HISTORY
Pukkelpop is an annual music festival which currently takes place in Kiewit, Belgium, located near the city of Hasselt. It is one of the largest music festivals in the country, with an attendance of approximately 180,000 in 2009.
The festival began in 1985 and has expanded steadily over the course of its inception. Originally a one-day event, the festival has since grown to three days and features over 200 acts. It was founded and still organized by the Humanistic Youth of Leopoldsburg, which is led by politician Chokri Mahassine.
Pukkelpop Festival 2000 - Line Up
Cypress Hill, Reprazent, Underworld, Bentley Rhythm Ace, DJ Krust, Les Rythmes Digitales, Luke Slater, St. Germain, Superfunk, Bad Company, Chicks On Speed, DJ Die, DJ Touche, Jacknife Lee, Junkie XL, Kelis, Matrix, Rinôçérôse, Roger Sanchez (DJ), Super Collider + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2001 - Line Up
Orbital, Papa Roach, The Prodigy, Muse, Sisters of Mercy, Tricky, Xzibet, 3 Doors Down, Andy C, Eels, Fear Factory, Green Velvet, Guided By Voices, Heather Nova, Heideroosjes, Mercury Rev, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Mogwai, Nelly Furtado, Richie Hawtin, Sparklehorse, Spooks, Stone Temple Pilots, The Avalanches + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2002 - Line Up
DJ Shadow, Guns N' Roses, Janes Addiction, Korn, Nickelback, Suede, Underworld, Change feat. Mr C, Disturbed, Hundred Reasons, Praga Khan, Seb Fontaine, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2003 - Line Up
Foo Fighters, Limp Bizkit, Massive Attack, Beck, Dave Clarke, DJ Cajmere, Eels, Fischerspooner, Grandaddy, Lamb, Less Than Jake, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Mogwai, PJ Harvey, Rancid, Staind, Starsailor, Suede, Sum 41 + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2004 - Line Up
The Chemical Brothers, The White Strips, Faithless, Velvet Revolver, The Streets, The Offspring, Soulwax, The Darkness, 50 Cent, DKY/MC5, Felix Da Housecat, Groove Armada, Papa Roach, Stereo MC's, The Dandy Warhols, dEUS, 2manydjs, A Brand, Adam Freeland (DJ), ADHD, Agoria (DJ), Alter Ego, Amy Winehouse, Andy Fletcher, Archive, Arsenal, Ash, Auf Der Maur, Beatsteaks, Blanche, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Bloodhound Gang, Blues Lee + Albert Frost, Boo!, Brothers Of Peace, Buck 65, Buscemi, Cass McCombs, Cast-Down, Chicks On Speed, Christian Kleine + Many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2005 - Line Up
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Pixies, The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, Franz Ferdinand, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Alkaline Trio, Apocalyptica, Arcade Fire, Bad Religion, Danko Jones, Darren Emerson (DJ), Dropkick Murphys, Fischerspooner, Goldfrapp, Good Charlotte, Heather Nova, LCD Soundsystem, Millionaire + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2006 - Line Up
Beck, Daft Punk, Keane, Massive Attack, Placebo, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, Belle and Sebastian, Dave Clarke, DJ Shadow, Fear Factory, HIM, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Millencolin, Ministry, My Morning Jacket, Pennywise, Scissor Sisters, Sick of it All, Snow Patrol, The Magic Numbers, The Raconteurs, The Twilight Singers feat. Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan, Tiga (DJ), Turbonegro, Urban Dance Squad, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zita Swoon + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2007 - Line Up
Basement Jaxx, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, ToolArcade Fire, Cassius, CocoRosie, Dizzee Rascal, Editors, Erol Alkan, Goose, Groove Armada, Iggy and the Stooges, Kings Of Leon, La Coka Nostra, Lacuna Coil, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A, Ozark Henry, Sophia, The Hives, The Streets, Within Temptation + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2008 - Line Up
Metallica, Sigur Rós, The Killers, 2manydjs, Bloc Party, Dropkick Murphys, Editors, Manic Street Preachers, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Róisín Murphy, Serj Tankian, Soulfly, Soulwax, Stereophonics, The Flaming Lips, Tindersticks, Tricky, Within Temptation + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2009 - Line Up
