Roskilde Festival 2009
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Roskilde Festival
2009 was held on July 2-July 5 with warmup from June 28. The final and 180th act was announced on June 15.
When the festival was about to begin, rumours said that about 60,000 of 75,000 tickets were sold. However, it turned out that many more people wanted to take part in the festival. 67,000 all-week tickets were sold, and a new initiative – one-day tickets – were sold to over 12,000 people on top of this. Despite a non-sold-out festival, accounts showed a nice profit.
In 2010 Roskilde Festival could proudly present an overall profit of 2.7 million euro from the 2009th festival, which is the best economic result in the festival's 39-year-old existence.
The profits were distributed to charitable and cultural projects in accordance with the society’s objects clause.
had to cancel due to sickness.
He was replaced by Gogol Bordello
who played the only 6 starred concert at the festival.
Orange stage was opened by Swedish rapper Petter
, who had prominent visitors on stage such as Dee Pee from Rockers by Choise and L.O.C
, who was on Orange stage for the third year running (featuring on Nephew's Hospital in 2007, and his own concert in 2008). Petter
has been called a failure for this concert, because he was not able to get a full crowd, and the opening of Orange has to be big.
Nine Inch Nails
played at Orange Stage Friday night at 01.00am - 03.00am and gave what several Danish newspapers called "the best concert of Roskilde '09". Nine Inch Nails
were on "Wave Goodbye"-tour and will most likely never visit Denmark again.
Roskilde '09 also meant the anticipated return of the Danish hip-hop group Malk de Koijn
, who played a 2 hour concert the night between Saturday and Sunday at Arena, and a big party-atmosphere at Orange Stage Thursday night, when Trentemøller
and prominent guests made all of the crowd dance as if they were clubbing.
Danish rapper Jooks played as an up and coming act at Pavilion Junior Wednesday in the warm up days, and due to him having a major hit after he was booked (Hun vil ha' en rapper), the tent was packed to the limit in a concert, who could easily have filled one of the bigger stages.
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Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
2009 was held on July 2-July 5 with warmup from June 28. The final and 180th act was announced on June 15.
Sales
The audience kept an eye on the weather forecasts before making up their mind to go or not. In any case, the ticket sale stats showed themselves from a somewhat unpredictable side, and it was difficult to tell how large an audience to expect at Roskilde Festival 2009.When the festival was about to begin, rumours said that about 60,000 of 75,000 tickets were sold. However, it turned out that many more people wanted to take part in the festival. 67,000 all-week tickets were sold, and a new initiative – one-day tickets – were sold to over 12,000 people on top of this. Despite a non-sold-out festival, accounts showed a nice profit.
In 2010 Roskilde Festival could proudly present an overall profit of 2.7 million euro from the 2009th festival, which is the best economic result in the festival's 39-year-old existence.
The profits were distributed to charitable and cultural projects in accordance with the society’s objects clause.
Weather
Roskilde Festival 2009 was the hottest in 33 years according to the festival newspaper Orange Press.New features
- A 30 meter high Ferris wheelFerris wheelA Ferris wheel is a nonbuilding structure consisting of a rotating upright wheel with passenger cars attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, the cars are kept upright, usually by gravity.Some of the largest and most modern Ferris wheels have cars mounted on...
was installed behind the grandstand of Orange Stage, which made it possible to get a nice view of the festival place. But not before the audience had delivered energy for the wheel by cycling for five minutes. The Ferris wheel was sponsored by Roskilde Festivals headsponsor Tuborg.
- The Human Carwash made it possible for the audience to combine pleasure and bodily hugiene.
- As a part of the festival's climate campaign Green Footsteps, the audience took more than 40,000 actions that have reduced the energy consumption and thereby CO2 emission. On top of that, more than 17,000 festival-goers signed a petition saying that Denmark and other wealthy countries should help third world countries handle the climate changes.
Line up
The festival was hit by a major cancellation, when rapper Lil WayneLil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
had to cancel due to sickness.
He was replaced by Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring.Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music...
who played the only 6 starred concert at the festival.
Orange stage was opened by Swedish rapper Petter
Petter
Petter is a common Scandinavian firstname. It may refer to:People:*Petter Askergren, a Swedish rap musician*Petter Dass, a poet and hymn writer*Petter Hansson, a Swedish footballer*W. E. W...
, who had prominent visitors on stage such as Dee Pee from Rockers by Choise and L.O.C
L.O.C.
Liam O'Connor is a Danish rapper, more commonly known as L.O.C. He is a former member of Alzheimer Klinikken and B.A.N.G.E.R.S...
, who was on Orange stage for the third year running (featuring on Nephew's Hospital in 2007, and his own concert in 2008). Petter
Petter
Petter is a common Scandinavian firstname. It may refer to:People:*Petter Askergren, a Swedish rap musician*Petter Dass, a poet and hymn writer*Petter Hansson, a Swedish footballer*W. E. W...
has been called a failure for this concert, because he was not able to get a full crowd, and the opening of Orange has to be big.
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
played at Orange Stage Friday night at 01.00am - 03.00am and gave what several Danish newspapers called "the best concert of Roskilde '09". Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
were on "Wave Goodbye"-tour and will most likely never visit Denmark again.
Roskilde '09 also meant the anticipated return of the Danish hip-hop group Malk de Koijn
Malk de Koijn
Malk de Koijn is a Danish rap group formed in 1993, known for their innovative use of the Danish language. The group has 3 members, Tue Track , Blæs Bukki and Geolo G .-Biography:...
, who played a 2 hour concert the night between Saturday and Sunday at Arena, and a big party-atmosphere at Orange Stage Thursday night, when Trentemøller
Trentemøller
Anders Trentemøller is a Danish electronic music producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Copenhagen, Denmark.-History:...
and prominent guests made all of the crowd dance as if they were clubbing.
Danish rapper Jooks played as an up and coming act at Pavilion Junior Wednesday in the warm up days, and due to him having a major hit after he was booked (Hun vil ha' en rapper), the tent was packed to the limit in a concert, who could easily have filled one of the bigger stages.