Rock en Seine
| Rock en Seine | |
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| Dates | Annually, end of August |
| Location(s) | Parc de Saint-Cloud |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Founders |
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| Attendance | 40,000 a day since 2013 |
| Website | rockenseine |
Rock en Seine (French pronunciation: [ʁɔk ɑ̃ sɛn]) is a multiple-day rock music festival, held at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, the Château de Saint-Cloud's park, west of Paris, inside the garden designed by André Le Nôtre.
Name
The name is a
Seine (the river separating Saint-Cloud from Central Paris after which the Hauts-de-Seine
département is called).
History
- 2003: Birth of Rock en Seine on 27 August, with two stages and ten bands.
- 2004: The festival extends over two days. It welcomes new artistic forms with Rockfolio, Rock en Strophes and Rock en Clips.
- 2005: The festival site gets bigger: the third stage appears, as well as a campsite.
- 2007: The festival extends over three days.
- 2010: 105 000 people attending to this edition.
- 2011: The fourth stage is emerging.
- 2014: 120 000 people attending to this edition. The new stage named "Ile-de-France" hosts the Avant-Seine's bands.
- 2017: Sarah Schmitt becomes the new director of the festival. The festival welcomes a "Firestone" stage.
COVID-19 pandemic: 2020 and 2021 editions
On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the 2020 edition of the festival would be cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The 2021 edition was also cancelled due to the same reason.[2]
Previous years
- 2003: 1st year, 2 stages, 10 artists, 22,000 spectators
- 2004: 2nd year, extended to Two days, 22 artists, 48,000 spectators
- 2005: 3rd year, Three stages, 30 artists, 46,000 spectators
- 2006: 4th year, Three stages, 30 artists, 57,000 spectators
- 2007: 5th year, extended to Three days, 45 artists, 68,000 spectators
- 2008: Three stages, 34 artists, 76,000 spectators
- 2009: Three stages, 47 artists, 97,000 spectators
- 2010: Three stages, 47 artists, 105,000 spectators
- 2011: Four stages, 63 bands, 105,000 spectators
- 2012: Four stages, 62 artists, 108,000 spectators
- 2013: Four stages, 56 artists, 110,000 spectators
- 2014: Five stages, 65 artists, 120,000 spectators
- 2015: Five stages, 66 artists, 110,000 spectators
- 2016: Five stages, 65 artists, 110,000 spectators
- 2017: Six stages, 78 artists, 110,000 spectators
- 2018: Six stages, 78 artists, 90,000 spectators (to confirm)
- 2019: Five stages, 62 artists, 100,000 spectators
- 2022: Five stages, 58 artists, 150,000 spectators
The venue
The festival takes place in the down of the Park of "Domaine national de
Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud
.
The park and the garden were designed by
Le Nôtre in the 17th century, and it is the first park to be classed as a Monument historique
in 1994. It is a 4.6 km2 park, and there are gardens and forest with basins, thickets, cascades, and statues.
Avant-Seine
In 2005, for its third edition, and with the support of Ile-de-France, Rock en Seine inaugurated "Avant-Seine", a selection of bands from Ile-de-France which join the official programming of the festival. Every year, six selected groups are playing on a stage, and one of their tracks is published on a compilation spread for free.
- 2005: Stuck in the Sound, Flying Pooh, HushPuppies, Herman Düne, Sayag Jazz Machine, Hopper.
- 2006: Rhesus, Dead Pop Club, Daddy Longlegs, Neïmo, French Paradoxe, Fancy.
- 2007: Housse de Racket, Hey Hey My My, Nelson, Pravda, Rodeo Massacre, I Love UFO.
- 2008: Narrow Terence, Brooklyn, The Latitudz, Molecule, Da Brasilians, Fortune.
- 2009: Lilly Wood & The Prick, Hindi Zahra, Cheveu, Gush, Jil Is Lucky, The Tatianas.
- 2010: Success, King of Conspiracy, I Am Un Chien, Quadricolor, Viva & the Diva, Roken is Dodelijk.
- 2011: Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains, Concrete Knives, The Feeling of Love, Myra Lee, Beat Mark, Birdy Hunt.
- 2012: Granville, Owlle, Yeti Lane, The Lanskies, Versus, Hyphen Hyphen.
- 2013: FAUVE, Team Ghost, FI/SHE/S, J.C. Satàn, St. Lô, Wall Of Death.
- 2014: ALB, Dorian Pimpernel, Feu! Chatterton, Jessica93, PEGASE, Petit fantôme.
- 2015: DBFC, VKNG, Forever Pavot, We Are Match, Jeanne Added, Last Train.
- 2016: KillASon, O, Adrien Soleiman, Kaviar Special, Maestro, Théo Lawrence & The Hearts.
