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Roskilde Festival Day 7 and 8: Beer badminton and The Cure

Friday morning after a rowdy Shame gig and with some sort of beer hungover was not the ultimate start of the day, and you couldn’t really call it morning because we didn’t leave the tent before lunch, which also meant starting out with lunch at the food court close to the Gloria stage. The food at Roskilde is something that …

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Roskilde Festival Day 5 and 6: Synthwave rules the festival

Wednesday arrived meaning it was finally time for the “real” festival to start and although it wasn’t a full festival day – the first day is more like a warm-up day – we had a tight schedule with Tears For Fears, Bob Dylan, Hatari and Carpenter Brut. In retrospect this was probably the best festival day music-wise. It was also …

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Lollapalooza Day 3: Sunday

If Friday and Saturday focused on party, the Sunday felt a little more like the day after. The first email I received in the morning let the ticket holders know that Friday and Saturday-tickets were upgraded to Sunday tickets. That is seldom a good sign, and even though it was a nice gesture, the meaning is reasonably that ticket sales …

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Lollapalooza Day 2: Saturday

One of the great aspects of Lollapalooza, at least if you’re a parent, is Kidzapalooza. An area designated for kids, with a stage on its own, a playground, and various activities. As Sweden has rather strict age limits at festivals, 13 years, it seemed pretty far of to be able to bring kids to a major festival any time soon, …

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Lollapalooza Day 1: Friday

Lollapalooza entered the Swedish market with a bang, that´s for sure. The announcement back in May 2018 got significant media coverage and the hype leading into the festival grew by the hour. And why shouldn´t it? One of the major international festival were approaching a festival market that has been a tough business the last years. In December 2018 the …

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