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Volunteers
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Marked for life
Amanda is one of Roskilde Festival’s international volunteers.
Festival Site
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From thought to action at Cosmopol Roskilde’s urban village interact with the audience.
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Roskilde or Glastonbury? Which international festival would you choose?
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Tokyo Police Club
José González
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Roskilde Festival - more safe than discos Statistics on violence show that it’s safer at Roskilde Festival than in Roskilde city on a Friday night. From 2002 till today, in average there have been 4-5 reports of violence each year at Roskilde Festival (with about 750.000 partying guests). This equals one occasion per day. In Roskilde’s nightlife (with a maximum of a couple of thousands partying) the police notes, in average, one violent case per day on weekends. Roskilde’s police inspector Henrik Mikkelsen says that the festival is a “very safe place to be”, and that it has become safer every year.
The party in the sunshine did not sell out
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Between 66,000 and 67,000 guests bought a ticket for this year’s Roskilde Festival. Profits can be made nonetheless, says spokesperson.
Remember to donate your sleeping bag If you can’t be bothered to carry your sleeping bag and mat with you home, it’s possible to donate it all to the festival collectors positioned at exits and service posts. Roskilde Festival is happy to receive usable camping gear during the last days. Containers are situated by all service posts and exits where you can hand over your sleeping bag and mat, if you don’t want to bring them home. The collected gear will be given to charitable organisations in Denmark. The last three years about 10.000 sleeping bags and 1.200 sleeping mats have been collected. Everything was handed over to homeless people in Copenhagen by the charitable organisation Kofoeds Kælder.
Didn’t expect to sell out ”The ticket sales are ok. After last year’s massive rain showers we didn’t expect to sell all 75,000 tickets. We have achieved the goal whereby the festival is cost-effective,” says spokesperson Esben Danielsen, who is reluctant in terms of making predictions about the size of the potential profits generated for humanitarian and charitable purposes. He is, however, worried that the many trade- and service associations that work
at the festival should expect a lower profit for their associations. The fees for the associations are paid in proportion to the ticket sales, and when the festival isn’t sold out, the associations make less money. However, with an additional 5.000-10.000 people on the festival site today, many traders may reach reasonable results, reckons Esben, who finds joy in knowing that this year’s baking sun might have a positive effect on next year’s ticket sales. A lot more Danes There are more Danes than usually at this year’s festival. In total, 69 percent of the festival-goers come from Denmark, while 12% comes all the way from Norway and 10% from Sweden. 2.5 % are from the UK, and 1.5% Germans have found their way to Roskilde. Orange Press
There is more to the story Get more of Roskilde ´08 at roskilde-festival.dk You are flipping through the last edition of Orange Press. Seven tremendous days, countless amounts of concerts, drunken stupors, craziness, fun and fellowship. Daily, you have been able to read about some of those experiences here in the orange press but there is a lot more to say about Roskilde ´08. Orange Press’ journalists, photographers, bloggers and film crew have throughout the week written, filmed and reported live from the festival at roskildefestival.dk. This is why you can surf the homepage and get the entire experience over and over when you get back home. Because only a very small fraction of the stories have made it to the paper. Even though Roskilde Festival only lasts 8 days a year, the last 357 days are not all that bad. You can discuss concerts with others, join sign up for ‘Friends of Roskilde’, read news from the festival every week and mail your views and suggestions for the festival so it can become even better, on the homepage. In fact, it is no way near too soon to start looking forward to 2009. See you online.
Roskilde Cosmopol 12.00: Loungeclash 14.00: Isam B 16.30: The Black Seeds 18.30: Awadi 20.30: Culcha Candela Roskilde Astoria 12.30: The Campbell Brothers 14.30: Supersilent 16.30: A Kid Hereafter & The Slaves To The Truth 18.30: Lulu Rouge 20.30: Fuck Buttons
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Things turned severe at the Fedde Le Grand concert at Astoria late Friday evening. So severe that the responsible stage security personnel chose to stop the concert temporarily. The pressure at the entrances was so intense that in the event of an emergency situation people could risk being hurt. The concert started at 12 midnight, but after 10 minutes the party stopped for about half an hour. People were asked to leave the tent and a great deal of pushing and mashing ensued. Nobody got hurt, but a part of the Astoria bandstand was destroyed and has subsequently been replaced, says spokesman Esben Danielsen. According to his assessments, the festival had underestimated the influx of people for the concert, but the safety of the crowd was never critically compromised.
