festival allerede nu med noget forårsfriskt wear eller måske vores nye terningespil, der er lidt udover det sædvanlige.

ROSKILDE LABS INVITERER TIL APP-WORKSHOP
Roskilde Labs’ idebank er spækket med næsten 400 ideer til fantastiske festival-apps. Nu er det blevet tid til at udvikle disse apps.

Lørdag den 12. maj kl. 12.00 afholder Roskilde Labs workshop på Enghavevej 80 på Vesterbro i København. Det bliver en hel dag med app-udvikling, kodning og mulighed for at møde andre, som måske kan hjælpe dig og din app det sidste stykke af vejen mod din færdige festival-app.

Tilmeld dig på labs.roskilde-festival.dk

Festivalnytt Written 2012-04-22 15:13:09

MUSIKPLAKATEN TIL ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012 LIGGER KLAR
Programmet til dette års Roskilde Festival er offentliggjort. Hvem skal du opleve til sommer?

Jack White, Alison Krauss, Machine Head, Modeselektor, Janelle Monáe, Santigold og Amadou & Mariam slutter sig til et musikprogram, der allerede inkluderer Bruce Springsteen, Björk og The Cure. Det samlede antal bands nærmer sig de 200.

Festival News Written 2012-04-22 15:10:13

JACK WHITE ADDS EVEN MORE KICK TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
The largest music event in Scandinavia presents this year’s lineup.

With the addition of Jack White, this year’s biggest rock icon, Roskilde Festival has added another great headliner to this year’s lineup, which already includes Bruce Springsteen, Björk, The Cure, Mew, Bon Iver, and The Roots.

Today’s lineup release also brings great news to fans of Alison Krauss, Machine Head, Janelle Monáe, The Cult, Santigold and Amadou & Mariam. Extremely melodic The Shins are returning to Roskilde Festival with a brand new and already very popular record, and exciting new bands such as Django Django, Cold Specks and Clock Opera have also been added to the poster.

Music director Rikke Øxner says:

- It's a difficult art presenting an artist at the perfect time in their career, but I think we've succeeded in doing so with a large part of our bookings. Needless to say, we also need to present timeless artists such as The Cult, Alison Krauss and Machine Head, as well as the brand new artists, whose great career still lies ahead of them.

Throughout the years Roskilde Festival has presented unique musical set ups and 2012 will not be any exception. The international super group Apparatjik, DJ Static and music collective Copenhagen Collaboration are already preparing unique Roskilde Festival shows designed especially for this summer’s festival. Furthermore, Roskilde Festival has announced a new stage for electronic music, Apollo, which will host some of the hottest bands of the genre, such as Modeselektor and Pretty Lights.

With the addition of another stage, the total number of bands on Roskilde Festival comes close to 200.

A city of Dreams at Roskilde Festival
Alongside the release of the lineup Roskilde Festival introduced a new ‘city’ at the festival’s camping area – Dream City. Dream City will be designed and built by the festival-goers. It is a place for those, who dream of making a difference and dare to realise their dreams. Here you can bring whatever you dream of, you can build large and tall, expand your ideas wide out and engage the people around you – as long as you do it for the enjoyment of everybody and take home what you brought to the festival to create your project.

“Dream City is one of the additions to this year’s festival, that I personally am most proud of and have greatest expectations for. This gives our audience such a great opportunity to participate and be a part of creating the festival, but I have to admit that we are eager to see how it turns out: Is it possible? Will the festival-goers embrace the project?”, Roskilde Festival’s spokeswoman Christina Bilde expressed during the release.

So far the festival-goers have added 30 ideas to the Dream City ‘idea bank’. The festival-goers develop these ideas in collaboration on the Dream City website and on workshops starting in the end of May.

Festival News Written 2012-04-18 14:05:55

THREE GENRE-DEFINING ICONS COMING TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
Rubén Blades, Paul Kalkbrenner and Lee Ranaldo are added to the lineup.

One week before Roskilde reveals this year's poster, the festival announces three genre-defining men, all of whom are important figures in each of their very different music genres.

RUBÉN BLADES (PAN) is one of the flagships in hard, politically indignated "salsa dura", and he can write several titles on his business card – including lawyer, politician and actor. However, it's as a singer and musician that the Panama legend's star is biggest. With the characteristic piano riffs, congas and brass, Rubén Blades is ready to start up a pure salsa party.

PAUL KALKBRENNER (DE) has become some kind of figurehead for the Berlin techno scene, not least because of the film Berlin Calling in which he played the leading role just as he composed the soundtrack. The latest album Icke Wieder cements the German's talent for creating beautiful and harmonious minimal techno. Now the Berliner beats move to Roskilde Festival. Brace yourself for an electronic party in widescreen, which will probably put the German in the company of former Roskilde conquerors such as Trentemøller and Tiësto.

LEE RANALDO (US) has been a core member of genre-defining noise rock band Sonic Youth for 30 years. The band is now on hiatus, and it has given Ranaldo time to complete his solo project, which was started back in 2010. As a guitarist Ranaldo has been at the intersection between experimental minimalism and alternative rock, and he has recently released his first song-oriented solo rock album Between The Times And The Tides.

Festival News Written 2012-04-04 15:54:39

Apollo Countdown stage is full of young, electronic sounds

Roskilde Festival announces all the acts to play on the new stage in the
warm-up days.
Apollo is the name of Roskilde Festival's new electronic stage - in the
warm-up days (music is playing between 1 - 4 July) the festival calls
the new stage Apollo Countdown.

Following the tradition with the Pavilion Junior stage, Apollo Countdown
focuses primarily on upcoming Nordic artists.

Roskilde Festival is now ready with the full programme. The following 20
acts will deliver all kinds of electronic beats on Apollo Countdown:

*ADRIAN LUX (S)**BEASTIE RESPOND (DK)**COPENHEAVY (DK)**ELOQ
(DK)**F.O.O.L. (S)**THE FREDERIK (DK)**FRITJOF & PIKANEN
(S)**GHOSTIGITAL (ISL)**KESI (DK)**KHALAZER (DK)**SANDRA KOLSTAD
(N)**KÚRA (ISL/DK)**MASH UP INTERNATIONAL (S)**NORTHERN STRUCTURES
(DK)**SLENG (DK)**SPRUTBASS (N)**JULIUS SYLVEST (DK)**SOFFIE VIEMOSE
(DK)**VAAGSBYGD HANDY (N)**WAR FOR YOUTH (DK/S)*With this rich array
there will be musical experiences like never before during the warm-up
days - whether you're into electronic pop, edgy grime hip hop, hypnotic
house or globally inspired beats.

Festival News Written 2012-04-01 09:08:27

EUR 2.64 MILLION PROFIT FROM ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2011
Roskilde Festival 2011 resulted in the second-best economic performance in the festival's history. All profits are now donated to charity.

Approximately 2.64 million euro is the result from the sold-out Roskilde Festival in 2011. That’s the second best economic performance in the festival's history - only surpassed by the festival in 2009 when the results arrived at 2.74 million euro.

This very satisfactory result comes after a sold-out and successful festival with over 120,000 participants. The festival did, however, experience increased costs for clean-up and restoration of the festival area after heavy rain on Saturday evening during the festival.

"It’s fantastic that our 30,000 volunteers are able to generate such a great profit, making Roskilde Festival able to make a difference for other people through our donations," says Steen Jørgensen, chairman of Roskilde Festival Charity Society.

Roskilde Festival Charity Society organises the annual Roskilde Festival with the aim of supporting humanitarian and cultural initiatives. Because of its VAT exemption, Roskilde Festival cannot spend its profits on upcoming festivals or other investments.

All proceeds will be donated to charity before the festival in 2012.

Through the years Roskilde Festival Charity Society has distributed more than 23 million euro million to charity.

Festival News Written 2012-04-01 09:07:43

MORE UPCOMING ACTS READY FOR PAVILION JUNIOR
Roskilde Festival's stage for newly hatched bands will be filled with diverse talent.

Another impressive array of artists is ready for Pavilion Junior – Roskilde Festival's stage for upcoming, predominantly Scandinavian bands.

This week's new additions almost have the same width as the rest of the festival lineup – from Swedish punk and dancehall to Finnish sunshine guitar pop and Danish death metal. The newcomers are:

BÄDDAT FÖR TRUBBEL (S)
CEREKLOTH (DK)
DANGERS OF THE SEA (DK)
THE ECHO VAMPER (DK)
FRENCH FILMS (FIN)
GIRLSEEKER (DK)
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA (DK)
INDIANS (DK)
DAWDA JOBARTEH (GAM)
KLUMBEN & RASKE PENGE (DK)
RUM 37 (DK)
SHINY DARKLY (DK)
SLOWOLF (DK)
TEAM ME (N)
Again this week Roskilde Festival invited various blogs to be first with the news of the Junior bands. You could find these announcements all over the blogosphere the past couple of days.

With today's additions, the Pavilion Junior programme is very close to be complete.

Festival News Written 2012-03-25 16:34:03

NORDIC MUSIC ADDED TO ROSKILDE 2012 LINEUP
Dead Skeletons, Sivert Høyem, Niki & The Dove and Of The Wand And The Moon add Nordic darkness and magic to the lineup.

Nordic artists are a central part of Roskilde Festival. Today the festival presents a motley bunch of some of today's most powerful names from the far north.

DEAD SKELETONS (ISL) is like straying into a maelstrom of roaring, echoing guitars, staring skeleton heads, Buddhist trance and cosmic rock'n'roll. "He who fears death cannot enjoy life," is the basic philosophy of psychedelic, death-embracing trance rock band.

SIVERT HØYEM (N) was originally the lead singer in Norwegian band Madrugada, and he continues on his own creating grandiose Scandinavian rock full of inner drama. On the fourth album, Long Slow Distance, he has found inspiration in surprising places (Høyem mentions German kraut rock and French pop as some of them), and the synthesizer often knocks on the door in Høyem’s stormy songs in minor.

NIKI & THE DOVE (S) have already made a big impression outside of Scandinavia with their opulent synth pop. Malin Dahlström’s vocals with the thick Swedish accent are cold and chic, and Gustaf Karlöf’s swarming arrangements are both compact, sophisticated and the perfect backdrop for the duo's melodic songs.

OF THE WAND AND THE MOON (DK) is one of the most prominent bands of the darkened, cultural-pessimistic dark folk genre. The Lone Descent from 2011 frames the mood of an occult mass deep inside a North European forest lit up by torches. But according to the musical mastermind, inspiration is also found in 60s icons such as Lee Hazlewood and Serge Gainsbourg when writing this gloomy doom music.

Festival News Written 2012-03-18 18:08:16

SOUTHERN METAL CLASH AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
Baroness, Crowbar, Red Fang and Weedeater as well as Hank3 are added to the lineup.

Today's music package is a big roar from the southern swamps. Roskilde Festival proudly presents some of the best metal produced in the US Southern states. A true riff marathon awaits.

BARONESS have with Red Album and Blue Record made a name for themselves as one of the most progressive front-runners of Southern metal, alongside like-minded Roskilde acts such as Mastodon and Kylesa. The band has announced new material on the way.

CROWBAR incarnates, like few other bands, the murky sludge metal genre with its tuned-down riffs, lazy grooves and roaring vocals. The hefty chaps have retained their metal style since the early 90s, unaffected by any fads.

RED FANG delivers a testosterone-driven update of Black Sabbath, Melvins and Kyuss. A party for everyone convinced that The Lord not only has a long beard but also a checkered shirt, a spiked belt and a can of beer in his hand.

WEEDEATER are without a doubt good-natured Southern folks – the band's first album was called ... And Justice For Y'all with a howdy to Metallica's classic. The music, however, is a deadly mixture of fast riffs, whipped drums and growling vocals.

Slightly out of category – still badass
HANK3 doesn't fully fit this category. Yet, this country/punk/metal pioneer still joins the tough company of the other Southern boys. The job description is clear for this tattooed cowboy: Nashville's cosy country is going down. The spirit of grandfather Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and other icons of the rural music is best translated with outlaw punk'n'country. Hank3's concerts often culminate with a doom section where the country band drops the leather shirts and plays metal.

