Southside Festival

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Southside Festival


location = Tuttlingen, Germany
years_active= 1999 - present
dates = June
genre = Rock
website= [http://www.southside.de/index.php?lng=_englisch/ www.southside.de]

The Southside Festival, also just Southside, is a music festival that takes place near Tuttlingen, southern Germany, usually every June. It is promoted by German private music television channel VIVA, which belongs to Viacom, the MTV Network's parent company, since the end of 2004. The festival and its guests are generally associated with the alternative part of mainstream music, although the festival has been becoming more and more mainstream over the years.

The Hurricane Festival, often referred to as the "mother" of Southside, takes place on the same three days in the very north of Germany (contrary to Southside, which is in the very south). Together they're a twin festival, since they are on the same days and usually have the same lineup with only few exceptions.

History & Audience

After the great success of the Hurricane Festival, FKP Scorpio decided to make a similar event in the south of Germany. 1999 a former military airbase in Neubiberg, near Munich, was selected. In 2000 the festival was moved to another former military airbase, this time in Neuhausen ob Eck, which is near Freiburg and Stuttgart.

Because of the relative proximity to other countries (France, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are all less than 100km away), the audience is very multinational. In 2003, the calculated maximum capacity of around 40.000 people was reached and the festival has been sold out well in advance since.

Past lineups

(lineups partly differ from Hurricane)

*2001: Ash, Backyard Babies, Blackmail, Die Happy, Donots, Faithless, Fantomas, Fink, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Fünf Sterne deluxe, Goldfinger, Grand Theft Audio, The Hellacopters, The Hives, Iggy Pop, Incubus, JJ72, Krezip, K's Choice, Last Days of April, Manu Chao, Nashville Pussy, The Offspring, OPM, Paradise Lost, Phoenix, Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age, Slut, Stereo MC's, Suit Yourself, Thomas D, Tool, Die Toten Hosen, The Weakerthans, Weezer, Wheatus

*2002: …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, A, Die Ärzte, Beatsteaks, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Breeders, Dover, Emil Bulls, The Flaming Sideburns, Garbage, Gluecifer, Heyday, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Jasmin Tabatabai, Lambretta, Less Than Jake, Lostprophets, Madrugada, Mercury Rev, Nelly Furtado, New Order, No Doubt, The Notwist, The Promise Ring, Queens of the Stone Age, Readymade, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rival Schools, Simian, Simple Plan, Soulfly, Sportfreunde Stiller, Such A Surge, Suit Yourself, Television, Tocotronic, Union Youth, Zornik

*2003: 22-20s, Apocalyptica, Asian Dub Foundation, Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man, Blackmail, Brendan Benson, Coldplay, Conic, Console, Counting Crows, Danko Jones, The Datsuns, Fu Manchu, Goldfrapp, Good Charlotte, Grandaddy, Guano Apes, Gus Gus, The Hellacopters, International Pony, Interpol, Kettcar, Live, Massive Attack, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Millencolin, Moloko, Nada Surf, NOFX, Patrice, Pete Yorn, Pinkostar, Radiohead, The Roots, Röyksopp, Seeed, Sigur Rós with Amina, Skin, Slut, The Sounds, Starsailor, Supergrass, Therapy?, Turbonegro, Underwater Circus, Underworld, Union Youth

*2004: Air, Amplifier, Anti-Flag, Ash, Backyard Babies, Beatsteaks, Beginner, Billy Talent, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Bones, Breed 77, Bright Eyes, Bungalow Bang Boys, Colour of Fire, The Cure, Cypress Hill, Danko Jones, Die Happy, Dropkick Murphys, Die Fantastischen Vier, Fireball Ministry, Franz Ferdinand, Fünf Sterne deluxe, Gentleman & The Far East Band, Gluecifer, Graham Coxon, grannysmith, The Hives, I Am Kloot, Ill Nino, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Jupiter Jones, Die Kleinen Götter, Life of Agony, Mando Diao, Mclusky, Mogwai, Monster Magnet, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Placebo, Sarah Bettens, Snow Patrol, Sportfreunde Stiller, Tomte, Wilco, Within Temptation

*2005: 2raumwohnung, Amplifier, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Athlete, Audioslave, Beatsteaks, Beck, Boysetsfire, Brendan Benson, Broken Social Scene, Die Ärzte, Dinosaur Jr, Dioramic, The Dresden Dolls, Eagles of Death Metal, Fantômas, Feist, Flogging Molly, Idlewild, Ken, Kettcar, La Vela Puerca, Long Jones, Madrugada, Madsen, Mando Diao, Millencolin, Moneybrother, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, Phoenix, Queens of the Stone Age, Rammstein, Sarah Bettens, Ska-P, Slut, System of a Down, Team Sleep, The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, The Robocop Kraus, The Stands, Turbonegro, Underøath, Wir sind Helden

*2006: Adam Green, The Answer, Apocalyptica, Archive, Arctic Monkeys, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Ben Jammin, Billy Talent, Blackmail, Coheed and Cambria, The Cooper Temple Clause, Death Cab for Cutie,Nada Surf, dEUS, Delays, Donavon Frankenreiter, Duels, Elbow, Element Of Crime, Fettes Brot, HARD-Fi, Karamelo Santo, Klee, Lagwagon, Lightning Seeds, Live, Mad Caddies, Mando Diao, Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System, Maxïmo Park, Photonensurfer, The Raconteurs, Muse, Panteón Rococó, Seeed, Shout Out Louds, Sigur Rós, Skin, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Cardigans, The Feeling, The Hives, The Kooks, The Strokes, Tomte, Two Gallants, Wallis Bird, The Weepies Wir sind Helden, Within Temptation, Wolfmother, Zebrahead

*2007: Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Cold War Kids, Deichkind, Die Fantastischen Vier, Dropkick Murphys, Editors, Fotos, Incubus, Interpol, Jet, Juliette & The Licks, Kings of Leon, La Vela Puerca, Less Than Jake, Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Pearl Jam, Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age, Snow Patrol, Sonic Youth,The Brayndead Freakshow, Sugarplum Fairy, The Bravery, The Films, The Sounds, Tokyo Police Club and many more...

Current Line-Up

*2008: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, British Sea Power, Maximo Park, Nada Surf, Tegan and Sara, The Chemical Brothers, The Kooks, The Weakerthans, Turbostaat, Panic At The Disco, Elbow, Flogging Molly, Calexico, Billy Talent, and many more...

2007 Storm Incident

On the Thursday evening preceding the start of the festival, a storm demolished the tent stage and hurled large and heavy poles through the air. One such pole went through the roof of a paramedic van parked near the stage, killing one occupant and seriously injuring the other.The tent stage acts had to be canceled as a consequence.

Festival organizers considered canceling the festival, but decided against it on advice of police, local authorities and even the paramedics team. The two main stages also suffered damage but were sufficiently repaired in time.

External links

* http://www.southside.de/ - The Southside Festival's homepage (German)
* http://www.southside.de/index.php?lng=_englisch - The Southside Festival's homepage (English)
* http://www.fkpscorpio.com/ - Homepage of FKP Scorpio, the organizer