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2008: Roskilde trailer

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:54:00 +0200

Each year, generations of festival-goers from all over the world unite on the fields just outside of Roskilde to let out the inner beast and step into the same party. Enter the most sacred room at one of the largest and most recognised music festivals in Europe. Experience the festival through the eyes of the artist, the volunteer and the audience when simple ploughlands are transformed into a musical powerhouse.

Footage taken from the documentary film "Roskilde" from 2008. Buy the entire film in Roskilde Festival's web shop.

2005: Flashback

Tue, 05 May 2009 12:38:00 +0200

Take a walk down memory lane to Roskilde Festival 2005. The film shows lots of sunshine, happy festival-goers and kisses and hugs.

Footage from the original Roskilde Festival DVD 2005.

2008: Flashback

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:48:00 +0200

Last years Roskilde Festival offered lots of partying in front of the stages, sun-burned noses and cooling down in the swimming lake.

2007: Franzo in the mud

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:45:00 +0200

Watch drunken guy Franzo rolling around the mud and find out if his friend manages to find him a girl.

2007: Naked Run

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:44:00 +0200

Every year, Roskilde Festival Radio hosts the Naked Run with a ticket for next year's festival as the prize. The rules are simple: you have to be the first to cross the finishing line, and you have to be naked. Is an attempt to attract other than male contestants, the rules have been changed through the last couple of years so that the first female to cross the line also gets a ticket.

2007: Skating

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:42:00 +0200

Watch a footage from Roskilde Skate. An impressive 2,500 m2 big skating park where both professionals and amateurs challenge ramps and gravity.

2007: Mud

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:39:00 +0200

In 2007, the weather gods turned Roskilde Festival into a regular waterworld. Watch the audience keeping their spirits high mud wrestling and sliding in the mud.

2007: Countdown

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:35:00 +0200

Every year thousands of festival-goers show up at the gates even before the festival opens. Everyone knows exactly in which spot they want to camp and in order to get it you have to show up early.

2005: Jokeren VIP style

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:29:00 +0200

Danish rapper Jokeren acts as tour guide in the forbidden world of the media village.

Footage from the original Roskilde Festival DVD 2005.

2005: Festival experiences

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:25:00 +0200

Pay a visit to Van Damme Camp and Camp Camelot, see the Naked Run, and find out what the audience thought were their best experiences at Roskilde Festival 2005.

Footage from the original Roskilde Festival DVD 2005.

2005: Playing the Roskilde Festival

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:13:00 +0200

Watch band members from D-A-D, Mew, Eskobar and Junior Senior talk about playing at Roskilde Festival, their best Roskilde experiences and tips for the festival.

Footage from the original Roskilde Festival DVD 2005.

2005: Mugison interview

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:11:00 +0200

"The Icelandic Elvis" talks about Mugimusic, the Icelandic music scene and his relationship to his computer.

Footage from the original Roskilde Festival DVD 2005.

2005: Dungen interview

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:09:00 +0200

Warm up to the Dungen concert at Roskilde Festival 09 with this interview from when they last visited the festival in 2005. The band talks about their joy at playing, improvisation and the world success of their Swedish-language music.

Footage from the original Roskilde Festival DVD 2005.

2005: Johnossi interview

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:04:00 +0200

The Swedish duo talks about playing acoustic live, being only two band members and the upcoming bands success.

Footage from the original Roskilde Festival DVD 2005.

2005: Bikstok Røgsystem interview

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:53:00 +0200

Find out the story behind Danish-language dancehall group Bikstok Røgsystem and get a lesson in the Bikstok dictionary.

Footage from the original Roskilde Festival DVD 2005.

2003: Flashback

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:44:00 +0200

2003 was a sunny, sold-out Roskilde Festival. The film features music and interview clips of some of the bands playing that year such as Metallica, The Raveonettes and The Cardigans as well as trivia on Roskilde Festival 03.

1978: Gnags

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:39:00 +0200

Watch legendary Danish band Gnags play on the original Orange Stage in 1978. The band has the honourable title of most performances at Roskilde Festival. They have visited Roskilde Festival 12 times and played 13 concerts.

Produced by Per Jacobsen, Pia Rosekilde, Henrik Sørensen and Populær Foto.

1978: Festival ambiance

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:32:00 +0200

Check out what the festival and, not least, the audience looked like back in the days.

Produced by Per Jacobsen, Pia Rosekilde, Henrik Sørensen and Populær Foto.

1978: Camping

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:29:00 +0200

Camp life at Roskilde Festival in very beginning spiced up with Danish beat music by Sebastian.

Produced by Per Jacobsen, Pia Rosekilde, Henrik Sørensen and Populær Foto.

1978: Smoke Danish

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:19:00 +0200

Smoke Danish, smoke Danish Danish singer Lone Kellerman sings on the soundtrack to this film clip of festival guests arriving at Roskilde Festival 1978. The queue was then behind the Canopy Stage now Orange Stage and it looks like the grab for camp spots has been fierce from the beginning.

Produced by Per Jacobsen, Pia Rosekilde, Henrik Sørensen and Populær Foto.

1978: Orange Stage

Fri, 01 May 2009 09:47:00 +0200

Watch the original canopy tent been prepared and raised for the first time in 1978 to the sound of Bob Marley and the Wailers who played on the stage that year.

Produced by Per Jacobsen, Pia Rosekilde and Henrik Sørensen and Populær Foto.