Wednesday 15 April 2009

Benicassim Festival History

Since the festival begin in 1995, some of the most noteworthy artists who have played the festival include Bjork, Depeche Mode, Beck, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Brian Wilson, Blur, Lou Reed, Oasis, The Chemical Brothers, Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes.

Benicassim Festival 2005

The 11th festival took place on July 5-7, 2005, with The Cure, Keane and Oasis headlining. Underworld was later declared as headliners of the "FIBstart" event on Thursday July 4, holded up by The Tears and The Polyphonic Spree. Fischerspooner, !!! and Róisín Murphy headlined the weekend on the Hellomoto Stage, while The Kills, Kaiser Chiefs and The Wedding Present headlined the Fiberfib.com Stage. Other bands playing the festival included Basement Jaxx, The Lemonheads, Hot Hot Heat, Kasabian, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Yo La Tengo, Dinosaur Jr., LCD Soundsystem, Doves, Radio 4 and Richard Hawley.

Benicassim Festival 2006

The 12th Benicàssim Festival happened between July 20-23, 2006. Players included Franz Ferdinand, The Pixies, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Echo & the Bunnymen, Madness, Morrissey, The Strokes, Scissor Sisters, Babyshambles, Beth Orton, Editors, The Futureheads, We Are Scientists, The Kooks and Art Brut, among others.

Benicassim Festival 2007

The thirteen edition of the festival was held on the July 19-22, 2007. For this year's festival (and all subsequent festivals thereafter), there was no Hellomoto Stage, with the Pista Pop stage expanded instead.

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