History - 2011

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What happened?

Even after experiencing the Great East Japan Earthquake, its ongoing effects and the many changes it brought to each of our lives, the festival was held in 2011 with the sentiment of "Ganbaro Nippon!" (Let's do our best Japan!) in all our hearts.

Coldplay, who had performed at the festival twice before, at last headlined on the first day of the festival and quickly became a highlight of Fuji Rock Festival 2011 with a show that candidly expressed the band's heartfelt warmth towards Japan and its people. The Arctic Monkeys, who since their debut in 2005 have rocketed to becoming one of the UK's most popular artists made their Fuji Rock debut as second headliner, unsparingly belting out hit after hit. Big Audio Dynamite lead by Mick Jones of The Clash headlined Friday at the White Stage, proving to us once again that one of the great things about festivals is being able to see bands that have reformed. As if symbolizing this truth, the Faces headlined Saturday, bringing excited veteran fans out to Naeba to see the band's original guitarist, Ron Wood, who also plays in the Rolling Stones. Sunday brought us the Chemical Brothers and their stunning visual performance using a enormous LED screen that filled the Green Stage, transforming Naeba into a dance floor in the blink of an eye.

While Fuji Rock acts as a catalyst for many artists to become big name bands, none other encapsulate this as much as The Music, who performed as a special guest, closing out the festival with what is their last performance in Japan before breaking up. A new festival legend was borne as fans stayed at the Green Stage to see The Music's last performance.

Since 1997, the festival has been a standard bearer for coexisting with nature while providing opportunities to reflect on converting to renewable energy sources. In 2011, the festival offered the Atomic Café, an anti-nuclear event held since the 1980's, use of the Avalon Stage in the NGO Village to support the movement of conversion to a renewable energy based society. Kazuyoshi Saito and Noriko Kato performed while the three members of the Yello Magic Orchestra communicated their message through discussion.

Donations were gathered for "Benefit for NIPPON", a Great East Japan Earthquake support project, with a great many people making heartfelt donations to boxes set up inside and outside the festival. The Fuji Rock Festival Organization Office made the following donation on behalf of all of those who gave; Total Donation: Y9,809,274 / Destination: Fukushima Prefecture Disaster Provision Main Office / Donated: August 30th, 2011.

Fuji Rock has always strived towards the Coexistance of Nature and Music through many different measures and has now founded the Fuji Rock Forest Advancement Committee along with the Niigata prefectural government, the town of Yuzawa and the people of Naeba to protect the forest surrounding the festival venue. With the building and maintenance of the "Boardwalk", a symbol of the festival, at its core, the project will continue to act in order to ensure the forest is rejuvinated and used productively so the people of Naeba and those who visit are able to enjoy an even more amazing environment. It is a first in that a music festival and the government join hands in a project to advance the protection of a forest and we aim to be a model for the world to see and learn from.

Timetable 2011

GREEN STAGE
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
DAD MOM GOD clammbon YOUR SONG IS GOOD
THE VACCINES FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE GLASVEGAS
KAISER CHIEFS G.LOVE&SPECIAL SAUCE THE KILLS
MANU CHAO LA VENTURA hanaregumi FEEDER
JIMMY EAT WORLD BATTLES MOGWAI
ARCTIC MONKEYS TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
COLDPLAY THE FACES THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
--- --- SPECIAL GUEST:THE MUSIC
 
WHITE STAGE
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
Kegawano Maries SHONEN KNIFE RINGO DEATHSTARR
soul flower union FUNERAL PARTY SHUGO TOKUMARU
sunny day service PATRICK STUMP BRITISH SEA POWER
THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS 10-FEET NO AGE
SAKEROCK THE GET UP KIDS eastern youth
LEE SCRATCH PERRY with MAD PROFESSOR the HIATUS Saito Kazuyoshi
CSS ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION CAKE
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE INCUBUS WILCO
 
RED MARQUEE
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
8otto OKAMOTO'S oh sunshine
BELAKISS MEDI APOLLO 18
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART WU LYF THE BLACK ANGELS
GRUFF RHYS THE NAKED AND FAMOUS WARPAINT
DEERHOOF BEST COAST MO'SOME TONEBENDER
The Birthday RA RA RIOT BEACH HOUSE
THE SISTERS OF MERCY KIMONOS envy
--- DIGITALISM ATARI TEENAGE RIOT
PLANET GROOVE TRIBAL CIRCUS SUNDAY SESSION
WASHED OUT 80kidz QURULI
SBTRKT TENSNAKE TOWA TEI
FOUR TET STEVE AOKI SOIL&"PIMP"SESSIONS
JAMIE XX JAMES HOLDEN DJ NU-MARK (JURASSIC 5)
DJ NOBU TAKKYU ISHINO MASAmatix
 
FIELD OF HEAVEN
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
Ohashi Trio Lonesome Strings and Mari Nakamura Nabowa
NOAH AND THE WHALE Arakajime kimerareta koibitotachie GOMA & THE JUNGLE RHYTHM SECTION
SHERBETS LITTLE CREATURES DACHAMBO
RON SEXSMITH Okabayashi Nobuyasu TINARIWEN
AMADOU&MARIAM TODD RUNDGREN CORNERSHOP
WIDESPREAD PANIC WIDESPREAD PANIC DARK STAR ORCHESTRA
 
