Pinkpop Festival
Dutch music festival
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Pinkpop is an annual music festival held in Landgraaf, Netherlands. It is currently the longest-running continuous annual pop music festival in the world. It is usually held on the Pentecost weekend ("Pinksteren" in Dutch, hence the name). If Pentecost falls on an early date in May, the festival is held later in June. The festival began in 1970 and has been held at Megaland, a 27-hectare site, since 1988.[2]
| Pinkpop Festival | |
|---|---|
Pinkpop main stage in 2010 | |
| Genre | Rock, hip hop, electronic, heavy metal, garage rock, alternative rock, indie rock |
| Dates | Pentecost weekend |
| Locations | Landgraaf, Netherlands |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Founders | Jan Smeets |
| Attendance | 108,250[1] |
| Capacity | 70,000[1] |
| Website | www |
The festival started in 1970 at Burgemeester Damen Sportpark in Geleen. It has been a three-day festival since 1996, with a capacity of 60,000 people per day and performances on four separate stages. From 2006 through 2011, Pinkpop sold out six years in a row.[3] During 44 editions, more than two million people have attended Pinkpop. Some 700 music acts have played at the festival.[4]
The Guinness World Records book names Pinkpop as the longest-running continuous annual pop music festival. The Reading Festival, first held in 1961, holds the record for being the oldest annual pop festival, but as its 1984–85 editions were cancelled by a local council ban, Pinkpop maintains the longest consecutive record.[3][5][6]
Name and logo
| External image | |
|---|---|
 Pinkpop Logo picture on the German Wikipedia article on Pinkpop. |
The name consists of two parts. 'Pink' comes from the Dutch word for Pentecost (Pinksteren) and 'pop' comes from pop music (or 'popular music'). 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.
The precursor to Pinkpop was held on Pentecost Monday in 1969. It was completely free, and called Pinknick because people were supposed to bring their own food. Only a free pig roast and free apples were provided by the organizers.[7] Inspired by the Monterey festival from 1967, a number of hip local bands were persuaded to come and play unpaid. Almost 10,000 visitors were attracted, ranging from pop music lovers to grandparents and their grandchildren. And families with empty shopping bags, loading up on apples.[7] A young journalist Wim Wennekens and a youth group director Hans van Beers organised the event because they felt there was very little for young people to do in Limburg.[8]
History
In 1970, two men joined the duo to organise the first Pinkpop, including a 23-year-old named Jan Smeets. Over 10,000 people stood in front of an improvised stage built in the stands of the sports park in Geleen. The music was held on 18 May from 1 to 6 pm but still received noise complaints.[8] In 1976, the festival reached its maximum capacity of 40,000 for the first time.[8]
In 1988, the festival was held at Megaland, a 27-hectare site, for the first time. Construction on the event site began in 1982 on what was formerly the Staatsmijn Wilhelmina coal mine.[2]
In 1994 (the 25th edition), it was decided to sell only 60,000 tickets, to prevent overcrowding due to the popularity of the festival. In 1995, it was made into a two-day festival. Two years later this was further expanded to three days.
In 2005, Pentecost was held earlier and keeping with tradition, the festival was held from 14 to 16 May. This was a month earlier than usual, so many bands' summer tours had not started yet because they usually stop at Pinkpop along other festivals such as Rock Werchter and Rock am Ring. Thus the headliners were three electronic acts: The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy and Faithless. Ticket sales were a low 22,000: 16,000 fewer than 2004 and 40,000 fewer than 2002. As a result of the low turnout, founder Jan Smeets almost "pulled the plug" on the festival but decided to keep going.[9]
2007 saw a spin-off, later in the year, on 11 August, called Pinkpop Classic, for an older rock audience, with bands that had previously performed at the festival in past decades.[10] This spin-off was held again in following years, with the exception of 2011, when the organisation was not able to book enough artists.
In 2008, Pinkpop was not held on Pentecost weekend for the first time because the holiday was too early and Smeets did not want to repeat the same mistake as 2005. The festival was shifted to late May and turned out to have had the largest concert attendance to date with 94,000 unique visitors.[11]
The dates for the 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2016 edition have been shifted as well, for similar reasons.[12] The 2020 and 2021 Pinkpop festivals were not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lineups
2007
Pinkpop 2007 was held from 26 to 28 May.[citation needed]
It was the 20th time the event was held at the Megaland Park.