Festival News Written 2012-03-07 16:04:55

MAC MILLER COMING TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
The Pittsburgh rapper joins the programme along with A$AP Rocky and Dominique Young Unique.

Three hot, young up-and-coming rappers from the United States share the spotlight in today's announcement.

MAC MILLER has conquered the young hip hop scene just like his bro Wiz Khalifa, who is also playing Roskilde this summer. With his debut album Blue Slide Park Mac Miller has achieved such high sales numbers that his name is now molded in solid gold. Already before the album was released, his live shows have experienced massive interest, also in the Nordic countries. Mac Miller’s light and often bubbly hip hop is packed with summer vibes as well as thoughts and dreams of girls and fame.

A$AP ROCKY is flamboyant hip hop from a self-assured innovator of the New York school. This golden boy’s universe deals with the sweet life of a rap star and womanizer; luckily, musical substance is to be found alongside with the self-proclaimed "pretty motherfucker”'s tales. LiveLoveA$AP consolidated A$AP Rocky's potential within the general music press, his mixtape offers several reasons to why you should look forward to the rapper's Roskilde debut as well.

DOMINIQUE YOUNG UNIQUE has placed her name in the corner where young urban queens such as Nicki Minaj, Santigold and M.I.A reign. Several mixtapes have caught people’s ears. In addition, Dominique Young Unique has performed with acts such as Big Boi, Gucci Mane and N.E.R.D. Also, Kanye West has taken notice of the girl with the speedy tongue, who also prepares to create her own fashion collection. A new hot style icon is ready to entertain the Nordic crowd.

Festival News Written 2012-03-01 06:29:17

MEW TO PLAY ROSKILDE 2012
The exclusive concert with the Nordic favourites is announced along with Mutiny On The Bounty and Ter Haar.

Roskilde Festival proudly presents a much welcome Roskilde reunion. An audience favourite plays an exclusive show – one of very few in 2012 – for its Scandinavian fans.

MEW (DK) has developed a unique sound where Jonas Bjerre's choirboy vocals are the human anchor point in a tornado of sophisticated, dreamy, often hard-hitting rock. Amidst these rugged sounds the band has even written some catchy-as-ever choruses that make pop fans cherish this band. Mew is in the studio these days, so maybe we will even be treated with tunes from an upcoming album.

A statement from Mew's HQ says:

"Having sailed the seven seas, Silas, Jonas and Bo are back in the circle, busy building new floors and sections of the castle that Mew inhabits. Airy halls of light and wind, amber-coloured wood radiating from the bottom up, these rooms are future rooms for us all. This is celebrated with few concerts over the summer and autumn."

Two equally challenging, European bands added to the lineup
Along with the Danish favourites Roskilde Festival adds two European bands who like Mew have a penchant for complexity and edge.

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (LUX) plays progressive, hard-hitting and technical rock. This music out of Luxembourg is not just well-executed and with more ideas in one song than many bands use on an entire album. It is also brutally beautiful, melodic guitar rock that will appeal to everyone who digs music with both balls and brain.

TER HAAR (DE) started out as an instrumental band, which you feel in the musicality and attention to detail in all of the trio’s songs – even after guitarist Philipp Koller has started singing. The ambition is edgy, complex post-rock that makes you want to dance rather than count time signatures. Don't miss this band if you've enjoyed Battles' angular rhythm.

Festival News Written 2012-02-19 16:30:36

120 DAYS COMING TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
The first Norwegian announcement this festival season takes place in cooperation with the streaming service WiMP.

Roskilde Festival and the streaming service WiMP release this year’s first Norwegian act together.

120 DAYS (N) plays cold, dark electronic rock that sounds like Kraftwerk’s hometown Düsseldorf in the 70s and Manchester in the 90s.

120 Days II (the follow-up to the debut album, which was also followed by a Roskilde-concert in 2007) bodes well for a rock rave full of laser lights, Norwegian cold degrees and house hypnosis.

The Norwegians also play at the music festival by:Larm in Oslo, which takes place right now.

Festival News Written 2012-02-15 18:32:43

SHARP ELECTRONIC ACTS TO PLAY ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
Martyn, Shlohmo and The Toddla T Sound are added to the lineup.

Today's announcement contains three highly promising shooting stars of electronic music who in no way see their respective nationalities as a musical limitation.

MARTYN (NL) mixes dubstep, techno, UK funky and drum'n'bass in a transatlantic genre fusion where Detroit, London, Chicago and Berlin are just some of the electronic metropolises popping out. Martyn was originally regarded as a promising name in bass-heavy dubstep. Today, the Dutch producer and DJ sounds more like a type that will not put up with a single musical label.

SHLOHMO (US) is a child of the same Los Angeles that has delivered former Roskilde artists such as Gonjasufi and The Gaslamp Killer. The young beat smith cuts into a personal niche with his delicate, electronic music. The music is based on several thresholds, including abstract hip hop, nature programme soundtracks in the vein of Boards of Canada and post-London dubstep.

THE TODDLA T SOUND (UK) goes all the way with a show featuring a sonic vortex of dancehall, house, garage and countless other dance genres from both Great Britain and the Caribbean. Sheffield's own Toddla T has DJ’ed longer than he has been able to obtain a driver's licence. Today he is a well-established British DJ act, for instance at the hot London club Fabric and on BBC Radio 1. With The Toddla T Sound, the prodigy enters the stage.

Festival News Written 2012-02-15 18:31:55

WEST AFRICAN SOUNDS COMING TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
Terakaft and Boubacar Traoré are added to the lineup.

Today's new music announcements add Malian tone colours to Roskilde Festival's lineup, which is further globally influenced.

TERAKAFT plays hypnotic desert rock full of thirst, spirituality and shimmering electric guitar sounds. The band has previously shared members with Tinariwen, and the band name means caravan in the blue people's, the Tuareg, language. When you hear the music you can almost feel the desert sun burn down on the wrapped-up musicians. Terakaft is affiliated with Roskilde favourites Tinariwen who played at Roskilde Festival for the first time in 2001. We are proud to expand the knowledge of another great band from Sahara's sandy plains.

BOUBACAR TRAORÉ is a West African veteran whose status in his native country is on par with Ali Farka Touré. Having played for over 40 years, Boubacar Traoré (also called Kar Kar, 'the dribler', in his football-playing youth) makes his Roskilde debut, and not one day too soon. Actually, it's a minor legend whom we can finally welcome at Roskilde Festival. With a voice that sounds like it has slow-ripened in the sun, Traoré plays the blues with the acoustic guitar as the main accompaniment.

Festival News Written 2012-02-01 05:23:54

REFUSED COMES TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
Cerebral Ballzy and Warbringer are also added to the line-up.

This Wednesday's announcements tremble with fervour, power and nerve.

REFUSED (S) has announced a series of concerts followed by a near-religious ecstasy with fans of metal, punk and (post-)hardcore. The Shape Of Punk To Come – one of the hardcore genre's undisputed masterpieces – resulted in Refused splitting up while this hand grenade of an album cemented their status as one of the most important bands of hardcore. Their revolutionary hardcore is packed with rhythmic complexity and daring experiments. The Swedes' inflamed rebel music has given them an international reputation and inspired an entire generation of hard-hitting bands.

CEREBRAL BALLZY (US) seems madly in love with the 80s hardcore punk scene. Their loud songs are straightforward, brutal and without revolutionary ambitions besides placing a nuclear crater between pop and punk. The band's self-titled debut is 20 minutes of unpretentious, musical ultra-violence and cements the band as one of Brooklyn's most aggressive and party-loving.

WARBRINGER (US) has a starting point in thrash metal with its gas-guzzling tempos and wind-swept guitar solos. But the Californian band is more than just a tribute to old records by Slayer and Metallica. Hardened by intense touring and sweaty moshpits since 2004, the L.A. thrashers’ brutal songs mutate in new ways – often with a destructive undercurrent of death metal and newer, more progressive tendencies.

Festival News Written 2012-01-29 13:18:00

THE ROOTS WILL PLAY ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
The American hip hop collective is added to the line-up together with Swedish artist Jonathan Johansson.

Roskilde Festival has good news for fans of hip hop and Swedish, elegant pop.

THE ROOTS (US) play at Roskilde Festival as the only Scandinavian job this summer. The American hip hop collective rarely visits Europe nowadays. The performance at Roskilde Festival will be a welcome opportunity to see The Roots where they are best. On stage. ?uestlove, Black Thought and co lead the way when it comes to hip hop packed with hot neo-soul, social indignation, humour, funk and improv-minded jazz. Many people call The Roots the best live band of hip hop for their swing and rock band feeling.

JONATHAN JOHANSSON (S) has already conquered lots of pop hearts with his elegant and catchy pop. With his Swedish lyrics and tasteful 80s-leaning arrangements, Johansson has also attracted attention all the way across the Atlantic. Jonathan Johansson continues the Swedish tradition of writing superior, slightly melancholic pop songs with a big aim. He stylishly and coolly distills romance and soul into black shiny pop songs, making fans of Depeche Mode and New Order cheer.

Festival News Written 2012-01-29 13:07:53

ROSKILDE AUDIENCE FIND THE STARS OF TOMORROW
Roskilde Festival opens for requests for Pavilion Junior, the stage for promising Nordic acts.

Who should play on Roskilde Festival's Pavilion Junior stage?

The festival would like to hear what the audience think. Until 5 February the audience can request up to three acts they think deserve some time in the spotlight.

Pavilion Junior is the stage for young talent during Roskilde Festival's warm-up days, this year playing from 1 - 4 July. Here the acts of tomorrow play concerts before they might be ready to fly on to the bigger stages.

Roskilde Festival's booking agent Stefan Gejsing says:

"We see it as one of our foremost tasks to present new music. Pavilion Junior has become a key platform for new bands, and the attention surrounding the stage is great from both the underground and the more established music industry."

7 rules-of-thumb
Roskilde Festival has seven rules-of-thumb for the requests. The requested artists ...

1. must be primarily from the Nordic countries
2. are unknown to the general festival audience
3. have never played at Roskilde Festival before
4. deserve a career boost, in your opinion
5. represent a genre variation similar to that found on Roskilde Festival's other stages
6. have the courage to play in front of 2000 people
7. kick ass, make blood freeze, hair stand on end, heads shake, dance shoes glow, etc.

Festival News Written 2012-01-22 05:12:06

THE CURE TO PLAY ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
Robert Smith's dark-romantic rock band is joined by AraabMuzik and Cold Specks.

Roskilde Festival has another major act ready on a dark winter’s day. The festival proudly presents a legendary band who has not played at Roskilde Festival since 2001.

THE CURE (UK) incarnates dark, British rock. In Scandinavia they are a huge act and a true audience favourite, not least due to a series of exceptional concerts at Roskilde Festival throughout the band's long career. Dark-edged albums such as Pornography and Disintegration have secured The Cure a legendary status among rock critics. At the same time, Robert Smith and his black entourage are popular among a wide audience because of hits such as "Close To Me" and "Friday I'm In Love".

Two younger acts in the company of the legends
The Cure is joined by a couple of younger artists:

ARAABMUZIK (US) delivers a superior display of virtuoso skills, darkening the future of the guitar solo. With his beat-up MPC – an advanced drum and sample machine – as a starting point, Abraham Orellana creates harsh, cut-up, MC-free hip hop that mutates between trance, mash-up, dubstep and countless other urban, electronic genres.

COLD SPECKS (CAN) plays some kind of classic, American blues folk with a distinctive singer at the centre. With soft pickings on her acoustic guitar – occasionally accompanied by a little cello and piano – the 23-year-old Al Spx creates a goosebumps-inducing atmosphere. A brand-new debutant with a voice from the old days.

Festival News Written 2012-01-15 15:56:41

FIRST DANISH BANDS ARE READY FOR ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
I Got You On Tape, Larsen & Furious Jane and an acid rock package from the label El Paraiso are added to the programme.

