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Saturday was a musical bomb here at Roskilde!

Camp party!

A quiet start
Starting out in the soft end with Danish The Rumour Said Fire. They had the tough job of playing 12:30 in the morning. The Danish guys did a terrific job.
The Bergen-based indie duo Kings of Convenience followed up with a soft concert where they played for their biggest crow ever.

Later that same day The Floor Is Made Of Lava gave a steaming hot performance with a good mix of old songs and new ones from their “Howl at the Moon” album. The hot weather helped keep the heat up.

Danish Kashmir kick-started the Orange Stage as the sun was on it’s way to set after another hot and beautiful day. Lead singer, Kasper Eistrup, had troubles finding the right key sometimes but it didn’t stop Kashmir from delivering a great performance. Starting of with a good old classic, “Vote 4 Dick Taid”, the band got a firm grip of the crowd and managed to keep the grip even through the more slow songs as “Rocket Brothers”. Ending the concert with more old song was a brilliant idea, but it left the younger crowd looking like a question mark.

From Pendulum to Muse
At the Arena stage Australian Pendulum played their heavy drum ‘n’ bass supported by a live drummer and guitarist. It worked surprisingly well and soon the crowd was bubbling with energy!
A great deal of the crowd, myself included, had greater plans for the night and hurried back to the Orange Stage. Muse was due to play and the no longer green grass in front of the Orange Stage was packed with people waiting for the British rock group.
And what a show the crow got! All the hits, great performance, the lead singer in a shiny suit and amazing guitar play! The crowd got what the came for, a show and all the god old and new tracks. But maybe I already had the Swedish electro pop queen, Robyn, on my mind because at the end of the concert the performance got a little too studio like.

Robyn isn’t dancing on her own – We are with her!
This girl I’ve really been looking forward to see. The blonde Robyn with that sweet voice of hers. She started off with “Fembot” from her new album and that set the crowd wild! Of course the major hit “Dancing on my own” made the people dance even more and a good combination of new and old songs as well as Robyns energetic and blasting performance made the perfect party in the Arena tent. Tracks like “The Girl and the Robot” (featuring Röyksopp) and “With Every Heartbeat” (featuring Kleerup) just topped the party.

From electropop to rave
As if the party at Arena with Robyn wasn’t enough British The Prodigy played at the Orange Stage at 01:00 in the night. With their noisy hard beating electronica and with a massive light show they managed to keep the party going with tracks like “Smack My Bitch Up” and “Invaders Must Die”.

Later that night I found myself raving on into the night, first with Moderat at 03:00 and later in our camp with the local DJs!

What a day at Roskilde!!