On 28 February, most of the line-up was revealed. Pearl Jam was announced to make their 3rd appearance on the Pinkpop stage, but they cancelled, for two of their members would become fathers in the Pentecost weekend.
| Mainstage | 3FM Stage | BUMA/John Peel Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 26 May | - Goose - Juliette and the Licks - Within Temptation - Marilyn Manson |
- Noisettes - Wir sind Helden - Good Charlotte |
- Viberider - Stevie Ann - C-mon & Kypski |
| Sunday 27 May | - Gabriel Ríos - Razorlight - Iggy & The Stooges - Snow Patrol - Muse |
- Ozark Henry - Gogol Bordello - Ilse DeLange - Lostprophets |
- The Nightwatchman - Paolo Nutini - Maxïmo Park - Krezip [A] |
| Monday 28 May | - The Fratellis - Wolfmother - Scissor Sisters - Arctic Monkeys - Linkin Park - The Smashing Pumpkins |
- Thirty Seconds to Mars - Stone Sour - Dave Matthews Band - KoЯn - Evanescence |
- Five O'Clock Heroes - Maria Mena - Macy Gray - The Magic Numbers - The Kooks |
- A Krezip replaced Amy Winehouse, because she had to cancel due to illness. Krezip started their gig playing Amy Winehouse's "Rehab".
2008
Pinkpop 2008 was held from 30 May to 1 June in the Landgraaf Megaland Park.
Pinkpop 2008 had the largest audience of concert attendees to date, with an average of just over 60,000 people arriving each of the three days, prompting the festival organizers to announce that 180,000 people had visited the festival. Because the 42,500 available three-day passes sold out completely, the actual number of unique visitors is 94,000.
| Mainstage | 3FM Stage | GM Next (tent) Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 30 May | - Flogging Molly - Incubus - Metallica |
- Sat2D - Animal Alpha [B] - Alter Bridge |
- From First to Last - Jonathan Davis - Porcupine Tree |
| Saturday 31 May | - Moke - KT Tunstall - Editors - Kaiser Chiefs - Foo Fighters |
- Air Traffic - Bad Religion - Eagles of Death Metal [C] - Stereophonics - The Verve |
- Blood Red Shoes - Voicst - Amy MacDonald - Justice - Groove Armada |
| Sunday 1 June | - Fiction Plane - Gavin DeGraw - Racoon - Alanis Morissette - Queens of the Stone Age - Rage Against the Machine |
- The Wombats - Cavalera Conspiracy - The Hives - Serj Tankian - Counting Crows |
- Patrick Watson - Kate Nash - Pete Murray - Saybia - Róisín Murphy |
- B Animal Alpha replaced Novastar, because they experienced delays in recording their new album.
- C Eagles of Death Metal replaced Chris Cornell, because he had obligations in the studio.
2009
Pinkpop 2009 was held from 30 May to 1 June.
On 4 March 2009 the Pinkpop Board gave a press conference in Paradiso in Amsterdam, to answer questions from the press and announce which artists will be performing on Pinkpop 2009 will be announced.
| Mainstage | 3FM Stage | Tent Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 30 May | - Chris Cornell - The Killers - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band |
- Kings of the Day - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Elbow |
- Noisettes - Just Jack - Dr. Lektroluv |
| Sunday 31 May | - Milow - Volbeat - Madness - Krezip [D] - Placebo |
- De Staat - Rowwen Hèze - Maria Mena - James Morrison - Keane |
- You Me At Six - Kyteman's Hiphop Orchestra - The Rifles - White Lies - Pendulum |
| Monday 1 June | - The Gaslight Anthem - Novastar - Amy Macdonald - Franz Ferdinand - Anouk - Snow Patrol |
- Shinedown - Mando Diao - Billy Talent - De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig - The Kooks |
- The All-American Rejects - Hollywood Undead - The Script - Katy Perry - The Ting Tings |
- D Krezip replaced Depeche Mode, because lead singer Dave Gahan had to undergo a procedure after a tumor was spotted in his bladder two weeks before Pinkpop. Placebo replaced Depeche Mode as headliner.