- 2017: Inuït, Barbagallo, Gracy Hopkins, Lysistrata, Therapie Taxi, Rendez-Vous.
- 2018: 8 In Bloom, La Veine, Lily, Yanse, The Cage, Moons
Musical Acts
Edition 2003
| Grande Scene | Petite Scene | |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 27 August | - K's Choice - Morcheeba - Beck - PJ Harvey - Massive Attack |
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Edition 2004
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 27 August | - | - Blanche - Wax Poetic - Electrelane - Daniel Darc - Joss Stone |
| Saturday 28 August | - | - Kaolin - Colour of Fire - Mr. Vegas - Zero 7 - Archive |
- A Replaced Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Edition 2005
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 25 August | - | - The Subways - Athlete - The Sunday Drivers - Hot Hot Heat - Jurassic 5 |
- Stuck in the Sound - Flying Pooh - HushPuppies - Alkaline Trio - Vitalic |
| Saturday 26 August | - | - Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation
|
- Hopper - Herman Dune - The Departure - The Film - Sayag Jazz Machine |
Edition 2006
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 25 August | - Patrice
- Morrissey |
- Wolfmother - India Arie - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Kasabian [A] - The Raconteurs |
- Dead Pop Club - Neïmo - French Paradoxe - TV on the Radio - DJ Shadow |
| Saturday 26 August | - Taking Back Sunday - Phoenix - The Dead 60s - Beck - Radiohead |
- Broken Social Scene - Xavier Rudd - Skin - The Rakes - Editors |
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- A Replaced Richard Ashcroft
Edition 2007
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 24 August | - Dizzee Rascal - Mogwai - The Shins - The Hives - Arcade Fire |
- 2 Many DJ's
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- The Noisettes
- Unkle |
| Saturday 25 August | - The Fratellis - Cold War Kids[A] - Jarvis Cocker - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Tool |
- Puppetmastaz - Hellogoodbye - Erik Truffaz - C.S.S. - Les Rita Mitsouko |
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| Sunday 26 August | - Daby Toure[B] - Mark Ronson - Kings of Leon - Faithless - Björk |
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Edition 2008
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 20 August | - Blood Red Shoes - Lostprophets - Mix Master Mike - Rage Against the Machine |
- N/A | - N/A |
| Thursday 28 August | - Apocalyptica - Hot Chip - Serj Tankian - Kaiser Chiefs - R.E.M. |
- Tricky
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- The Latitudz - Da Brasilians - Narrow Terence - Plain White T's - Wax Tailor |
| Friday 29 August | - | - | - Molecule - Fortune - Brooklyn - Black Kids |
- A Were meant to play on the Scene de l'Industrie but were added to the Grande Scene when Amy Winehouse cancelled at the last minute for unknown reasons. She never arrived to the festival site, despite her support musicians being there.[3][4]
Edition 2009
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 28 August | - Just Jack - Asher Roth - Amy Macdonald - Vampire Weekend - Madness[A] |
- James Hunter - Keane - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Madness - Bloc Party - Vitalic |
- Oceana
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| Saturday 29 August | - Noisettes - Ebony Bones - Billy Talent - The Offspring - Faith No More |
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Dananananaykroyd - The Horrors - Calvin Harris - Birdy Nam Nam |
- Cheveu - Jil Is Lucky - Zone Libre[B] - Yann Tiersen - School of Seven Bells |
| Sunday 30 August | - Baaba Maal - Macy Gray - Eagles of Death Metal - MGMT - The Prodigy |
- | - Lilly Wood and the Prick - Hindi Zahra - Sammy Decoster - Veto - Patrick Wolf |
- A Madness, who played earlier, replaced headliners Oasis, after a fight between the Gallagher brothers backstage which lead to the band's disbandment.
