Roskilde Festival announces full line-up with 179 acts

Neil Young, Grimes, Slayer, M83, Biffy Clyro, James Blake, Future, Santigold, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 6th Apr 2016

Roskilde 2016 - Neil Young
Photo credit: Karen Williams

Roskilde 2016

Saturday 25th June to Saturday 2nd July 2016
Festivalpladsen, Darupvej 19, Roskilde, Roskilde County, Denmark MAP
1998 DKK (approx £188) - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 135,000

Neil Young and Promise of the Real, Grimes, Slayer, M83, Biffy Clyro, James Blake, Future, Santigold, and Young Thug lead the acts completing the line-up for Denmark's Roskilde Festival.

Also confirmed are Alex Vargas, Ana Tijoux, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Anna von Hausswolff, Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band, Baby Blood, BadBadNotGood, Balani Show Business De Bamako, Black Breath, Blood Orange, Blood Sport, Bomba Estereo, Calypso Rose, Car Seat Headrest, Childrenn, C'mon Tigre, DaWn, Damily, Danko Jones, David August, Deadpan Interference, Dillon, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Dream Wife, Elf Kid, Elle King, The Entrepreneurs, Exec, F.M.K., For Akia, Follakzoid, Gojira, Gramatik, Graveola, Guns, Halshug, Hello Psychaleppo, Highasakite, Hinds, Hockeysmith, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Imghrane, Ivan Ave, Jacob Bellens, Jamaika, Jonah Blacksmith, Junius Meyvant, Kablam, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kalascima, Karl Hector & The Malcouns, Kasbo, Kasper Marott, Katinka, Khalazer, Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band, Lars Vaular, Lightwave Empire, Liss, Little Simz, Los Piranas, M.I.L.K., Masasolo, Mendoza, Miike Snow, Mueller_Roedelius, Mura Masa, Mutoid Man, Mwuana, Officerfishdumplings, Ondt Blod, Orm, Paper, Peaches, Phlake, The Powpow, Rancho Aparte, Rising, Saveus, Scarlet Pleasure, Shades, Shy Shy Shy, Silvana Imam, So Pitted, Soho Rezanejad, Soleima, Stormzy, Sumac, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Tuskegee (Seth Troxler & The Martinez Brothers), Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Vassvik, Virgin Suicide, Whitney, Why Be, and YAST.

They join a line-up that includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wiz Khalifa, New Order, Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music with Damon Albarn and Guests, Foals, P J Harvey, Bring Me The Horizon, Action Bronson, Tenacious D, LCD Soundsystem, Tame Impala, Chvrches, Savages, MØ, Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music with Damon Albarn, Floating Points, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Protomartyr, Destroyer, Ghost, Kvelertak, S!vas, Birdy Nam Nam, DJ Paypal, First Hate, Gaye Su Akyol, Klub 27, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, At the Drive-In, The Last Shadow Puppets, Blues Pills, Choir of Young Believers, Diat, Ex Eye, Fox Millions Duo, Freddie Gibbs, Guardian Alien, Kakkmaddafakka, Bersaerk, Chinah, Emilie Ramirez, Gents, Gundelach, Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?, Milkywhale, Reykjavikurdaetur, Sudakistan, The Minds of 99, Palace Winter, Recondite, Tal National, Blaue Blume, Mac Demarco, Sleep, Skepta, Courtney Barnett, Sleaford Mods, Vince Staples, Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, Aurora, Bisse, Blick Bassy, Cate Le Bon, Dusky, Hayden James, Pat Thomas, Odesza, Tsjuder, Twitching Tongue, Cattle Decapitation, Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld, Ho99o9, Kuedo, Qwanqwa, and Sturgill Simpson.

Roskilde is continental Europe's biggest festival, and offers a variety of international acts and four days of music from Saturday 25th June until Saturday 2nd July 2016.

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Tickets are priced at a DKK 1998 (+ fee) (that's approximately £188), and a one-day tickets is DKK 995 (+ fee) (that's approximately £94). Tickets regularly sell out each year.




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