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Concert stopped due to pressure
Despite the dazzling sun, not all tickets for this year’s Festival have been sold. Many people have waited until the very last moment - when the weather forecasts were beginning to look good - to buy a ticket. But especially the guests from abroad have let Roskilde down this year.
Roskilde Pavilion 13.00: DSL 15.00: Path Of No Return 17.00: Miss Platnum 19.00: Von Hertzen Brothers 21.00: Jay Reatard
Roskilde Odeon 12.00: Henrik Hall 14.00: Babylove & The Van Dangos 16.00: Anti-Flag 18.00: Cat Power 20.15: Bonnie ’Prince’ Billy Orange Scene 15.00: Tina Dickow 17.00: Slayer 19.30: Bob Hund 21.30: Static & Noize 22.00: Jay-Z Roskilde Arena 14.00: At The Gates 16.00: Enter Shikari 18.30: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 20.45: Hot Chip 24.00: Digitalism 01.30: Dj Kålhoved 02.00: Dan Deacon
Run in the sun The annual Roskilde Naked Race took place at Agora M yesterday. After three victories in a row, Magnus had to let the honour pass on to Mads, who soon took the lead and won the race with great applause from the crowd. In the girls run, Helle can now call herself the fastest naked runner at Roskilde Festival. So congratulations! See more pictures from the run at roskilde-festival.dk
Roskilde Lounge 10.00: Kim Grønborg 11.00: Lars Frost 11.30: Peter Laugesen 12.00: Kim Grønborg 13.00: Ian Ion 15.00: Tone 17.00: The State, The Market & The DJ 18.00: DJ Disse
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A million litres of beer
Kings of Leon from 30 kilometres away
Sales are high at the beer stands… or maybe it is quite simply the spirits at the festival site that are high. In any case, the 3.000 bartenders, beer-ladies, and counter-guys who service the 17 beer stands on the camping and festival site will have handed close to a million beers over the counters when Roskilde Festival closes tonight.
The epicentre of the festival is Orange Stage, but the sound waves reach much further than the festival site. Actually, the sound from Orange Stage can be heard far away. Friday evening Palle B Sørensen from Ørslev, a little north of Haslev – about 30 km from Roskilde – could hear Kings of Leon while he was having a BBQ with his family. “Say hi and thank you for the music”, Palle B. Sørensen from Ørslev writes.
From thought to action at Cosmopol Artists have moved in at Cosmopol and an urban village has sprouted that invites interaction with those who want to have an impact on their surroundings. photo: Marie Joensen
The hollowing around Cosmopol is boiling with activity, while heavy beats and rap rhymes flow from the tent along with the smoke from smoke machines and thick cigarettes. The street culture that hip hop originates from has been part of the inspiration for the decoration of the urban area around Cosmopol. “A lot of lively people are found in the underground cultures, and this characterises the urban scene,” Bodil Nielsen, co-ordinator of Art & Event, explains about the choice of inspirational sources. A melting pot of creativity By Cosmopol, Danish designer Henrik Vibskov from Copenhagen and the fashion store Wood Wood are neighbours, just as it is the case in Krystalgade in Copenhagen.
At Roskilde festival, however, their upstairs neighbour is a little unaccustomedly the ac-
tivists from “Do you mind!”, an alternative alliance of kindred spirits.
Together, Activists, ecologists, artists and the festival organisers have exchanged
experiences about the ideal arrangement of Cosmopol in workshops,. Jesper Elg from the gallery V1 in Copenhagen, who has participated in the creative collaboration, thinks that the different backgrounds have contributed to creating synergy in the process of designing Cosmopol. Despite the fact that the groups move in different parts of the underground, they share many views, among others the right to impact the public domain. From thoughts to action The different stands and booths at Cosmopol are filled with initiatives sprung from the theme “From thought to action”. Bodil Nielsen from Art and Event has played a part in shaping and constructing the enticing environment around Cosmopol.
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A lot of lively people are found in the underground cultures, and this characterises the urban scene Bodil Nielsen
She encourages the audience to be open and accept the experiences, and to participate in further developing and creating Cosmopol. So go explore the urban jungle of colourful initiatives around Cosmopol. Go from thought to action and be a part making your impact on Roskilde festival. Karsten Baun Translation: Sara Marie Atkinson
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For many years, noise-rock fans dreamt that My Bloody Valentine – who became permanently inactive after the release of the masterpiece ‘Loveless’ in 1991 – would sometime be brought back to life. Last year that dream came true when the band announced that they would play again and that they were booked for concerts. One of the many legends of the band tells about the massive noise torture that the band put the audience through at their concerts – about how some fled and about the experience it was for those who endured. When the stage curtain was pulled aside and the band’s wall of Marshall amplifiers appeared, much pointed to the fact that everything was as usual. And when front man Kevin Shields struck his first chord, it was clear that it was indeed so.
