Summer Sonic Festival
| Summer Sonic Festival | |
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 Marine Stage in Chiba (c. 2008) | |
| Genre | Rock and alternative |
| Dates | Early August |
| Location(s) |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | www |
The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two — or three-day rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Chiba, Japan. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Chiba 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. It also operates the festival Sonicmania, with an EDM focus, since 2011. Summer Sonic is an independent festival, owned by Creativeman Productions Ltd.
History[]
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Summer Sonic Festival was founded in 2000 in Japan, with a focus on major national and international acts. Among the first bands in 2000's lineup were 311, Arrested Development, At the Drive-In, Ben Folds Five, and Coldplay.
The EDM section of the festival was later split into Sonicmania which is held at Makurai Messe the day before the festival, which according to Time Out, "Held as a warm-up for Summer Sonic each year, the all-night Sonicmania party caters to dance kids who aren't so well served by the main festival itself"[1] in 2011.[2]
Producer Creativeman formed a joint venture with Live Nation Entertainment in 2012.[3] Live Nation bought full control of the venture in 2014.[4]
In 2017, the festival was expanded to Shanghai, China.[5]
Performances[]
Lineups for the festival in past years are as follows:
2000[]
- 311
- Arrested Development
- At the Drive-In
- Ben Folds Five
- Coldplay
- Dragon Ash
- Eastern Youth
- Oblivion Dust
- Eels
- Glow
- Grandaddy
- Green Day
- James Brown
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
- Mansun
- Muse
- Quruli
- Reef
- Sigur Rós
- Supercar
- Tahiti 80
- Teenage Fanclub
- The Bluetones
- The Flaming Lips
- The Living End
- The Mad Capsule Markets
- Triceratops
- Ween
- Weezer
2001[]
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- Air
- Beck
- Bilal Oliver
- Cibo Matto
- Cosmic Rough Riders
- Eels
- Elbow
- Incubus
- King Adora
- Love Psychedelico
- Marilyn Manson
- Matthew Sweet
- Mercury Rev
- MxPx
- My Vitriol
- Ocean Colour Scene
- Primal Scream
- Rancid
- Reel Big Fish
- Rize
- Russell Simins
- Seo Taiji
- Shea Seger
- Skrape
- Slipknot
- Soulwax
- Tahiti 80
- The Cult
- The Living End
- The Mad Capsule Markets
- The Moldy Peaches
- Zebrahead
2002[]
- A
- Andrew W.K.
- The Avalanches
- Cave In
- Disturbed
- Fake?
- Guns N' Roses
- Hanoi Rocks
- Haven
- Hoobastank
- HY
- The Icarus Line
- The Libertines
- Mongol800
- Millionaire
- Morrissey
- múm
- Murderdolls
- No Doubt
- NOFX
- The Offspring
- Ozma
- Pleymo
- Puffy
- Quarashi
- Raging Speedhorn
- The Reindeer Section
- Relish
- Rival Schools
- Shaka Labbits loves 175R
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- The Skylarks
- Soft Ballet
- The Streets
- Suede
- Vex Red
- Weezer
- The Wildhearts
Tokyo Only[]
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Osaka Only[]
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2003[]
- AFI
- Air
- Alkaline Trio
- Army of Freshmen
- Asian Kung-Fu Generation
- Blink-182
- Blondie
- Blur
- Buck-Tick
- Cheap Trick
- The Datsuns
- Devo
- DMBQ
- The Doors
- Elephant Kashimashi
- GO!GO!7188
- Good Charlotte
- The Greenhornes
- The High-Lows
- Hot Hot Heat
- HY
- InMe
- Interpol
- Blues Explosion
- Kick the Can Crew
- The Kills
- Kings of Leon
- The Living End
- Mando Diao
- The Mars Volta
- Mew
- My Morning Jacket
- New Found Glory
- Orange Range
- Original Love
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Polysics
- Puddle of Mudd
- Radiohead
- Rapture
- Razorlight
- The Rocket Summer
- Rooney
- Sons of All Pussys
- Soul'd Out
- Starsailor
- The Star Spangles
- The Strokes
- Stereophonics
- Sugarcult
- Sum 41
- Syrup16g
- Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
- Travis
- Zebrahead
2004[]
- Green Day
- Avril Lavigne
- Sum 41
- Koshi Inaba
- The Darkness (Cancelled)
- Pennywise
- All American Rejects
- Mando Diao
- Fountains of Wayne
- Damned
- Jude
- Razorlight
- Blackmail
- The Cribs
- MC5/d.k.t.
