Roskilde Festival - June 29th (Roskilde, Denmark)

[Pandora]

Website : http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/

Tickets on sale now : 1350 krones (= approx. $220 or 180?)

Board members attending : erose, JakeTheSnake, Nytunz, philspectorshotme, Sillything, speed_stone?

[comatose]

Tickets have been out since january..

[Nytunz]

This is so fucking great! I already have my ticket on Roskilde festival!

Oh My God! I cant wait! Tool, GNR, Opeth, Deftones!!!!   

[erose]

This is so fucking great! I already have my ticket on Roskilde festival!

Oh My God! I cant wait! Tool, GNR, Opeth, Deftones!!!!? ?

this is just fucking awsome! We're going to have a hell of summer nytunz!!!

off topic: looks like gunnar eide has confirmed that there will be no norwegian gn'r date acording to dagbladet.no .

[philspectorshotme]

looks likely ill be making the trip too.

could you people who have been to the festival or are danish natives give me some advice as to the security situation at the site and airport as pertaining to smallish amounts of weed?

[Nytunz]

This is so fucking great! I already have my ticket on Roskilde festival!

Oh My God! I cant wait! Tool, GNR, Opeth, Deftones!!!!? ?

this is just fucking awsome! We're going to have a hell of summer nytunz!!!

off topic: looks like gunnar eide has confirmed that there will be no norwegian gn'r date acording to dagbladet.no .

Yes! We sure will! i cant wait!! 
Yeah, i know what Gunnar Eide said to Dagbladet, but if u check www.nrk.no/musikk they say they are still trying to
book them, but that they dont have them om theyr list yet.

[JakeTheSnake]

looks likely ill be making the trip too.

could you people who have been to the festival or are danish natives give me some advice as to the security situation at the site and airport as pertaining to smallish amounts of weed?

At the site the security is pretty lame, if it isn't stronger than weed there shouldn't be a problem  However I don't know about the security in the airport - it might be far more strict! Else consider a trip to the famous part of Copenhagen Christiania (http://www.christiania.org/main/lan.php?lan=gb) where you easily can buy some weed.

Lookin' forward to the gig @ Roskilde - it's gonna be amazing!

[erose]

looks likely ill be making the trip too.

could you people who have been to the festival or are danish natives give me some advice as to the security situation at the site and airport as pertaining to smallish amounts of weed?

At the site the security is pretty lame, if it isn't stronger than weed there shouldn't be a problem? However I don't know about the security in the airport - it might be far more strict! Else consider a trip to the famous part of Copenhagen Christiania (http://www.christiania.org/main/lan.php?lan=gb) where you easily can buy some weed.

Lookin' forward to the gig @ Roskilde - it's gonna be amazing!

yeah, no problem what so ever in the camp area, but there's always a chance of getting cought buying the shit... you'll only get fined tho...

last years headline on one of the earliest editions of "roskilde festival's news paper" went: "fyr l?s" which is pretty much "smoke all you want"... the police won't bother you unless your an asshole asking for trouble... people even come to the camp just to sell weed...

just be nice and everyone will be nice to you! Roskilde has a great aura and people seem to really care about eachother... i think the pearl jam incident got people very aware of how important it is to behave in such huge crowds...

[Nytunz]

looks likely ill be making the trip too.

could you people who have been to the festival or are danish natives give me some advice as to the security situation at the site and airport as pertaining to smallish amounts of weed?

At the site the security is pretty lame, if it isn't stronger than weed there shouldn't be a problem? However I don't know about the security in the airport - it might be far more strict! Else consider a trip to the famous part of Copenhagen Christiania (http://www.christiania.org/main/lan.php?lan=gb) where you easily can buy some weed.

Lookin' forward to the gig @ Roskilde - it's gonna be amazing!

yeah, no problem what so ever in the camp area, but there's always a chance of getting cought buying the shit... you'll only get fined tho...

last years headline on one of the earliest editions of "roskilde festival's news paper" went: "fyr l?s" which is pretty much "smoke all you want"... the police won't bother you unless your an asshole asking for trouble... people even come to the camp just to sell weed...

just be nice and everyone will be nice to you! Roskilde has a great aura and people seem to really care about eachother... i think the pearl jam incident got people very aware of how important it is to behave in such huge crowds...

yeah! This is so true!
last year i dident see ONE fight! Every weekend im going out here, i see atleast ONE!
Roskilde really rocks! Smoke em if u got em! 