Out came one immortal noise rock classic after the other. Everything packed in infinite amounts of white noise and everything with a volume so staggering that the experience had a physical element. And if that wasn’t enough, they kept turning up all the way through the one and a half hour long concert, so you could see one audience member after the other leave the tent with their hands on their ears – while the band ended the concert with a 20-minutes-long massive wall of noise, completely devoid of melody or structure. Everything was delivered in a confusion of blinking lights and weird visuals that made music, light and sound waves melt together in a rarely uncompromising total experience. The set consisted only of old, classic material which appeared just as visionary live as it is on record – and it showed what mastermind Shields can make guitars sound like and what an outstanding sense of melody that he has.
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show with his contemplative “Troubled Young Man” which may not have fitted the mood today, but bore witness to a young man from the Sandholm fefugee camp who has everything it takes to become the next big star in Danish hip hop. It was truly an all-star
team that took the stage – a team that spans widely in terms of age, just like the very cohesive “Three Decades” which in terms of both lyrics and beats moved from the 80s (Nat ILL), over the 90s (J-Spliff), and onwards to the present (Negash Ali).
And if the group continues in such great style, more verses will hopefully be added. Yessir, this is way too big for Denmark. Kristoffer Hegnsvad Soundvenue Translation: Rasmus Ovesen
the notwist Roskilde Astoria Saturday 20.00 photo: thomas kjær
Danish hip hop’s super group met all expectations when they pumped a hungover Cosmopol-crowd out of their tiredness and into a party-frenzy. Two worldclass dj’s, Static and Noize, put heavy beats on the brunch menu and the three MC’s, Nat ILL, J-Spliff, and Negash Ali, delivered top notch American rhyme- and rap techniques. It was cool to see a classic old schoolsetup that really knew how to take advantage of Cosmopol’s wide stage. Live, this is the bomb! The strong punch lines and battle-rhymes mixed together with well-timed word cuts, impressive scratch-performances, and beats – that sounded as if they were blowing out of the Boombap when hip hop was still young – made the tent boil. Songs like “Get Down”, “This Is How We Do”, and especially “Suckers Never Play Me” captivated everyone. 17-year old Negash Ali infused some depth into the
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German band The Notwist is a band of details. Their pop sound may seem simple but is often constructed of separate parts that you need time to discover. For similar reasons you could fear that this concert would become a quiet, somewhat anaemic affair. It wasn’t, but it didn’t get really good either. Perhaps to comply with the festival crowd, the Germans had chosen to stretch out their otherwise tight compositions to make space for the experiments that make them interesting in the end. At best, it gave the songs a whole new dimension of detailed playing – but at worst, the guitarheavy passages ended up being uninteresting. Unfortunately, it was also so-so with the audience contact. There was too much gazing at shoes and equip-
ment, and for long periods of time lead singer Markus Acher turned his back to the tent. This resulted in a somewhat dull atmosphere where only few songs from the supreme album ’Neon Golden’ kick-started the cheering. That was a shame because The Notwist is a really great band, which was proven in the first half of the concert. Here the balance between electronics, experiments and harmonies worked perfectly. Unfortunately, the great start ended with an introvert ending which didn’t meet the expectations. Niklas Krigslund Soundvenue
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A handful for Tina Dickow You would think that an audience favourite like Tina Dickow would be in full control of her nerves before her concert on Orange Stage this afternoon. But the biggest stage of the festival can knock the wind out of anyone and you sense a bit of nervousness on Dickow’s blog as she writes that ‘a lot of bands have “died” on that stage’. We wish her good luck.
