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How to Apply for Rookie A Go-Go
- April 6, 2017 ● Bands
Outside the main festival gates at Fuji Rock you may find yourself wandering back to your tent, hotel or hostel one summery evening when the sound of a band calls out to you on your left. Dazed and sweaty from a headline show at the Green Stage, you’re still aching for something else to keep the buzz going, so you follow that sound and step through the mouth of a giant, fiery skull to find yourself at the Rookie A Go-Go stage, a magical musical space which has been showcasing unsigned bands at Fuji Rock since the beginning of this millennium.
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Fuji Rock 3rd Line-Up Announcement
- March 31, 2017 ● Bands
If you’ve been playing the game of looking to see who’s dropping records this year and therefore might be out on tour, you’ll most likely have been mulling over whether Gorillaz could be persuaded to play Japan after the band’s near 6-year hiatus. Well, good news: the band will be playing as main headliners at the festival this summer!
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Fuji Rock 2017 Second Line-Up Announcement
- March 10, 2017 ● Bands
The latest artists announced for this year’s festival include a number of Japanese artists as well as overseas acts. Here’s our Top 3 overseas artists from this announcement worth checking out.
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Fuji Rock 2017 Tickets On Sale Feb. 18th
- February 15, 2017 ● Essentials
For those of you eagerly awaiting ticket sales for this year’s festival, only a few days are left!
Below are the keys things you need to know about buying tickets for this year’s Fuji Rock.
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Fuji Rock 2017 First Line-Up Announcement
- February 10, 2017 ● Bands
The first line-up announcement is out and, as you can see below, it’s a mix of old friends and new.
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Fuji Rock 2017 Early-bird Tickets Available!
- January 19, 2017 ● Essentials
If you’re already thinking about heading to this year’s Fuji Rock Festival (July 28th-30th 2017), you’ll probably be interested in grabbing an early-bird ticket. 3-day tickets for this year’s festival cost ¥43,000 but if you catch that festival worm, you’ll be able to get them at a discount price of ¥36,000 between January 21st and 29th.
So, how do you get hold of one of these? READ MORE
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Asagiri Jam 2016
- October 13, 2016 ● Experiences
A Red Fuji sunset, the Skatalites, and so much more!
by Dave Frazier
Japanese music fans variously refer to Asagiri Jam as “the real Fuji Rock”, “the festival with the original Fuji Rock idea” and “the Fuji Rock afterparty.” I was also told, “The music is not even that important, people just want to go there and hang out.”
The 2-day event, which attracts around 10,000 every year, saw performances by the Skatalites, Todd Terje & the Olsens, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Floating Points, Toe and others bands, was held Oct. 8 and 9 on the lower slopes of Mount Fuji, and the main stage and camping area afford incredible views of the mountain when the weather cooperates. It is organized by Smash Japan, which also organizes Fuji Rock, and has been held in early October — about two and a half months after Fuji Rock — annually since 2001.
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Laura’s Musical Marmite Sunday
- July 19, 2016 ● Bands
Fuji Rock offers a veritable cornucopia of musical delights, but when your taste in music tends towards the darker, screamier end of the spectrum it can seem like a little bit of a wasteland at times. Luckily, this year the line-up on Sunday promises a mix of the weird, wacky and wonderfully chuggy. Whether you like it or not will be another matter altogether, but pull up a camping chair and get comfy at the White Stage with me.
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Don’t forget your toothbrush
- July 19, 2016 ● Essentials, Experiences
With the fest mere days away now, regardless of how many times you’ve attended Fuji Rock, there’s always the chance you might forget something that could put a major damper on your experience. I put together a quick and easy top 10 list, something I call my top 10 Fuji Rock essentials. Show up to the festival with these items and everything should be all good. READ MORE
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Not a Walkabout: Lots of Music Without Alot of Work
- July 18, 2016 ● Experiences, From Fujirockers.org
Let’s be honest, you can probably have a pretty good festival just sitting on your ass in front of the Green Stage. By my estimation, a good number of people (dare we say the majority) actually do just this. On Friday, a nice lineup of Boredoms < Biffy Clyro < Jake Bugg < James Blake < and Sigur Ros aint a bad way to pass the day. READ MORE
