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Fri 4 Apr – DJ Superbowl

I went to De Nul last Saturday (after a Leonard Cohen gig in Amsterdam) and Pascal brought me my setlist of 4 April. Here it is:

Alice in Chains - Would?
Beastie Boys - Gratitude
Placebo - Special K
Los Lobos - Viking
The Doors - Touch Me
Joy Division - Disorder
Morrissey - Hairdresser On Fire
The Jam - Going Underground
Beck - The New Pollution
Primus - Mr. Knowitall
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Ramones - I'm Affected
Volbeat - The Human Instrument
Faith no More - A Small Victory
The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
Deadbolt - Hit Gone Wrong
Therapy? - Screamager
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Celebrate Your Mother
Nirvana - Come as You Are
Editors - Munich
Lenny Kravitz - Where Are We Runnin'?
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
The B-52's - Rock Lobster
Yazoo - Don't Go
Guns n' Roses - Paradise City
Normaal - Verstand op nul
Herman Brood and his Wild Romance - Syrup
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Fri 31 Aug – Electric Picnic 2007

We set off for the Electric Picnic festival early on Thursday morning. Ryanair's cheapest flight turned out to be relatively painless - we even got a fanfare over the PA on touching down 10 minutes early. We holed up in a cheap Dublin hostel (the actually quite comfortable Four Courts Hostel) and spent the evening in a nice Irish pub. The festival bus left early next morning, and after 2 hours of countryside/sleep we finally arrived.

Electric Picnic was the biggest festival i've been to. From getting our wristbands to the yellow campsite was quite a trek, as was the walk to fetch pre-ordered beer and cider. And that's without figuring in the arena itself. Comprising multiple music tents, a huge main stage, many food stalls, shops and bars, and a huge central 'Body & Soul' area, the arena took most of the weekend to reveal itself to us in its entirety. This was partly due, however, to our relatively limited movements on the Friday night.
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