Belsonic

Belsonic
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Location(s)	Custom House Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Years active	2008 - Present
Date(s)	17-29 August (2010)
Website	belsonic.com

Belsonic is the name of an outdoor music festival which has taken place in August at the Custom House Square in Belfast, Northern Ireland since 2008. It is organised by Shine Productions Ltd.^[1] The capacity of the event is 5,000.^[2]

1 2008
2 2009
3 2010
4 2011
5 References
6 External links

2008

The acts that played the 2008 event were:

Monday August 11	Thursday August 14	Friday August 15
Headliner The Flaming Lips^[3] (21:45-23:30) Support Mogwai (20:10) Oppenheimer (19:05) Jape^[4] (18:15)	Headliner The Enemy^[5] (22:15-23:30) Support Reverend and the Makers^[6] (20:55) Fighting with Wire (19:55) Future of the Left (19:00) General Fiasco (18:15)	Headliner The Zutons^[7] (23:15-01:00) Support The Go! Team^[8] (21:45) Kowalski (20:30) Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip (19:45) Delorentos^[9] (19:00) Ski Bunny Djs^[10] (18:00)

2009

The 2009's line-up was confirmed by the BBC's Across The Line in June.^[11] The stage times were announced on 13 August 2009.^[12]

Thursday August 27	Friday August 28	Saturday August 29
Headliner Dizzee Rascal Support Vampire Weekend Crystal Castles Two Door Cinema Club Sketchy DJs	Headliner 2 Many Djs Support Deadmau5 Boys Noize Mix Hell Phil Kieran Space Dimension Controller	Headliner Duke Special Support Bell X1 The Magic Numbers Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club David Kitt Panama Kings

2010

The 2010 line-up is as follows, was released in May and in July 2010 four extra dates were added due to demand (17 - 20) and has been confirmed by the official Belsonic website.^[13]

Tuesday August 17	Wednesday August 18	Thursday August 19	Friday August 20	Thursday August 26	Friday August 27	Saturday August 28	Sunday August 29
Headliner Kasabian Support Ash	Headliner Paolo Nutini Support Carly Connor Heathers (Sold Out)	Headliner Florence and the Machine (Sold Out)	Headliner Stereophonics Support Kids in Glass Houses Joe Echo	Headliner Soulwax 2ManyDJs Support Two Door Cinema Club Major Lazer Kids On Bridges Sketchy Djs	Headliner Paul Weller Support The Courteeners General Fiasco Cashier No. 9	Headliner Biffy Clyro Support Lostprophets Fighting with wire Twin Atlantic (Sold Out)	Headliner David Guetta Support Fake Blood The Japanese Popstars Burns (Sold Out)

2011

The 2011 line-up is as follows and was released in December 2010 by the official Belsonic website.

2011 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2011	August 16	30 Seconds to Mars	You Me At Six
	August 17	Dizzee Rascal	Example & Wretch 32
	August 19	Primal Scream	Andrew Weatherall & Cashier No. 9
	August 20	Beady Eye	General Fiasco & Fight Like Apes
	August 22	Tinie Tempah	Maverick Sabre & Yasmin
	August 24	Elbow	Villagers & Foy Vance
	August 25	Plan B	Katy B & Rizzle Kicks
	August 26	Tiësto	Alex Metric & Caspa & Rod Azlan
	August 27	The Specials	Hanni El-Khatib & Pocket Billiards

References

^ "Belsonic Terms and Conditions". Shine. 2008-05-08. https://secure.belsonic.com/tickets/termsconditions.php. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^ "Belsonic is this year's biggest outdoor music festival in Belfast…". The Belfast Telegraph. 2008-08-08. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/belsonic-is-this-years-biggest-outdoor-music-festival-in-belfast-13934490.html. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
^ "Flaming Lips to play Belfast…"". Hot Press. 2008-05-08. http://www.hotpress.com/news/4552582.html. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
^ "Flaming Lips Support Bill Confirmed…". BBC. 2008-05-21. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/news_specific183778.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
^ "The Enemy added to Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 2008-06-11. http://www.hotpress.com/news/4591601.html. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
^ "Reverend and the Makers confirmed for Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 2008-06-13. http://www.hotpress.com/news/4592090.html. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
^ "Zutons for Belfast…". Hot Press. 2008-05-09. http://www.hotpress.com/news/4552966.html. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
^ "The Go! Team join Zutons in Belfast date…". Hot Press. 2008-05-21. http://www.hotpress.com/news/4571553.html. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
^ "Mystery Jets, Dan Le Sac join Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 2008-06-06. http://www.hotpress.com/news/4590252.html. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
^ "Belsonic feat. The Zutons, The Go! Team, Skibunny…". BBC. 2008-05-21. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/gig_specific182228.shtml. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
^ Belsonic Lineup Revealed!
^ "Belsonic stage times announced". Hot Press. 2009-08-13. http://www.hotpress.com/Belsonic/news/Belsonic%20stage%20times%20announced/5737220.html. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
^ Belsonic August 2010 Custom House Square

External links

Irish musical events and festivals

Benefit concerts	Arthur's Day · ChildLine Concert · Dublin to Gaza · Self Aid

Dance	Creamfields · HiFi:Ireland · Garden Party · Lovebox

Indie	Castlepalooza · Element · Hard Working Class Heroes · Indiependence · KnockanStockan · Le Chéile · Solas · Soundtrack

Metal	Day of Darkness · Download

Rock/surf	Belsonic · Bud Rising · Cois Fharraige · Electric Picnic · Féile · Heineken Green Energy · Live at the Marquee · Oxegen (previously Witnness) · Slane · Tennents ViTal

Others	The Music Show · Midlands · Féile an Phobail · The Flat Lake Festival

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