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Mad Professor
- Lordz of Brooklyn
- Peaches
- Bloc Party
- The Dead 60's
- Beat Crusaders
- Oceanlane
- TMG
- Brides of Destruction
- The Go-Go's
- Tommy Heavenly 6
- Orange Range
- Silvertide
- Dirty Americans
- Beastie Boys
- The Mad Capsule Markets
- Nas
- N.E.R.D
- Lostprophets
- Jurassic 5
- Rhymester
- The Music
- The Hives
- Phantom Planet
- The Ordinary Boys
- 10-Feet
- The Veils
- smorgas
- Sketch Show
- Junior Senior
- Boom Boom Satellites
- The Faint
- Secret Machines
- Kasabian
- IMA Robot
- Zebrahead
- Hoobastank
- Midtown
- Amen
- My Chemical Romance
- Living Things
- The Bronx
2005[]
- Nine Inch Nails
- Slipknot
- Deep Purple
- The Mad Capsule Markets
- Buckcherry
- Orange Range
- Rooster
- Towers of London
- Duran Duran
- Echo & the Bunnymen
- Interpol
- TV on the Radio
- The Departure
- Louis XIV
- The Subways
- Ian Brown
- The Tears
- MEW
- The Arcade Fire
- BOY
- HAL
- The Little Flames
- Straightener
- Q-Tip
- The Roots
- Flipsyde
- M.I.A.
- Ai
- Rhymester
- RIZE
- Slightly Stoopid
- Blue-Eyed Son
- Def Tech
- Beat Crusaders
- Doping Panda
- Johnny Panic
- Polysics
- Zazen Boys
- Her Space Holiday
- Oasis
- Weezer
- Kasabian
- Asian Kung-Fu Generation
- The Ordinary Boys
- Yellowcard
- Rip Slyme
- The Others
- The Black Crows
- Public Enemy
- Rammstein (Cancelled)
- HIM
- Inme
- No Warning
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Fightstar
- The La's
- Teenage Fanclub
- Bloc Party
- Roddy Frame
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Little Barrie
- Caesars
- Be Your Own Pet
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
- Ellegarden
- Puffy AmiYumi
- Eighteen Visions
- alexisonfire
- Billy Talent
- Tommy Guerrero
- Citizen Cope
- Orange Pekoe
- Sakerock
- Freenote
- Radwimps
- The Rakes
- Duck Rock
- Home Made
2006[]
- 10 Years
- 65daysofstatic
- AFI
- The All-American Rejects
- Amusement Parks on Fire
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Blindspott
- The Cardigans
- The Cat Empire
- The Charlatans
- Daft Punk
- Daniel Powter
- Deftones
- DJ Shadow
- Editors
- Ellegarden
- El Presidente
- Fall Out Boy
- The Feeling
- The Flaming Lips
- Fort Minor
- Hawthorne Heights
- Hoobastank
- The Kooks
- Linkin Park
- Lostprophets
- Massive Attack
- Matisyahu
- Metallica
- Muse
- My Chemical Romance
- Phoenix
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Polysics
- Puffy AmiYumi
- The Rapture
- Scritti Politti
- She Wants Revenge
- Stone Sour
- Taking Back Sunday
- Tool
- We Are Scientists
- Whirlwind Heat
- Zebrahead
2007[]
- Avenged Sevenfold
- 120 Days
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
- The Academy Is...
- Arctic Monkeys
- Avril Lavigne
- B'z
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Bloc Party
- Blue King Brown
- Bonde do Rolê
- Cansei de Ser Sexy
- Cobra Starship
- Cornelius
- Cyndi Lauper
- Digitalism
- Dinosaur Jr
- Does It Offend You, Yeah?
- Ellegarden
- The Enemy
- Enter Shikari
- Fall Out Boy
- The Fratellis
- The Goo Goo Dolls
- Gwen Stefani
- Gym Class Heroes
- Hadouken!
- Hinder
- The Horrors
- Interpol
- José González
- Kasabian
- Klaxons
- LCD Soundsystem
- Locksley
- The Long Blondes
- Madina Lake
- Manic Street Preachers
- Maxïmo Park
- Modest Mouse
- MSTRKRFT
- MxPx
- The Offspring
- OK Go
- Pet Shop Boys
- The Pipettes
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Remioromen
- Sean Lennon
- Sugar Ray
- Sum 41
- The Sunshine Underground
- Tilly and the Wall
- Travis
- The Twang
- Unkle
- Vitalic
- The Young Punx
2008[]
- 311
- The Academy Is...
- Adele
- Against Me!
- Alicia Keys
- Band of Horses
- Becca
- Bedouin Soundclash
- Blood Red Shoes
- Boom Boom Satellites
- Cajun Dance Party
- Coldplay
- Crystal Castles
- Café Tacuba
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Devo
- Fatboy Slim
- The Fratellis
- Friendly Fires
- Hadouken!
- The Hoosiers
- Hot Chip
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
- Junkie XL
- Justice
- The Kills
- The Kooks
- Late of the Pier
- The Living End
- Los Campesinos!
