Our opening act is a shining star on the Danish electro-pop scene – the closing act is the reason why there’s such a thing as electronic music in the first place. Roskilde Festival starts and ends with experiences unlike most other.
When the gates to the festival site open at 5pm Thursday afternoon on 4 July, it’s going to happen with an extravagant party. Known under his stage name Vinnie Who, Niels Bagge has established himself as Denmark’s finest prince of pop, gracefully disco-dancing through the best moments in pop history.
”It’s crazy! Every time I think of it, my stomach turns. It is without a doubt the biggest challenge; I’m facing as a musician, and a fantastic opportunity to become a part of the Orange Stage legacy. Ever since I was 17, I’ve been diving into the festival’s line-up, and now I’m faced with the biggest experience of them all – and one I’m able to share with more than 70.000 people,” says Vinnie Who about his upcoming job of pushing the Roskilde Festival 2013 start button on the biggest stage of the festival.
Historic concert in three dimensions
No Roskilde Festival without an unforgettable concert experience just before you go home Sunday night, brought to you this year by none other than Kraftwerk. They’ll be performing their unique and fantastic 3D-show for the first time in such a large outdoor scale on a festival in Northern Europe, so the midsummer sun will set over an Orange Stage looking more vivid than ever. And don’t worry about bringing your own 3D-glasses; Kraftwerk have enough for everyone.
”The final concert on Orange Stage Sunday night has always been a very special experience, a special moment where we all come together for the music, and I think it’s difficult to imagine a more spectacular way of saying goodbye to this year’s festival and all your friends than in the company of Kraftwerk and their very unique show. One thing is the band’s importance to music history which can take the breath away from most everyone; another is the fact that it will most surely be a concert; we’ll still be talking about years from now. I’m certain that Sunday night with Kraftwerk will become a part of Roskilde Festival history,” says Roskilde Festival’s music director Rikke Øxner.
Even though it’s the first time Orange Stage will be turned into a giant 3D screen, she’s not at all worried about the technical challenges that go along with such a show.
”Our own technicians have been in dialogue with Kraftwerk’s technicians since day one, and I know that Kraftwerk wouldn’t be taking their 3D-show on the road to Roskilde if they weren’t completely confident when it comes to all the technicalities,” Rikke Øxner says.
