On The Record at the EXIT festival in Serbia
Jim Carroll
Yes, there’s more than one “greatest rock’n'roll weekend of the year” happening in July. I’m at the EXIT festival in the Petrovaradin fortress in Novi Sad. The sun in shining, they’re expecting 60,000 people (including a couple of hundred Irish folks) over the weekend and the vibes are already good.
There are 160 acts down to play on the 25 different stages between now and Sunday, including Audion, Booka Shade, Deep Dish, Francois K, Gogol Bordello, Gossip, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Laurent Garnier, Ministry, N.E.R.D., Paul Weller, The Presets, Primal Scream and, yes, the Sex Pistols.
If you’re going to that other greatest rock’n'roll weekend of the year on a racecourse in Co Kildare, have a great time and no doubt, we will hear from you on Monday.
I couldn’t be more jealous right now.
I’m going to kick Oxegen’s butt on your behalf.
lucky so and so!
Everytime I see the name “Gogol Bordello” I fly into a small rage and internally scream “those fuckers want thirty of my recession euros to see them, enjoy your empty venue guys.”
“recession euros” – I like it.
ian – on the evidence of last night’s gig. Gogol Bordello are worth 30 recession euros and a whole lot more. They were the band everyone was talking about all night long – don’t know how they will fare in the Academy but on the last night’s show, they’ll probably tear the roof off it.