Denmark Events: Roskilde Festival

Posted by David Whitley May 7, 2007

Only Glastonbury is bigger than Denmark’s Roskilde Music Festival, which is held every July in Roskilde, 35km from Copenhagen.

Every year, nearly 100,000 music lovers buy tickets to camp out at the site, listening to four days of concerts from some of the best bands and artists in the business.

The 2007 line-up is looking absolutely incredible so far, and more bands will be added before things get underway.

The headline acts at the moment are the Beastie Boys, British rockers Muse, Icelandic weirdo Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Who, DJ Tiesto and Queens of the Stone Age. That’s a good selection on its own, but take a look at the talent that’s on the second rung of the poster and you’ll see bands that would be worth the ticket price on their own.

They include arguably the hottest two bands in the world right now – Montreal’s Arcade Fire and Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys.

Joining them will be The Killers and My Chemical Romance from the United States, two acts who have sold phenomenal amounts of records even though the first are rather average and the second an affront to the ear.

But the test of a truly great line-up is the bands that are included in the small print. For Roskilde 2007, these include Cansei De Ser Sexy from Sao Paulo, Brazil, English new rave pioneers The Klaxons and legendary DJ Lee Scratch Perry. That’s going to be one festival worth going to if you can get to Denmark at the time.

Denmark Events: Roskilde Music Festival 2007 Dates

The Roskilde Music Festival in Denmark will be held between July 5th and July 8th.