Arctic Monkeys, Faith No More, Placebo, 50 Cent, dEUS, Kraftwerk, My Bloody Valentine, N*E*R*D, Snow Patrol, The Offspring, Them Crooked Vultures, Air Traffic, Beirut, Bon Iver, Booka Shade (live), Cavalera Conspiracy, Crookers, Dave Clarke, Deftones, Dinosaur Jr., Dizzee Rascal, Dr. Lektroluv, Eagles of Death Metal, Eric Prydz, Klaxons, Martin Solveig (live), Maxïmo Park, Opeth, Paolo Nutini, Razorlight, Squarepusher, Surprise Act, The Ting Tings, Tocadisco,
Vampire Weekend, Vitalic, Wilco + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2010 - Line Up
Placebo, Iron Maiden, Blink 182, The kooks, Seasick Steve, De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig, Thrice, The Flaming Lips, Mark Lanegan, Goldfrapp, Band of Horses, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, All Time Low, Ellie Goulding, We Are Scientists, Blue October, Groove Armada, Laurent Garnier, Kelis, Chase & Status Live, Shameboy, Jamaica, Tinie Tempah, I blame Coco, Gojira, Garcia plays Kyuss, Danko Jones, Biffy Clyro, Skindred, Kylesa, Snow Patrol, The Prodigy, Eels, Limp Bizkit, Bloody Beetroots DJ set, White Lies, Kate Nash,The Cribs, 30H!3, The XX, Kele, Mumford & Sons, Foals, Henry Rollins Spoken Word, The Black Box Revelation, Blood Red Shoes, Matt & Kim, Funeral Party, Richie Hawtin presents Plastikman live, Deadmau5, Major Lazer, magnetic Man, Hot Chip, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, We Have Band, Jack Parow, NOFX, Gallows, You Me At Six, Parkway Driive, Pulled Apart By Horses, Sunpower, Twin Atlantic, Queens of The Stoneage, 2Manydjs, Serj Tankian, Gogol Bordello, Ok Go, Ash, Selah Sue, Jonsi, The National, The Drums, Broken Bells, The Low Anthem, Alain Johannes, Surfer Blood, Wallis Bird, Soulwax, Pendulum, Goose, Proxy, Die Antwoord, Uffie, Dominique Young Unique + many more
Pukkelpop Festival 2011 - Line Up
Foo Fighters, Eminem, Deus, Duck Sauce, Thirty Seconds To Mars, The Offspring, Skunk Anansie, Fleet Foxes, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Anna Calvi, Warpaint, The Naked And Famous, Miles Kane, Dorian Concept, Rustie, Twin Shadow, Eliza Doolittle, Untold, WU LYF, Ramadanman aka Pearson Sound, The Antlers, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Wolf People, Dry the River, Trophy Wife, Planning To Rock, Fenech Soler, Japanese Voyeurs, The Streets, The Horrors, Explosions In The Sky, Trentemoller, Blonde Redhead, The Raveonettes, Lykke Li, Patrick Wolf, Wild Beasts, The View, Bonobo, …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Sebadoh, Jose James, Little Dragon, Noah & The Whale, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. and Paul Kalkbrenner, Crystal Castles, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Birdy Nam Nam, A-Trak, The Subs, Stromae, Breakage featuring Jess Mills, Modestep, Example, The Shoes, Deftones, Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon, Apocalyptica, Good Charlotte, Suicidal Tendencies, New Found Glory, Face To Face, No Use For A Name, Bouncing Souls, Yellowcard, OFF!, As I Lay Dying, Adept, Your Demise, Devil Sold His Soul, Bleed From Within, Yashin, Title Fight, Gay For Johnny Depp, Dave Clarke, Benga & Skream ft. Youngman, Crookers, Andy C & MC GQ, Netsky, Nero, Calvin Harris, Cassius, Skrillex, Busy P, Benny Benassi, DJ Fresh, Feadz, Drop The Lime, Danny Byrd, Carte Blanche, Congorock, SebastiAn, Camo & Krooked, Canblaster, Emalkay, Gesaffelstein, Borgore, Fake Blood, Matthew Dear, Azari & III, The Kills, Twin Shadow, Crystal Fighters, Fucked Up, Creep and The Maine. And Das Pop, Within Temptation, Sub Focus, Tinie Tempah, Beardyman, Cults, Cage The Elephant, Esben And The Witch, Suuns, The Avett Brothers, Alex Winston and Morning Parade, Zornik, School Is Cool, Katy B, Wiz Khalifa, Chromeo, Yelle in the Dance Hall, Panic! At The Disco, The Wombats, The Hickey Underworld, Friendly Fires, Battles, The Sound Of Arrows, Veara, Wolf Gang, Kurt Vile & The Violators, The Black Pacific, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, D12, Foster The People, Gomez, Kids In Glass Houses, Make Do And Mend, MNDR, OFWGKTA + many more…