ORANGE COURT
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
NATSUMEN HANGGAI Hambert Hambert
THE MIDDLE EAST MATE POWER SION
LITTLE TEMPO OBRINT PAS Nagira Kenichi&OWN RISK
AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE DATE COURSE PENTAGON ROYAL GARDEN Kato Tokiko
SAM MOORE MARC RIBOT Y LOS CUBANOS POSTIZOS FUJI BLUES PROJECT (Kimura Atsuki/
KOTEZ/Kondo Fusanosuke/Dan/
Nagai 'Hotoke' Takashi/Miyake Shinji BAND)
--- CONGOTRONICS vs ROCKERS BUDDY GUY
7/29 (FRI) ALL NIGHT FUJI
7/29 (FRI)
DAMAGE
☆Taku Takahashi
DJ HELL
DARREN EMERSON
PROTOCULTURE
SYSTEM 7
 
Gypsy Avalon
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
NGO Village Talk: 'from Tohoku to the world' NGO Village Talk: 'Energy Shift' NGO Village Talk: 'International Forest Year'
Upendra and Friends plus Sunil Dev & Babu Sugar Plum Ferry Conguero Tres Hoofers
Sheng Xiang&The Band kaji hideki & riddim saunter blues.the-butcher-590213
oya asuka Atomic Cafe:
Kato Tokiko
Atomic Cafe:
MANNISH BOYS
(Saito Kazuyoshi x Nakamura Tatsuya)
Atomic Cafe Talk:
Yu Tanaka, Hideyuki Ban, Hitomi Kamanaka
hoshino gen rakita
Atomic Cafe: soul flower acoustic partisan
(SFU acoustic Ver.)
odoro matilda Silverbus
HANGGAI kominami yasuha Kensington Hillbillys
uhnellys Maia Hirasawa otuka hiroyuki to Madre Tierra
光風&GREEN MASSIVE × EL SKUNK DI YAWDIE --- ---
 
THE PALACE OF WONDER
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
CRYSTAL PALACE TENT
DJ. JIM 須永辰緒(Sunaga t experience) ALTZ
AMADOU&MARIAM (DUO) icchie presents EXOTIC SESSION BAND THE BLACK ANGELS
MO DJ DJ NU-MARK (JURASSIC 5) DR. IHARA (CLUB SKA)
VERY SPECIAL GUEST REGGAELATION INDEPENDANCE BIG WILLIE'S BURLESQUE
DON LETTS kuroda daisuke (kickin) saito "JxJx" jun (YOUR SONG IS GOOD)
OBRINT PAS osaka monaurail The Cabaret Cats with JVC FORCE TYO
FIGHT FOR RIGHTS 「Mestizo Fiesta Party」 LINCOLN Sim Cass
PALACE ARENA
JEAN MONTI (Bike on a Wire) JEAN MONTI (Bike on a Wire) JEAN MONTI (Bike on a Wire)
JEAN MONTI (Swaypole) JEAN MONTI (Swaypole) JEAN MONTI (Swaypole)
JEAN MONTI (Bike on a Wire) JEAN MONTI (Bike on a Wire) JEAN MONTI (Bike on a Wire)
JOE PEACOCK JOE PEACOCK JOE PEACOCK
ROOKIE A GO-GO
AWAYOKUBA KING COLUMBIA TADZIO
sukippara ni sake cero yahchaika
SiM NOKIES! Super Spreaders
mOt matashita89 THE XXズ
The kingstompers ZeZeZaZa helmets
 
NAEBA SHOKUDO
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
naeba ongaku totsugekitai (Ikehata Junji, Inoue Tomio, Matsuda Bun)
and Special Guests
naeba ongaku totsugekitai (Ikehata Junji, Inoue Tomio, Matsuda Bun)
and Special Guests
naeba ongaku totsugekitai (Ikehata Junji, Inoue Tomio, Matsuda Bun)
and Special Guests
LITTLE CREATURES punch no kiita blues (Madame Guitar/v&g, Grace/v&drs, Kawai Shinobu/v&b) WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
Kensington Hillbillys watusizombie MaNHATTAN
asakusa jinta Tjiros EKD
 
DAY DREAMING AND SILENT BEEZE
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
KOYAS ElektrOscilloBleeper MATSUSAKA DAISUKE
Polar Chalors YAKKLE ALTZ
DORIAN Sick Team HIROSHI WATANABE aka KAITO
DJ YOGURT Eccy YODA
--- yakenohara ---
--- DONUTS DISCO DELUXE(ANI+ロボ宙+AFRA) ---
 
MOKUDO TEI
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
HANGGAI hasegawa kenichi kotringo
otofuke Kensington Hillbillys takada ren
OLDE WORLDE Upendra and Friends THE DEKITS
 
PYRAMID GARDEN
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
Aureana Tseu Sandii and Hula Stars Sandii and Hula Stars
Sunil Dev & Babu Mirror System DJ set kishi maiko
hosomi takeshi (the HIATUS) Sunil Dev & Babu Sunil Dev & Babu
 
Café de Paris
7/29 (FRI) 7/30 (SAT) 7/31 (SUN)
cassette con-los ROJO REGALO Les Romanesques
JOJO SWING QUINTET Les Romanesques JOJO SWING QUINTET
Big Willie's burlesque JOJO SWING QUINTET Big Willie's burlesque
--- Big Willie's burlesque ---