Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
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The FIB or Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (Benicàssim International Festival) is a famous music festival held in Benicàssim (Spain). It focuses in alternative pop rock and electronica and has other elements besides music like short films, theatre, dance, fashion and art.
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[edit] 2008 : 14th Edition
The 14th Edition of the festival is going to be held on the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th of July 2008.
The bands that have been confirmed so far are :
- Leonard Cohen
- Morrissey
- My Bloody Valentine
- Babyshambles
- Mika
- Siouxsie
- The Raconteurs
- The Rumble Strips
- American Music Club
- José González
- Metope
- Metronomy
- The New Pornographers
- Robert Babicz
- Spiritualized
- Vive La Fête
- Justice
- Erol Alkan
- David Duriez
- Eef Barzelay
- Joakim
- John Acquaviva
- Micah P. Hinson
- Moriarty
- The National
- Róisín Murphy
- Richard Hawley
- Supermayer
- Sigur Ros
- These New Puritans
- Tommie Sunshine
A FIB night is also going to take place in Madrid on July 19 with My Bloody Valentine, Mika, Siouxsie, Babyshambles, Hot Chip and The Rumble Strips
[edit] Past editions
[edit] Bands who have played the festival in the past
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- 2 Many DJ's
- 808 State
- Air
- Amy Winehouse
- Aphex Twin
- Arctic Monkeys
- Art Brut
- Athlete
- B-52's
- Babyshambles
- Björk
- CSS
- Dinosaur Jr
- DJ Yoda
- Echo & The Bunnymen
- Editors
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- Electrelane
- Franz Ferdinand
- Goldfrapp
- Hot Hot Heat
- Iggy and The Stooges
- Jamie T
- Joseph Arthur
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Kasabian
- Kings of Leon
- Klaxons
- Kraftwerk
- Lali Puna
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lou Reed
- Madness
- Manta Ray
- Massive Attack
- Mercury Rev
- Migala
- Morrissey
- Muse
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Oasis
- Ok Go
- Pet Shop Boys
- Pizzicato Five
- Primal Scream
- Pulp (band)
- Radio 4
- Radiohead
- Richie Hawtin vs. Ricardo Villalobos
- Scissor Sisters
- Sr. Chinarro
- Suicide
- The Cure
- The Flaming Lips
- The Pixies
- The Raveonettes
- Tortoise
- Tujiko Noriko
- We Are Scientists
- whomadewho
- Yo La Tengo
[edit] 13th Edition
The 13th edition of the festival, held on the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd of July 2007 included in its line-up (headliners in bold):
- !!!
- Albert Hammond Jr.
- Amy Winehouse
- Animal Collective
- Antony And The Johnsons
- Arctic Monkeys
- Armand Van Helden
- The B-52's
- Big Hands
- Brazilian Girls
- Bright Eyes
- Calexico
- Camera Obscura
- Cansei de Ser Sexy
- Carl Craig
- Cassius
- CatPeople
- Chloé
- Chris Aliano
- Ciëlo
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Damian Lazarus
- Datarock
- Devo
- Digitalism
- Dinosaur Jr.
- DK7
- Ellen Allien
- Fancy Spaniels
- Fangoria
- The Go! Team
- GusGus
- Herman Düne
- The Hives
- The Horrors
- The Human League
- Iggy & The Stooges
- Jamie T
- Kiko Veneno
- Klaxons
- Dj Koze
- Lo-Fi-Fnk
- The Magic Numbers
- Mando Diao
- Matthew Dear
- Micah P. Hinson
- Muse
- Najwajean
- Os Mutantes
- Ok Go
- Olimpic
- Peter Bjorn And John
- Peter Von Poehl
- The Pipettes
- The Presets
- The Rapture
- Rufus Wainwright
- Sascha Funke
- Simian Mobile Disco
- Sondre Lerche
- Tobias Thomas
- Two Lone Swordsmen
- UNKLE
- Vitalic
- Wilco
- Who Made Who
- DJ Yoda
[edit] Controversy
FIB has received criticism from left-wing and nationalist sectors in Spain, aimed at the fact that it doesn't support Valencian culture, even though it takes place in the Valencian Community and receives a high amount of public money to finance itself. FIB's director Jose Luis Morán stated in an interview that he didn't intend to include any band in the festival that had lyrics in Valencian language, Euskera or Galego. [1] Among the people and associations that have criticized this problem are the Collectiu de músics i cantants en valencià Ovidi Montllor or Marina Albiol, an Esquerra Unida politician.[2].