After a December full of international heavyweights, Roskilde Festival starts the new year with a batch of Danish bands.

I GOT YOU ON TAPE retakes Roskilde Festival as a band that risen significantly from the ranks since their last visit at the festival in 2009. The Danes are well on their way to becoming central on the Nordic alternative scene. I Got You On Tape’s new album is called Church Of The Real, and with a sporadic disco inspiration, church organ and catchy choruses, the well-playing four-piece will ensure a grandiose atmosphere with their melodic poppy rock songs.

LARSEN & FURIOUS JANE is a well-kept secret of the lucky few. Not for long. With a solid grasp on songwriting, Larsen & Furious Jane have created a handful of albums that uses well-written, absolutely non-Danish sounding indie rock to explore the rather disgruntled mood as it sounds coming from a group of Danes.

EL PARAISO is a new Danish record label focusing on experimental, mind-expanding music. From the label’s psychedelic menu we present acid rockers CAUSA SUI, the band EL PARAISO ENSEMBLE put together especially for Roskilde 2012 and the kraut and post-rock trio PAPIR. Look forward to a package full of thick, cosmic acid from some of Denmark's most respected underground bands.

Festival News Written 2012-01-07 06:28:01

ROSKILDE FESTIVAL INTRODUCES NEW STAGE
Apollo is the name of the new music stage that focuses on electronic music.

Roskilde Festival presents a new stage at this year's festival. Apollo – named after the god of music in Greek mythology – continues the festival's tradition of having an innovative, curious music profile as well as a dynamic use of the land that lies underneath Scandinavia’s biggest music event.

Apollo will primarily present electronic music.

Roskilde Festival's programmer Claes Roepstorff says:

"We have promoted leading electronic artists since the early nineties; from The Orb and Daft Punk to Tiësto whom we secured an international breakthrough. Apollo will continue this tradition and present artists that have a big sound but do not take up much space on a stage."

Flexible outdoor stage
Apollo will be located at the campsite. During the festival warm-up days as a mobile stage – and during the last four days fixed situated at the so-called Agora C near the skatepark.

With Apollo, the festival now has a flexible outdoor stage that can handle both smaller, introvert electronic acts and a large, festive crowd. The new stage will have a capacity between 3000 and 5000 – its closest stage relatives, size-wise, are Odeon and Pavilion.

Apollo Countdown: mobile "ninja stage" during warm-up
Already during the warm-up days you can experience electronic music with a Roskilde Festival quality stamp. Apollo Countdown is active the same days as the Pavilion Junior stage and becomes what Roskilde Festival's stage section calls some kind of mobile "ninja stage" that has a new location every day. Following the tradition of Pavilion Junior, focus is on young Scandinavian talents. When the rest of the festival programme begins, Apollo becomes more stable and is fixed at the same spot.

A new member joins Roskilde Festival’s stage family. The idea for Apollo is launched after sparring with enthusiasts from the electronic music scene, and the outline of the stage is drawn in this network. Roskilde Festival is very happy about this new platform for today's sharpest electronic acts.

See you at Roskilde Festival 5 – 8 July 2012
(warm-up from 30 June to 4 July)

Festival News Written 2011-12-27 18:01:29

Friendly Fires and tUnE-yArDs to play Roskilde Festival 2012

Two colourful summer bands join the festival programme on one of the
shortest days of the year.
Roskilde Festival announces two festive and colourful music acts in the
middle of the winter darkness and the late Christmas shopping frenzy.

*FRIENDLY FIRES (UK) *have updated their post-punk in a more sunny
direction. 2011?s Pala is full of tropic disco, funk and pop.
Friendly Fires aim with jubilant enthusiasm for a sexy, electronic
stadium sound that reaches out to dancing shoes in the back row. The
British band has already proven its qualities as a live band on Roskilde
Festival?s Odeon stage in 2009. Since then, their star has grown
bigger as a group of first-class party-starters.

*TUNE-YARDS (US) *is the new prodigy of mad pop. The woman with the
androgynous African voice is a sister-in-spirit of Animal Collective,
Björk and Dirty Projectors. Merrill Garbus' music waddles and hobbles
charmingly out there, high-fiving East Africa, R&B, hip hop and
avant-garde along the way. A kind of sunshine pop for hyperactive,
playful people with paint in the face and pumping blood full of
glucose.

December has given us everything from Bruce Springsteen to Swedish
grindcore with Nasum. Roskilde Festival is proud that the programme so
far falls well in line with the ambitions to introduce both new or old,
big or small, and generally getting around different genres to the wide
audience. And the festival is looking forward to bringing even more
music in all kinds of colour scales, sizes and musical orientations.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-12-15 15:18:24

ROSKILDE 2012

THE FIRST METAL ACTS RUIN THE PEACE OF CHRISTMAS
Devildriver and Nasum are added to the 2012 programme.

The Christmasy spirit of December is strongly challenged by today's two new bands who mark the first metal influence on the Roskilde programme.

DEVILDRIVER (US) conquers your ears with pumped-up thrash, hardcore and death metal in well-balanced doses. Through intense touring and discipline, Dez Fafara and his companions have established themselves as a hard-working and uncompromising unit in the name of metal. Roskilde Festival is looking forward to giving the stage to a live band that knows how to make their audience surrender to the sign of the horns.

NASUM (S) is responsible for some of the most exquisite musical punishments of the fast grindcore genre. The often ultra-short and explosive attacks have made Nasum one of the genre's finest. The band's vocalist Mieszko Talarczyk died during the tsunami in 2004. Keijo Niinimaa from the grind mates Rotten Sound, who played at Roskilde Festival in 2008, now delivers the vocals on the Nasum’s goodbye tour, which also brings them to Roskilde Festival.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-12-15 15:05:18

Roskilde Festivalen stödjer de hemlösas tidningar i Norden
Fyra nordiska tidningar som görs till förmån för hemlösa får vardera 200 000 kr från Roskilde Festivalens överskott 2011. Donationen delades ut av nordiska festivaldeltagare.

Föreningen bakom Roskilde Festivalen stödjer fyra tidningar för och av hemlösa i Norge, Sverige och Danmark med 800 000 kr. Donationen på 200 000 kronor till varje tidning överräcktes av nordiska festivalgäster som man fann via Roskilde Festivalens sida på Facebook. Pengarna är en del av överskottet från sommarens festival.

Varje år skänker Föreningen Roskilde Festival överskottet till sociala och kulturella projekt och i år gick alltså en del av pengarna till den danska tidningen ”Hus Forbi”, den norska ”=Oslo” och de svenska ”Faktum” och ”Situation Stockholm”. De fick 200 000 kr vardera.
Och det värmde.

”Ja, vi blev verkligen förvånade”, säger Rasmus Wexöe Kristensen, kontorschef på Hus Forbi. Tidningen har fokus på att vara en tidning för de hemlösa, och de hemlösa kommer också att få stort inflytande på vad pengarna ska användas till. Därför kan Hus Forbi inte direkt ge ett entydigt svar på hur pengarna ska användas.

”Vi kommer att ha en dialog med våra försäljare om den utmaningen. Via vårt SMS nätverk har vi nu sänt ut den glada nyheten och bett om att få input till hur pengarna kan göra mest nytta”, säger Rasmus.
I Göteborg är chefredaktören för Faktum, Aron Israelson, också mycket glad för pengarna, som redan fått ben att gå på.
”Pengarna faller som manna från himlen. Vi kommer att använda dem till att utveckla organisationen i fler städer, så att ännu fler hemlösa kan få in en fot på arbetsmarknaden och göra en ännu bättre tidning som fler vill köpa. Vi bedriver också en del socialt arbete, som vi nu kan utveckla”, säger han.

Christina Bilde, taleskvinna på Roskilde Festivalen säger:
”De här fyra tidningarnas sociala arbete stämmer väl överens med de värderingar som Roskilde Festivalen har. Med det här årets kampanj ”Ta ställning” (Standpunkt) hoppas vi kunna visa att alla kan bidra till vårt samhälle. Det är just det de här fyra tidningarna bevisar, när människor, som annars betraktas som socialt utstötta, får ett större människovärde och en förnyad tro på livet.”

Roskilde Festivalen lägger ned mycket energi på att göra publiken delaktig, så även när det gäller vad festivalens överskott ska gå till för olika projekt.
”Det är ju publiken som genererar Roskilde Festivalens överskott och därför är det också självklart, att det är publiken som ska vara med och dela ut överskottet till goda sociala ändamål”, säger taleskvinnan, som är glad över det stora intresset som publiken har visat för donationerna.

Festival News Written 2011-12-15 14:34:47

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
The American rock icon and his faithful E Street Band play our Orange Stage this summer.

The deal is signed, sealed and delivered, and Roskilde Festival can now confirm that a rock dream comes true in 2012. This year's December announcements reach their climax with the confirmation of a true legend.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND (US) are ready to take on Orange Stage this summer with a characteristically long concert full of golden rock anthems. It is a true highlight in over 40 years of festival history to finally announce this rock icon on one of the most iconic stages in the world.

Having this denim-clad superhero play at Roskilde Festival is no longer a dream scenario. His influence on rock history can hardly be overstated. Without this masterful songwriter and storyteller, a whole generation of younger bands would not sound the way they do.

Regardless of age and knowledge of Bruce Springsteen, it is practically a civic duty to experience this artist who – despite his simple and unpretentious craft – towers up on the rock horizon.

Roskilde Festival is looking forward to presenting a summer’s night with poetic rock songs about New Jersey, the hopelessness of blue-collar working days and life on empty small town streets when you are born to run.

Fesstival News Written 2011-12-07 15:38:36

BON IVER TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
The bearded folk hero is a new early triumph for the coming music programme.

Roskilde Festival adds a solid act to the programme for fans of alternative folk from God's own country.

BON IVER (US) broke through with the lonely, sobbingly beautiful debut album For Emma, Forever Ago. On the self-titled album from 2011 front man Justin Vernon has extended his sound with a big, well-playing band and appears as a progressive folk artist with a penchant for soft rock, grandiose sounds and instrumental digressions.

Audience favourite
Bon Iver has really stepped into the spotlight. It was also evident when Roskilde Festival asked its audience for music requests the last time around. The bearded American with the fabulous falsetto is now in the top 10 of the hottest Roskilde requests in the company of the biggest stars, stadium bands and legends. Roskilde is happy to be able to fulfill the request.

Highly praised album
Bon Iver's latest album has been received with lots of praise:

“Fully realised in its ambition, Bon Iver possesses all the austere beauty and understated emotiveness of its predecessor.” (Uncut)

“Bon Iver is about flow, from one scene and arrangement and song and memory and word into the next-- each distinct but connected” (Pitchfork)

“One of 2011's most absorbing, affecting and downright brilliant LPs.” (BBC)

“Bon Iver's musical palette is a far broader, full blown band affair.” (Mojo)

Festival News Written 2011-12-04 16:10:14

BJÖRK TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012
The Icelandic superstar is ready to pay another visit to Scandinavia's biggest festival.

Roskilde Festival kicks off the new season with a true ”Roskilde act”. One of the most distinct profiles and an always surprising musician.

BJÖRK (ISL) combines, like few others, broad appeal with artistic eccentricity. She is at once a musical sorceress with Icelandic lava flowing through the veins, iconic pop star and electronic wonder kid. Throughout the last 18 years, each new album has been a bold move in a new direction, and Roskilde Festival has been one of the regular stops on her musical travels.

Constantly innovative
She is the quintessential modern musician, ceaselessly innovating and completely multi-dimensional in the way she uses performance, technology, fashion, video and art to complement her music. Album projects for Björk always comprise of several components but with her eighth studio album Biophilia, released in October this year, she presents her most inter-disciplinary project to date. A wide-ranging multi-media experience, Biophilia comprises a studio album, apps for each song, a website, custom-made musical instruments, live shows and educational workshops. Björk has collaborated with app developers, scientists, writers, inventors, musicians, and instrument makers to create a unique exploration of the universe and its physical forces.

