Norwegian Wood (music festival)

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Norwegian Wood is a music festival in Oslo, Norway. It takes place in Frognerbadet, near Frognerparken (the Vigeland sculpture park). In 2006 the festival took place from June 14th to June 18th. The main headliner was Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd), who performed the entire The dark side of the moon album.

In 2007 the festival will last from 14th to the 17th of june and the famous rock band Korn will be playing at the festival. Other bands playing include Wolfmother.

The name of the festival refers to the famous The Beatles hit Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).

[edit] Notable performances

• Johnny Cash (1992)
• Jethro Tull (1994)
• John Trudell (1994)
• Van Morrison (1995)
• Bo Kaspers Orkester (1995)
• Savoy (1996)
• Emmylou Harris (1996)
• The Kinks (1996)
• Gin Blossoms (1996)
• Grant Lee Buffalo (1996)
• Iggy Pop (1996)
• Simple Minds (1997)
• Loudon Wainwright III (1997)
• Neil Finn (1999)
• Van Morrison (1998)
• Lisa Loeb (1998)
• Lou Reed (1998)
• Suede (1999)
• Taxi (1999)
• Wilco (1999)
• Bigbang (1999)
• Bertine Zetlitz (1999)
• Faithless (1999)
• James Taylor (1999)
• Röyksopp (2000)
• Kaizers Orchestra (2000)
• Van Morrison (2000)
• Morten Abel (2000)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd (2000)
• Bryan Ferry (2000)
• Bigbang (2000)
• Jaga Jazzist (2000)
• Madrugada (2001)
• Ulf Lundell (2001)
• Sting (2001)
• Tom McRae (2001)
• Gluecifer (2002)
• Iggy Pop (2002)
• Jaga Jazzist (2002)
• Suzanne Vega (2002)
• Faithless (2002)
• Sahara Hotnights (2002)
• Tom McRae (2003)
• The Dandy Warhols (2003)
• The Hellacopters (2003)
• DumDum Boys (2003)
• Gåte (2003)
• Kaizers Orchestra (2003)
• Audioslave (2003)
• Counting Crows (2003)
• The Cardigans (2004)
• Wilco (2004)
• Ash (2004)
• David Bowie (2004)
• The Hives (2005)
• Thom Hell (2005)
• deLillos (2005)
• System of a Down (2005)
• Tori Amos (2005)
• Roger Waters (2006)
• Kent (2006)
• Mew (2006)
• Maria Mena (2006)
• Turbonegro (2006)
• Deftones (2006)
• Soulfly (2006)
• Richard Hawley (2006)

[edit] External links

The festival's webpage: http://www.norwegianwood.no/