I heard a rumour that Placebo might be playing this year’s Open Air Gampel (19-22 August 2010) festival…that would be very nice. The cebo boys have played on average 2 festivals a year in Switzerland (excepting 2008), so with one already confirmed (RockOzArenes), perhaps they will treat us to another summer show. The Gampel site is apparently a lovely one, deep in the mountains near Leukerbad and Visp. But I don’t expect to hear any confirmations anytime soon, so guess I’ll just be waiting with fingers crossed.
Tag Archives: summer festivals
Gurten Festival line-up released
Here we go – the major line-up for this year’s Gurten Festival!
A pretty solid-if-safe, line-up, I think. Florence and the Machine, Empire of the Sun, Archive, Gossip and John Butler Trio would be my picks. More acts likely to be announced soon.
Schedule so far:
Thursday 15 July 2010 - Babyshambles, Bad Religion, Empire Of The Sun, An Horse
Friday, 16 July 2010 - Faith No More, Gossip, Charlie Winston, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Skindred
Saturday 17 July 2010 - The Kooks, Archive, John Butler Trio, Huecco, Chase & Satus (live)
Sunday 18 July 2010 – Amy Macdonald, Skunk Anansie, Florence & The Machine, Xavier Rudd, Milow, The Parlotones
Programme for the Forest Stage and all other Swiss bands announced on Friday 26th March 2010
Swiss festival updates, The Shout Out Louds and Johnossi
Hey! Swiss festival goers, don’t forget that in the next few weeks all will gradually be revealed for summer 2010′s biggest music festivals.
- Open Air St Gallen (24-27 June 2010) - lineup officially announced next WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH 2010, get in quick for tix!
- Gurten Festival (15-18 July 2010) – first names in the line-up announced next week, more to come later.
- Paleo Festival (20-25th July 2010) – line-up will be revealed on TUESDAY 13 APRIL 2010. Tickets up for grabs Wednesday 21st April 12pm.
- Moon & Stars Festival (7-17th July 2010) – rather lacklustre line-up so far, featuring Massive Attack, Pink, and Jamiroquai (ugh!)
In other news, The Shout Out Louds will be playing @ Mascotte Wednesday 28th March. And Swedish rock duo Johnossi will be playing @ Abart Saturday 22nd May 2010. Johnossi gets my vote!
Gurten Festival – official presale tickets available now
Official presale tix to the Gurten Festival in Bern went on sale today.
No names announced til around the middle of April though…
Festivals 2010 – Update
More festival announcements:
Camp Bestival – Friendly Fires, Billy Bragg and Marc Almond added to line up
Benicassim – Kasabian, Prodigy, PiL, Ian Brown, Dizzee Rascal, Specials added.
Isle of Wight - Biffy Clyro, Blondie, Crowded House, Daisy Dares You, Doves, Friendly Fires, James, Jay-Z, Ocean Colour Scene, Orbital, Paloma Faith, Pink, Shakespears Sister, Spandau Ballet, Squeeze, The Saturdays, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend.
Still no word on line-ups from the major Swiss festivals …
Thinking ahead…Festival Guide 2010
Already thinking about the summer festival season as an antidote to the dreariness of winter.
Last year I desperately wanted to go to the Paleo festival, but tix were all sold out. The line-up was so amazing, I’m still bummed about that. I swore that this year it wouldn’t happen to me again. This year I’m on the ball.
Here’s bit of a round up of European festivals, not exhaustive but the ones that I would choose if I had the time, money and wherewithal to go to them all. Lots of festivals haven’t announced their line-ups or even definite dates yet, so check the websites for details.
SWITZERLAND
Paleo Festival @ Nyon, 20-25 July 2010, tickets available from Wednesday 21 April 2010, at 12pm, Line-up announced Tuesday 13 April 2010.
Gurten Festival @ Bern, 15-18 July 2010, presale tix til 31 January, all category tix from 1 February 2010, Line-up announced April 2010.
Open Air St Gallen @ St Gallen, 24-27 June 2010, tickets, special presale prices 18 January – 28 February 2010, Line-up announced MARCH.
Montreux Jazz Festival @ Montreux, 2-17 July 2010,
Moon & Stars Festival @ Locarno, July 2010
WIDER EUROPE
Primavera Sound – Barcelona, Spain May 27-29 2010, This one looks especially good – Pixies, pavement, The XX, The New Pornographers, Spoon, The Big Pink, Shellac, Low, and more.
Pinkpop – Landgraaf, The Netherlands, May 28-30 2010
Rock am Ring – June 4-6 2010, Muse, Gossip, Editors, Gogol Bordello, Kasabian
Glastonbury – June 23-27 2010, Vampire Weekend and U2 to headline
Roskilde – Denmark, July 1-4 2010, Pavement, Muse, and assorted Danish delights
T in the Park – Balado, Scotland, July 8-11 2010
Pukkelpop – Belgium, August 19-21 2010
Reading & Leeds - August 28-30
Bestival – Isle of Wight, September 9-12 2010
London Airwaves – London, September 19, sister festival to Iceland Airwaves
Iceland Airwaves – Rejkavik, October 14-18
Other festival linkage