Successful in many ways
From the release of her first album Debut in 1993, Björk has now sold over 20 million albums worldwide. She has acquired significant critical acclaim, also winning 4 Brit Awards, 4 MTV VMA’s and in 2010, the Polar Music Prize in recognition for her "deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice".

Roskilde Festival is proud to welcome this superstar back on the poster for the first time since 2007.

Festival News Written 2011-10-17 16:30:12

ROSKILDE FESTIVAL OPENS FOR MUSIC REQUESTS
The booking proces for Roskilde Festival 2012 has started, and the audience can put their touch on next year's poster.

The audience opinion about the music programme is important for Roskilde Festival. Therefore, the festival invites everyone to submit their music requests for next year's programme through roskilde-festival.com. Anyone with an internet connection can submit their favourite acts directly to Roskilde Festival's booking office.

Roskilde Festival accepts music requests for next year's festival from 12 October 2011 and until the end of the month.

Ready to go far
Roskilde Festival's music director Rikke Øxner says about the tradition of working with music requests:

"The audience's music requests give us an invaluable knowledge and inspiration. The requests give us an impression of general trends. And if there is an often recurring act among the requests, we're ready to go far to get it booked. That was the case with, for instance, Iron Maiden and Arctic Monkeys in 2011."

Rikke Øxner emphasises that there is no guarantee that all requests will be on next year's poster – even if many people request the same act.

"Unfortunately, we're not masters of everything. So our plans don't always fit with the artists' tour calendars, and often we can't just call upon artists who aren't touring at the moment. Of course, it's always paramount that the artists we book can deliver the goods at Roskilde Festival."

You can submit up to five different band requests once via the festival's website until 1 November. All artist names have to be spelled correctly, otherwise they are not included in the festival's statistics. Therefore, everyone is advised to check the album cover one extra time before submitting.

The festival opens for music requests again in January.

See you at Roskilde Festival 5 - 8 July 2012. Warm-up 1 - 4 July. The ticket sale begins on 1 December.

Festival News Written 2011-09-23 05:10:47

EGYPTIAN CENTRE FOR LOCAL MUSIC RECEIVES THE ROSKILDE FESTIVAL WORLD MUSIC AWARD (RFWMA) 2011
The board of the RFWMA has chosen the El Mastaba Center for Folk Music as this year’s recipient of the award worth € 30,000.

The award will be presented to representants from the Center at WOMEX on Sunday 30 October. WOMEX takes place in Copenhagen from 26 – 30 October in Copenhagen.

The El Mastaba Center for Folk Music aims to spread knowledge and to document, preserve and develop a range of traditional Egyptian music genres. The Center is awarded with the RFWMA particularly for its effort to introduce traditional Egyptian music to youth and children. The Center was founded in July 2000.

Steen Jørgensen, chairman of the Roskilde Festival Charity Society, explains why the El Mastaba Center for Folk Music was chosen as this year’s recipient: ”It is important to us that we support the Egyptian and other Arabic populations in these times. Music and its surrounding culture has and will always be a strong medium and source of inspiration for people wanting a free life. We wish to help the El Mastaba Center to ensure their continuated work with preserving and developing traditional Egyptian music for all generations.”

Peter Hvalkof, world music booker at Roskilde Festival, is happy that the RFWMA in 2011 is given to the El Mastaba Center: ”The kind of work that the El Mastaba Center does to ensure a basis for traditional Egyptian music needs to be recognised for its inspirational value to the entire scene for world music. It makes really good sense to be able to follow-up on an outstanding concert with Rango of the El Mastaba Center at this year’s Roskilde Festival in awarding the Centre the RFWMA.”

Upon receiving the good news, founder and Director of the El Mastaba Center for Folk Music, Zakaria Ibrahim, stated: ”We are very honoured to receive this award and delighted to join our peers in Zanzibar and Mali whom we understand share similar motivations in developing cultural projects and preserving traditions. I am also very happy I had the opportunity to visit Roskilde Festival in the summer for a performance with our Rango musicians on the new Gloria stage.”

This is the third and, until further notice, final year Roskilde Festival presents the World Music Award (RFWMA) to a fortunate recipient at WOMEX.
The RFWMA was founded to support development through education in traditional as well as contemporary local music forms in order to ensure a cultural stepping stone in the developing countries with particular regard to children and youth.

The Award will be presented to representants from the El Mastaba Center by the director of the Oslo World Music Festival, Alexandra Archetti Stølen, during the WOMEX Award Ceremony on Sunday 30 October 12:00 – 14:00 at DR Koncerthuset/Studio 2.

Roskilde Festival Charity Society would like to thank WOMEX and EFWMF (The European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals) for their support and help in finding the recipients of the RFWMA.

Learn more at
womex.com
elmastaba.weebly.com

Festival News Written 2011-06-30 15:18:17

Roskilde Festival invites all Arvika guests

The Swedish festival Arvika has just gone bankrupt. Roskilde Festival gives everyone with an Arvika ticket free admission at Roskilde Festival.

The Swedish music festival Arvika has just declared itself bankrupt. The festival, which was supposed to take place between 14 and 16 July, has not sold enough tickets and is forced to shut down.

This leaves a lot of festival-goers in an unfortunate situation as their Arvika ticket suddenly has no value. Roskilde Festival finds this a great shame. Therefore, everyone with a three-day ticket to Arvika get free admission to this year's otherwise sold-out Roskilde Festival.

"It's always sad when a great music event waves the white flag. Most of all it’s a shame for the audience, who are suddenly deprived of a festival experience. Therefore, we welcome them at Roskilde, and it will not cost them anything but their Arvika ticket," says spokeswoman Christina Bilde.

Everyone with an Arvika ticket wanting admission at Roskilde Festival simply has to bring their Arvika ticket to the entrance to Roskilde Festival, and then they get access to the orange party in Roskilde.

See you at Roskilde Festival 30 June - 3 July 2011. Warm-up 26 - 29 June.
The camp site opens 25 June at 18:00.

Festival News Written 2011-06-16 01:37:57

ROSKILDE FESTIVAL COMPLETES MUSIC PROGRAMME IN STYLE
Portishead, My Chemical Romance and Kaizers Orchestra are the flagships of this final announcement that, which presents six new acts.

Halfway through June Roskilde has finally closed the last deals the performing artists. This results in three new bands at the top of the poster and a total of 163 artists in the 2011 programme.

PORTISHEAD (UK) is a true headliner, not least because they have set a fashion in the trip hop genre. The Bristol band took caught everyone by surprise when they after a 10-year-long break returned with a new album, which was a true rebirth of the band. Portishead has already announced its fourth album. Hopefully the Roskilde audience will be treated to some samples this summer.

KAIZERS ORCHESTRA (N) are quite taken with the audience in Denmark. The band band has played three gigs at Roskilde Festival. The kaizer-like favourites are ready to take on Roskilde once again. The Norwegians are working on chapter two of the album trilogy Violeta Violeta that revisits what made the band popular to begin with, unscrupulous gypsy rock delivered in Norwegian.

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (US) returns to Roskilde Festival as a new band. They have lost the raven robes and the thick mascara around the eyes. Instead, the Americans engage in loud colours and metallic power pop with sci-fi lyrics. Fortunately, My Chemical Romance have not lost the big gestures in their theatrical concert appearances.

HOFFMAESTRO (S) are Swedish ska kings on a shopping spree in genres. The album Skank-a-Tronic Punkadelica has already become somewhat of a neo-classic in their home country, and in concert the 10 blue'n'yellow members are notorious and famous for their danceable intensity

HYMNS FROM NINEVEH (DK) make the audience hold its breath with their beautiful, acoustically based songs about faith, doubt, hope and love. The arrangements are rich with instruments such as violin, accordion, saw and banjo. Music that will make the angels sing.

DANIEL NORGREN (S) has a devastating insight into the blues and sounds like Tom Waits in a bar fight with Muddy Waters. The Swede's ability to squeeze the sound of an entire garage rock band into a simple blues riff is nothing less than impressive.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-06-11 09:33:06

Nine acts ready to take new Roskilde stage

Roskilde Festival's new stage, Gloria, will be visited by nine new and very different acts, all of whom deal with more toned-down atmospheres.

Roskilde Festival offers many different musical impressions. In today's announcement the festival focuses on the more quiet, thoughtful and soothing impressions. Today's music package contains nine names, all of whom will perform at Roskilde Festival's new stage, Gloria. With room for 1000 people, the stage can deliver very intimate experiences.

ACORN FALLING (DK) is a fascinating and dark mixture of ambient and goth. The mastermind is Lars Kivig who brings to Roskilde Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds percussionist Thomas Wydler and Current 93 cellist John Contreras.

DESOLATE (DE) is dubstep with German roots. Desolate is ready to deliver minimalistic electronica with clear references to chill-out and deep house.

KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT (FIN) has a point of departure in folk music, which they remodel in short instrumental songs, built up by simple repetitive riffs and noisy drone scapes.

ROLL THE DICE (S) is a Swedish duo who produce melancholic soundscapes with their electronica. You can hear creaking and crunching sounds while humming rhytmics move the music forward.

JOHAN SARA JR. (N) delves into the traditional Sami way of singing, joik, to which he adds elements from both electronica and jazz. The result is a hypnotic and organic hybrid of tradition and new ideas.

SVARTE GREINER (N) is the exploration of a dark and disturbing universe. Lots of drones and other sonic atmospheres take the audience into a unique and frightening world.

TU FAWNING (US) go exploring several decades of folk music. The Americans are armed with a bass drum, string instruments and a refreshing musical recklessness.

VALBY VOKALGRUPPE (DK) is a a female, a capella group. In concert you will hear both sudden primal screams and improvisations.

WALLS (UK) are soft, blurry, beautiful and hypnotic electronica that will ease your mind and soul. Look forward to glitchy beats and German inspirations such as Tangerine Dream.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-06-07 10:45:27

Roskilde Festivalen är nästan utsåld

Roskilde Festivalen har nu sålt mer än 65.000 biljetter till årets fest. Det är den näst bästa försäljningen på 10 år. Totalt sett har festivalen 75.000 partout biljetter till försäljning och det är mycket troligt att de sista biljetterna kommer säljas inom de nästa två veckorna. Roskilde Festivalen vill därför uppmuntra den norska och svenska publiken till att köpa deras biljett.

Vanligen använder Roskilde Festivalen formuleringar så som ”försäljningen går bra” eller ”försäljningen går snabbare än förra året” när de pratar om biljettförsäljningen. Men nu har festivalen beslutat att offentliggöra till Sverige och Norge hur många biljetter som sålts. Den största festivalen i norra Europa vill säkra sig att den svenska och norska publiken hinner köpa deras biljett till sommarens line-up som bl.a. består av Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon och PJ Harvey. Dessutom kommer norska Honningbarna, Luke Star + fler och svenska Lykke Li och Daniel Adams-Ray + fler.

”Vi vet från erfarenhet att den norska och svenska publiken behöver lite mera tid till at bestämma sig om de vill köpa biljett til festivalen. Och vi vill at de ska komma; en del av vad som är så speciellt med Roskilde Festivalen har alltid varit den stora gruppen av internationella gäster. Därför, för allra första gången har vi bestämt att särskilt gå ut med nyheten om att festivalen håller på att bli slutsåld till den svenska och norska publiken. För när det börjar ryktas att festivalen blir slutsåld kommer biljettförsäljningen ta fart i Danmark,” säger adm. direktör Henrik Rasmussen.

Festival News Written 2011-06-04 01:29:59

ROSKILDE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE FINAL WARM-UP BANDS
Today the festival adds Emma Acs, Battlekat, Brother Grimm, The Eclectic Moniker, The Malpractice and Messy Shelters to the programme.

With less than a month to the start of this year's Roskilde Festival, the staff is busy preparing. This includes the festival's music office who now presents the final six names for Pavilion Junior, the stage for upcoming music, playing in the festival's warm-up days from 26 to 29 June.

EMMA ACS is just 19 years old and is Denmark's new acid rock queen. Her debut album Champagne is full of tripped-out 60s nostalgia where both sitars, Farfisa organ and hippie rhetoric send purple rings of smoke into the air.