2010
Pinkpop 2010 was held from 28 to 30 May.
| Mainstage | 3FM Stage | Converse Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 28 May | - Epica - Kasabian - Motörhead - Rammstein |
- The Opposites - The Temper Trap - Paolo Nutini |
- Sungrazer - The Black Box Revelation - Gossip |
| Saturday 29 May | - Moke & The Metropole Orchestra - C-mon & Kypski - Mando Diao - Editors - Green Day |
- Ryan Shaw [E] - Destine - Biffy Clyro - John Mayer |
- Everything Everything - Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Caro Emerald - 2manydjs |
| Sunday 30 May | - The Maccabees - Danko Jones - Skunk Anansie - Triggerfinger - Pixies - The Prodigy |
- Jon Allen - Kate Nash - Slash - Mika - Pink |
- DeWolff - General Fiasco - Yeasayer - Florence + The Machine - Gogol Bordello |
- E Ryan Shaw replaced Wolfmother, because lead singer Andrew Stockdale was too sick to go on tour. Wolfmother was first planned on Sunday, but Triggerfinger covered their spot, so Ryan Shaw could play on Saturday.
2011
Pinkpop 2011 was held from 11 to 13 June.
| Lineup[13] | Mainstage | 3FM Stage | Converse Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 11 June | - De Staat - Lifehouse - Elbow - Coldplay |
- Manic Street Preachers - Simple Plan - Alter Bridge |
- Madi - Ash - Selah Sue |
| Sunday 12 June | - Hurts - Tim Knol -Wolfmother - White Lies - Kings of Leon |
-VersaEmerge - Justin Nozuka - Graffiti6 - Avenged Sevenfold |
- The Garden of Love - Hanson - Cage the Elephant - Laura Jansen - The Bloody Beetroots - Death Crew 77 |
| Monday 13 June | - Scouting for Girls - Two Door Cinema Club - Go Back to the Zoo - Volbeat - Kaiser Chiefs - Foo Fighters |
- Plain White T's - Beatsteaks - The Gaslight Anthem - The Script - Thirty Seconds to Mars |
- Dazzled Kid - Eliza Doolittle - All Time Low - Band of Horses - deadmau5 |
Pinkpop, 12 June 2011.
Converse-stage and Mainstage (2011)
Converse-stage (2011)
Backstage (2011)
Entrance Mainstage (2011)
2012
Pinkpop 2012 was held from 26 to 28 May.
| Lineup[14] | Mainstage | 3FM Stage | Converse Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 26 May | - Moss - Kyuss Lives! [F] - Anouk - The Cure |
- Major Tom - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Ting Tings |
- Will and The People - The Afghan Whigs - Ben Howard |
| Sunday 27 May | - Babylon Circus - Racoon - The Kyteman Orchestra - Soundgarden - Linkin Park |
- The Bosshoss - Mastodon - The Wombats - Keane |
- Hungry Kids of Hungary - Bombay Bicycle Club - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Chase & Status |
| Monday 28 May | - Gers Pardoel - Seasick Steve - The Specials - Mumford and Sons - Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band |
- Rival Sons - Blood Red Shoes - Herbert Grönemeyer - The Hives - James Morrison |
- Serena Pryne & The Mandeviles - Jonathan Jeremiah - Miike Snow - Chef’Special - Paul Kalkbrenner |
2013
Pinkpop 2013 was held from 14 to 16June, the third time that it was not held on the weekend of Pentecost.
| Lineup[15] | Mainstage | 3FM Stage | Brand Bier Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 14 June | - Handsome Poets - Paramore - The Script - The Killers |
- Masters of Reality - Jimmy Eat World - Queens of the Stone Age |
- Christopher Green - Kodaline - Andy Burrows - Netsky Live |
| Saturday 15 June | - La Pegatina - Passenger - The Opposites - Thirty Seconds to Mars - Kings of Leon |
- Douwe Bob - Fun. - The Gaslight Anthem - Phoenix (French band) |
- Palma Violets - Graveyard - Miles Kane - Ellie Goulding - C2C |
| Sunday 16 June | - Kensington - Will and the People - The Vaccines - Ben Howard - Green Day |
- Tom Odell - Trixie Whitley - Blaudzun - Stereophonics - Triggerfinger |
- Puggy - Bastille - Lianne La Havas - Die Antwoord - Alt-J |
2014
Pinkpop 2014 was held from 7 to 9 June .
