Belsonic

Belsonic
Belsonic
	Belsonic logo
Dates	August (2008–2015), June (2016–present)
Location(s)	Custom House Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2008–2015) Titanic Belfast (2016), Ormeau Park (2017)
Years active	2008 – present
Website	belsonic.com

Belsonic is the name of an outdoor music festival which has taken place in August at the Custom House Square in Belfast, Northern Ireland since 2008. It is organised by Shine Productions Ltd.^[1] The capacity of the event is 15,000 as of 2019.^[2] As of 2017, Belsonic is held in Ormeau Park.

2018

Belsonic 2018 was announced on Friday 27 October, it would continue to be held in Ormeau Park due to the success Belsonic had there last year.^[3]

2018 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2018	15 June	Nile Rodgers & Chic	Soul II Soul, Queen & Disco
	16 June	Liam Gallagher	Richard Ashcroft, Louis Berry
	17 June	Picture This	Lany, John Gibbons
	21 June	Timmy Trumpet	W&W, Marlo, Lucas & Steve
	23 June	Carl Cox	Joseph Capriati, Peggy Gou/Ejeca, Schmutz
	24 June	The Script	Gavin James, Wild Youth
	30 June	Eric Prydz	Dusky, Camelphat, Cristoph

2017

Belsonic 2017 was announced on Friday 16 December, they confirmed their new home, Ormeau Park, for their 2017 shows to allow for even more capacity from the previous year at Titanic Belfast.

2017 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2017	13 June	Arcade Fire	The Kooks
	16 June	The 1975	Picture This, Pale Waves
	17 June	Cream Classical Live	K-Klass, Judge Jules, Tall Paul, Robbie Nelson
	19 June	Martin Garrix	Don Diablo, Justin Mylo
	22 June	Jess Glynne	Martin Jensen
	26 June	The Chainsmokers	Anne Marie, Lost Kings
	28 June	Green Day	Rancid
	30 June	Axwell Λ Ingrosso	Jonas Blue

2016

The first eight acts for Belsonic 2016 were announced on Thursday 25 February, confirming their new location at Titanic Belfast - The Slipways, allowing the festival to have a bigger line up and bigger capacity.

2016 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2016
	9 June	Tiësto	Oliver Heldens
	11 June	Faithless	Le Galaxie
	17 June	Bring Me the Horizon	Don Broco; And So I Watch You From Afar
	23 June	Foals	Frightened Rabbit
	25 June	Biffy Clyro	TBA
	26 June	David Guetta	Robin Schulz; Jonas Blue
	28 June	Ellie Goulding	The Coronas; Walking on Cars
	29 June	Stereophonics	The Vaccines

In August a further range of acts was announced to be held at the Titanic Slipways, Madness, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Fatboy Slim, Disclosure and The Corrs were among the acts lined up for the new gigs at Titanic Belfast.^[4]

2015

Belsonic 2015 was announced in March 2015 with seven shows being held in August. This was the last time Belsonic has been held in Custom House Square, Belfast.

2015 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2015
	15 August	Rudimental	Duke Dumont
	20 August	Paloma Faith	Tom Prior
	21 August	Stereophonics	The Coronas
	22 August	Above & Beyond	Fehrplay, Lane 8
	24 August	Hozier	Little Green Cars, Wyvern Lingo
	25 August	Bastille	Echosmith, Mini Mansions
	26 August	All Time Low	Twenty One Pilots

2014

The first five acts for Belsonic 2014 were announced on Thursday 3 April.

It was revealed via Snapchat that there will be more announcements to be made.

2014 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2014
	15 August	Example	Jess Glynne, Le Galaxie
	17 August	Biffy Clyro	Little Matador, Twin Atlantic
	18 August	Kodaline	Tom Odell, Black Rivers
	19 August	Chic ft Nile Rodgers
	20 August	Queens of the Stone Age	The Minutes, Brody Dalle
	22 August	Imagine Dragons	smurfdogg

2013

The first seven acts for Belsonic 2013 were announced on Friday, 8 March.

2013 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2013	16 August	Basement Jaxx	Leftfield (DJ set), Le Carousel
	17 August	Ben Howard	Nick Mulvey
	21 August	Nine Inch Nails	And So I Watch You From Afar, Little Matador
	22 August	The Lumineers	Michael Kiwanuka, Soak
	23 August	Jake Bugg	The Courteeners, Nina Nesbitt, Silhouette
	24 August	Suede	James, Runaway GO
	25 August	Steve Angello	AN21, Max Vangeli, Third Party & Qulinez
	26 August	Bullet For My Valentine	Bring Me The Horizon, Gojira

2012

Details of Belsonic 2012 were released on 23 February 2012.^[5]

2012 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2012	15 August	Skrillex	Dillon Francis, Knife Party, Kill The Noise
	16 August	Emeli Sandé	Foy Vance, Duke Special
	17 August	Madness	Neville Staple, The Wonder Villains
	18 August	Thin Lizzy	The Answer, FM, Sweet Savage
	19 August	Paramore	You Me at Six, Jody Has A Hitlist, Pure Love (band)
	20 August	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	The Enemy, Jake Bugg
	23 August	Two Door Cinema Club	Noah and the Whale, The Cast of Cheers, Oberhofer
	24 August	Tom Jones	Brian Kennedy
	25 August	James Morrison	Newton Faulkner, The Coronas, Gareth Dunlop
	26 August	David Guetta	Alesso, Congorock, DJ Hix

2011

The 2011 line-up is as follows and was released in December 2010 by the official Belsonic website.

