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Event Information:
The
Summer Sonic Festival is an annual
two or three-days rock festival held
at the same time in Osaka and Chiba.
The majority of the bands playing in
Osaka the first day go to Chiba the
following day and vice versa. The
line-up contains many Japanese rock
musicians from both major and indie
record companies, and also
international acts. The venues for
are Chiba Marine Stadium &
Makuhari Messe.
Chiba
Marine Stadium is a stadium in
Chiba City, Japan. It opened in 1990
and holds 30,000 people. The
official opening of the stadium was
held on April 13, 1990, when popstar
Madonna opened her Blond Ambition
Tour at the venue. Unfortunately,
the show was blighted by very heavy
rain and high winds, which led to
the concert being dramatically
scaled-back. The Summer Sonic
Festival is held in the stadium and
the neighbouring Makuhari Messe
every summer. Makuhari Messe is a
Japanese convention center outside
Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward
of Chiba city, in the northwest
corner of Chiba prefecture. Designed
by Fumihiko Maki, it is easily
accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail
system. Makuhari is the name of the
area, and Messe is a German word
meaning "trade fair".
Chiba
is the capital city of Chiba
Prefecture, Japan. It is located
approximately 40 km east of the
center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba
City became a government designated
city in 1992. Its population as of
2008 is approximately 960,000. Chiba
City is also one of the Kantō
region's primary seaports, and is
home to Chiba Port, which handles
one of the highest volumes of cargo
in the nation. Much of the city is
residential, although there are many
factories and warehouses located
along the coast. There are several
major urban centers in the city,
including Makuhari, a prime
waterfront business district in
which Makuhari Messe is located, and
Central Chiba, in which the
prefectural government office and
the city hall are located.
Summer Sonic lineup: Green Day,
Franz Ferdinand, Lostprophets, the
Vaccines, Rihanna, Jamiroquai,
Pitbull, Kesha, Sigur Ros, New
Order, Garbage, Cast, Nelly Furtado,
Calvin Harris, Pennywise, Ashura and
many more...
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