| Lineup[16] | Mainstage | 3FM Stage | Brand Bier Stage | Stage 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 7 June | - Ed Kowalczyk - Flogging Molly - John Mayer - The Rolling Stones |
- Haim - Joe Bonamassa - Bastille |
- Les Djinns - Thé Lau/The Scene - White Lies - Epica |
- Paceshifters - Afterpartees - Gecko |
| Sunday 8 June | - Chef'Special - The Kooks - Ed Sheeran - Editors - Arctic Monkeys |
- North Mississippi Allstars - Limp Bizkit - Rudimental - Paolo Nutini - Robert Plant and the Sensational Spaceshifters |
- Taymir - Portugal. The Man - Twenty One Pilots - The Boxer Rebellion - John Newman |
- Nina Nesbitt - Intergalactic Lovers - Brother & Bones |
| Monday 9 June | - Mastodon - Rob Zombie - Biffy Clyro - Avenged Sevenfold - Metallica |
- Jett Rebel - Kodaline - Stromae - Jake Bugg - Arcade Fire |
- Clean Bandit - Ghost - Young the Giant - Bombay Bicycle Club - Gogol Bordello |
- Birth of Joy - Powerman 5000 - Kraantje Pappie |
2015
Pinkpop 2015 was held from 12 to 14 June ; the fourth time that it was not held on the weekend of Pentecost.
- G At first Sam Smith would perform as well, but they had to cancel due to voice problems. Placebo replaced Sam Smith's spot.
- H Originally the Foo Fighters would serve as the festival's headliner but had to cancel their performance due to a broken leg by frontman Dave Grohl two days earlier. Pharrell Williams became headliner instead and the Flemish trio Triggerfinger was added as a last-minute addition to the line-up.
Pinkpop 2015
2016
Pinkpop 2016 was held from 10–12 June.
| Lineup[18] | Mainstage | 3FM Stage | Brand Bier Stage | Stage 4 | Garden of Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 10 June | - The Common Linnets - Bastille - James Bay - Red Hot Chili Peppers |
- Gary Clark Jr. - Years & Years - Major Lazer |
- Storsky - Lukas Graham - Bear's Den - De Staat |
- The Struts - Sara Hartman - One Ok Rock - Skip&Die (dj-set) & Friends |
- Clean Pete |
| Saturday 11 June | - Walk Off The Earth - James Morrison - Lianne La Havas - Doe Maar - Rammstein |
- Imelda May - Halestorm - Skillet - De Staat - Puscifer |
- Miamigo - Lucas Hamming - Matt Simons - Nothing But Thieves - Robin Schulz |
- The Sore Losers - Parquet Courts - Lucky Fonz III - Bazart - Noisia |
- Madi Hermens |
| Sunday 12 June | - Douwe Bob - John Newman - Kygo - Lionel Richie - Paul McCartney |
- Jungle By Night - Vintage Trouble - All Time Low - Bring Me the Horizon - Skunk Anansie |
- Harts - St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Jamie Lawson - Tom Odell - Balthazar |
- Walking on Cars - Slaves - The London Souls - Graveyard - Sevn Alias/Broederliefde |
- Midas |
2017
Pinkpop 2017 was held from 3 to 5 June.
| Lineup[19] | Mainstage | 3FM Stage | Brightlands Stage | Stage 4 | Garden of Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 3 June | - James TW - Chef'Special - Kensington - Justin Bieber - Martin Garrix |
- White Lies - Kaiser Chiefs - Five Finger Death Punch |
- The Ten Bells - Pierce Brothers - Crystal Fighters - Richard Ashcroft |
- Alma - Declan McKenna - Ronnie Flex & Deuxperience Band |
- Lotte Walda |
| Sunday 4 June | - Gavin James - Kodaline - Broederliefde - Imagine Dragons - Green Day |
- Anne-Marie - James Arthur - Clean Bandit - Biffy Clyro - Sean Paul |
- Jack Savoretti - My Baby - The Charm The Fury - Birdy - Rancid |
- Undeclinable Ambuscade - Busty and the Bass - Amber Run - Bomba Estéreo |
- Charl Delemarre |
| Monday 5 June | - Seasick Steve - Guus Meeuwis - Passenger - Live - Kings Of Leon |
- Machine Gun Kelly - Rag'n'Bone Man - Sum 41 - Prophets of Rage - System Of A Down |
- Gutter-Dämmerung - Oh Wonder - Liam Gallagher - Fat Freddy's Drop - MØ |
- Midas - Don Broco - Chris Ayer - JP Cooper |
- Gerson Main |
2018
Pinkpop 2018 was held from 15 to 17 June.
