London Calling (festival)
London Calling is a music festival held twice a year in Paradiso, Amsterdam and focuses on the latest trends and bands in music, with the main focus on the UK. Since the festival started in 1992 it has been acknowledged as the main showcasefestival of the Netherlands for British music[1] and is therefore seen as the gateway to a breakthrough in the Benelux for promising, new British bands. The name of the festival is taken from the famous third album by English punkband The Clash.
The festival was first held in 1992 with four bands (including the Jennifers, the band that later renamed itself into Supergrass and was organised yearly ever since. In the first decade and a half the festival focused mainly on the latest British bands with the occasional non-British act and turned into the country's main showcasefestival for new British music. Bands like Kaiser Chiefs, The Darkness, Franz Ferdinand, Supergrass, Blur, Editors, Bloc Party, Suede, The Libertines, Placebo, Ash, Skunk Anansie, Snow Patrol and Klaxons among others played the festival before their breakthrough. For a lot of these bands it was their first gig in Amsterdam or even outside of the UK.[2]
The last few years the festival has broadened its concept and not only focuses on the latest British bands, but on new bands/acts and trends in general, be it Britpop or dancemusic. This has resulted in the festival now boasting about 25 bands over two days, or 35+ acts in 2007 and 2009, when the festival lasted for three days. Various themenights under the London Calling monniker have been organised at the venue, including 'London Calling Presents Artrocker Artrocker' and 'London Calling Goes Glasgow'.
Originator/program director of the festival is Ben Kamsma.
In 2007 the festival won the England Rocks! Award by tourism agency Enjoy England for it's continous support for British music.[3]
Edities
| Edition | Line up |
|---|---|
| June 1992 | Bardots, Some Have Fins, Jennifers en Swervedriver. |
| 10 April 1993 | Dreamscape, Werefrogs, Moonshake en God Machine. |
| 13 Oktober 1993 | Sun Dial, Delicious Monster, Chapterhouse, Dodgy, Elevate en Rollerskate Skinny. |
| 22 April 1994 | Blur, Slowdive, Jacob’s mouse, Beatnik Filmstars, Big Geraniums en Auratone. |
| 5 November 1994 | Ash, Salad, Powder, Huge Baby, Done Lying Down en Dodgy. |
| 13 May 1995 | Skunk Anansie, Delicatessen, Weekenders, Detrimetal, Bandit Queen, Blameless en
Sultans of Ping. |
| 17 Februari 1996 | Baby Bird, Catatonia, Elcka, In Aura, The Gyres, Placebo en Thrum. |
| 7 and 8 June 1996 | Bis, Jack, Dodgy, 60 Ft. Dolls, Northern Uproar, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Collapsed Lung, Bawl, Super Furry Animals, Strangelove, Compulsion, Babychaos, Bennet en Scarfo. |
| 17 and 18 January 1997 | Space, Yatsura, Silver Sun, Beth Orton, These Animal Men, Laika, Mansun, Octopus, Midget, Laxtons Superb, Jocasta, Heavy Stereo, Kenickie, Sterling, Pusherman en Audioweb. |
| 7 and 8 June 1997 | The Driven, Elcka, Gold Blade, Hurricane #1, Jesus Jones, The Karelia, Linoleum, My Life Story, Pecadiloes, Salad, Silver Sun, Sophia, Subcircus, Supernaturals, Three Colours Red, Travis en Warm Jets |
| 18 and 19 June 1998 | Carrie, Embrace, Headswim, Jack, Midget, Montrose Avenue, Mover, Nuff Said, Pecadiloes, Sunhouse en Symposium. |