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Rather stiff in leather judas priest Orange Stage Saturday 19.00
”I thought Beavis & Butthead wrote that one.” This was the reaction when I sang the chorus from the Judas Priest classic ‘Breaking the Law’ for a friend. Before the show with the British metal pioneers, the audience sang the same chorus, and this ensued towards the end, even though the song had ended about half an hour earlier. Perhaps this was the only song that had worked
its way into the common consciousness? It seemed so when lead singer Rob Halford several times pointed the microphone to the audience to make them sing along. Without result, simply because the audience didn’t know the songs well enough. The concert opened with an intro from the band’s recent album, a crazed concept album about French prophet Nostradamus who some believe should have predicted the end of the world. After this, the aging rockers entered the stage one by one with Halford as the last, appearing bend over wearing a cloak in glittering
silver with his face hidden under the hood as he sang the title track in a very heavy version. This was a beginning that promised more than it delivered. Because even though band delivered all the clichés in headhanging, guitar duels and tons of solos, they appeared rather stiff in all their leather wear. It wasn’t until the end, when they played the fabulous ‘Sinner’ including an almost 10-minute-long guitar solo and had Halford racing in on the stage on a Harley-Davidson,that you could really talk about entertainment. Björn Lyden Soundvenue photo: Thomas Arnbo
A lecture in rock neil young Orange Stage Saturday 21.30
Not many artists have the nerves for going 20 minutes late on stage, but Neil Young follows no path but his own. When he arrived he looked like a cross-grained man, but that was just because he had decided to blow us
all away with noisy rock music. For an hour Young played a violent set which included ’Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)’, even if he in the mid-90s decided never to play it again when Kurt Cobain quoted the song in his suicidal note. As the most natural thing, Young spun fine threads between the four decades that his career has covered. He took the old ’Cinnamon Girl’ and followed it by ’Fucking Up’, and thereby he con-
nected over 20 years of rock history in a convincing way that pointed towards Pixies, Band of Horses and many other of his offspring. After an hour Young switched to his more quiet side. That meant acoustic guitar and harmonica on ’Oh Lonesome Me’, after which he went to the church organ to play a rather self-righteous and melodramatic version of ’Mother Earth’. But that was really, really ok as it was im-
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New album on the way from The Streets If you were one of the thousands of enthusiastic audience members for The Streets’ concert on Friday, you will be happy to learn that Mike Skinner will have his fourth album ready soon. It will be called ‘Everything Is Borrowed’ and should have a somewhat lighter tone. And Skinner has even proclaimed that he is already working on his fifth record which will be dark and Berlin-electronic.
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Love conquered all lykke li Roskilde Odeon Saturday 23.00
all, and Lykke Li was in possession of loads of these. Jakob Rom Johansen Soundvenue
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The Swedes have that special touch. At least when it comes to pop music that aims straight for your ear and sticks like a tick. One of the finest exponents of this catchy pop is Stockholmbased Lykke Li who enthused when she played at the Odeon stage. She doesn’t really sing much in tune and her songs aren’t really that unique – but her slanted melodies, cracking voice and backing of a well-playing band (and especially a very energetic drummer) managed to excite a tent that was more than full. Many people had come to witness the Swedish singer’s performance. And it couldn’t have been many who came in vain. Any defence had to be put down, and crossed arms had to surrender and instead aim for the sky as Lykke Li let fantastic pop ballads such as ’Little Bit’, Tonight’ and ‘Let It Fall’ roll over a hungry audience who ate it all. – whether they were
the form that Lykke Li chose Saturday night, there wasn’t much to object to, and she really managed to charm the audience. Fortunately, great pop tunes still conquer
acoustic songs or faster and more instrumented songs. The ’little girl songs’ that centres on the hardships of love can be a bit tiring in the long run, but served in
Guitar Smashing Rap-star photo: Rasmus Weng Karlsen
history mediately followed by touching versions of ’Unknown Legend’, ’Heart of Gold’ and ’The Needle and the Damage Done’. Neil Young had Pegi Young on backing vocals and her presence guaranteed a solid acoustic guitar in a wild version of ’All Along the Watchtower’ which Young claimed to have written while thinking of his friend Bob. In the end, he got out of his depth and went into some long jams that perhaps