[speed_stone]

count me in

[philspectorshotme]

looks likely ill be making the trip too.

could you people who have been to the festival or are danish natives give me some advice as to the security situation at the site and airport as pertaining to smallish amounts of weed?

At the site the security is pretty lame, if it isn't stronger than weed there shouldn't be a problem? However I don't know about the security in the airport - it might be far more strict! Else consider a trip to the famous part of Copenhagen Christiania (http://www.christiania.org/main/lan.php?lan=gb) where you easily can buy some weed.

Lookin' forward to the gig @ Roskilde - it's gonna be amazing!

yeah, no problem what so ever in the camp area, but there's always a chance of getting cought buying the shit... you'll only get fined tho...

last years headline on one of the earliest editions of "roskilde festival's news paper" went: "fyr l?s" which is pretty much "smoke all you want"... the police won't bother you unless your an asshole asking for trouble... people even come to the camp just to sell weed...

just be nice and everyone will be nice to you! Roskilde has a great aura and people seem to really care about eachother... i think the pearl jam incident got people very aware of how important it is to behave in such huge crowds...

great news. cheers. and the pearl jam incident put me off a few years ago when there was another great bill - until i realised that the pearl jam incident would gain one of the few positive affects of that tragedy - that the goodwill and security settings of the event would be unparralleled to prevent something so sinister ever recurring.

and bob is on the bill too. if they get spacemen 3 to reform i might just kill myself as soon as the even is over.

fucking dylan and axl on the same bill... words cannot do it justice.


and cheers again for the information on christiania!

[speed_stone]

fucking dylan and axl on the same bill... words cannot do it justice.

i know it's fucking unbelievable, gnr and dylan are my fav artists ever!!!!
i can't believe this, it's fucking unreal!!!!
it's gonna be a summer to remember

[philspectorshotme]

i know. im pretty blasted now, and just reading dylan and gnr/axl in the same sentence is making my face hurt smiling so much.

[erose]

how coll would it be with a dylan rose duet??

[Nytunz]

how coll would it be with a dylan rose duet??

that would be so fucking great! Axl hitting the stage when Dylan plays Knocking! Damn, i can see that in my head! Or maybe Dylan join GNR on stage on the song! Woooooohooow! 

[philspectorshotme]

booked my tickets and flights.

just need some advice and info:
my return flight is at 9(!) on monday morning. will i be able to make it by getting taxis and shit?
how exactly to work christiania. how and what will i be able to buy there?
where is the best place to purchase alcohol? is roskilde and town/village with the festival site outside it? is it easily accessible or do i need to try and cart 5 days worth of alcohol from copenhagen?

please?

[Nytunz]

booked my tickets and flights.

just need some advice and info:
my return flight is at 9(!) on monday morning. will i be able to make it by getting taxis and shit?
how exactly to work christiania. how and what will i be able to buy there?
where is the best place to purchase alcohol? is roskilde and town/village with the festival site outside it? is it easily accessible or do i need to try and cart 5 days worth of alcohol from copenhagen?

please?

First. The alcohol thing is no problem. U can buy all the beer u want on the festival, and it is very very cheap!
There is a train, u can take from the festival era to Roskilde sentrum. I guess it takes about 5 minutes or something
You can also easly travel to Copenhagen with Train, i think it takes about 20 -25 minuttes.
If you need Vodka, Cognac, Jegermeister, or alcohol with high ass kickin %. U can buy it on a gass station near the festival era, or you can buy it down in Roskilde Sentrum. I dont know abput The Taxi thing.. i wouldent count on it. Just take the Train to Copenhagen, and get a Taxi from there. I think that would be the best way. Its 3 - 4 years since i was in Christiania, but i think it has been more restricted the last two years. But i guess it still works as a libirty era.. 
But thats no big prblem at the festival... Just dont make any trouble:D

[philspectorshotme]

thank you very much!


thats a great help. and great news!


honestly, each passing day this festival appears to be of a standard so much higher than any irish or english festival ive been to or investigated, that its kinda sad. we're so far behind the hospitality and user-friendliness of roskilde. its ridiculous.
and im looking forward to it even more day by day!

fucking hell. its gonna be great.

[erose]

thank you very much!


thats a great help. and great news!


honestly, each passing day this festival appears to be of a standard so much higher than any irish or english festival ive been to or investigated, that its kinda sad. we're so far behind the hospitality and user-friendliness of roskilde. its ridiculous.
and im looking forward to it even more day by day!

fucking hell. its gonna be great.