- Lostprophets
- Maximum the Hormone
- The Metros
- MGMT
- Mutemath
- Nell
- New Found Glory
- New Young Pony Club
- OneRepublic
- Panic! at the Disco
- Paolo Nutini
- Paul Weller
- Pendulum
- Perfume
- The Prodigy
- Radwimps
- Sex Pistols
- Silversun Pickups
- Spiritualized
- The Subways
- Super Furry Animals
- Skindred
- These New Puritans
- The Ting Tings
- Tokyo Police Club
- Trivium
- The Troubadours
- Vampire Weekend
- Vamps
- The Verve
- The Wombats
- Xavier Rudd
- Yelle
- Zebrahead
2009[]
- 65daysofstatic
- Acidman
- The All-American Rejects
- Aloha from Hell
- Aphex Twin
- B'z
- Beat Crusaders
- Beyoncé
- The Big Pink
- Birdy Nam Nam
- Boom Boom Satellites
- Boys Like Girls
- Bring Me the Horizon
- Cancer Bats
- Cavalera Conspiracy
- Coldrain
- CSS
- Datarock
- Delphic
- Dragon Ash
- Elephant Kashimashi
- Elvis Costello
- The Enemy
- Enter Shikari
- Five Finger Death Punch
- The Flaming Lips
- Ghostland Observatory
- Gogol Bordello
- Golden Silvers
- Grizzly Bear
- The Hiatus
- Hollywood Undead
- Hoobastank
- The Horrors
- Iglu & Hartly
- In Case of Fire
- Jack Peñate
- Jenny Lewis
- Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
- Kasabian
- Katy Perry (Cancelled)
- Keane
- Kid Sister
- Klaxons
- Kylee
- Kyte
- Lady Gaga
- Lenka
- Linkin Park
- Limp Bizkit
- Little Boots
- Mando Diao
- Marié Digby
- Mastodon
- Matisyahu
- Mercury Rev
- Metronomy
- Mew
- Mogwai
- Mutemath
- My Chemical Romance
- N.A.S.A.
- Never Shout Never
- Ne-Yo
- Nine Inch Nails
- Oreskaband
- Paolo Nutini
- Paramore
- Patrick Watson
- Phoenix (Cancelled Osaka)
- Placebo
- The Qemists
- Razorlight
- Red Light Company
- Rin Toshite Shigure
- Saosin
- School of Seven Bells
- Scott Murphy
- Solange Knowles
- Sonic Youth
- Soulwax
- The Specials
- Tahiti 80
- Tame Impala
- The Temper Trap
- Teenage Fanclub
- The Ting Tings
- Tom Tom Club
- Tricky
- Unicorn
- The Vaselines
- The Veronicas
- V V Brown
- War
- Yuksek
2010[]
| August 7 (Chiba)/August 8 (Osaka) | August 8 (Chiba)/August 7 (Osaka) |
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2011[]
| August 13 (Chiba)/August 14 (Osaka) | August 14 (Chiba)/August 13 (Osaka) |
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2012[]
| August 18 (Chiba)/August 19 (Osaka) | August 19 (Chiba)/August 18 (Osaka) |
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2013[]
| August 10 (Chiba)/August 11 (Osaka) | August 10 (Osaka)/August 11 (Chiba) |
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
Rainbow Stage
Beach Stage
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Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
Rainbow Stage
Beach Stage
Flower Stage
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2014[]
| August 16 (Chiba)/August 17 (Osaka) | August 16 (Osaka)/August 17 (Chiba) |
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka) Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
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Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
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2015[]
| August 15 (Chiba)/August 16 (Osaka) | August 15 (Osaka)/August 16 (Chiba) |
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
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Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
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2016[]
| August 20 (Chiba)/August 21 (Osaka) | August 20 (Osaka)/August 21 (Chiba) |
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
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Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage |
2017[]
| August 19 (Chiba)/August 20 (Osaka) | August 19 (Osaka)/August 20 (Chiba) | August 26 (Shanghai)/August 27 (Shanghai) |
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
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Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
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Marine Stage
Bravo Stage
Garden Stage
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2018[]
| August 18 (Chiba)/August 19 (Osaka) | August 18 (Osaka)/August 19 (Chiba) |
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
Rainbow Stage
Beach Stage (Chiba)/White Massive (Osaka)
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Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
Rainbow Stage
White Massive (Osaka)/Beach Stage (Chiba)
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2019[]
| August 16 (Chiba)/August 18 (Osaka) | August 17 (Chiba)/August 16 (Osaka) | August 18 (Chiba)/August 17 (Osaka) |
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
Billboard Japan Stage (Chiba)/Massive Stage (Osaka)
Beach Stage
Rainbow Stage
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
Billboard Japan Stage (Chiba)/Massive Stage (Osaka)
Beach Stage
Rainbow Stage
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Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)
Mountain Stage
Sonic Stage
Billboard Japan Stage (Chiba)/Massive Stage (Osaka)
Beach Stage
Rainbow Stage |
2022[]
See also[]
- List of historic rock festivals
- List of music festivals
References[]
- ^ "Sonicmania 2014 | Music in Tokyo".
- ^ "SONICMANIA ステージ別ラインアップ発表！ | CREATIVEMAN PRODUCTIONS - Part 2011". 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Live Nation Continues Expansion In Asia Through Creation Of Joint Venture With Leading Japanese Promoter Creativeman". Bloomberg (Press release). 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ Ingham, Tim (2014-04-23). "Live Nation takes control of Japan business". Music Week. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "Summer Sonic expands to Shanghai with LUNA SEA, Placebo, the Kooks and more". 21 June 2017.
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