should have stayed in the rehearsal room. The same went for a silly version of The Beatles’ ’A Day in the Life’ which we could easily have been without. That doesn’t change that Neil Young gave an awe-inspiring, strong concert that beautifully folded out rock history and reflected the audience of all ages. Björn Lydén Soundvenue
l.o.c. Orange Stage Saturday 16.00
Every time a bangin’ hiphopconcert has been delivered at Cosmopol, the compere has questioned promptly whether Jay-Z is fit for Orange Stage. The question doesn’t stand alone as quite a few have expressed scepticism when it comes to him closing the stage. The event is, nevertheless, often used as a meeting point and many say goodbye to the festival, which is why this concert should gather as many people as possible and this might be difficult for a hip hop-concert. L.O.C was given the chance to test the stage with hip hop, and one has to say, that his deliverance was convincing. He expressed great, sincere honour at being on the biggest stage of the festival, which he managed to say several times during the concert. This feeling was used when delivering hits from all of his career, even though he, on his re-
cent album, creates some sort of distance to his previous lifestyle. It was a simple set-up with two good-looking, white speaker pillars in the back, a drummer, keyboardist and producer on stage ready to deliver the sound, and then L.O.C dressed in a white suit, all set up to capture the audience during the concert. On top of this, he had invited guests as Troels Abrahamsen from Danish act Veto, Suspekt and Simon Kvamm from Nephew – appropriately dressed in black creating a contrast to L.O.C’s convincing white outfit. All in all, it was only the fact that the stage was a little too big which caused limited intensity and further restricted the concert from ripping off the heads of the audience. And then L.O.C let himself play rockstar. When he took out a white guitar, one thought for a moment that he was going to surprise with a guitar solo but in reality it was just a guitar smashing manoeuvre. Yes, Jay-Z is going to fill out the stage. Kim Elgaard Andersen Soundvenue Translation: Ida Mari Dreijer
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Jay-Z’s greatest hits The chances of a downright greatest hits concert when Jay-Z closes Orange Stage tonight are considerable. Last Thursday at least, - at the English O2 Wireless Festival the great American rapper spoiled the audience with all of his greatest hits such as ’99 Problems’, ‘Dirt Off Your Shoulder’, ‘Big Pimpin’ and ‘Hard Knock Life’.
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The frequenter deli malistic set-up didn’t look of much, and their short, simple rock songs don’t contain many surprises. On the other hand, they contain lots of catchy riffs and great melodies – and ’less is more’ really applies as a rule with The Raveonettes. There’s nothing original in the noisy rock songs that draw much on a band such as The Jesus and Mary Chain – but for most people they are just great songs. Most people agreed on this, and spontaneous singalong took place on hits such as ’That Great Love Sound’ and ’Attack of the Ghost Riders’. At the same time, I thought that the band could have had more strings to their bow. After an hour with short songs that rarely broke away from each other, things started to get a little dull. Wagner and co know their stuff but they work best in limited intakes as on their short albums.
the raveonettes Roskilde Arena Saturday 24.00
A Roskilde Festival isn’t a real Roskilde Festival if Sune Rose Wagner isn’t on the programme in one way or the other. As a member of noise rock band Psyched Up Janis, surf band The Tremolo Beer Gut and now The Raveonettes, the New Yorker cool Dane has made his mark as one of the big boys in Danish rock. Therefore, it was only natural that The Raveonettes on Saturday night could play for a full tent on the big Arena stage. Even if Wagner’s sidekick, Sharin Foo, had to stay in San Francisco due to a pregnancy and be replaced by her sister. And even though Wagner had another Foo by his side, it was still The Raveonettes which the audience knew and loved this Saturday night on Arena. Their mini-
Emil Kragh-Schwarz Soundvenue
Unknown heights string Tokyo Police Club threw at us. All of it took place without any exhausting attitudes, but instead with a contagious enthusiasm from the four people on the stage. Tokyo Police Club
tokyo police club Roskilde Pavilion Saturday 16.00
The ting tings Roskilde Odeon Saturday 12.30
Heck - sometimes, things shouldn’t necessarily be so complicated. 12:30 – on the third day of the festival – might not be the most obvious time for subtleties or grand and thought-provoking watchwords. Accordingly, it wasn’t such a bad idea to have UK act The Ting Tings stir up things with their unsophisticated, simple, and straightforward music that swears allegiance to guitars, drums, and some taped electronica.