Roskilde is CLASSIC!

awsome people all around! Best festival ever! It might actually be the best festival in world when i think about it? Wonder which festivals roskilde compete with when it comes to the quality and number of bands and number of audinces and for how many years in a row etc etc...?

[philspectorshotme]

so has anyone been to christiania recently and can tel me what exactly the procedure is?


or even has anyone bothered to purchase at the festival and if so, how easy and how does one go about it?

[erose]

so has anyone been to christiania recently and can tel me what exactly the procedure is?


or even has anyone bothered to purchase at the festival and if so, how easy and how does one go about it?

when you walk into christiania someone will come up to you and ask you what you want. it's still pretty safe to shop there, the dealers are more scared of the cops than you are so the watch men will let them know at all times where the pigs are. don't worry, you'll be just fine. if you get cought, which you wont, but if you do, all you'll get is a fine anyway so the risk isn't very big.

you'll most likely be able to buy shit at the festival too, but most of the time the shit sucks so my suggestion is to shop in christiania. thats atleast what i will keep doing.

[philspectorshotme]

cheers man. thats sweet.

ill definitely be buying in christiania, i was just wondering about buying at the site as a precautionary measure incase i do get busted by the pigs on my way back into copenhagen.


and now thats all settled... maybe my excitement will subside for a while. maybe...

or maybe ill find something else to reignite my excitement before the time comes... maybe an album!

[snow white]

fucking dylan and axl on the same bill... words cannot do it justice.

i know it's fucking unbelievable, gnr and dylan are my fav artists ever!!!!
i can't believe this, it's fucking unreal!!!!
it's gonna be a summer to remember

Dude, thats so fucking awesome, and it's going to be so intense.
And Wolfmother are playing too, my favourite Australian band...

[philspectorshotme]

yea im looking forward to wolfmother. i hope they live up to their antipodean cousins the datsuns and provide a show even half as good. only heard the single, quite sabbath. enjoyable.

bill filled out today. jack white and his raconteurs are making the trip along with the strokes, happy mondays and some not so notable people. not the greatest looking bill ive ever seen, but if you're a fan of new alternative music you should be ok.
but... really again i have to go back to the fact that axl and dylan on the same weekend... holy fucking shit.

[snow white]

Axl and Dylan.... :drool:If the tickets weren't going to cost me Au$300 I would have got one by now. I guess I should just bite the bullet and do it before they all sell out....They haven't sold out yet right?
Actually, does anyone know- do you have to stay there for the whole three days and do all that camping business, or can you leave and come back? and if you can, is there anywhere nearby to go to...?

I've seen Wolfmother live twice now and they fucking rock, though that was with an audience who knew all their songs and were big fans etc so we'll see how they go with a large international audience who may not know them so well...

[philspectorshotme]

id say wolfmother will be in a tent. but id be surprised if they even pulled a relatively big crowd. but im looking forward to some stomping blues hard rock. i dont think ill be disappointed if there is an excited crowd or not.

i think tickets are only available for a full 4 day pass. but you dont have to camp. you can stay in a hotel or whatever in roskilde town/city and come and go via the campsite entrances as you please.

[snow white]

I don't expect a big crowd for the wolf either. But it's good to see them getting some airplay overseas.

I thought as much about the camping...mm...I'll have to go do some serious budgeting and planning and see if it's really viable option for me....

[Spirit]

Their poster are up on the site..



http://www.roskildefestival.dk/db/files/plakat06_dk.pdf

[snow white]

I just booked my ticket!!!
I'm freaking out...Bob Dylan and GnR and heaps of other awesome bands...!

Now I just have to figure out this camping business.....

[Rainfox]

This is gonna be so great 

Can't wait myself.

[bumblerocks]

Their poster are up on the site..



http://www.roskildefestival.dk/db/files/plakat06_dk.pdf

dylan and gnr headlining the festival, so sweet to see.
morrisey and the rest in the back

[Sillything]

Hey! I bought my ticket today! So add me to the list please!
I've been to Roskilde festival three times before; 1998,1999 and 2000 and it really is the greatest festival in the world!

Don't smoke to much weed now everybody or you'll just sleep in your tents and miss out on all the fun.

Is here anyone from outside of scandinavia who is going? I really want to recomend two swedish acts: Loop Troop, political hip hop, it's really good! Nothing like american hip hop about "bitches n hoes".

