Quart Festival

{{Multiple issues | refimprove=February 2008 | original research=February 2008 | update=June 2009 }} The '''Quart Festival''' was an annual popular music festival that took place in [[Kristiansand]], [[Norway]] in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway. It was first named '''''Qvadradurmusivalen''''' in 1991, but changed into the more ear-catching Quart Festival the following year. For several years Quart was the largest music festival in Norway, but went bankrupt in 2008 in part due to tough competition from the [[Hovefestivalen]] in [[Arendal]] and some [[Oslo]]-based festivals. ==Scandals== There have been some scandals during the years. *A local band [[Flying Crap]] fired a shotgun from the stage in 1995. *[[The Kovenant]] burned the bible on stage in 2000. *[[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]] threw pigs' heads at the audience in 2001. *Eight musicians from hiphop group [[Equicez]] were arrested for drug offences in 2003. *Kristopher Schau attached an engine to a dead pig and used it as a boat in 2003. *Two persons from rainforest charity group [[Fuck For Forest]] had live sex on stage during a concert with [[The Cumshots]] in 2004. ==2008 cancelling and bankruptcy== On the evening of [[June 6]], citing low ticket sales (14 000 against a budget of 30 000), the festival management officially decided to cancel the 2008 festival (supposed to start on [[July 1]]) and as well file the managing company for bankruptcy. Following the 2007 festival, the company had a deficiency of roughly 16 million [[Norwegian krone|kroner]]. ==2009 – The festival returns== The Quart Festival was revived by one of the original organisers and was held on 30 June to 4 July 2009. Slash's performance was backed by Teddy Andreadis, [[Jason Bonham]], Chris Cheney, John 5 and Frankie Perez, and included guest performances from Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Wood and Fergie. The festival was an economic disaster with low attendances and slow revenues. The festival was by mid-September 2009 still not able to pay their employees and is now threatened by bankruptcy. ==Key performers== '''1992''': [[Spiritualized]], [[The Boo Radleys]], [[Tom Russell]], [[Bel Canto (band)|Bel Canto]], [[Pogo Pops]] '''1993''': [[Motorpsycho]], [[Seigmen]], [[808 State]] '''1994''': [[Elvis Costello]], [[The Orb]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Elastica]] '''1995''': [[The Black Crowes]], [[Weezer]], [[Lisa Germano]], [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]] '''1996''': [[Motorpsycho]], [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]], [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]], [[Beck]], [[Massive Attack]], [[Black Grape]] '''1997''': [[Rage Against the Machine]], [[Suede (singer)|Suede]], [[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Daft Punk]], [[Aphex Twin]], [[Charlatans UK]] '''1998''': [[Beastie Boys]], [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]], [[Björk]], [[Iggy Pop]], [[Teenage Fanclub]], [[Wyclef Jean]] '''1999''': [[The Roots]], [[Fatboy Slim]], [[Happy Mondays]], [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Massive Attack]], [[The Cardigans]] '''2000''': [[Sonic Youth]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Leftfield]], [[Moby]], [[Death in Vegas]], [[Morten Abel]], [[Madrugada (band)|Madrugada]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Counting Crows]], [[Macy Gray]] '''2001''': [[Manic Street Preachers]], [[Deftones]], [[Daft Punk]], [[Beck]], [[Alanis Morissette]], [[PJ Harvey]], [[The Dandy Warhols]], [[Motörhead]], [[Coldplay]], [[Wyclef Jean]], [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]] '''2002''': [[David Bowie]], [[Travis (band)|Travis]], [[Rammstein]], [[No Doubt]], [[Morten Abel]], [[Belle & Sebastian]], [[Turbonegro]], [[Kent (band)|Kent]], [[…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead]], [[Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]], [[Kaizers Orchestra]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[White Stripes]] '''2003''': [[Massive Attack]], [[Nas (rapper)|Nas]], [[Coldplay]], [[The Flaming Lips]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Röyksopp]], [[The Cardigans]], [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]], [[Mew (band)|Mew]] '''2004''': [[Alicia Keys]], [[The Black Eyed Peas]], [[Sean Paul]], [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]], [[Morrissey]], [[Pixies]], [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[The Hives]], [[!!!]], [[Phoenix (band)|Phoenix]], [[Pleasure]], [[The Cumshots]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[N.E.R.D.]] '''2005''': [[Audioslave]], [[Green Day]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Jimmy Eat World]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Thomas Dybdahl]], [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]], [[Porcupine Tree]], [[Stonegard]], [[Fantômas]] '''2006''': [[Depeche Mode]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[Kanye West]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[Pharrell]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Damian Marley]], [[Devin the Dude]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Rufus Wainwright]], [[Opeth]], [[The Raconteurs]], [[Wolfmother]], [[Richard Hawley]], [[Gogol Bordello]], [[Flogging Molly]], [[The Cat Empire]], [[Death Cab for Cutie]] '''2007''': [[Turbonegro]], [[The Who]], [[Scissor Sisters]], [[50 Cent]], [[Bigbang (Norwegian band)|BigBang]], [[Chris Cornell]], [[Motorpsycho]], [[Black Debbath]], [[The Roots]], [[Mew (band)|Mew]], [[Talib Kweli]] '''2009''': [[Marilyn Manson]], [[John 5 (guitarist)|John 5]], [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Young Jeezy]], [[The Black Eyed Peas]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Korn]], [[Chris Cornell]] ==External links== *[http://www.quart.no Official site] (mostly in Norwegian) *[http://www.quart.no/hovedtekst.aspx?m=1218&amid=8316 Official Site: English] (Limited pages) *[http://www.kristiansand-norway.com/attractions/quartfestival.html Latest festival news] (English) *[http://www.britishrock.cc fastest festival news] (English) {{coord missing|Norway}}