The Ting Tings, by God, haven’t invented anything out of the ordinary, and their set-up is so darn simple that it makes you wonder how Jules de Martino and Katie Walsh actually get away with it. They did succeed in the big Odeon tent, nevertheless. The duo washed all superfluous bullshit away and did what they do best: Simple and short rock songs with unmistakeable tempi and choruses. The male element, Jules de Martino, cast the foundation with his energetic drumming, and a radiant Katie Walsh built on it with her temperamental and piercing voice. It was clear speech, and it appealed greatly to an audience that
knew how to appreciate the explosive outbursts. After 45 minutes, The Ting Tings pulled the plug on a concert that climaxed with a powerful version of the hit “That’s Not My Name”. They delivered what was expected of them - a direct and precise wakeup call to the people and a swift move forward. Quite simple. No more, no less. Jesper Borchmann Soundvenue Translation: Rasmus Ovesen
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That is what it is all about. That a band can lift its songs and give them just that extra vitality and virtue of necessity, that the listening experience for a live audience becomes so much more gratifying than on the stereo at home. Saturday afternoon, on the Festival’s smallest stage, Canadian Tokyo Police Club did just that. Granted, their debut album ‘Elephant Shell’ definitely has its moments, but the quartet’s melodic and rapidly executed alternative rock music grew here to unknown heights in a concert, that will be remembered as one of the most positive surprises when Roskilde Festival wraps up for this year. In one hour, Tokyo Police Club tore through more than 20 songs grafted with an edge and a nerve that left you with great satisfaction, while simultaneously leaving you wanting more of the same kind. ‘Tesselate’, ‘Your English Is Good’, and ‘Listen to the Math’ were just some of the pearls on the
deserve those six stars. Five because they did what it is all about, and one because they are such great guys. Jesper Borchmann Soundvenue Translation: Minna Julie Kolte
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Bob Hund awakened from hibernation It is a welcome comeback when Bob Hund from Sweden plays their fifth concert at Roskilde today with their dynamic Swedish rock sound. The overgrown boys have not played a live gig in almost two years, you see, and ‘the hound’ was in fact entirely in a coma from 2003 to 2006, when the band tried to create an English version of themselves under the name Bergman Rock.
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The great joy of recognition photo: Thomas Arnbo
Focus is a foreign word Roskilde Astoria Saturday 16.00
Clausen, at one point even had to wait for the noise to die down before he could continue singing. Moreover, the friends from Slaraffenland ran about on stage and blew soap bubbles or threw paper airplanes out in the
audience. Three sources of irritation that hampered immersion. The collective knew their stuff, but focus was a foreign word. Christian Boier Soundvenue Translation: Rasmus Ovesen
and at no time it became monotonous. The joy of hearing a classic or even a Kelly Clarkson song in new, skewed electro and hip hop versions with the excited crowd. My reser-
percussionist and an almost inaudible choir singer managed to get the music delivered much further than just a few metres beyond the stage edge. Furthermore the fact that it even took two cover
josé gonzález Roskilde Odeon Saturday 14.30
At Roskilde Festival even a quiet man can get a meeting with an always spoilt and pampered audience. The Swedish singer and guitarist with Argentinean roots, big curls on the head and not least the elegant guitar play, José González, had received a meeting on Odeon Stage on a burning hot Saturday afternoon to spread a little calm to the soul with his Latin singer-songwriter songs. And calm fell over the crowd, because the sound level was turned down so much, that you had to listen with extended dog-ears to intercept just a touch of the tones. Together with a, to say the least, sleep-inducing first part of the set, consisting mainly of newer songs from his latest album, ‘In Out Nature’, meant that José González had serious problems creating a musical experience beyond just some relaxing rest. Not even a
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There are 180 bands on the Roskilde poster this year. 179 of them cover virtually all nooks and crannies of the musical map. And then there is Danish Efterklang, who belong in a place altogether outside the map. They are, quite simply, in a league of their own. Saturday afternoon at Astoria, however, they were never given the chance to prove their high class. Their music is solid and temporal, abstract yet catchy and melodic. And live it was filled with dramatic moments where drum beats and trombones took over. But their demanding music requires concentration – and that was exactly what was missing. Because of an enormous bustle of people, the concert was delayed half an hour and when the music finally played, the swarming symphonies were marred by the hardy hip hop from Orange Stage, where LOC let it rip. Lead singer, Casper
Thou shall not steal. Many of us have learned so in a sandbox and with a sour mother on our back. However, the most important rule of conduct doesn’t really apply to 27-year-old American Gregg Gellis. Under his Girl Talk alias, the bastard pop king took Cosmopol, armed with a laptop that was full of musical stolen goods and a pocket full of confetti. With long hair and wearing a headband he looked like a tennis player from the 70s, and when he wasn’t hunched over the laptop, he jumped around on the stage with a handful of dancing members of the crowd. Sinéad O’Connor’s ’Nothing Compares 2 You’ was manipulated in pitch and tempo that fit like a glove with the underlying, heavy crunk beat. Same (ill-) treatment – depending on conviction – was given to names such as Jackson 5, Ace of Base and Radiohead,
vations also drowned in the catchy mix, and Girl Talk was subsequently a name frequently talked about. Adam Thorsmark Soundvenue
A quite Swede without delivery photo: Thomas Arnbo
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Roskilde Cosmopol Saturday 23.00
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songs to bring release to the audience, underscored the soft Swede’s problems with delivering the music. Michael Kjærgaard Soundvenue Translation: Minna Julie Kolte
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Because of the warm weather causing increasing hygienic problems, the festival has decided that all of the 1300 toilets at the festival are to be cleaned with detergents at least twice a day. This should hold them clean.