BATTLEKAT has previously been hiding under the cryptic name Just A Number 05272011, and both the group's anonymity as well as its electro-pop songs have made the trendsetting web zine Pitchfork pay attention.

BROTHER GRIMM plays danceable hipster hip hop. The musical backdrop is made of the classic three elements of rock – guitar, bass, drums – while front man Asbjørn Auring Grimm delivers cheeky cockney rap vocals.

THE ECLECTIC MONIKER plays calypso-inspired indie rock. No less than nine members help produce the thick sound.

THE MALPRACTICE is a new output from the ever-productive Johannes Gammelby who also plays in Beta Satan. With The Malpractice the audience can look forward to heavy and tightly played indie rock.

MESSY SHELTERS is a one-man band made by Mikkel Bolding who quite effectively juggles the genres. On his latest album Root System both rock equilibrium and minimalist electronica are on the menu.

The final acts are soon in place
Roskilde Festival still needs to announce a handful of acts before the 2011 programme is fully ready. They see the light of day soon just as the festival will soon unveil this year's opening act on Orange Stage.

Festival News Written 2011-05-28 02:21:50

TV On The Radio to Roskilde Festival 2011

The American band is added to the main programme together with Alcoholic Faith Mission and Per Vers. The festival also adds 4 Guys From The Future, Essence and Reptile & Retard to the upcoming stage.

Today Roskilde Festival adds three acts to the festival programme and three bands to the Pavilion Junior stage for upcoming music. Today's music package is figureheaded by a Brooklyn band that has really left its mark on the alternative music scene since its first release in 2003.

TV ON THE RADIO (US) manages like few others to balance rock, soul, funk and post-punk and to mix experiments with catchy tunes, resulting in a standing ovation from both music fans and critics. In the course of four albums, TV On The Radio have developed and refined their expression – and the latest album, Nine Types of Light, shows a band unafraid of using festive and upbeat elements. In David Sitek, the band has a masterful sound architect creating depth in the many musical layers. But when TV On The Radio comes on stage, they come to life as a hot and hard-working rock'n'roll band.

Today's music package also offers up a couple of Danish acts for the festival programme, playing from 30 June to 3 July.

ALCOHOLIC FAITH MISSION (DK) sounds like an army of hopeless romantics with drum machines and acoustic guitars as their weapons. The big world has already started paying attention to the Danish band. Experience a band that by all fairness should become the next big Danish indie export.

PER VERS (DK) is a Danish rap icon at the top of his game. He has just released the album Ego on which he deals with thoughtful subjects such as family and relationships. In concert Per Vers really radiates a special charisma that is hard to resist, just like his music.

Music on Junior
Roskilde Festival is still looking to fill the final slots on the upcoming stage Pavilion Junior, playing in the festival's warm-up days from 26 to 29 June. Today's package includes three Danish additions to the stage.

4 GUYS FROM THE FUTURE play intricate art-pop with nods towards both the US and England, ESSENCE plays fast and hard thrash metal with both complexity and depth while REPTILE & RETARD deliver tight electro pop with an energy that can make most people gasp for breath.

Festival News Written 2011-05-20 15:50:49

4 NEW SCANDINAVIAN ACTS ARE READY
Graveyard (S), Love Shop (DK), Next Life (N) and The Raveonettes (DK) are added to the programme.

Even though the Roskilde poster is already up all over the world, the festival continues to deliver new acts. This week's music package is a true Scandinavian rock adventure in different colours, which is a true treat for music lovers this summer.

GRAVEYARD (S) shuts up all critical voices who have ever claimed that rock is dead and buried. The Swedish band finds inspiration in heavy rock from the 70s where stoner grooves and heavy riffs roar along with vocalist Joakim Nilsson’s excellent and powerful vocals.

LOVE SHOP (DK) is ready to play Roskilde Festival for the sixth time. Having lost Hilmer Hassig and Henrik Hall, Jens Unmack is the only original band member left. But anyone who has heard one of Love Shop’s concerts during this spring has seen a singer who lively and life-affirmingly steps out of the shadows. Love Shop’s pop magic has always been greater than the individual members.

NEXT LIFE (N) has been called both ’gameboy metal’ and ’chip-core’. The strangely precise descriptions make sense as the Norwegians combine fast and scorching metal with Asian avant-garde electronica and computer game beats. The guitar-synth-drums combo has been used several times before, but never in the manner of Next Life.

THE RAVEONETTES (DK) are constantly on the hunt for the primal source of rock. With this year’s critically acclaimed album Raven in the Grave, the duo takes a step in a new direction. Here 80s-esque dark synths and melancholic guitar crunch live side by side with the rock’n’roll that started the whole story of Denmark's biggest rock export ever. Roskilde Festival welcomes home The Raveonettes.

More music on the way
Roskilde Festival is still working on getting the last acts ready for the programme. The audience can look forward to more music in several genres and for several stage sizes.

Festival News Written 2011-05-20 15:45:54

Roskilde Festival announces four new acts

Roskilde Festival adds new names to the programme, delivering everything
from Roma rap to boogie funk.
The final programme for Roskilde Festival 2011 is soon in place. Today
the festival announces four acts, featuring four very different musical
expressions. Like an image of the musical diversity in the overall music
programme.**

*DÃM FUNK with MASTER BLAZTER (US)* is a California boogie-funk
ambassador. Like a young Prince, Dãm Funk lives and breathes to keep
familiar funk genres of the 80s alive while at the same time leading
them all into a musical zeitgeist where everything is more cutting-edge.
Dãm Funk brings the singer Master Blazter to Roskilde.

*NICOLAS JAAR (US) *has been dubbed electronic music’s big American
hope. His music is both focused on rhythm and repetition. Jaar moves in
and out of electro pop, Afro jazz, sound collages, hip hop and many
other styles – all tied together by his melancholy vocal.

*PRINCE FATTY SOUNDSYSTEM feat. LITTLE ROY and HORSEMAN (UK) *have
proclaimed that they were made for dubbing your feet and stimulating
your brain. Even though Prince Fatty Soundsystem originally was created
as a musical ad for a clothing brand, it became such a great success on
British airwaves that mastermind Pelanconi decided to continue the
party. Look forward to rocking along to these sounds of dub and reggae.

*SHUTKA ROMA RAP (MKD)* is a true Roma rap collective. With Shutka Roma
Rap, this politically vilified people have finally gotten a strong and
uncompromising musical voice with the courage to add fuel to the
political fires and speak up for a generation of young Romany people who
want to root out racism. We are proud to present a rap act with a
message – and something at stake.

Festival News Written 2011-04-27 04:20:43

SWEDISH POP COMET ADDED TO THE ROSKILDE PROGRAMME
Daniel Adams-Ray is coming to Roskilde Festival 2011. The blue’n’yellow pop sensation will also play at a special Roskilde evening along with two other artists in Stockholm on 26 May. The event is free of charge.
In Sweden, DANIEL ADAMS-RAY is on everyone's lips as the new pop comet. Now all Roskilde-goers can start getting to know the name as he is visiting Roskilde Festival this summer.

Daniel Adams-Ray’s debut album is called Svart vitt och allt däremellan and offers irresistible Motown-inspired pop music sung in a melodious Swedish tongue. Singles such as "Dum av dig" and "Gubben i lådan" have already topped the Swedish charts – and it is as if all of Scandinavia is now welcoming Daniel Adams-Ray with open arms.

Roskilde takes Stockholm
Daniel Adams-Ray is also among the performers when Roskilde Festival takes over the Stockholm venue Strand for an evening. The event takes place on 26 May when the festival presents three hot acts, all of whom also play at Roskilde Festival this summer.

Beside Daniel Adams-Ray, the Norrköping duo Little Marbles will play its acoustic-based girl pop. These two Swedish acts are accompanied by Danish newcomer Hammonds, Harrington & Destroy who play a mix of indie rock and folk rock with a punk edge.

Initiative for new music
This live event is an initiative for new music, says Roskilde Festival’s spokeswoman Christina Bilde.

”We want to show what Roskilde Festival also presents year after year, the up-and-coming young bands full of hit-potential. And we want to facilitate meetings by the live stages – we made a similar event in Norway in February, and now it’s Sweden’s turn,” says Christina Bilde.

700 free tickets
The 700 tickets to the event at Strand are completely free of charge. For more information about the event, which the festival calls ROSKILDE@STHLM, sign up for the Facebook event following this link

See you at Roskilde Festival 30 June - 3 July 2011. Warm-up 26 - 29 June.
The camp site opens 25 June at 18:00.

Festival News Written 2011-04-12 15:19:39

Roskilde Festival 2011 is taking shape

68 new names were announced today when Roskilde Festival revealed this year’s poster. The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys are among the new headliners at the festival that offers lots of musical experiences.

This year’s Roskilde programme has treats for headbangers, hip hoppers, hippies, hipsters – and everyone else.

Today, Roskilde Festival’s music director Rikke Øxner presented this year’s music programme. She announced The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys who will both be at the top of the 2011 poster along with Iron Maiden, M.I.A., Mastodon and Kings of Leon, to mention a few.

"This year's programme contains experiences that you’ll only find at Roskilde Festival. We have some exclusive Scandinavian appearances, e.g. Arctic Monkeys and PJ Harvey play their only Scandinavian festival gig at Roskilde. We also have special setups and series of appearances custom-made for us. Add to that solid setups in genres such as hip hop, metal, electronic music and good old-fashioned rock. There should be something for all music lovers," says Rikke Øxner.

New stage makes room for the skewed and delicate
The music director points out the festival's new intimate stage, Gloria, that has room for only 1,000 people and thus becomes the festival's smallest.

"Gloria gives us the opportunity to present a series of acts whose delicate expression would easily have drowned on the other stages. For instance, Wang Li from China who plays minimal compositions on a Chinese Jew’s harp. We also present chamber pop with American band Dark Dark Dark, jazz with the Danish-American saxophonist John Tchicai together with Elektro, we have singer-songwriters, electronica ... I could go on," she says.

The Gloria stage is also the name associated with an area that was called Nordic last year. This year it is further developed so that it – as an extension of the stage’s musical content – is a quiet and intimate oasis amid the crowds, with a focus on immersion and aesthetics. The area is illuminated at night by a bright halo of yellow lights placed in trees surrounding the square.

Labyrinthine container city at the camp site
Another new development on site is the container town of Poor City that the festival is preparing at the moment. Poor City is the concrete expression of the festival's humanitarian campaign Statement focusing on poverty and inequality and, in particular, homelessness.

"The idea with Poor City is that it is to be shaped as some kind of maze where you can get a little lost and perhaps get a little uncomfortable. The basic idea is to make the audience aware of poverty and inequality in a different way. Hopefully it can evoke both thought and consideration – even at a festival," says Roskilde Festival spokeswoman Christina Bilde.

Going in-depth with the music

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THE NEW HEADLINERS: ROCK LADS FROM FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE POND

Roskilde Festival's headliners are the first thing that catches the eye when looking at the brand-new festival poster. We are proud to add THE STROKES and ARCTIC MONKEYS. The former are leaders of the rebirth of rock in the noughties, and they have just kick-started their tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Reportedly, the band has lots of vigour, making the spacious arena rock along to both old and new hits. ARCTIC MONKEYS are the second announcement set with the biggest font size on the poster. The British lads have played amazing concerts at Roskilde Festival in 2006 and 2007. Today they are in just as high demand with the audience as the older and more seasoned bands. We are looking forward to a new round of British, danceable rock from the monkeys who will release a new record on 6 June.

THE MASTODONTS

The classic rock experience is guaranteed with legendary IRON MAIDEN and KINGS OF LEON, both some of today's most popular rock bands. These names were announced as early as 2010 when we put ourselves in the lead of the European festival landscape. MASTODON are, because of the name alone, well qualified to be written with the biggest font size, but if they had called themselves something else, this unorthodox metal band is, because of their music, still one of the coming giant acts. The pop-radicalist M.I.A. and the ever-changing PJ HARVEY provide a counterweight to the masculine rock. They are a couple of admirably provocative furies who constantly choose the warpath rather than the beaten path.