- B Replaced Esser
Edition 2010
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 27 August | - All Time Low - Kele - Skunk Anansie - Cypress Hill - Blink-182 |
- | - Roken is Dodelijk - Kings of Conspiracy - Beast - French Cowboys - Deadmau5 |
| Saturday 28 August | - K'naan - Stereophonics - Paolo Nutini - Queens of the Stone Age - Massive Attack |
- 2 Many DJ's
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- Naive New Beaters
- Jello Biafra |
| Sunday 29 August | - The Temper Trap - Eels - Beirut - The Ting Tings - Arcade Fire |
- Wallis Bird - Black Angels - Wayne Beckford - Fat Freddy's Drop - Roxy Music |
- Crystal Castles
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Edition 2011
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | Scene Pression Live | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 26 August | - Smith Westerns - Odd Future - CSS - The Kills - Foo Fighters |
- Biffy Clyro - Herman Dune - Kid Cudi - General Elektriks - Paul Kalkbrenner |
- Beat Mark - The Feeling Of Love - Funeral Party - Big Audio Dynamite - Yuksek |
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
- Seasick Steve - Wolfgang[A] - Grouplove - Jamaica - Death in Vegas |
| Saturday 27 August | - HushPuppies - Blonde Redhead - The Streets[B] - Interpol - Arctic Monkeys |
- Etienne de Crecy
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- Myra Lee - Birdy Hunt - Austra - Keren Ann - Sexy Sushi |
- Wu Lyf
-The Wombats |
| Sunday 28 August | - The Vaccines - Simple Plan - My Chemical Romance - Deftones - Archive |
- | - Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - Concrete Knives - Miles Kane - Tinie Tempah - Lykke Li |
- Trentemoller
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Edition 2012
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | Scene Pression Live | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 24 August | - | - Sigur Ros
- C2C |
- Owlle - Yeti Lane - The Knux - Para One - Miike Snow |
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| Saturday 25 August | - Of Monsters and Men - Maxïmo Park - Deus - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - The Black Keys |
- EODM
- Agoria |
- Granville - Hyphen Hyphen - Deap Vally - The Bewitched Hands - The Black Seeds |
- Mark Lanegan Band
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| Sunday 26 August | - Bombay Bicycle Club - Stuck in the Sound - The Dandy Warhols - Social Distortion - Green Day |
- BRNS - Family of the Year - The Waterboys - Grandaddy - Foster the People |
- Versus - The Lanskies - Little Boy - Little Dragon - DOPE D.O.D |
- Friends - Kimbra - Passion Pit - Avant Seine All-Stars - Beach House |
Edition 2013
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | Scene Pression Live | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 23 August | - Chance the Rapper - Belle and Sebastian - Tame Impala - Franz Ferdinand - Paul Kalkbrenner |
- Savages - Tomahawk - Alt-J - Kendrick Lamar |
- Big Black Delta - Team Ghost - Johnny Marr - The Pastels - Hanni El Khatib |
- Skaters - Daughter - DIIV - Alex Hepburn - !!! |
| Saturday 24 August | - Eugene McGuinness - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Nine Inch Nails - Phoenix |
- Patrice
- Vitalic VTLZR |
- Fi/She/Is - J.C Satan - Kid Noize - Jackson and His Computerband - Fritz Kalbrenner |
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| Sunday 25 August | - Temples - The Computers - Eels - The Bloody Beetroots - System of a Down |
- Surfer Blood - Mac Miller - Skip the Use - Major Lazer |
- V.V. Brown
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- Tricky
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Edition 2014
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | Scene Pression Live | Scene de L'île de France | |
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| Friday 22 August | - Cage the Elephant - Gary Clark Jr. - Jake Bugg - The Hives - Arctic Monkeys |
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Wild Beasts - Blondie - Die Antwoord |
- Trentmoller
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- Etienne de Crecy
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- Camp Claude - Velvet Veins - Alice Lewis |
| Saturday 23 August | - St. Paul and The Broken Bones - The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - Portishead - The Prodigy |
- Emilie Simon
- Flume |
- Joey Bada$$
- The Horrors |
- Giana Factory - Clean Bandit - Lucius - Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - St.Vincent |
- Encore!
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| Sunday 24 August | - Blood Red Shoes - Airbourne - Selah Sue - Lana Del Rey - Queens of the Stone Age |
- Cloud Nothings - Warpaint - Janelle Monáe - La Roux |
- Feu! Chatterton - Petit Fantôme - Brody Dalle - Tinariwen - Kavinsky |
- To Kill A King - Fat White Family - Thurston Moore - Stephen Malkmus - Cut Copy |
- Jeanne Added - Forever Pavot - T.I.T.S |
Edition 2015
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | Scene Pression Live | Scene de L'île de France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 28 August | - Ghost - John Butler Trio - Rodrigo y Gabriela - The Offspring - Kasabian |
- Thrones + The Shines - Benjamin Clementine - FFS - Fauve |
- VKNG - Jeanne Added - Jacco Gardener - Miossec - Handbraekes (Boys Noize & Mr Oizo) |
