Another ridiculous Roskildeline-up

Fri 17th Apr, 2009 in International News

Regarded by many as the ultimate European festival, Roskilde has gone all out once again on its 2009 line-up. The four day event (with four days of local warm-up acts beforehand!) is held south of Roskilde in Denmark and attracts over 100,000 punters. Even more remarkably, it’s been running since 1971 on a not-for-profit charity model.

Headlining this year’s extravaganza are Kanye West, Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails, with plenty to marvel at lower down the list. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will be there, as will Lily Allen, Oasis, Fleet Foxes, Slipknot, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pet Shop Boys and countless others. Those Kiwi poster boys Cut Off Your Hands have also earned themselves a place on the bill. Roskilde succeeds as a true multi-genre festival, with metal, dance, rock, pop, folk and all the rest co-existing in unwashed harmony.

FasterLouder’s Libby Clark was there in 2007 to witness the likes of Muse, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Flaming Lips and The Who. She wrote this cracking review that you really must read.

Right, so here’s the 2009 line-up. Get ready to scroll!

Coldplay
Oasis
Nine Inch Nails
Kanye West
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Röyksopp
Slipknot
Lily Allen
The Mars Volta
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Pet Shop Boys
Fleet Foxes
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Mew
Lil’ Wayne
M. Ward
Madness
Eagles of Death Metal
Mono
Social Distortion
Amon Amarth
Isis
Lucinda Williams
Deichkind
Friendly Fires
Satyricon
Glasvegas
Grace Jones
Håkan Hellström
White Lies
José Padilla
Amadou & Mariam
The Dodos
Frightened Rabbit
Deadmau5
Trentemøller
Groundation
Marissa Nadler
The Bronx
Volbeat
Dungen
Gang Gang Dance
Gojira
Fever Ray
Down
Jenny Wilson
Ida Maria
Black Dice
Get Well Soon
Petter
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Hauschka
Peter Broderick
Fucked Up
Marnie Stern
Darkane
Rokia Traoré
Shugo Tokumaru
U-Roy
Tony Allen
Cancer Bats
Wolves in the Throne Room and many more at the Roskilde website.