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Radiohead to headline five European festivals this summer
first posted on Treefingers by Miro, Jaro · rewritten for the archive
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Photo: g_leon_h · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRadiohead will headline the first night of Rock Werchter in Belgium on Thursday 26 June, W.A.S.T.E., the band's mail-order and fan club, confirmed today. It is the fifth festival abroad announced for them this month. Glastonbury, the band's British date, was confirmed separately yesterday, with Radiohead headlining the Saturday.
The summer now runs from Hultsfred in Sweden, where Radiohead headline the middle day, 13 June, to Les Eurockéennes de Belfort in eastern France, where they headline the opening day, 4 July. The first of the run to be announced, on 1 February, were two German festivals in one weekend, Southside on 20 June and Hurricane on 22 June.
This is Werchter's 30th edition and the first to start on a Thursday, a day the festival says it added because so many strong acts were available. Radiohead share that first night's main stage with Björk and Underworld.
Summer 2003 festival dates, as announced in February
| # | Date | Festival | Country | Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 June 2003 | Hultsfred Festival | Sweden | three days 1,220 SEK; on sale |
| 2 | 20 June 2003 | Southside Festival | Germany | 79 euros plus 5 euro bag deposit; from 2 February |
| 3 | 22 June 2003 | Hurricane Festival | Germany | 79 euros plus 5 euro bag deposit; from 2 February |
| 4 | 26 June 2003 | Rock Werchter | Belgium | Thursday 42 euros, four days 108 euros; from mid-March |
| 5 | 4 July 2003 | Les Eurockéennes de Belfort | France | day 30 euros, three days 64 euros; from mid to late February |