Pinkpop
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| Location(s) | Landgraaf, Netherlands |
| Years active | 1970 - present |
| Date(s) | Pentecost weekend |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
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Pinkpop Festival or Pinkpop in short, is an annual rock festival held at Landgraaf, Netherlands. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the oldest annual festival in the world. It is held annually on the Pentecost weekend (Pinksteren in Dutch, hence the name). In 1970, the first festival took place in Geleen, now part of municipality Sittard-Geleen and was held only on Monday of that weekend.
Today, the 3 day festival is held from Saturday to Monday and is visited by approximately 60.000 people with performances on 3 separate stages. In 35 years, 1.5 million people have attended Pinkpop. More than 400 musical acts have played at the festival.
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[edit] Past performers
The festival's history has seen the likes of Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Radiohead, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck, Uriah Heep, The Kinks, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Thin Lizzy, Elvis Costello, Dire Straits, Peter Tosh, The Police, The Jam, Van Halen, Joe Jackson, U2, UB40, ZZ Top, Semisonic, Simple Minds, TC Matic, Gary Moore, Big Country, John Hiatt, Marillion, The Stranglers, The Waterboys, The Cure, The Cult, The Pretenders, Echo and the Bunnymen, Iggy Pop, Hüsker Dü, Lou Reed, The Pogues, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kula Shaker, Herman Brood, R.E.M., Pixies, Rammstein, Lenny Kravitz, Smashing Pumpkins, Therapy?, The Prodigy, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Levellers, The Black Crowes, Mano Negra, Pearl Jam, Urban Dance Squad, David Byrne, Living Colour, Björk, Faith No More, Dave Matthews Band, dEUS, Sepultura, Alanis Morissette, Skunk Anansie, Moby, Tool, KoЯn, Queens of the Stone Age, Counting Crows, System of a Down, Zwan and many more.
Notable performers from 2004 included Muse, Moloko, Starsailor, Pixies, N.E.R.D., and Franz Ferdinand.
Pinkpop 2005 took place from May 14 to 16. The Presidents of the United States of America, Di-rect, Faithless, The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Feeder, Mercury Rev, The Polyphonic Spree, Cake, Bloc Party, and The Bravery were among the performers.
[edit] Pinkpop 2007
This year's edition is the 38th in row. The festival is held from May 26 to May 28.
[edit] Line-Up
| Mainstage | 3FM Stage | BUMA / John Peel Stage | |
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| Saturday 26 May | - Wir Sind Helden - Juliette & The Licks - Within Temptation - Marilyn Manson |
- ??? - ??? - Good Charlotte |
- Viberider - Stevie Ann - C-mon & Kypski |
| Sunday 27 May | - Gabriel Rios - Razorlight - Iggy & the Stooges - Snow Patrol - Muse |
- Ozark Henry - Gogol Bordello - Ilse Delange - Lostprophets |
- Goose - Paolo Nutini - Maxïmo Park - Amy Winehouse |
| Monday 28 May | - The Fratellis - Wolfmother - Scissor Sisters - Arctic Monkeys - Linkin Park - The Smashing Pumpkins |
- 30 Seconds to Mars - Stone Sour - Dave Matthews Band - Evanescence - Korn |
- 5 O'Clock Heroes - Maria Mena - Macy Gray - The Magic Numbers - The Kooks |
[edit] External links
- Official site (Dutch)
- Myspace page for Pinkpop - myspace site (Dutch)