- Kae Tempest - Wolf Alice - Catfish and the Bottlemen - Wand - Son Lux |
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| Saturday 29 August | - The Maccabees - Ben Howard - Stereophonics - Interpol - The Libertines |
- | - Forever Pavot - DBFC - Young Thug - Bianca Casady & The C.i.A. - Jamie xx |
- Cardiknox - Mini Mansions - Glass Animals - Years & Years - Shamir |
- Sparky In The Cloud - Lomepal - La Mverte |
| Sunday 30 August | - Kadavar - My Morning Jacket - Hot Chip - Tame Impala - The Chemical Brothers |
- | - Run The Jewels
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- Pond - Natalie Prass - Here We Go Magic - Parquet Courts - N'To |
- Maestro - Marietta - Billie Brelok |
Edition 2016
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | Scene Pression Live | Scene de L'île de France | |
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| Friday 26 August | - Bombino - Caravan Palace - Bastille - Two Door Cinema Club - The Last Shadow Puppets |
- Damian Jr. Gong Marley
- Birdy Nam Nam |
- | - The Strumbellas - Slaves - Jack Garratt - Royal Republic - Flavien Berger |
- Einleit - Djeuhdjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson - Rendez-Vous |
| Saturday 27 August | - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
- Massive Attack |
- The Underachievers - Casseurs Flowters - La Femme - Sigur Rós |
- Naive New Beaters
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- Joy Cut - Beau - Papooz - The Temper Trap - Half Moon Run |
- Tim Dup - Nusky & Vaati - The Psychotic Monks |
| Sunday 28 August | - Blues Pills - Editors - Sum 41 - Iggy Pop - Foals |
- Kevin Morby - Gregory Porter - Ghinzu - Cassius |
- Maestro - KillASon - Miike Snow - Chvrches - Soulwax |
- Imarhan - Bibi Bourelly - Little Simz - Aurora - Peaches |
- Tiwayo - Pogo Car Crash Control - JP Manova |
Edition 2017
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | Scene Pression Live | Scene de L'île de France | Scene Firestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 25 August | - | - The Jesus & Mary Chain
- MØ |
- Inüit - Barbagallo - FKJ - Hercules & Love Affaire - The Shins |
- Caballero & Jeanjass - Beach Fossils - Grouplove - Allah-Las - Black Lips |
- Gunwood - No Money Kids - Josman |
- Témé Tan - Cannibale - MNNQNS |
| Saturday 26 August | - | - Lee Fields & The Expressions
- Fakear |
- Therapie Taxi - Lysistrata - Timber Timbre - Vince Staples - Frustration |
- Ulrika Spacek - Peter Peter - Her - Columbine - Sleaford Mods |
- Lastyjack - Dragon's Daughters - The Lizard's Epitaph - Bryan's Magic Tears - Karoline Rose |
- Elements 4 - The Jacques - Fuzzy Vox |
| Sunday 27 August | - The XX
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- Car Seat Headrest - Ty Segall - George Ezra - Rone |
- Gracy Hopkins - Rendez-Vous - Denzel Curry - The Lemon Twigs - Formule / The Shoes |
- Amber Run - Romeo Elvis x Le Motel - Rejjie Snow - Slowdive - Panda Dub |
- Djmawi Africa - Clara Luciani - Villejuif Underground |
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Edition 2018
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | Scene du Bosquet | Scene de L'île de France | Scene Firestone | |
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| Friday 24 August | - PNL
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- Nick Murphy
- Parcels |
- Terrenoire - MNNQNS - Stefflon Don - The Limiñanas - Carpenter Brut |
- Noname - Yellow Days - George FitzGerald Live - SOPHIE - Yelle |
- DJAM - Fang the Great - Gothkine |
- West Thebarton - The Orielles - Deaf Havana |
| Saturday 25 August | - Theo Lawrence & The Hearts - Cigarettes After Sex - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Liam Gallagher - Thirty Seconds to Mars |
- Sg Lewis - Anna Calvi - Black Star - Charlotte Gainsbourg |
- The Psychotic Monks - Malik Djoudi - Octavian - PLK - Casual Gabberz |
- | - | - Waste - Welshly Arms - Royaume |
| Sunday 26 August | - Ady Suleiman - Confidence Man - Wolf Alice - Macklemore - Justice |
- IDLES
- Post Malone |
- Lord Esperanza - Halo Maud - Otzeki - Jessica93 - Bonobo |
- Haute - Ezra Furman - Bicep - The Black Angels |
- Yanse - The Cage - Moons - Sein - Form |
- Johan Papaconstantino - Belako - Mourn |
Edition 2019
Edition 2022
| Day | Grande Scene | Scene Cascade | Scene du Bosquet | Scene Firestone | Scene de L'île de France |
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Edition 2023
| Day | Grande Scene | Scene Cascade | Scene du Bosquet | Scene Firestone | Scene de L'île de France |
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| Wednesday, 23 August |
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References
- ^ "Le festival Rock en Seine annulé à son tour". Libération. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "Rock en Seine 2021 annulé : «L'édition 2022 sera la plus grande de l'histoire du festival», annoncent les organisateurs". leparisien.fr (in French). 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ "Amy Winehouse is recovering at home in London after pulling out of a Paris concert where she was due to be one of the headline acts". news.sky.com. 2008-08-30. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ "Amy Winehouse poursuivie par Rock en Seine". Le Figaro. 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
http://www.rockenseine.com/timeline/
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Official blog (in French)
