The Rock in Rome (until its 2008 edition known as Romarock Festival) is a musical event that takes place annually in Rome at the Capannelle Racecourse usually at the turn of the months of June and July . Does not take place as a classic festival (i.e., it is not of one or more consecutive days in which more groups perform) but as a musical event in which, over a period of a month or so, several groups perform.Official Site
Among the artists, Mark Knopfler, Slash, The Chemical Brothers, Jamiroquai, Ben Harper, Toto, Korn, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Skunk Anansie, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Cranberries, Nine Inch Nails, Motörhead, ZZ Top, The Cure, Testament, Duran Duran, Dream Theater, Radiohead, Franco Battiato, Caparezza, Subsonica, Vinicio Capossela, Elio e Le Storie Tese, Litfiba, Rammstein, Atoms for Peace, Arctic Monkeys, Green Day, Blur, Iggy & The Stooges, Smashing Pumpkins, Bruce Springsteen.
Feature of the festival is the quality and variety of the line-up thus allowing the meeting of different cultures and musical genres.
During the three previous editions, more than 370,000 people have benefited from the setting Capannelle Racetrack taking part in shows and allowing the achievement dell'esaurito for several evenings. The 2011 edition has seen a total of about two hundred thousand appearances.
Editions
2002 5 July Banco del Mutuo Soccorso / Elettrojoyce 11 July Franco Battiato
2003 20 June Marlene Kuntz 4 July Latte e i Suoi Derivati 15 July Modena City Ramblers 23 July Elio e le Storie Tese 2 agosto Latte e i Suoi Derivati
2004 21 June Elio e le Storie Tese 23 June Verdena 26 June Marlene Kuntz 6 July Sean Paul 7 July Air 8 July Peter Gabriel 16 July Modena City Ramblers 19 July Latte e i Suoi Derivati / AnonimArmonisti
2005 16 June Banco del Mutuo Soccorso / Cappello a Cilindro 7 July Tori Amos / Tom McRae 8 July Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra 18 July Jamiroquai 20 July Negramaro
2006 5 July Afterhours 19 July Franco Battiato / Joan as Police Woman 21 July Massive Attack 28 July Daniele Silvestri
2007 30 June Daniele Silvestri 1 July Placebo 3 July Peter Gabriel 4 July Deasonika 13 July Finley 16 July Steve Vai 17 July Ricky Martin 18 July Avril Lavigne 20 July Robert Plant
2008 19 June LOB Tech Tones / Piergiorgio Lucidi 30 June Francesco De Gregori 3 July Subsonica 4 July Fabrizio Moro 6 July Tokio Hotel 11 July Pino Daniele 12 July Aventura 15 July Fiorella Mannoia 16 July Duran Duran 18 July Massive Attack / Djavan 19 July Shaggy / Max Pezzali 24 July Finley 26 July Ben Harper
2009 27 June Subsonica 30 June UB40 1 July Vinicio Capossela & Calexico 2 July Negrita 4 July Marlene Kuntz 5 July Testament / Kreator / Cathedral 6 July Earth, Wind & Fire / Chic 8 July P.F.M. canta De André 9 July J-Ax 10 July Marta Sui Tubi / Massimo Volume / Surgery 11 July Bandabardò 14 July The Killers / Franz Ferdinand / White Lies 15 July Motörhead / Extrema / Merendine Atomiche 16 July 2 Many DJ's [ANNULLATO] 18 July Caparezza 20 July Afterhours / Morgan / Hike Has The Giggles 22 July Nine Inch Nails / Animal Collective / TV on the Radio 24 July Daniele Silvestri 25 July Modena City Ramblers
2010 1 July Heaven & Hell [ANNULLATO] 5 July The Cranberries 6 July Mika 7 July The Gossip 12 July ZZ Top 13 July Ska-P / 99 Posse / Er Piotta / The Hormonauts 14 July Baustelle / Nina Zilli 15 July Skunk Anansie / Motel Connection 21 July Afterhours 22 July Litfiba 26 July The Cult 27 July Daniele Silvestri 28 July Gary Moore
2011 18 June Thirty Seconds to Mars + CB7 21 June Avenged Sevenfold 23 June Alessandro Mannarino 29 June Korn + Extrema + Stillwell + DJ Kid Knuckles 30 June Subsonica 3 July Black Label Society + Archer 4 July Dream Theater + Anathema + Gamma Ray 6 July Afterhours + Cesare Malfatti 8 July Mogwai + A Classic Education 9 July Fabri Fibra 13 July Chemical Brothers 15 July Franco Battiato 16 July Caparezza 17 July Almamegretta & Raiz (reunion tour) 18 July Daniele Silvestri 19 July Robert Plant & The Band of Joy + Ben Harper 20 July Skunk Anansie + Motel Connection 21 July Elio e le Storie Tese + Nevruz + Le Ossa 22 July Jamiroquai + Fabri Fibra 23 July Jack Johnson + Kaki King 24 July Moby (+ after show DJset) 29 July Slash & Myles Kennedy+ Japanese Voyeur 30 July Max Pezzali
2012 7 June Afterhours & Afghan Whigs (Tenutosi all'Atlantico Live) 25 June Incubus + Fin 26 June Cypress Hill + Everlast + Dope D.O.D. + Noyz Narcos 27 June Portishead 2 July Deadmau5 3 July Snoop Dogg +Cut Killer 5 July Negrita 8 July Justice + guest 9 July The Cure + Crystal Castles + The Cranes + Paolo Benvegnù + Denimor 10 July Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger ( dei The Doors ) 11 July J-Ax 12 July Garbage 13 July Armin Van Buuren + Jochen Miller 16 July Nina Zilli 17 July Lenny Kravitz + Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue 18 July Kasabian 19 July Elio e Le Storie Tese 20 July Caparezza21 July Boys Noize + guest 22 July Goran Bregovic 23 July Ben Harper + Nneka 25 July Subsonica 26 July Beach Boys 27 July Simple Minds 28 July Litfiba 30 July Sonata Arctica 2 August Placebo 22 September Radiohead + Caribou
2013 29 May My Bloody Valentine 5 June Green Day + All Time Low 11 June The Killers + The Stereophonics 21 June Toto 25 June Korn + Bullet for My Valentine + Love and Death 4 July Iggy Pop and the Stooges 5 July Max Gazzè 9 July Rammstein 10 July Arctic Monkeys + The Vaccines + Miles Kane 11 July Bruce Springsteen 13 July Mark Knopfler 14 July The Smashing Pumpkins + Mark Lanegan Band + Beware of Darkness 16 July Atoms for Peace 18 July Ska-P + Casino Royale 22 July Deep Purple 24 July Zucchero 25 July Daniele Silvestri 26 July Neil Young 28 July Sigur Rós 29 July Blur 31 July Negrita
See also
List of historic rock festivals
References
External links Official Site RomaDailyNews - Update Events Calendar