These headlining bands are the internationally renowned Foo Fighters, Metallica, and the recently reunited Rage Against the Machine. On 10 and 17 December there were 3 bands officially announced to headline on each of the three festival days. Pinkpop 2008 was held in the Landgraaf Megaland Park on 30 May, 31 May and 1 June 2008. Krezip started their gig playing Amy Winehouse's "Rehab".
Almost 10,000 visitors were attracted, ranging from pop music lovers to grandparents and their grandchildren.
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Only a free pig roast and free apples were provided by the organizers.Inspired by the Monterey festival from 1967, a number of hip local bands were persuaded to come and play unpaid. It was completely free, and called Pinknick because people were supposed to bring their own food. The precursor to Pinkpop was held on Pentecost Monday in 1969. But a later creative interpretation for the name combines the English word pink and the Dutch word pop, which means doll, thus forming the origin for the logo, a doll in a pink dress. 'Pink' comes from the Dutch word for Pentecost ( Pinksteren) and 'pop' comes from pop music (or 'popular music'). The dates for the 2010, 20 edition have been shifted as well, for similar reasons. Pinkpop 2008 turned out to have had the largest concert attendance to date. Sales were disappointing in 2005, so by shifting the 2008 festival, the organisation hoped to solve these problems. This was decided following the 2005 edition, in which the Pentecost weekend also fell early and therefore Pinkpop could not convince many great performers to come play at the festival. In 2008, Pinkpop was for the first time in its history not held on Pentecost weekend, which fell too early that year for the convenience of fans and performers alike. This spin-off was held again in following years, with exception of 2011, in which the organisation was not able to sign enough interesting older bands. Two years later, in 1997, this was further expanded to three days.ΔΆ007 saw a spin-off, later in the year, on 11 August, called Pinkpop Classic, for an older rock audience, with bands that previously performed there in past decades.
In 1995, it was made into a 2-day festival. In 1994 (the 25th edition), it was decided to sell only 60,000 tickets, to prevent overcrowding due to the popularity of the festival. From 2006 through 2011, Pinkpop sold out six years in a row. Some 700 music acts have played at the festival. During 44 editions, more than 2 million people have attended Pinkpop. Nowadays, Pinkpop is a three-day festival, from Saturday through Monday, with a 60,000 people per day capacity, and with performances on 4 separate stages. Starting in 1970, at Burgemeester Damen Sportpark in the town of Geleen, PinkPop is the oldest and longest running annual dedicated pop and rock music festival in the world.
It is usually held on the Pentecost weekend ( Pinksteren in Dutch, hence the name).
Pinkpop Festival or PINKPOP is a large, annual music festival held at Landgraaf, Netherlands founded by Jan Smeets.