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Clean toilets at the festival
Popular taxis Taxis from Roskilde shuttle between the festival and Roskilde city. But this year, the demand for taxis has been so high that the local taxi services have been in need of assistance from enterprises in the neighbouring town, Køge. This was written by the newspaper Politiken on Saturday.
Which one would you choose? Meet two festival-goers who have experienced festivals in both Roskilde and Glastonbury The two biggest music festivals in England and Denmark are both about music, partying, and being together with new and old friends. Nonetheless, the two are very different festivals with each their qualities. There is plenty of toilet paper at Roskilde Festival, but it is in shortage at the festival in Glastonbury. On the other hand, the English festival provides soap at the toilets, and you pay less for beers. Two festival goers, who stay in a camp in camping area B, have tried both festivals. Better stage access in Roskilde “At Roskilde you come so much closer to the musi-
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Glastonbury has got a bigger variety, whereas Roskilde is much more dedicated to rock music
cians on the stage than you do at Glastonbury,” explains Jenny, who has gone directly to the Roskilde Festival with her boyfriend Mark after a great week at Glastonbury in England. “At Glastonbury 100,000 people were there for Amy Winehouse, and you couldn’t see her or the stage. We went to the Radiohead concert the other night – we went up to the front row without problems,” Mark says. According to
Jenny, that is impossible in Glastonbury, unless you are really dedicated and queue up hours before the concert takes place. Different music profiles The couple, who lives in London, agree that the programme at Roskilde is better than Glastonbury’s this year. “Roskilde’s headliners are better. At Glastonbury, the Kings of Leon was one of the headliners. They are also playing at Roskilde and here they don’t headline,” Mark says. Even though many of the acts from the two festivals are identical, there are important differences. “Glastonbury has got a bigger variety, whereas Roskilde is much more dedicated to rock music. Glastonbury has got much
more dance music and a big African world stage as well,” Jenny explains. The dance music attracts many colourfully dressed ravers, and according to Mark there is always a party going on – 24 hours a day. Size does matter The festival in Glastonbury takes place on a gigantic field in the South Western part of England. The field at Roskilde pales in comparison. ”Glastonbury is massive. A walk around the festival area takes 3 1/2 hours – just to go from east to west. Roskilde has a good size – you can actually move between the stages in no time,” says Mark. A good thing, when the concerts are crammed in the programme.
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Roskilde or Glastonbury?
Camping between the stages Another big difference between the two festivals can be seen from the structure of the festival areas. At Glastonbury the festivalgoers camp directly on the festival site. That means that you can bring your own drinks about to the concerts. In Jenny’s opinion that is a plus compared to Roskilde’s rules on that area. However Roskilde’s camping spirit is praised. “I saw a camp with nice flowers planted all around the camp. The guys in the
camp had really done something to make a nice camp. You wouldn’t see that at Glastonbury,” Jenny says. From here on, it must be up to the individual festival goer whether it is a “both … and…” or if it is a “either… or…”, when it comes to choosing your favourite festival. Julie Bang Henriksen Translation: Minna Julie Kolte
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Venus won the family final Third time is a charm. Yesterday Venus Williams won the final in Wimbledon by beating sister Serena Williams -, -. The two of them met in the Wimbledon final in and – both times with Serena as the winner. BBC reports that the players maintained a high standard throughout the match but Venus Williams was best when the stakes were high. She has now won the Wimbledon title five times. METROXPRESS
Online dating causes addiction Danes go for online dating like never before. But there is a flip side More and more Danes opt for a click with the mouse to find true love in an endless jungle of possibilities in cyberspace. In fact, a survey performed by Computerworld in April showed that almost one out of every ten Dane uses the internet in their quest for love. But using one, or several, of the many dating websites does involve certain risks, reports the newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad. It may cause an actual addiction. »The internet is made for instant contacts. You may chat with or email each other, but if establishing contacts in real life is not easy for you, it may feel overwhelming. Establishing contact may feel like a success and
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Yesterday Alejandro Valverde took the first stage of this year’s Tour de France and leapt up the steep climb towards the goal in Plumelec in superior style, the news agency Ritzau reports. Wearing the leader’s yellow jersey from the very outset of the tour, it is obvious why the Spaniard has long been touted a future winner. The first stage was characterized by an hour long breakaway of eight riders – but the leading never really lost control. The peloton caught up with the first six with 25 kilometers to go and closed the gap to the last two with only five kilometers to go. The highest ranking CSC rider is Fränk Schleck, who came in seventh. METROXPRESS CYCLING.
