Pepsi Music Festival

Pepsi music festival
Location(s) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Years active 2003 - present
Date(s) September–October (10-11 days)
Genre Rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Argentine rock

Pepsi music festival is a major Argentine music festival, held annually since 2003. Since 2005 it is named after its main sponsor, Pepsi, before it was named after its previous sponsor Quilmes, and it was known as "Quilmes Rock". It was held in several places including the Ferro Stadium and River Plate Stadium, and since 2005 is hold at Obras Stadium, all of them in Buenos Aires city. It's the largest and longest music festival in the country with more than 200,000 persons attending in 2006, during 10 days. [1]

The most important national rock singers and groups participated of the festival, along with some of the most notable international rock stars.

Contents

2003 festival

Die Toten Hosen, Gustavo Cerati, Los Ratones Paranoicos, Divididos, Memphis, Bersuit Vergarabat, Café Tacuba, Babasónicos, Attaque 77, Los Pericos, Luis A.Spinetta, Mancha de Rolando, Intoxicados, El Otro Yo

2004 festival

The Wailers, The Offspring, Los Cafres, Mimi Maura, Molotov, Dancing Mood, Las Pelotas, Charly García, Los Piojos, Vox Dei, Paralamas, Pappo, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Catupecu Machu

2005 festival

Megadeth, Apocalyptica, The Wailers, Die Toten Hosen, Andrew Tosh, La Vela Puerca, Ska-P, Turf, Kapanga, No te va Gustar, Villanos, Massacre, Los Tipitos, Los Piojos, Cabezones, Almafuerte

The Megadeth show was filmed and later released in a DVD called That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires

2006 festival

The 2006 edition attracted approximately 200,000 people. During 11 days, important national and international rock bands played in several outdoor and indoor stages. And some of the acts performing this year included Iggy & The Stooges, Plastilina Mosh, Michael Rose, Mancha de Rolando, Guasones, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Babasónicos, Intoxicados, No te va Gustar, Rata Blanca, Arbol, La Mosca, Bahiano, Las Pelotas, Miranda! and others.

2007 festival

The 2007 edition took place from September 22 to October 2. Some of the bands confirmed for this edition included Marilyn Manson, The Black Eyed Peas, Australian Pink Floyd Show, The Cloud Room, Diego Mizrahi, Molotov, Héroes del Silencio, The Wailers, Divididos, Almafuerte, Intoxicados, Pier, Guasones, Jovenes Pordioseros, Arbol and others.

2008 festival

The 2008 edition took place on September 13 (Opening Night) and from September 26 to October 5. Artists included The Hives, Mötley Crüe, Dave Matthews Band, The Cult, Ky-Mani Marley, Capibara, Catupecu Machu, Stone Temple Pilots, Beatsteaks, Nine Inch Nails, and others.[1]

2009 festival

The 2009 edition took place on October 30 (opening night) to November 8. Artists included The Prodigy, Banda de Turistas, Los 7 delfines, Faith No More, Die Toten Hosen, Los Pericos, Los Cafres, Fidel Nadal, Las Pelotas, Pampa Yakuza, Cielo Razzo, Living Colour, Divididos, Cielo Razzo, Ratones Paranoicos, La Vela Puerca, Maxïmo Park, The Ting Tings, Calle 13, Los Tipitos, Gogol Bordello, Dante Spinetta, Cultura Profética, Karamelo Santo, Kapanga, Los Auténticos Decadentes y Mamá Pulpa, Misterio y Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Catupecu Machu and more.[2]

2010 festival

The 2010 edition took place on October 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22 & 23 (Indoors & Outdoors). Artists included Green Day, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Alain Johannes, The Abyssinians, Andrés Calamaro, No Te Va Gustar, Molotov, Massacre, Cadena Perpetua, and more.

2011 festival

The 2011 edition took place on September 18, 24, 27 and 28. Artists included Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jauria, Las pelotas, Katy Perry, Snow Patrol, Primal Scream, Jarabe de Palo and others.

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