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first day - tool and manu chao ... not as impressive as 5 years ago (rw01), when both of them also staged the first day, tool blew me away then, and the whole manu chao gig was una fiesta grande ... anyway tool still blows away and manu chao still builds a good party ... but whenever the first time you see a band leaves you amazed, it's difficult later to get it better ... next the rhcp, not the best live-performing band (tool comes close there), but close to the best live band ... their funk music is perfect for a big stage and they play with such a funky pleasure, which makes it a great gig ... best moment: how deep is your love solo by john frusciante ... the black eyed peas finished the day, where i stood in front to admire fergies humps

second day - a brand opened well ... next good editors, curious to see and hear more of them ... then elbow, amazing, beautiful music in the pyramid, the applause after forget myself seemed to last forever, and the gig was not even over ... mogwai a bit too early on the day, funny moment: one of the band members was a bit too soon in opening the distortion, he quickly stopped his outburst ... muse was the top of the four days, as you can read in another post ... and with a 2 many party the night started

third day - a great day - wolfmother (what a haircut), arsenal (yeahaa), the monkeys (i stood a bit too far to enjoy it properly, but at pp i have made it up), the chiefs (a riot it was), the raconteurs (good first disc and gig, two vocalists/guitarists add up, check the nana-mouskouri lookalike bass player), the franz ferdinand (1-0 for scotland, but a bit too much of the same) ... and then, goldfrapp in the marquee ... hot (the weather) hot (the background dancers) hot (the girl in front), the most sexy gig up till now ... ooh la la ... what a show ... the next day she couldn't perform at roskilde, maybe she gave us too much ... deus as headliner, from theme from turnpike (mauro getting mad) to roses (thank you) one big home victory ... after that a great party between the entry fences ... por la carretera !!!

fourth day - better then the day before was not possible, so now it was sit back and relax - strange gig of eels, two guitars and drum, and a security guy doing crazy stuff, but the music (fast rock) was not really convincing, or maybe the sun was just shining too hard ... next some listening from under the trees, a bit boring hard-fi, and fun scissor sisters, but i found myself waiting to be comfortably numb, which only happened then ... as end of the festival a greatest hit show of depeche mode, funny to see the old hits being recognised and sung along by the first half of the audience ... i, after four days, enjoyed the silence ...

rhcp - can't stop / dani california / scar tissue / charlie / fortune faded / warlocks / parallel universe / snow / me and my friends / wet sand / right on time / don't forget me / how deep is your love / tell me baby / californication / by the way
elbow - station approach / red / leaders of the free world / fugitive motel / mexican standoff / the good day / mcgreggor / forget myself / the stops / new born
goldfrapp - utopia / tiptoe / train / koko / slide / you never know / deer stop / satin chic / beautiful / fly me away / ride a white horse / ooh la la / number 1 / strict machine
deus - theme from turnpike / stop-start nature / instant street / fell of the floor, man / nightshopping / if you don't get want you want / the real sugar / little arithmetics / sun ra / via / what we talk about (when we talk about love) / suds & soda / nothing really ends / bad timing / pocket revolution / roses