2011 Line-Up
Year	Day/month	Headline artist	Supporting artists
2011	16 August	Thirty Seconds to Mars	You Me at Six
	17 August	Dizzee Rascal	Example, Wretch 32
	19 August	Primal Scream	Andrew Weatherall, Cashier No. 9
	20 August	Beady Eye	General Fiasco, Fight Like Apes
	22 August	Tinie Tempah	Maverick Sabre, Yasmin
	24 August	Elbow	Villagers, Foy Vance
	25 August	Plan B	Katy B, Rizzle Kicks
	26 August	Tiësto	Alex Metric, Caspa & Rod Azlan
	27 August	The Specials	Hanni El-Khatib, Pocket Billiards

2010

The 2010 line-up is as follows, was released in May and in July 2010 four extra dates were added due to demand (17–20) and has been confirmed by the official Belsonic website.^[6]

Tuesday 17 August	Wednesday 18 August	Thursday 19 August	Friday 20 August	Thursday 26 August	Friday 27 August	Saturday 28 August	Sunday 29 August
Headliner Kasabian Support Ash	Headliner Paolo Nutini Support Carly Connor Heathers	Headliner Florence and the Machine	Headliner Stereophonics Support Kids in Glass Houses Joe Echo	Headliner Soulwax 2ManyDJs Support Two Door Cinema Club Major Lazer Kids on Bridges Sketchy Djs	Headliner Paul Weller Support The Courteeners General Fiasco Cashier No. 9	Headliner Biffy Clyro Support Lostprophets Fighting with wire Twin Atlantic	Headliner David Guetta Support Fake Blood The Japanese Popstars Burns

2009

The 2009's line-up was confirmed by the BBC's Across The Line in June.^[7] The stage times were announced on 13 August 2009.^[8]

Thursday 27 August	Friday 28 August	Saturday 29 August
Headliner Dizzee Rascal Support Vampire Weekend Crystal Castles Two Door Cinema Club Sketchy DJs	Headliner 2 Many Djs Support Deadmau5 Boys Noize Mix Hell Phil Kieran Space Dimension Controller	Headliner Duke Special Support Bell X1 The Magic Numbers Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club David Kitt Panama Kings

2008

The acts that played the 2008 event were:

Monday 11 August	Thursday 14 August	Friday 15 August
Headliner The Flaming Lips^[9] (21:45–23:30) Support Mogwai (20:10) Oppenheimer (19:05) Jape^[10] (18:15)	Headliner The Enemy^[11] (22:15–23:30) Support Reverend and the Makers^[12] (20:55) Fighting with Wire (19:55) Future of the Left (19:00) General Fiasco (18:15)	Headliner The Zutons^[13] (23:15–01:00) Support The Go! Team^[14] (21:45) Kowalski (20:30) Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip (19:45) Delorentos^[15] (19:00) Ski Bunny Djs^[16] (18:00)

References

^ "Belsonic Terms and Conditions". Shine. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
^ "Belsonic is this year's biggest outdoor music festival in Belfast…". The Belfast Telegraph. 8 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
^ "Liam Gallagher to headline Belsonic gig at Belfast's Ormeau Park". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ "Belsonic 2016: Noel Gallagher, Fatboy Slim, Corrs, Madness and Disclosure announced for August gigs". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Belsonic 2018". Belsonic.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Belsonic August 2010 Custom House Square". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "BBC - Northern Ireland - Across The Line". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Belsonic stage times announced". Hot Press. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
^ "Flaming Lips to play Belfast…". Hot Press. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
^ "Flaming Lips Support Bill Confirmed…". BBC. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
^ "The Enemy added to Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 11 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
^ "Reverend and the Makers confirmed for Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2008.
^ "Zutons for Belfast…". Hot Press. 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
^ "The Go! Team join Zutons in Belfast date…". Hot Press. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
^ "Mystery Jets, Dan Le Sac join Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
^ "Belsonic feat. The Zutons, The Go! Team, Skibunny…". BBC. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.^{[dead link‍]}

External links

[1] "Belsonic Terms and Conditions". Shine. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2008.

[2] "Belsonic is this year's biggest outdoor music festival in Belfast…". The Belfast Telegraph. 8 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.

[3] "Liam Gallagher to headline Belsonic gig at Belfast's Ormeau Park". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[4] "Belsonic 2016: Noel Gallagher, Fatboy Slim, Corrs, Madness and Disclosure announced for August gigs". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[5] "Belsonic 2018". Belsonic.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[6] "Belsonic August 2010 Custom House Square". Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[7] "BBC - Northern Ireland - Across The Line". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[Belsonic_stage_times_announced-8] "Belsonic stage times announced". Hot Press. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.

[9] "Flaming Lips to play Belfast…". Hot Press. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.

[10] "Flaming Lips Support Bill Confirmed…". BBC. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.

[11] "The Enemy added to Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 11 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2008.

[12] "Reverend and the Makers confirmed for Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2008.

[13] "Zutons for Belfast…". Hot Press. 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.

[14] "The Go! Team join Zutons in Belfast date…". Hot Press. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.

[15] "Mystery Jets, Dan Le Sac join Belsonic line-up…". Hot Press. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.

[16] "Belsonic feat. The Zutons, The Go! Team, Skibunny…". BBC. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.^{[dead link‍]}

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