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MICE AND MEN ON THE ELECTRONIC SCENE

DEADMAU5 played an amazing concert at the Cosmopol stage in 2009, which got an enthusiastic festival audience to surrender completely. This year we get the extended version of the mouse head's electronic party vision. It will be a celebration for both young and old, for techno kids and skeptical rock types. Show up and let yourself be carried away. MAGNETIC MAN has a special relation to Roskilde Festival. Due to the overwhelming reception at Roskilde Festival in 2008, the trio decided to keep the pot boiling and make a whole album. Dubstep fans have enjoyed it ever since, and this year Benga, Skream and Artwork return with a custom-made Roskilde show: we get an extensive, 3-hour-long show with visits from KATY B and a DJ set from SBTRKT. Finally, fans of electronic music will recognise acts such as THE GASLAMP KILLER, JATOMA and DOP among other already announced CHASE & STATUS, MATTHEW DEAR, SHANGAAN ELECTRO and JAGWA MUSIC who will ensure that there is no shortage of electronic parties for all kinds of moods.

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HIPHOP, HIP-HOP AND HIP HOP

Just like there are many ways to spell it, there are just as many opinions as to how the music should sound – and with today's new additions, hip hop is solidly represented at Roskilde Festival 2011. The most talked-about phenomenon of the genre at the moment is called OFWGKTA and comes from Los Angeles. The American hip hop collective's concerts are unforgettable events that have as much in common with a punk rock show as that with a traditional hip hop gig. We are looking forward to presenting this demonic, violent but also funny and manically productive hip hop force of nature. California is not alone in drawing the USA map of hip hop at Roskilde Festival. From Detroit we get a visit from BLACK MILK who on Album of the Year goes for the organic, instrument-based experience, while New Orleans-born CURREN$Y delivers dirty Southern hip hop, representing the Southern states as well as BIG BOI – one half of Outkast – whom we already announced in February. From a different hip hop environment, we present ATMOSPHERE who also draws on jazz, alternative rock and soul. Finally, the Scandinavian region is also represented in Roskilde Festival's massive hip hop supply. L.O.C. – one of the most popular artists across genres in Denmark and a usual suspect at Roskilde Festival – has already been announced, and TIMBUKTU & DAMN! join the programme today. The Swedish hip hopper delivered an unforgettable concert in 2007.

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HIGH-LEVEL POP

One does not have to look far for intelligent pop at Roskilde Festival. This year we have OH LAND on visit in her homeland. The former ballet dancer shoots up in the international stratosphere with pop music that is edgy, electronic and full of star potential and clever ideas. LYKKE LI has just released a critically acclaimed album filled with heartache, Wounded Rhymes. It does not sound like the recipe for a traditional pop party, but when you know the Swedish woman's stage talent, there is no doubt that she will sweep the audience off their feet. A new voice in electronic music is JAMES BLAKE. His vocoder-marinated, electronic pop is at once experimental and inviting. We are looking forward to seeing how the versatile Brit will entertain Roskilde Festival. YELLE is a glamorous chanteuse with a penchant for disco, flashy costumes and naughty lyrics. Embrace the French language and you could end up with an experience like Robyn's already legendary concerts at the stages Cosmopol and Arena. Finally, in February we had the honour of presenting the futuristic pop diva JANELLE MONÁE whose blend of musical, R&B, alternative rock and hip hop makes one wonder if the young woman is from this part of the Milky Way.

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a musical cornucopia from the us

Roskilde Festival has an array of American bands like no other Scandinavian festival. At many of our competitors you only see American names at the top of the programme, at Roskilde Festival you find American names in all sizes and formats.

THE WALKMEN have for too long been a band that only the privileged few know about. The band's biting serenades about longing, frustration and hope ought to win the hearts of everyone who already digs Roskilde favourites The National. SURFER BLOOD have won lots of hearts with their straightforward, uncomplicated guitar pop. Welcome the young lads – they bring songs that are equal parts Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys and Rivers Cuomo from Weezer. BATTLES are reborn as a trio and have a new album coming up. The matchless, weird experimental rock band have said themselves that they look forward to playing Gloss Drop live. They get the chance to prove it at Roskilde Festival and will certainly not pass on such an opportunity. For fans of stars and stripes, of course it does not end here. We have already announced BRIGHT EYES, KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS and JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE – and that is just from the Americana-flavoured corner. No less than 35 American bands have so far found their way onto this year's poster.

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ROCK, SHOCK, HORROR!

A great rock show can contain elements of theatre and horror. ROB ZOMBIE knows that and he visits Roskilde Festival with one of his visually gory shows. Swedish band GHOST play in disguise – they always play their 70s-inspired heavy rock dressed in frocks leaving the audience unaware of the band's true identity. The black metal demons in 1349 are from Norway and always go onstage wearing corpse paint – it is no secret, however, that drummer Frost also plays the drums in Satyricon. You find a different kind of uneasiness with CHRIS CUNNINGHAM who is especially known for his videos for Aphex Twin. Nowadays, the long-haired Brit has moved further toward the music. His live show is a mixture of mixtape, installation, concert and cinema experience, filled with eerie surrealism and mystical sci-fi.

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METAL FOR ALL GENERATIONS AND TASTES

The metal genre is quite a few years old. Roskilde Festival covers both the young and older generations. IRON MAIDEN is obviously one of the most traditional sizes and a name that almost all sub-genres relate to. AUTOPSY and KILLING JOKE also have a dark-edged legend status among fans of the more extreme metal genres. Without these sources of inspiration it is uncertain if we would enjoy the following line of bands, even though they take the genre in entirely different directions. With UNDERØATH, PARKWAY DRIVE and BRING ME THE HORIZON on the poster, we find a new generation and a young audience who are not afraid of a touch of emo in their metal. SOILWORK also joins the programme today. The Swedes have become a huge name wth their audience-friendly version of the Gothenburg metal. And that is not all, we also cover other sub-genres: the prog-metal giants MASTODON, the sludgeheads EYEHATEGOD, psychedelic KYLESA and the unorthodox death metal disciples DÅÅTH have already been added to the programme.

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LOCAL SUPERSTARS

Overseas music plays an increasingly important role for other popular genres in the rich world. We imagine that we have contributed to this by always focusing on music from all over the globe. But often, world music presented outside of its home countries is not the same as the music listened to locally. So, it is not without pleasure that this year we have two acts on the programme that inspire audiences here, there and, not least, as superstars in their home regions: CALLE 13 from Puerto Rico who, despite loads of Latin Grammys, has both edge and a hot show – and FALLY IPUPA from the Democratic Republic of Congo who on the African continent is the new great soukous star. He brings his large ensemble to Roskilde directly from Kinshasa.

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LEGENDER FRA SKYGGESIDEN

BAD RELIGION has since 1980 released a large number of albums that, despite a uniform template, maintains a high quality. Their melodic punk rock has inspired NOFX, Green Day and a whole militia of other punk bands. Unspoiled and without complacency, these Californian silver punks occupy a central spot in the more accessible part of punk rock. SWANS also started in the early 80s, but in New York City, and now the band returns to Roskilde Festival. The American post-punk/post-rock/drone pioneers have recently gotten back together and made the album My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky. All suspicions of a boring reunion are engulfed in the muddy, suicidal mists that Michael Gira's baritone vocals conjure.We recently announced KILLING JOKE, and the provoking, billous Brits have also inspired numerous bands with their blend of post-punk, industrial and metal. Lead singer Jaz Coleman is one of British rock's many unforgettable personalities who constantly explores new artistic territory and along the way has taken on films, classical music, a Disney soundtrack and has even been honoured by the state of France.

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MUSICAL CAPACITIES MEET, AFRICAN MUSIC ARISES

AFROCUBISM is one of this year's biggest stories on the global music scene. The team behind Buena Vista Social Club has finally their original vision in place: a meeting between West Africa and Cuba. The band uses the entire spring touring and playing together so we can expect a group of experienced musicians in great shape. SEUN ANIKULAPO KUTI and FEMI KUTI – sons of the legendary Fela Kuti – have never before played on the same stage. It is true music history that Roskilde Festival has arranged a double concert with the two sons who both, in each their own way, bring the father's legacy on to new generations of funk-hungry music fans. Afrobeat is far from the only African genre that has turned on Western music listeners. Congotronics – the clattering dance music from the streets of Kinshasa – is treated with care by a number of alternative rock bands that share the stage with some of the veterans of the congotronics genre. The full lineup is CONGOTRONICS vs ROCKERS feat. KONONO N°1, DEERHOOF, KASAI ALLSTARS, JUANA MOLINA, WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS and SKELETONS.

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THE STUFF THE EX IS MADE OF

As something special this year we have asked Dutch band THE EX to curate a series of performances leading up to their own concert. It is an interesting selection of artists they have invited. We are served a cocktail of British post-punk from reformed JACKDAW WITH CROWBAR, speed-grunge from the French trio API UIZ, a set from DJ /RUPTURE and a first-listen to THE EX front man Arnold de Boers solo project ZEA. As previously mentioned, more and more bands from our part of the world find inspiration from far away, and therefore it is also only a small surprise that THE EX has invited Ethiopian ILILTA BAND to what looks like an inspiring glimpse of the legendary punk band’s many sources of inspiration.

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MAGICAL TRANCE ON THE GLORIA STAGE

JUSTIN ADAMS and JULDEH CAMARA are responsible for one of many fun and exciting sessions that Roskilde Festival 2011 provides. The meeting between Robert Plant's guitarist and the desert griot will result in a true musical trance that might make you feel the Sahara sand under your feet. And if the trance gets you, you can continue with RANGO from the part of the globe where black Africa meets the Muslim world and GONGA SAIN & MITHU SAIN from Pakistan who – despite the fact that one of the two brothers are deaf – have a reputation that resonate throughout the Indian subcontinent. Get on the carpet and fly up there and out there.

And all the rest...
The acts mentioned above are not a complete presentation of Roskilde Festival 2011. With more space and time we would come up with additional recommendations, but from here everyone can go explore and find their own favourites in our programme on www.roskilde-festival.com

Festival News Written 2011-04-12 15:12:45

Roskilde Festival co-presents Arctic Monkeys in Norway and Sweden

The festival is co-arranger when the British band goes on a mini tour in Scandinavia in May.

Arctic Monkeys have just announced that their fourth album Suck It and See is released on 6 June this year. In this connection the British band goes on a short tour where they will play smaller venues than usual.

Roskilde Festival is co-arranger of the two Scandinavian concerts that take place in the following days:
5 May – Stockholm, Circus (presented together with Luger)
6 May – Oslo, Sentrum Scene (presented together with Goldstar)

Working with music year-round
Roskilde Festival works in the name of music year round. While we are waiting for this year's festival, this British star band delivers the entertainment.

”Normally our focus is 100 % on preparing for the festival, but when something this good is on offer we can't help but accept. We have previously presented Arctic Monkeys at Roskilde Festival in 2006 and 2007 – and we want to support this mini tour that appeals to many of our audiences in all of Scandinavia,” says music director at Roskilde Festival, Rikke Øxner.

Festival News Written 2011-04-12 15:10:28

First fresh bands ready for talent stage

Hammonds, Harrington & Destroy, De Høje Hæle, Trust and Undergang are the first batch of bands announced for Roskilde Festival's warm-up stage Pavilion Junior.

Roskilde Festival dedicates this entire week to the Pavilion Junior stage, presenting the bands of tomorrow in Roskilde's warm-up days from 26 to 29 June. Every day – from Monday to Friday – offers new announcements.

The festival opens this week with a handful of Danish bands.

HAMMONDS, HARRINGTON & DESTROY play melodic, alternative rock with loads of catchy choruses and sing-along potential. Look forward to a rock show with a reckless, almost punk-rock attitude.

DE HØJE HÆLE play unpretentious, Danish-language punk rock loaded with attitude. The band has toured extensively throughout Europe, America and Australia. This shows that good music does not care about language.