A fatal traffic accident involving festival-goers took place in the early morning of 18 June. After the festival, at around 04:00, a group of persons sat on the road near Campsite B, which was not closed to vehicular traffic. A van travelling along this road could not avoid the group and ran into the group, killing one and severely injuring three more. The driver reported himself to the police several hours later in Amsterdam.[20]
During the performance of the Foo Fighters on 16 June, the disintegration of a large meteor was observed in the sky right behind the main stage and caught on video.[21] The fireball and its disintegration was widely observed also elsewhere in the Benelux countries, Germany and France. An analysis of over 200 eyewitness reports suggests that the disintegration took place at 23:11 local time near the Belgian city of Liège.[22]
| Lineup | Mainstage | North Stage | Brightlands Tent | Stage 4 | Garden of Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 15 June | - Lil' Kleine - BLØF - Snow Patrol - Pearl Jam |
- Jess Glynne - Oh Wonder - The Offspring |
- Walden - The Last Internationale - Blaudzun - Oliver Heldens |
- Slydigs - The Academic - Donnie |
- Aïcha Cherif |
| Sunday 16 June | - Walking On Cars - Miss Montreal - Nothing But Thieves - The Script - Foo Fighters |
- JP Cooper - Parov Stelar - A Perfect Circle - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
- Marmozets - Aurora - Sevn Alias - Alan Walker |
- Theo Lawrence & The Hearts - Gang Of Youths - Youngr - De Likt |
- Riley Pierce |
| Monday 17 June | - Ronnie Flex & Deuxperience - Jessie J - DI-RECT - Editors - DJ Rashida - Bruno Mars |
- Michelle David & The Gospel Sessions - Milky Chance - Years & Years - Triggerfinger - Oscar & The Wolf |
- Cloves - Maan - Brian Fallon & The Howling Weather - Don Diablo - Greta Van Fleet |
- Tom Walker - The Overslept - Scarlet Pleasure - Sigrid |
- Blackbird |
2019
Pinkpop 2019 was held from 8 to 10 June.
This marked Pinkpop's 50th anniversary.
| Lineup | Mainstage | IBA Parkstad Stage | Brightlands Stage | Stage 4 | Garden of Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 8 June | - Bazart - George Ezra - Anouk - Jamiroquai - Mumford & Sons |
- SYML - Golden Earring - Cage the Elephant - Jacob Banks - Elbow |
- Mt. Atlas - Yungblud - Davina Michelle - Halestorm - San Holo |
- Grace Carter - Badflower - Hippo Campus - Jacin Trill & Leafs |
- Soham De |
| Sunday 9 June | - Kraantje Pappie - The Kooks - Krezip - Lenny Kravitz - The Cure - Armin Van Buuren |
- White Lies - Rowwen Hèze - J Balvin - Die Antwoord |
- Blood Red Shoes - Jack Savoretti - Miles Kane - Mark Ronson |
- Au/Ra - Confidence Man - Barns Courtney - Boef - Silent Disco |
- Nana Adjoa |
| Monday 10 June | - Jett Rebel - The 1975 - Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators - Bastille - Fleetwood Mac |
- The Bosshoss - Bring Me the Horizon - Tenacious D - Dropkick Murphys - Major Lazer |
- Indian Askin - Kovacs - The Pretenders - Duncan Laurence - Michael Kiwanuka |
- Coldrain - Coely - Palaye Royale - DeWolff |
- David Keenan |
2020
Pinkpop 2020 was planned for 19–21 June but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acts scheduled to appear included, in order of billing:
- Guns N' Roses
- Post Malone
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Deftones
- Disturbed
- Keane
- Marshmello
- Twenty One Pilots
- Volbeat
- Zara Larsson
- Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
- Ares
- Balthazar
- Bishop Briggs
- Chef'Special
- Crowded House
- Danny Vera
- Dermot Kennedy
- Ellie Goulding
- Five Seconds of Summer
- Floor Jansen
- Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
- Frenna Deluxe
- Gojira
- Inhaler
- James Arthur
- JC Stewart
- Joost
- Kensington
- Liam Payne
- Lost Frequencies
- Mabel
- Maisie Peters
- Nona
- Nothing But Thieves
- Of Monsters and Men
- Querbeat
- Rag'n'Bone Man
- Saint Phnx
- Sea Girls
- Supergrass
- Ten Times a Million
- The Big Moon
- The Kik
- The Last Internationale
- The Marcus King Band
- The Pretty Reckless
- Velvet Volume
2021
Pinkpop 2021 was planned for 18–20 June but, like in the previous year, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[23]
Acts scheduled to appear included:
- Deftones
- Frenna
- Kensington
- Pearl Jam
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Twenty One Pilots
- Ares
- Danny Vera
- Elle Hollis
- JC Stewart
- Joost
- Nona
- Ten Times A Million
2022
Pinkpop 2022 took place from 17 to 19 June.[24]
Acts that appeared:
2023
Pinkpop 2023 took place from 16 to 18 June.
