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Yesterday, I got home from the Roskilde Festival. If you don't know what it is, it's one of the biggest music festivals in Europe (this year around 110,000 people including 21000 volunteers).

The lineup was a bit weak this year, especially on the bigger stages, but I still got to see:

Alice In Chains (decent), Motörhead (Lemmy!), Sick of it all (insane), Muse (decent), The Prodigy (lacklustre), Them Crooked Vultures (fanfuckingtastic), Patti Smith & Band (wonderful and emotional), Prince (motherfucking yes), Gorillaz (uneven, but overall good), Kasabian (dullasfuck), Killswitch Engage, Pavement (full on retrojoy), LCD Soundsystem (awesome), Gonjasufi (weird and inspiring), Wooden Shjips (Decent+), Aurelio Martinez (wonderful mix of Son, high-life and blues), Nisennenmondai (fun japanese insanity), Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (always brilliant), Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (pretty good if a little overwhelmed by the situation), Staff Benda Bilili (mindblowingly moving and inspiring) and a few Danish acts none of you would know of.

Not a bad return on putting in 16 hours of work over a weekend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Festival_2010 for the full list of acts.

I saw LCD Soundsystem last month.
Definately awesome in a small venue...
Glad I finally caught them live before they quit.

How much are tickets to music fests running these days?

Fairweather Pure wrote:How much are tickets to music fests running these days?

Tickets for this was uhh... a shitload. But as I worked as a volunteer for a photo service there (prof. photographers taking concert shots that the audience can then buy) I got it for free.

Sick of it All is a fun show. Think I saw them at a Warped Tour years back.

And yes, super-jealous! That is one of the stranger lineups for a festival I have ever seen. Since I like a wide array of music, that would certainly fit the bill!

Was at Oxegen the other week (google it) - I can relate to a couple of these opinions.

Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:Muse (decent)

I thought they were really fucking awesome actually.

The Prodigy (lacklustre)

Agreed. Sadly. I expected better.

Kasabian (dullasfuck)

Definitely. One of the most tedious, pointless performances I've ever seen. Total shit.


Going to see LCD soundsystem at Electric Picnic (google) in a month or so. Mostly looking forward to Jonsí and Glen Hansard.