| 2 and 3 October 1998 | Sway, Spearmint, Hefner, Imogen Heap, Kent, Sophia, Federation, Bob Sinclair, Lemming, Paradise Motel, Addict, Ballroom, Astrid, The King en Rialto |
| 10 and 11 December 1999 | Delakota, Cousteau, Little Mothers, Witness, Astrid, Clint Boon Experience, Velvet Belly, The Prayer Boat, Appliance, Terris, Orange Can, Laika en Sneaker Pimps. |
| 21 and 22 April 2000 | Velvet Belly, Ben Christophers, Feeder, Echoboy, Chicks On Speed, Tocotronic, Broadcast, Doves, Terris, Autopulver, Beulah, JJ72 en Bluetones. |
| 18 November 2000 | Mount Florida, Mo Solid Gold, Tahiti 80, Lowgold, Brassy, Ac Acoustics, Fuzz Light Years, Birthday en Urusei Yatsura |
| 14 April 2001 | South, Lift To Experience, Sandy Dilon, I Am Kloot, Super Heroes, Elf Power, Snow Patrol
Ladytron en Experimental Popband. |
| 15 and 16 March 2002 | Simian, St. Thomas, Ikara Colt, Am 60, Desert Hearts, Saybia, British Sea Power, Melys, Trailer Bride, The Bees, Jacob Golden Band, Free Heat en Haven. |
| 9 November 2002 | Kournakova, Baxter Dury, Obi, The Frames, The Apples In Stereo en The Libertines |
| 19 April 2003 | Delays, Buffseeds, Damien Rice, Hoggboy, Echoboy, Eastern Lane, The Rocks, 22-20s en The Futureheads |
| 7 and 8 November 2003 | Joy Zipper, The Mountaineers, Patrick Wolf, Electric Shocks, The Hells, The Barbs, The Veils, Fiery Furnaces, Hawksley Worksman, M.A.S.S., Sluts of Trust, The Darkness en Franz Ferdinand |
| 27 March 2004 | The Veils, The Keys, Oceansize, The Zutons, The Boxer Rebellion, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, The Stands,The Blueskins en The Duke Spirit. |
| 12 and 13 November 2004 | Future Kings of Spain, 22-20’s, Bloc Party, The Bravery, James Yorkston & The Athletes, The Dears, The Departure, The Subways, Art Brut The Rakes, Sons and Daughters, The Go! Team, Hal en Aberfeldy. |
| 29 and 30 April 2005 | Thirteen Senses, Neils Children, The Chalets, Eastern Lane, The Longcut, Editors, Kaiser Chiefs, I am x, Tunng, New Rhodes, Help She Can’t Swim, Nine Black Alps, Black Bud, Engineers, The Others, Tom Vek, The Cribs, Whitey en Do Me Bad Things. |
| 4 and 5 November 2005 | The Zutons, White Rose Movement, Kid Carpet, Queen Adreena, Brakes, The Race, Alfie, Field Music, Test Icicles, Duels, Forward, Russia!, Guillemots, Infadels, Clor, Dogs, Battle, Chikinki en Amusement Parks On Fire. |
| 29 Maart and 1 April 2006 | Black Wire, Bromheads Jacket, The Futureheads, My Latest Novel, We Start Fires, The Young Knives, The Cinematics, The Sunshine Underground, Good Shoes, Howling Bells, The Long Blondes, The Kooks, Larrikin Love, Mystery Jets, Dirty Pretty Things, The Noisettes, Tiny Dancers en Humanzi. |
| 29 April 2006 | Moke, The Immediate, Last Man Standing, Misty’s Big Adventure, The Pipettes, Dustin’s Bar Mitzvah, The Rifles en Shitdisco. |
| 24 and 25 November 2006 | Little Man Tate, The Rifles, Milburn, Boy Kill Boy, The Young Knives, Klaxons, Fortune Drive, Metronomy, The Bees Sound Collection, The Holloways, 747's The Five O'Clock Heroes, The Pigeon Detectives, Fields, The Maccabees, Guillemots, Bromheads Jacket, Jamie T, The Automatic, Mumm-Ra, The Oxfam Glamour Models, 1990s en Lotus Lullaby. |
| 30 and 31 March 2007 | The Long Blondes, Kate Nash, My Luminaries, The Pigeon Detectives, The Twang, The Wombats, Solarise, South Central, These New Puritans, Our Lunar Activities, We Are The Physics, The Enemy, Air Traffic, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, The Strange Death Of Liberal England, The Violets, The Kissaway Trail, The Switches, Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Moke, GoodBooks en Harrisons. |