TRUST kick in the interplanetary door to distant galaxies when they play progressive rock in true garage style. Here you will find Ozzy-esque vocals, stony riffs, cleverly dribbling drumming and tackling rhythm changes. Hot, rocking and complex at the same time.

UNDERGANG present some of the heaviest and most evil music you will hear on Pavilion Junior – or anywhere else on this planet – this summer. On the debut album Indhentet af døden (run down by death) Undergang show that they know their old-school death metal.

Audience requests are an exciting supplement
Throughout the month of January the audience submitted music requests for the Pavilion Junior stage. Roskilde Festival received lots of suggestions for acts that ought to play on the popular stage.

Booking agent Stefan Gejsing says:

”I'm impressed by the broadness in the music requests. It's an exciting supplement to my work, and it will definitely show in the Pavilion Junior programme this year.”

Roskilde Festival looks forward to presenting more acts from Nordic countries for the Pavilion Junior stage throughout this week that has just begun.

Festival News Written 2011-04-12 15:04:44

Mixed musical treats to Roskilde Festival

Chase & Status, Foals, Killing Joke and Kylesa are added to the poster.

Today's bunch of new bands offers something for every taste. With much varied names, today's announcement covers many genres.

CHASE & STATUS (UK) are about to become megastars in the arena where drum'n'bass, dubstep, pop and rock collide in spectacular public celebrations. Everyone who enjoyed a hot rave in the company of The Prodigy and/or Pendulum at Roskilde Festival 2010, should go to a massive drum'n'bass party with Chase & Status.

FOALS (UK) play danceable rock that you can easily move your feet to. However, unlike few other British bands, Foals are intent on musical experimentation, constantly shaking and challenging the templates of their rock songs. Look forward to skewed, tricky rhythms and African-inspired guitar playing from this advanced, British rock band.

KILLING JOKE (UK) has with industrial synthesizers, aggressive guitars and electronic techno rhythms inspired a dizzying number of bands. Both the metal and punk crowds have embraced this band. Absolute Dissent from 2010 is made by the original lineup from the late 70s and shows a manic top form on par with the early years.

KYLESA (US) is a Southern state band specialising in psychedelic metal with a poppy edge. The vocal alternation between Laura Pleasants and Philip Cope and the many accessible and almost indie-rocking features of the songs make Kylesa a band who, as a matter of course, invites all kinds of music lovers into the fold.

Next week: Pavilion Junior
Next week Roskilde Festival announces lots of exciting bands from all over Scandinavia for the stage for upcoming talent, Pavilion Junior, playing in the period 26 - 29 June.

Festival News Written 2011-04-12 14:45:30

”Just Like That”: Historic Afrobeat party at Roskilde Festival

Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti share a stage for the first time.

A flag day for the Afrobeat genre awaits at Roskilde Festival 2011. For the first time ever Fela Kuti’s two sons FEMI KUTI and SEUN KUTI are on the same stage. It is nothing less than a sensation – an event that will put a smile on the face of the great musician and political rebel in the Olympia of music legends. Named after a song by Fela, we call this double show “Just Like That”.

The two brothers take the stage together after having played separate shows. Roskilde Festival and the Kuti brothers’ base are now working on making a concert experience full of surprises that will match this central event in the history of the Afrobeat genre.

FEMI KUTI & POSITIVE FORCE played an emotional concert the day after the Roskilde accident in 2000. Femi started out in his father’s backing band in the 80s. Today he is playing with his fourteen-piece band. Straight from The Afrika Shrine, Lagos, he combines raw hard-edged rhythms, the complexities of Miles/Gillespie-inspired brass and seductive dancers, all in one awe-inspiring show.

SEUN ANIKULAPO KUTI & EGYPT 80 conquered Roskilde Festival’s Cosmopol stage in 2007 with a tremendous party. Seun is the youngest of the Kuti sons and plays with his father’s old legendary band. The red-hot mix of funk, sparkling horns, musical joy and political indignation continues. Yet, Kuti junior relates just as much to the present music scene as he does to his iconic family name.

An epoch-making Roskilde event
The global music scene has always been in focus throughout Roskilde Festival’s history. With this sensational meeting between the Afrobeat dynasty’s greatest living pioneers, the festival continues being an event that not only reflects the music scene but also sets up new musical meetings.

Major interest in Afrobeat
Fela Kuti enjoys great attention in the West. A musical about the genre-creator and freedom fighter – FELA! – played for 14 months on Broadway. After that it was London’s turn, and in April the play will be performed in Kuti’s homeland Nigeria. In New York, Copenhagen, Paris and London numerous young bands are inspired by this festive, hip-shaking funk. Roskilde Festival rides on the top of the Kuti wave and invites everyone with a preference for energetic, vigorous music to take part in this historic Afrobeat party.

Festival News Written 2011-04-12 13:59:20

Psychedelic sounds to Roskilde Festival

Spids Nøgenhat, Yemen Blues and Zun Zun Egui add new acidy colours to the music programme.

This week's music package has all colours of the rainbow. Roskilde Festival presents acid rock, fusion blues and post-everything rock.

SPIDS NØGENHAT (DK) has achieved an almost cult-like status among Danish music freaks. The rare live shows by Spids Nøgenhat are mind-expanding sessions that will appeal to all lovers of psychedelic rock and strange plants. Several of the band members have previously played at Roskilde Festival with Baby Woodrose and Dragontears.

YEMEN BLUES (ISR) blends the ancient sound of the (un)happy Arabia with brass, cross flute and percussion. Everything is brought together by Ravid Kahalani – an Israeli with a Yemeni background – in a fragrant potpourri full of blues and jazzy finesse. An exciting fusion project with numerous scents from both the Middle East, Africa and New York.

ZUN ZUN EGUI (UK) is principally considered a British band – but this is really a rainbow-coloured explosion of nationalities, genres and musical languages. African guitar, Japanese avant-garde and jazzy post-rock from Chicago clash in a dadaist carnival – a sound nightmare for everyone who demands clear-cut genre borders. Fans of Frank Zappa, Mike Patton and Talking Heads will nod appreciatively.

Festival News Written 2011-04-12 13:48:13

Alternative pop and rock to Roskilde Festival

The Danish festival announces Destroyer, Little Dragon, Tame Impala and Veto.

Roskilde Festival has a mixed music bag ready to be announced. Today's charming foursome offers something that fits most tastes.

DESTROYER (CAN) has since the mid-90s released some of the most delicate and enigmatic albums full of lyrical glam pop. On the latest album Kaputt, front man and mastermind Dan Bejar flirts with soft rock, synths and saxophone solos. He brings his big backing band to Roskilde Festival. Roskilde Festival is excited to finally present this shy and unique songwriter in Scandinavia.

LITTLE DRAGON (S) mixes synth pop, jazzy R&B and trip hop in its own charming mixture. The Swedish band has collaborated with capacities such as Damon Albarn and Dave Sitek from TV On The Radio. The Japanese singstress Yukimi Nagano was also on Roskilde's Orange Stage along with Gorillaz in 2010. A small Swedish band with a big wing span.

TAME IMPALA (AUS) has skillfully picked up the tricks from psychedelic bands such as Cream and The Beatles – but also more contemporary mushroom pickers such as The Flaming Lips. A mildly drugged vibe hangs over each note from the Australians who take the audience to a comfortable place off the map by means of jam sessions, dreamy vocal harmonies and evergreen melodies.

VETO (DK) has, in the course of three rainy electro rock albums, established itself on the Danish rock scene. Front man Troels Abrahamsen has never let the steadily growing success block his artistic vision. The inspiration come from British, alternative rock, but the four Danes add a more distinct electronic touch to the music that is constantly sprawling, ticking and hissing inside the dark soundscapes.

Festival News Written 2011-04-05 12:58:06

2.3 million euro ready for charitable donation

Tuesday night the members of Roskilde Festival Charity Society approved the accounts at the annual general meeting. Now a profit of DKK 17.5 million (approx. EUR 2.3 million) will be donated to charity.

It was a proud board that Tuesday night could present the second best financial result in the history of Roskilde Festival Charity Society.

DKK 17.5 million (approx. EUR 2.3 million) is the result from the sunny and sold-out Roskilde Festival in 2010.

Roskilde Festival Charity Society organises the annual Roskilde Festival with the purpose of supporting humanitarian and cultural initiatives. The board will now start donating the profit from 2010, which due to the festival's VAT exemption must be done before the execution of Roskilde Festival in 2011.

All credit to the volunteers
"Our 28,000 volunteers have made a completely indescribable effort to put together a great festival. It's because of them that Roskilde Festival exists and that we can now donate this much money to charity," says Steen Jørgensen, chairman of Roskilde Festival Charity Society.

Through the years Roskilde Festival Charity Society has generated approx. 20.1 million euro to charity.

About Roskilde Festival Charity Society
Roskilde Festival Charity Society is the association behind Roskilde Festival. Its purpose is to support initiatives benefitting young people and to support humanitarian and cultural work. The society's work is independent of party politics and has no geographical borders.

More information
Christina Bilde, spokeswoman
M: christina.bilde@roskilde-festival.dk
T: +45 46 36 66 13

Festivalnytt Written 2011-03-27 13:41:15

Bright Eyes to Roskilde Festival

The American idols are joined by Cody and Justin Townes Earle.

Roskilde Festival has a genuine Americana package ready for today. While today's acts come from both sides of the Atlantic, all three names have country, folk and rustic, all-American songwriting as a starting point.

BRIGHT EYES (US) has gone from being a breathlessness-struck teenager to a fully mature songwriter with air under his wings, political indignation and a great arsenal of musical effects. Front man Conor Oberst’s easily recognised voice enjoys the company of well-written songs that in an instant can go from flickering beautifully and quietly as a candle to bursting out in a sea of flames of emotional rock. Alternative folk rock in American wide-screen from an artist that many has proclaimed a new Bob Dylan.

CODY (DK) plays pop songs in a charming country and folk wrapping. Kaspar Kaae is Cody’s band leader, songwriter and artistic driving force. Single-handedly, he produces Americana-sounding pop hits with a perfect American accent. In concert a whole group of musical esquires join him on stage. This way, Cody’s lonely starting point is turned into a collective experience lifted by violins, lap steel guitar and banjo.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE (US) is no less than the son of American country rock legend Steve Earle – yet, he seems convincing in his insistence of marking his own territory. With a rough life behind him, Earle has lots of material to write songs from, loaded with the isolation and hard-earned experiences of country music. At the same time it is clear to hear that this is a new generation singing. As a member of the mp3 generation he can easily skip between different genres such as blues, folk, hillbilly and honky tonk. Earle junior follows inventively and respectfully in his father's footsteps.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-03-21 16:21:15

Roskilde Festival focuses on the homeless

On Thursday 24 March Roskilde Festival encourages its audience to take action against poverty. Disguised as beggars, the audience kickstarts the festival's Statement campaign against poverty and inequality.

The actions, called 'people of the street', take place in six different cities in Denmark, Norway, England and Germany. They mark the intensification of Roskilde Festival's humanitarian campaign Statement. The theme of Statement is poverty and inequality, and the focus in the coming weeks is especially on the homeless. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness and to start a public debate on poverty and inequality.

Goal: an official poverty line in Denmark
The long-term, ambitious goal of the campaign is to define an official poverty line in Denmark.

"Roskilde Festival has always been a festival with a position. We have always looked at our surroundings and supported the weak and vulnerable in society. With Statement we now focus on poverty and inequality. We believe that we need to address some of the issues going on in our own backyard. We are fully aware that Statement and our goal, not least, are a political appeal. It's all about the country we live in and how we prioritize and treat each other – but our starting point is really social indignation and a wish to get our audience and others to consider and address the challenges regarding poverty," says Roskilde Festival's spokeswoman Christina Bilde about the background of the campaign. She continues:

"When we set the bar high and have a goal of having an official poverty line introduced in Denmark, it's because we believe that there's a need for an indicator that you can base goals on and act actively from."

