Roskilde 2007

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Mar 9th New RUMOR: Arctic Monkeys to play in Denmark this summer
At a concert in Denmark Arctic Monkeys told the audience that the band will be back in Denmark this summer. An official Roskilde Festival car was spottet at a parking lot very close to the venue - could it be...?

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Alternative rock with grand ambitions to Roskilde Festival ’07

Both Muse (UK) and Arcade Fire (CAN) offer solid alternative rock and are the latest additions to this year’s programme.

Some people feel good about the minimal and sparse, while others prefer imposing extravaganzas. Whether this applies to architecture, cooking or rock music, there will always be groupings of people with inclinations to ‘less is more,’ while others claim that ‘big is beautiful.’ The two bands in this week’s announcement are both contemporary representatives of the latter conviction – in each its own way, the music has the full-bodied and the towering elements as focal point.

ARCADE FIRE
With a mix of early Roxy Music, David Bowie and Talking Heads, ARCADE FIRE (CAN) have been universally praised. With their latest album Neon Bible just released, Arcade Fire are ready to show their audience why the Canadians in a matter of no time have developed from an upcoming act to trendsetting stars.

MUSE (UK) keep the most pompous virtues of British rock alive with their ambitious, futuristic rock opera and wind-swept guitar solos. The band is loved by fans all over the world – perhaps especially because the band, consisting of only three members, finds its very own plane somewhere between Radiohead’s dark science fiction and Queen’s grand symphonies.

Critically acclaimed and requested bands
Arcade Fire and Muse both reap praise from the critics – while their fan bases are growing rapidly, which we have noted via your band requests where especially Muse are among the top scorers. With an awesome level of ambitions, these two bands are not for people suffering from a musical fear of heights.

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Urban world sound at Roskilde Festival’s new stage Cosmopol
African soul, Jamaican sunshine music and modern big city hip hop will rub shoulders at Roskilde Festival’s new stage Cosmopol.

Roskilde Festival hereby reveals the first names to play the new stage, Cosmopol. The stage is a brand new hot spot for underground urban genres and will sparkle with hip hop, R’n’B, global beats and rhythms, neo-soul and music from the more organic electronic scene.


MAHMOUD AHMED (ETH) is an African James Brown with his characteristic mixture of funk, jazz and soul.

JUNKYARD PRODUCTIONS (DK) dole out warm, lazy and sexy Jamaica dub.

K'NAAN (SOM) might just turn out to be one of tomorrow’s hip hop stars due to his organic and, at first listen, very African expression combined with the attitude and references of the North American scene.

STONES THROW RECORDS have recently released a vista of the label’s first 10 years as a breeding ground for cutting-edge hip hop. At Roskilde, the label brings along PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, J. ROCC, ALOE BLACC, PERCEE P & GUILTY SIMPSON (US), who present a similar re-cap of a decade’s deviations in dirty beats and rhymes – a virtual cornet of hip hop treats.

Exciting and kaleidoscopic sound
Roskilde Cosmopol is a stage that reflects the cultural meetings of the big city. This first sneak peek is a little preview of the diverse artists that await the audience at this stage. The big city is a musical hodgepodge of ethnic impressions and mixed heritages – from different peoples’ distant, carried traditions to the latest hip hop talents of the street. Roskilde Cosmopol represents a musical culture in a state of exciting and inspiring rupture and will be buzzing with the traffic and kaleidoscopic crowds of the big city.

Roskilde Festival will continuously announce many more names for this year’s programme – look out for a couple more later this week. Stay updated at www.roskilde-festival.dk.

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Strong British acts to Roskilde Festival

Great Britain is, as always, a major supplier of strong alternative rock, and we have lots of Brits on the bill – with Arctic Monkeys as the major, returning attraction.

The British Isles are one of the most important brooding grounds for rock music, and the turnout of bands with eyes for both change and tradition does not seem to diminish in the new millennium – rather the opposite. The diversity, wealth and quantity on the British scene may seem unbeatable, but again this year we pick out some of the best British names – both well-established chart-toppers and small and exciting acts.


ARCTIC MONKEYS’ status is miraculously intact after an intense tour schedule with their tradition-bound yet refreshing rock. The spring album Favourite Worst Nightmare will, judging from the first single releases, outclass the debut album – so these polar boys will yet again prove that our blue and green planet is indeed the Planet of the Apes.

CAMERA OBSCURA is an intellectual indie band hooked on catchy choruses and tragicomic lyrics.

HOLLY GOLIGHTLY explores warm, acoustic folk, organ-based pop and country-blues – and she delivers the goods live as she does on an already gloriously long series of albums.

TUNNG lean on the indietronica scene and acts such as Four Tet and The Beta Band, but their anachronistic collision between Fairport Convention and electronic dissonances and samples place the Brits in their very own category.

With this flowering British bouquet, we move from pastoral, rural bliss with Tunng to the hormone-filled and trembling dance floor with Arctic Monkeys.

Metal’n’roll on the Orange Stage
VOLBEAT (DK) opens the Orange Stage this year. The band has enthused fans with its latest album, the terrific Rock the Rebel / Metal the Devil. The album title demonstrates the band’s mix of rock’n’roll and metal – so this year Roskilde Festival opens with a both popular and genre-challenging rock act.

Roskilde Festival will continuously announce many more names for this year’s programme. Stay updated at www.roskilde-festival.dk.

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Tickets for Roskilde '07 are available at Roskilde's online ticket office
See you at Roskilde Festival ‘07, 5 – 8 July. Warm-up from 1 July at 08.00.