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The former boxer Mike Tyson would like to participate in the poker tournament ‘Crown Casinos Poker Championships’ next year in Melbourne, Australia. But the famous american with the just as famous criminal record is not welcome in Australia. Danish news site Tv.dk reports that more organizations for victims of violence strongly oppose that he’d be let into Australia. METROXPRESS
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It becomes hard to leave the computer if you are addicted to the Net.
feel that you matter to other people. And that may create an addiction,« says psychologist and co-owner of Imago Netdating, Annette Ilfeldt to Kristeligt Dagblad.
And she is backed up by Michael Bay Jørgensen, who is the day-to-day manager of the Center for Gambling Addictions in Odense. He has talked to several – mostly wo-
men – who have become addicted to online dating. »They spent many hours online every day and in the end it would have a negative effect on their lives. Because we know that the more time you spend online, the harder real life social interaction becomes for many people,« he says to Kristeligt Dagblad and points out that there is not a whole lot of time left for friends and family, if you spend six hours in front of the computer every day. Most people have eight hours of leisure time at their disposal, once sleep and work have been subtracted. The Center for Gambling Addictions does not offer any treatment of internet addiction yet. METROXPRESS
TV show shocks Norwegians Parts of Norway are really resentful about the BBCshow ‘The Truth About Food’ that aired on NRK Thursday. Danish news site Bt.dk reports that the taste of men’s semen is tested in the show – the taste supposedly changes if you for example eat delicious fruit or oyster. In the end of the show the girlfriends of the tested men taste their semen by drinking it from a test tube. METROXPRESS
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Man tore Hitler’s head off in Berlin A 41 year old man where arrestet by the german police because he tore the head of a wax figure representing Adolf Hitler off. The danish news agency Ritzau reports that the new exhibition at the wax museum of Madame Tussauds in Berlin opened yesterday but Hitler was only shortly a part of it. The wax figure of Adolf Hitler has caused strong reactions throughout Germany. METROXPRESS VANDALISM.
Marked for life Amanda is one of Roskilde Festival international volunteers. Roskilde Festival makes people bond. Some bonds last for life and some are even passed on to the next generation. Amanda got her special bond with Roskilde Festival from her parents, and also inherited her job as the Festival's representative in Sweden from them.
A festival family “The year I was born, 1985, my dad didn’t attend Roskilde Festival. He also missed the festival in 2006 when my granddad died. But
apart from that he’s been here every year since the beginning,” says Amanda who had her first experience of the festival when she was just one and a half year old. “We still have a real family camp here every year, as my parents continue to come every year,” she says. She has now been to the festival 11 times, the last 9 ones in a row. Today she is responsible of the 48 voluntary representatives in Sweden. She takes care of promoting the festival and contacts old and new media to spread the message. You don’t have to
live in Denmark to be a volunteer at Roskilde. That’s why! ”Roskilde Festival is just a place full of lovely people where everything works,” Amanda explains as the reason for her long-lasting love for the annual event. “I’ve visited lots of festivals in Sweden, but nothing works as well as here”. It is also important to her that the festival is non-profit and donates all revenue to humanitarian and cultural purposes. “To think that 100,000 people are in it together to
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“The area, the people, the atmosphere – I can’t think of anything better,” says Amanda Steenstrup. Roskilde Festival has marked her for life in more than one way. This is revealed as she carefully shows
us the tattoo of Orange Stage on her lower back. It is serious stuff. The festival plays a big part in Amanda’s life, and has done so ever since she was born. Her Swedish mother and Danish father have been regulars at the festival from the beginning. And from them she also inherited her job as the festival’s PR coordinator.
make this possible,” she says. She points to the rainy festival of last year as a very good experience – maybe even the best she can think of. “All odds were against that festival, but everybody wanted to brave the weather and have a good time. I felt that people were so good to each other, and not even the rain could spoil that. Friends
became even closer friends,” says Amanda and points out that this is very essential to the festival. Roskilde Festival makes people bond. And some bonds last a lifetime and can even be passed on to the next generation. Morten Grønborg Translation: Mette Dahl
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