The 'people of the street' actions take place in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Oslo, London, Manchester and Berlin on Thursday 24 March at 16:30.

Charity fundraising for the homeless
Besides the actions, Roskilde Festival activates its audience with a film competition and a collection of money for Projekt Udenfor (project outside), a Danish organisation working with homeless people.

Projekt Udenfor works with homeless people out on the street. For instance, the organisation serves hot meals on the street and provides medical care 'on wheels' for the homeless and veterinary help for their four-legged friends. Roskilde Festival has chosen to raise money for the organisation because they are enthusiasts in their field, are not dictated by anything other than charity and believe that everybody has the right to a helping hand without wanting somthing in return.

"It's completely in line with Roskilde Festival's own values of community, tolerance and diversity, which also have some of the values we want to bring into the debate about poverty," says Christina Bilde.

The charity fundraising for Projekt Udenfor takes place in week 12 and 13 on Roskilde Festival's website.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-03-05 20:22:19

Societies achieve record-high profits at Roskilde Festival

Organisations from all over Denmark made DKK 18.9 million (approx. EUR 2.5 million) in total from volunteer work at the sold-out Roskilde Festival 2010.

While the audience keep the atmosphere at the boiling point, volunteers from various organisations keep the wheels turning at Roskilde Festival.

31,000 people volunteered at last year’s Roskilde Festival. 22,000 of them were employed by organisations, e.g. athletic associations, student societies and non-profit societies to do trade and service work.

Now the financial result from their great effort is worked out.

Biggest profit in the history of Roskilde Festival
The service organisations in charge of the clean-up and access control have brought in DKK 5 million (approx. EUR 671,000).

The trade organisations that serve food and drinks in approximately 85 stalls have a total profit of DKK 13.9 million (approx. EUR 1.9 million).

This makes a total of DKK 18.9 million (approx. EUR 2.5 million) for the organisations' efforts at Roskilde Festival 2010.

In comparison, in 2009 the organisations made DKK 15.8 million (approx. EUR 2.1 million) and DKK 9.4 million (approx. EUR 1.3 million) in 2008. The profit in 2010 is the largest in the festival’s 40-year-old history.

Support for organisations
“The organisations and their volunteers make an invaluable effort in servicing the audience, and I’m very pleased that Roskilde Festival has generated such a solid financial profit for the organisations and that we, in this way, can help support the cultural life,” states Roskilde Festival managing director Henrik Rasmussen.

In 2010 Roskilde gathered around 130,000 festival guests and volunteers. It is the combination of amazing weather and a sold-out festival that has generated a great turnover in the stalls and secured a maximum payout to the service organisations whose settlement of accounts with Roskilde Festival Charity Society is dependent on the ticket sales.

22.1 million euro earned throughout the years
Throughout the years the participating organisations and associations have earned more than DKK 165 million (approx. EUR 22.1 million) on working at Roskilde Festival.

Roskilde Festival Charity Society, that arranges Roskilde Festival, announces its profit from the previous festival in connection with the society’s annual general meeting on 29 March 2011.

For further information
Christina Bilde, spokeswoman
M: christina.bilde@roskilde-festival.dk
P: +45 46 36 66 13

Festivalnytt Written 2011-03-05 20:21:04

New architectural space for Roskilde Festival 2011

"Why don’t we do it on the stairs?” is the title of the winning project in the design competition BUILD WHAT HERE for designing a new installation and landmark for Roskilde Festival 2011. Behind the project are two architecture students from Sweden and Norway.

With an impressive interest from all over the world, the design competition BUILD WHAT HERE asking to design a physical space a landmark for Roskilde Festival 2011 has found its winner. The competition resulted in 67 very different, creative and inspiring proposals from architects, artists and students from Denmark to Columbia.

The jury has unanimously chosen the project "Why don’t we do it on the stairs?" by architecture students Victor Serrander (Stockholm) and Anders Grivi Norman (Oslo) who started the Berlin-based architecture collective Re-Make/Re-Model in 2010.

”The winning project demonstrates a great understanding of Roskilde Festival's audience and creates a magnificent platform for creativity, interaction, relaxation and party at the festival. The structure will certainly be a well-known and iconic meeting point at Roskilde Festival 2011 with its illuminated monumental and dynamic structure,” says Esben Danielsen, head of development at Roskilde Festival.

A strong focus on flexibility and user-interaction
The winning proposal consists of two large stair structures facing each other. The stairs offer views over the festival and the Orange Stage and are filled with ‘activity boxes’ – inviting artists and festival guests to engage in the Culture Zone. The structure is to be built of re-used plywood and scaffolding.

Victor Serrander and Anders Grivi Norman are both experienced when it comes to Roskilde Festival as they have attended the festival several times. And that is why the proposal has a strong focus on flexibility and user interaction:

“"Why don't we do it on the stairs?" aims at being a space that can be whatever people want it to be: a place that can be used for everything from movie screenings and debates to dancing and kissing. We can't wait for the summer!" says Anders Grivi Norman.

Roskilde as a mirror for urban planning
The Danish Architecture Center (DAC) has organised BUILD WHAT HERE in collaboration with Roskilde Festival and is thrilled to see so many, cross-disciplinary teams take part in the competition.

“In many ways, Roskilde Festival can be seen as a mirror and a test site for urban planning of the future. Notions of temporality, multi-functionality and cross-disciplinarity are all central in this regard. BUILD WHAT HERE has been a great opportunity to explore the concept of the temporary city with young architects and their collaborators from all over the world,” says Kent Martinussen, CEO of Danish Architecture Centre.

The winning project and other highlighted proposals will be presented in an exhibition at the Danish Architecture Centre from 7 May 2011.

For more information about the winning proposal and to see other highlighted projects, download the Jury Report on www.dac.dk/buildwhathere

The jury consisted of:
Esben Danielsen, head of development, Roskilde Festival
Christian Dam, architect, Roskilde Festival
Kent Martinussen, CEO, Danish Architecture Centre
Jan Geipel, head of presentation and debate, Danish Architecture Centre

For more information please contact:
Signe Brink Pedersen, project manager, Roskilde Festival
T: +45 46 34 03 88
M: signe.pedersen@roskilde-festival.dk

Ingeborg Christiane Hau, project manager, Danish Architecture Centre
T: +45 50 83 09 78
M: ich@dac.dk

Line Juul Greisen, press officer, Danish Architecture
T: +45 22 13 24 70
M: ljg@dac.dk

Festivalnytt Written 2011-03-05 20:19:33

African street party at Roskilde Festival

Congotronics vs Rockers, Jagwa Music and Shangaan Electro make everyone's behinds vibrate so that all the calories from the wintertime disappear.

Today's common denominator is Africa. The first act below tries in true Roskilde-style to break down the barrier between the hot Western acts and the roaring talent mass from the global music scene.

CONGOTRONICS vs ROCKERS (INT) revive the special congotronics sound from Konono N°1 and Kasai Allstars in new interpretations along with Deerhoof from the US, Juana Molina from Argentina, Wildbirds & Peacedrums from Sweden and Matt Mehlan from US act Skeletons. Together, this star-studded bunch rediscovers the electrified, joyous trance sound that has turned Congo into a music mecca for hipsters and music lovers.

JAGWA MUSIC (TAN) cultivates a genre called mchiriku, a percussion-based type of music that makes your blood boil with its steady, rhythmic attack. Due to a lack of funds, the musicians use old Casio keyboards and whatever materials they can get a hold of as well as traditional African drums.

SHANGAAN ELECTRO (ZA) gives the audience an opportunity to experience a brand-new genre from the first row. The speedy music style is already a hit on YouTube with over two million views. In the townships of Johannesburg people from 12 to 50 are shaking their booties to this revolutionary mix of up-tempo, synthetic marimba beats and pitched vocal samples - and they can keep going for hours as long as the tempo is fast enough. Now it is Roskilde Festival's turn when Nozinja, Tshetsha Boys and DJ Spoko deliver ultra-kinetic musical energy.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-03-05 20:17:23

M.I.A. to Roskilde Festival

A clear-cut pop party with the provocative style icon.

Few artists have such a tight grip on the zeitgeist as today's new addition to the Roskilde programme.

M.I.A. (UK) has, in the course of three albums and several mixtapes, shown us how to transpose today's internet-based world to fierce, genre-exceeding pop. Roskilde Festival is looking forward to preparing a stage for a global pop fest with one of today's most hip and controversial acts.

M.I.A.'s music is dirty like a city pavement and has both Western and Oriental blood running through its system. She skips between the continents in the same way as others manoeuvre the internet. Dancehall, Bollywood, Afro hip hop, Suicide. Everything is put on the catapult and fired off.

The latest release from the provocative style icon is the mixtape Vicki Leekx – and as always M.I.A. couples music and explosive political issues.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-02-24 12:45:37

Bring your one-for-the-road drink
In 2011, you can bring your beer from camp site to the inner festival site. You can bring up to a half-litre as long as it is in a container supported by the festival's refund system. And empty containers are welcome, regardless of shape and size.

We failed at making a clear, common understanding of our measure regarding beverages in 2010 when you could not bring your own drinks from the camp site to the festival site – and we were rightly criticized. So, we try again with a decision that is a ready response to the displeased reactions from last year. We hope for your support and understanding – even a clear and simple precaution can cause some rigidity.

Why has it been so difficult? Roskilde Festival's several thousand volunteers have to manage a few simple rules so things can go quickly and smoothly. At the same time it must match most people's needs so that you can bring your water as well as coffee, but so that it also respects environmental considerations regarding waste and sales regarding the fact that beverage sale at the inner festival site finances a large part of the party.

We hope for your understanding that we have to take these simple precautions, which also means that we can maintain a reasonable price on beverages. It also means that you can bring your beer with you at places where it is prohibited at most other festivals.

If you want things in more practical terms, then read below:

Beverages in the festival's refund system
The change means that you at Roskilde Festival 2011 can bring one beverage – water, wine, vodka or whatever you are drinking to warm up or cool down. There is green light for drinks in a container up to 0.5 litre. The container can be open or closed, that is up to you. We only require that the beverage container is part of our refund system, i.e. cans and plastic bottles with the Danish A, B and C refund label as well as the festival's own refund cups. This is to ensure that we minimize waste.

You can bring all empty containers, regardless of shape and size, as long as the container is not made of glass. Glass can provide great discomfort if it is smashed, so we try to avoid glass containers where possible.

Easy access to water
The possibility of filling water bottles from taps at the festival site prevents dehydration and makes sure that you can be cooled down and get enough fluid when the tropical temperatures wash over the festival site as they have done the past few years.

Festivalnytt Written 2011-02-23 01:43:13

MASTODON TO ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

Dååth and Parkway Drive are also added to the programme.
Today Roskilde Festival proudly presents a band whose career the festival has followed at close range. Two smaller, just as fresh acts are also added to the impressive offering of metal and pitch-black energy.

MASTODON (US) play their third concert at Roskilde Festival this summer. The mix of classic heavy metal, progressive rock and great technicality has made the band from the deep US south darlings with both metal fans, critics and music fans that are not normally into hard rock. When they played in 2005 and 2007, they were critically acclaimed and with a breakaway potential from the narrow metal circles. This year they come to Roskilde Festival as one of the strongest acts of the genre. And if you want to be assured about Mastodon’s continued supremacy on a live stage, Live At The Aragon – a good old-fashioned live recording from Chicago – is out soon.

DÅÅTH (US) has, in the course of four albums, investigated the borderland between death metal, thrash and whichever musical impressions that have caught their interest. Dååth’s two guitarists turn each concert into an eye-opener regarding virtuosity and dizzying solos, while drummer Kevin Talley is a star in metal circles for his take-no-prisoners drumming.

PARKWAY DRIVE (AUS) is becoming one of Australia's biggest successes in metal and hardcore. Do not let Parkway Drive’s pretty band name fool you. This is metalcore from the angriest and heaviest part of the genre spectrum. The young band’s first albums were produced by none other than Adam Dutkiewicz from Killswitch Engage. In the future the Australians may just well be in the same league as these metal giants.

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