- Quart Festival
The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in
Kristiansand ,Norway in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway.It was first named Qvadradurmusivalen, but changed into the more ear-catching Quart Festival the following year. For several years Quart was the largest music festival in Norway, but went bankrupt in 2008 in part due to tough competition from the
Hovefestivalen inArendal and someOslo -based festivals.There have been some scandals during the years.
- A local band
Flying Crap fired a shotgun from the stage in 1995.- In 1999
Marilyn Manson was supposed to have a concert at Quart. With Kristiansand being located in the middle of the Norwegian Bible Belt, many religious forces joined together in prayer. Manson had to cancel the show. He returned the next year.-
Covenant burned the bible on stage in 2000.-
Mayhem threw pigheads at the audience in 2001.- Eight musicians from hiphop group
Equicez were arrested for drug offences in 2003.- Kristopher Schau attached an engine to a dead pig and used it as a boat in 2003.
- Two persons from rainforest charity group
Fuck For Forest had live sex on stage during a concert withThe Cumshots in 2004.2008 cancelling and bankruptcy
- On the evening of
June 6 , citing low ticket sales (14 000 against a budget of 30 000), the festival management officially decided to cancel the 2008 festival (supposed to start onJuly 1 ) and as well file the managing company for bankruptcy. Following the 2007 festival, the company had a deficiency of roughly 16 million kroner.Key performers
1992:
Spiritualized ,The Boo Radleys ,Tom Russell , Bel Canto,Pogo Pops 1993:
Motorpsycho ,Seigmen ,808 State 1994:
Elvis Costello ,The Orb , Blur,Elastica 1995:
The Black Crowes ,Weezer ,Lisa Germano , Morphine1996:
Motorpsycho ,Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds , Pulp, Ministry, Orbital, Underworld,Beck ,Massive Attack ,Black Grape 1997:
Rage Against the Machine , Suede,Einstürzende Neubauten ,Daft Punk ,Aphex Twin ,Charlatans UK 1998:
Beastie Boys ,Portishead ,Björk ,Iggy Pop ,Teenage Fanclub ,Wyclef Jean 1999:
The Roots ,Fatboy Slim ,Happy Mondays , Garbage, Marilyn Manson, Blur,Massive Attack ,The Cardigans 2000:
Sonic Youth , Oasis,Leftfield ,Moby ,Death in Vegas ,Morten Abel ,Madrugada ,Nine Inch Nails ,Counting Crows ,Macy Gray 2001:
Manic Street Preachers ,Deftones ,Daft Punk ,Beck ,Alanis Morissette ,PJ Harvey ,The Dandy Warhols ,Motörhead ,Coldplay ,Wyclef Jean , Mayhem2002:
David Bowie , Travis,Rammstein ,No Doubt ,Morten Abel ,Belle & Sebastian ,Turbonegro , Kent,…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead ,Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ,Kaizers Orchestra , Muse,White Stripes 2003:
Massive Attack , Nas,Coldplay ,The Flaming Lips ,Queens of the Stone Age ,Röyksopp ,The Cardigans , Immortal, Mew2004:
Alicia Keys ,Black Eyed Peas ,Sean Paul ,The Darkness ,Morrissey ,Pixies , Franz Ferdinand,The Hives ,!!! , Phoenix,Pleasure ,The Cumshots , Slipknot,N.E.R.D. 2005:
Audioslave ,Green Day ,Foo Fighters ,Jimmy Eat World ,Snoop Dogg ,Thomas Dybdahl , The Game,Porcupine Tree ,Stonegard ,Fantômas 2006:
Depeche Mode , Tool,Kanye West , Muse,Pharrell ,Arctic Monkeys ,Damian Marley ,Devin the Dude , Placebo,Rufus Wainwright ,Opeth ,The Raconteurs ,Wolfmother ,Richard Hawley ,Gogol Bordello ,Flogging Molly ,The Cat Empire ,Death Cab for Cutie 2007:
Turbonegro ,The Who ,Scissor Sisters ,50 Cent ,Bigbang ,Chris Cornell ,Motorpsycho ,Black Debbath ,The Roots , Mew,Talib Kweli External links
* [http://www.quart.no Official site] (mostly in Norwegian)
* [http://www.quart.no/hovedtekst.aspx?m=1218&amid=8316 Official Site: English] (Limited pages)
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