| 2 'till 4 November 2007 | New Young Pony Club, Foals, Look See Proof, XX-Teens, Black Affair, Friendly Fires, Scouting For Girls, Clocks, The Maccabees, The Rakes, Assembly Now, Blood Red Shoes, Video Nasties, Sonny J, Dragons, Prinzhorn Dance School, The Wombats, Los Campesinos!, Jack Peñate, Reverend and the Makers, Ihe Displacements, Underground Heroes, The Runners, Noah and the Whale, The Dykeenies en Derek Mein. |
| 25 and 26 April 2008: | Exile Parade, The Metros, Florence and the Machine, Make Model, Blood Red Shoes, Dead Kids, Ipso Facto, Get Shakes, Mystery Jets, The Ting Tings, Baltic Fleet, The Answering Machine, Cage the Elephant, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong, The Rascals, Let's Wrestle, Broken Records, Late of the Pier, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Video Nasties, One Night Only, Pete & the Pirates, Johnny Foreigner en Friendly Fires. |
| 12 'till 15 November 2008 | Cajun Dance Party, Van She, John & Jehn, Hatcham Social, The Presets, Amazing Baby, Friendly Fires, Wild Beasts, Electricity In Our Homes, The Courteeners, frYars, The Hot Melts, Late of the Pier, The Pan I Am, Ladyhawke, Slow Club, Trouble Andrew, White Lies, White Denim, The Late Greats, Maths Class, Findo Gask, I Blame Coco, Noah and the Whale, Baddies, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bromheads Jacket, Esser, Glasvegas, Magistrates en Twisted Wheel |
| 30 April 'till 2 May 2009 | The Airborne Toxic Event, Erol Alkan, Fight Like Apes, Filthy Dukes,The Golden Silvers, Delpic, Lowline, Pulled Apart By Horses, Jessie Rose Trip, Stricken City,Two Door Cinema Club, James Yuill, The Big Pink, Dananananaykroyd, Flashguns, Passion Pit, Temper Trap, Grampall Jookabox, The XX, Fanfarlo,Little Boots, Marina and the Diamonds, Noisettes, Joy Formidable, Red Light Company, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Chew Lips, Chrome Hoof, The Cinematics, Frankmusik, Threatmantics, The Phantom Band, Maps, Eugene McGuinness, Micachu, Team Waterpolo, The Backhanded Compliments en Amazing Baby |
| 20 and 21 November 2009 | We Were Promised Jetpacks, Beth Jeans Houghton, Johnny Foreigner, Little Death, Esser, Four Dead In Ohio, MPHO, The Boxer Rebellion, The Leisure Society, Sad Day For Puppets, The Twilight Sad, Violens, Jack Peñate, Wild Beasts, Alberta Cross, A Place To Bury Strangers, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Pyramid, King Of Spain, Mirrors, Bombay Bicycle Club, Kid Harpoon |
Notes
- ^ {{cite web | author=volkskrant | title=London Calling | url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article723394.ece/LONDON_CALLING | work=volkskrant | publisher=volkskrant | date=5 juni 1997 | accessdate= 2009-11-01}
- ^ {{cite web | author=3voor12 | title=London Calling wint van Lowlands | url=http://pages.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel//38332834 | work=Erik Zwennes | publisher=3voor12 | date=14 december 2007 | accessdate= 2009-11-01}
- ^ {{cite web | author=3voor12 | title=London Calling wint van Lowlands | url=http://pages.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel//38332834 | work=Erik Zwennes | publisher=3voor12 | date=14 december 2007 | accessdate= 2009-11-01}