And I really really recomend Th?str?m! He sings in swedish but I think anyone can enjoy it anyway. He's a legend and used to be a punkrocker. Now he plays dark acoustic stuff.

What a week for me! Guns N' Roses in Stockholm on monday and then again at Roskilde on thursday. I can't wait!!!

[Andy-k]

How does the camping thing work? Do I have to live in tent or is there some places nearby (hotel etc)?

[Sillything]

How does the camping thing work? Do I have to live in tent or is there some places nearby (hotel etc)?

Hotels are probably full now, but give it try

[Evil Ash]

is anyone planning on recording the guns show??

if so, would you mind taping the strokes for me too? 

[philspectorshotme]

(can i get in on that too? )

whats the best way to get from the airport to christiania? taxi? how far away from the airport is christiania?
its just that ill be carrying two bags and a stereo and dont want the hassle of a bus and walk unless a taxi is overly expensive.

[JakeTheSnake]

Times up!

Roskilde Festival did officially sell out yesterday. 75.000 fans are ready to rock Denmark!

Yeah! Rock On! 

[Andy-k]

do you think it is possible there will be more tickets available later?

[snow white]

Im so godamn excited!!
Cept they put the bands I want to see on at the same time ie GnR and Sigur Ros. Pretty easy decision that one...

I'm still a little concerned about this camping business....I guess I'll have to deal...

[philspectorshotme]

whats your concern about camping?

if sigur ros hadnt of clashed id have probably tried to see them myself. they've never made it for me on record (to put it mildly) but id say live they would work much, much better.

[Rainfox]

"whats the best way to get from the airport to christiania? taxi? how far away from the airport is christiania?
its just that ill be carrying two bags and a stereo and dont want the hassle of a bus and walk unless a taxi is overly expensive."




From the airport to Christiania it's only about 8 miles.

Plenty of cabs at the airport and you WON'T get cheated/hassled. Strict laws on cabbies in Denmark.

Christiania is on the part of town called Christianshavn ("Christian's Harbor"), which is between the parts called Amager (where the airport is) and innercity Copenhagen.

When at Christiania visit M?nefiskeren ("The Moonfisher") for some good java and some pool/backgammon.

HOWEVER.. the police are cracking down on Christiania and it's "pusher street" was taken out a year ago. There's a strong police presence there, but it shouldn't be too much trouble. Police are tired of it too, knowing they can't remove weed from Christiania completely.? The place is still peaceful and safe, no worries.

Go to Loppen ("The Flea") - and eat at Spiseloppen ("The Eating Flea"). Great prices and surprisingly GREAT food and wine, always a bargain.

 

RF

[philspectorshotme]

cheers man. thats great. i was hoping to get something to eat there actually and now you've made it all the easier!

thanks a lot.

[DemocracyRose]

GNR was scheduled to start 10 pm.

Its now 9 pm...

[The General]

Anybody know where the "after party that includes the band" would be in K?benhavn?

Anybody know if the trains are going nonstop all night from Roskilde station to K?benhavn. GNR could be very late and i dont live on the camp so..

[DemocracyRose]

Esben Danielsen, spokesman of Roskilde, say that the concert will be played...

[damiendk]

Guns N'Roses were scheduled to play at 21.00, went on at 21.50...

All the usual solos, won't mention them in the setlist..

Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Live And Let Die
Sweet Child O'Mine
Knockin' On Heavens Door
You Could Be Mine
The Blues
Out Ta Get Me
November Rain
Better
My Michelle
Patience
Nightrain
Encore:
Chinese Democracy
Paradise City

Including breaks, jams and solos they played for about 2 hours 15 minutes. No IRS, no Madagascar, No Rocket Queen...

[philspectorshotme]

danish people may well now be my favourite race of people on earth. you're lovely, gorgeous (and smelly ) and charming. and your english is even better than mine!

[Rainbow Warrior]

you're lovely, gorgeous (and smelly ) and charming. and your english is even better than mine!

Yeah, I guess there are more beers than showers at the festival place.?

[rubinone]

My pictures from Roskilde Festival:

[chad_er33]

awesome pic's.  i can't wait till a n.a. tour 

[Rainfox]

Great pics.

Amazing show. One of the alltime greats.

My tenth Roskilde.

[rubinone]

Yeah, it was fantastic. It was also my 12th Roskilde. See you next year!