Acts that appeared:
2024
Pinkpop 2024 took place from 21 to 23 June.
Acts that appeared:
2025
Pinkpop 2025 took place from 20 to 22 June.
The list of acts has yet to be finalized, but according to the official Pinkpop[26] website, acts that will appear include:
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Justin Timberlake
- Muse
- Tate McRae
- The Last Dinner Party
- Korn
- Oscar and the Wolf
- Faithless
- Dean Lewis
- Inhaler
- Mark Ambor
- Girl in Red
- Weezer
- Joost
- Biffy Clyro
- The Academic
- Alestorm
- Amyl and The Sniffers
- The Warning
- Benee
- The Boxer Rebellion
- Confidence Man
- Cypress Hill
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Purple Disco Machine
Editions
| Edition | Year | Dates | Headliners | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27th | 1996 | May 25–27 | The Prodigy · Rage Against the Machine | 59,000 |
| 28th | 1997 | May 17–19 | Korn · The Orb · Beck | 49,200 |
| 29th | 1998 | May 30–June 1 | The Verve · The Smashing Pumpkins | 51,500 |
| 30th | 1999 | May 22–24 | Alanis Morissette · Faithless · Underworld | 61,250 |
| 31st | 2000 | June 10–12 | Oasis · 16 Horsepower · Moby | 66,300 |
| 32nd | 2001 | June 2–4 | Krezip · K's Choice · Radiohead | 64,200 |
| 33rd | 2002 | May 18–20 | Live · Faithless · Rammstein | 63,345 |
| 34th | 2003 | June 7–9 | Moby · Massive Attack · Manu Chao | 47,530 |
| 35th | 2004 | May 29–31 | HIM · Tiësto · Lenny Kravitz | 36,000 |
| 36th | 2005 | May 14–16 | The Chemical Brothers · The Prodigy · Faithless | 20,000 |
| 37th | 2006 | June 3–5 | Placebo · Tool · Red Hot Chili Peppers | 68,000 |
| 38th | 2007 | May 26–28 | Marilyn Manson · Muse · The Smashing Pumpkins | 62,500 |
| 39th | 2008 | May 30–June 1 | Metallica · Foo Fighters · Rage Against the Machine | 94,000 |
| 40th | 2009 | May 30–June 1 | Bruce Springsteen · Depeche Mode · Snow Patrol | 90,000 |
| 41st | 2010 | May 28–30 | Rammstein · Green Day · The Prodigy | 72,100 |
| 42nd | 2011 | June 11–13 | Coldplay · Kings of Leon · Foo Fighters | 91,900 |
| 43rd | 2012 | June 26–28 | Bruce Springsteen · Linkin Park · The Cure | 79,000 |
| 44th | 2013 | June 14–16 | The Killers · Green Day · Kings of Leon | 60,000 |
| 45th | 2014 | June 7–9 | The Rolling Stones · Arctic Monkeys · Metallica | 134,000 |
| 46th | 2015 | June 12–14 | Muse · Robbie Williams · Foo Fighters | 112,500 |
| 47th | 2016 | June 10–12 | Red Hot Chili Peppers · Rammstein · Paul McCartney | 116,750 |
| 48th | 2017 | June 3–5 | Justin Bieber · Green Day · Kings of Leon | 89,500 |
| 49th | 2018 | June 15–17 | Pearl Jam · Foo Fighters · Bruno Mars | 113,500 |
| 50th | 2019 | June 8–10 | Mumford & Sons · The Cure · Fleetwood Mac | 80,500 |
| N/a | 2020 | June 19–21 (cancelled) | Red Hot Chili Peppers · Post Malone · Guns N' Roses | N/a |
| N/a | 2021 | June 18–20 (cancelled) | Red Hot Chili Peppers · Pearl Jam | N/a |
| 51st | 2022 | June 17–19 | Metallica · Pearl Jam · Imagine Dragons | 108,250 |
| 52nd | 2023 | June 16–18 | Pink · Robbie Williams · Red Hot Chili Peppers | 104,600 |
| 53rd | 2024 | June 21–23 | Måneskin · Calvin Harris · Ed Sheeran | 82,553 |
| 54th | 2025 | June 20–22 | Justin Timberlake · Olivia Rodrigo · Muse | |
| 55th | 2026' | June 19–21 | The Cure · Foo Fighters · Twenty One Pilots | |
