The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-days rock festival
Rock festival
A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale Open air concert rock music concert, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days.... held at the same time in Osaka
Osaka
is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture.... and near Tokyo
Tokyo
, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people.... . The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo the following day and vice versa.
The line-up contains many Japanese rock musicians from both major and indie record companies, and also international acts.
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The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-days rock festival
Rock festival
A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale Open air concert rock music concert, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days.... held at the same time in Osaka
Osaka
is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture.... and near Tokyo
Tokyo
, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people.... . The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo the following day and vice versa.
The line-up contains many Japanese rock musicians from both major and indie record companies, and also international acts.
Performances
Some international bands that have played at the festival include:
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Tokyo Police Club is a Canada indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, consisting of singer and bass guitar Dave Monks, guitarist Josh Hook, keyboard instrument Graham Wright, and drum kit Greg Alsop....
Trivium is an American Heavy metal music band formed in 2000 in Orlando, Florida. The band has released Trivium discography, eleven singles, and twelve music videos....
The Troubadours are an England Rock music rock band comprising of members from both Liverpool and Wigan. Their debut single, "Gimme Love" was released in 2007, and reached #20 on the Radio 1 Indie Chart in November....
The Verve are a British people Rock music band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley College, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones , and drummer Peter Salisbury....
The Wombats are an Independent music band from Liverpool, UK. They comprise two native Liverpudlians; Matthew Murphy , provider of vocals, guitar and keyboards, drummer and vocalist Dan Haggis and bass and vocalist Tord ?verland-Knudsen, a Norwegian people who has made his home in the city....
Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
My Chemical Romance is an American rock band formed in 2001 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The band consists of five members that are Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar....
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock music group, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. As its main Producer , singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction....
The Specials are an England 2 Tone ska revival Musical ensemble formed in 1977 in Coventry. They have had Chart-topper in the United Kingdom, and their music is featured in film and television soundtracks....
The Flaming Lips is an United States Rock music band.The band is known for their lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, space rock lyrics and bizarre song and album titles ....
Richard David James , aka Aphex Twin, is an electronic musician who has been described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music." He founded the record label Rephlex Records in 1991 with friend Grant Wilson-Claridge....
Klaxons are an indie rock/dance punk band, based in London. Following the release of numerous Gramophone record on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick " and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on January 29, 2007....
Paramore is an American Rock music band that formed in Franklin, Tennessee, Tennessee in 2004 consisting of Hayley Williams , Josh Farro , Taylor York , Jeremy Davis , and Zac Farro ....
Placebo are an alternative rock musical ensemble formed in London in 1994, consisting of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. To date, they have released five studio albums, six Extended plays and twenty-seven singles....
Sonic Youth is an American rock music rock band formed in New York City in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Mark Ibold and Steve Shelley ....
'Soulwax', headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, are an alternative rock/Electro music band from Ghent, Belgium. The two are perhaps best known for their influential contributions to the bastard pop genre under the names 'Flying Dewaele Brothers' and '2 many DJs' and the landmark record As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt....
Teenage Fanclub is an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. The band is composed of Norman Blake , Raymond McGinley , Gerard Love and Francis MacDonald , with songwriting duties shared equally between Blake, McGinley and Love....
Boys Like Girls is a four-piece American rock music band from Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. The group completed nationwide tours with Cute Is What We Aim For, Hit the Lights and Butch Walker and topped the Top Unsigned Artist chart on PureVolume, within a few months from forming in late 2005....
Datarock is a Norway band. The band describes their sound as "a mixture of musical styles [they] like." A trio of friends, Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien, conceived the group while at a festival in Bergen, Norway, and soon hired Tom M?land....
Enter Shikari are a British post-hardcore band formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, where all four members are from. The band is named after the boat of one of the band member's relatives, and a character in a play Rou wrote before forming the band, both of which are named Shikari ....
Ghostland Observatory is an United States music duo based in Austin, Texas, Texas. Their music is difficult to classify, but has been described as a combination of Electro music, Rock music and Funk music by Allmusic, and "electro-Dance music soul rock" by Gothamist....
Girl Talk may refer to:* Girl Talk , an American music producer and mashup DJ* Girl Talk , a British female duo of the 80's* Girl Talk , a Norwegian jazz band...
Hollywood Undead is an American rap rock band from California, fusing rap and metal with elements of rock and metal, formed in 2005. The band members perform in individual masks in order to maintain an air of mystery....
Melisa Young , better known by her stage name Kid Sister is a rapping based in Chicago, Illinois, best known for her single "Pro Nails", featuring Kanye West....
Kyte are a Rock music group from Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England.Kyte comprise Nick Moon , Tom Lowe , Ben Cox and Scott Hislop . They have been labelled shoegazing and post rock....
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , best known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She was born in Yonkers, New York and grew up in Manhattan, where she attended private school at Convent of the Sacred Heart and later studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts....
Victoria Hesketh , known professionally as Little Boots, is a United Kingdom electronica musician. She sings, plays synthesizers, Japanese electronic instrument the Tenori-on, piano and the stylophone....
Mando Diao is a garage rock band from Borl?nge, Sweden. The band got their breakthrough with the release of the album Hurricane Bar. The song God Knows was featured in FIFA 06....
Matthew Paul Miller , better known by his stage name Matisyahu is an United States reggae musician.Known for blending Orthodox Judaism themes with Reggae, Rock music and Hip hop music sounds, Matisyahu is most recognizable for his single "King Without a Crown", which was a surprise Top 40 hit, and for being an Orthodox Jew....
Metronomy is an electronic music group formed by Joseph Mount in Totnes, Devon, England in 1999. The current band consists of Joseph Mount , Oscar Cash and Gabriel Stebbing ....
Mew may refer to:In animal lodgings:*Mews, a stable for horses*Royal Mews, in London*Mews , bird pensIn other uses:*Mew , a character in Pok?mon media...
Mercury Rev is an United States rock music musical band, formed in the mid 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker , Jonathan Donahue , Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a....
Red Light Company are a five-piece alternative rock band based in London, England. The band was formed in 2007 by members Richard Frenneaux , Shawn Day , James Griffiths , Paul Mellon and Chris Edmonds ....
Saosin is an American Post-hardcore Los Angeles, California based band, originally hailing from Newport Beach, California, formed in 2003. The band consists of lead vocalist Cove Reber, guitarists Beau Burchell and Justin Shekoski, bassist Chris Sorenson and drummer Alex Rodriguez....
The Vaselines are an indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally made up of Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively from the band Secession ....
