Bilbao Live Festival

The Bilbao Live Festival is a rock and pop music festival that takes place in the summer in Bilbao, Spain since 2006. It is supported by BBK the savings bank.

History

Some 51,000 people attended the first edition of Bilbao Live Festival in 2006, an event that reunited during three days more than 40 national and international bands of rock and carps of electronic music. Bilbao had thus burst in with force into the circuit of great musical festivals of the summer time. Ricardo Barkala, councilman of Use and Economic Promotion of the Bilbao, stressed the achievement. A personage Santiago revealed that (in effect), "All the artists have gone away contented of the festival and with the public of Bilbao, something that is very important to create this excellent impression in spite of going the first year completely without past history."

Thus, a repeat albeit bigger and better for 2007 was assured, with very top name artists the likes of Metallica and Iron Maiden and Red Hot Chili Peppers notwithstanding newer but still popular acts such as My Chemical Romance and heritage entries such as the reconstituted but once influential New York Dolls.

2006 Line-up

Ben Harper, The Cult, The Cardigans, Ladytron, Ojos de Brujo, The MFA , Capri , Alex Under & Paco Osuna, FC Kahuna, Guns N' Roses, Deftones, Feliz Da Housecat, Armin Van Buuren, Alexander Kowalski, Cristian Varela, Matthew Dekay, Markus Schulz, Gatibu, John Lord Fonda, Hash, Andres Calamaro y Ariel Rot, Placebo, The Pretenders, Los Planetas, Front 242, Junkie XL, Todd Terry, Derrick Carter, Francesco Farfa, Silicone Soul, El Inquilino Comunista, Der Dritte Raum, El Columpio Asesino, Oxia, Zodiacs, Donnacha costello, Rex the Dog

2007 Line-up

• 21 June Iron Maiden, Within Temptation, Mastodon, Juliette & The Licks, Stone Sour, Bloodsimple, Lauren Harris, Vhaldemar
• 22 June Red Hot Chili Peppers, My Chemical Romance, Fishbone, Fermin Muguruza, Kula Shaker, Billy Talent, Berri Txarrak, One Direction Drive
• 28 June: Fito & Fitipaldis, New York Dolls, Maceo Parker, Los Ronaldos, Muchachito Bombo Inferno, I Love Ufo, The Pinkertones, The Ellas, Nun,
• 29 June Metallica, Incubus, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Dagoba, Nebula, Zico Chain, Idi Bihotz, Biok, Laia

2008 Line-up

• 4 July The Police, The Charlatans, The Dandy Warhols, Morcheeba, The Gift, Fancy, Gari, The Raveonettes.
• 5 July R.E.M., Lenny Kravitz, The Prodigy, Krakovia, Dynamo, Sunday Driver, The Fratellis, Pigeon Detectives.
• 6 July Madness, Tequila, ZZ Top, Riders on the Storm, The Blues Brothers Band, Quique Gonzalez & La Aristocracia del Barrio

2009 Line-up

• 9 July Depeche Mode, Basement Jaxx, Editors, The Ting Tings, Vetusta Morla, The Gaslight Anthem, Motor, Lain.
• 10 July Jane's Addiction, Kaiser Chiefs, Echo and the Bunnymen, Dave Matthews Band, Chris Cornell, Babyshambles, Supergrass, El Columpio Asesino.
• 11 July Placebo, Primal Scream, Fischerspooner, Asian Dub Foundation, Baddies, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Cycle, It Hugs Back, Ama Say.

2010 Line-up

• 8 July Rammstein, Slayer, Skunk Anansie, Rise Against, Coheed & Cambria, Bullet For My Valentine, Volbeat, Rise to Fall & More TBC.
• 9 July Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Paul Weller, Gogol Bordello, Dropkick Murphys, Cápsula & More TBC.
• 10 July Faith No More, Manic Street Preachers, Jet, Feeder & More TBC.

2011 Line-Up

• July 7 Coldplay, Blondie, Beady Eye, The Twilight Singers, Crystal Castles, Russian Red, Ken Zazpi, Neon Trees
• July 8 Amy Winehouse (cancelled), Suede, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Vetusta Morla, TV on the Radio, !!!, The Mars Volta, Noisettes, Zarama
• July 9 The Black Crowes, The Chemical Brothers, Jack Johnson, 30 Seconds to Mars, M-Clan, Seasick Steve, Les Savy Fav, Japanese Voyeurs, Enkore

Amy Winehouse was supposed to headline the second day of the festival, but cancelled due to personal problems, just before of her death, in July 23, 2011.

External links

• Official site
• Promotor
• How to get in
• Whatmore