Skulls, love, prog rock and a jouhikko
19.7.2015 klo 18:51
The unique Pekko Käppi and his jouhikko hypnotized the audience with shamanic melodies.
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The Festival Life page will be updated during the spring and actual festival weekend. It will feature stories and photos written and taken by dozens of journalists and photographers about bands as well as numerous other interesting phenomena around Ilosaarirock festival.
Festival-frenzy with minimal budget
19.7.2015 klo 16:39
A few useful tips for minimizing your festival budget.
Read more »Apocalyptica brought cellos back to the Main Stage
19.7.2015 klo 15:53
Long hair and fists swinging in the air. Frank Perez on the stage. This was Apocalyptica’s gig on the Main Stage.
Read more »SUP’s up at Ilosaarirock
19.7.2015 klo 15:40
Standup paddleboarding has made its way into the beachhead programme of the Ilosaarirock festival for the first time. Our reporters gave this trending sport a whirl.
Read more »Thrall of Placebo
19.7.2015 klo 15:07
The hottest name in Britpop, Placebo, met the expectations of the audience. The band was last seen in Finland in 2009.
Read more »Bastille took the Main Tent audience by storm
19.7.2015 klo 14:54
Bastille has topped the charts around the world with their album ”Bad Blood” and was one of the most expected performers of this this year’s Ilosaarirock. Despite the rain and cold weather, the band made the audience feel warm with their pounding rhythms.
Read more »Amorphis went back in time 20 years
19.7.2015 klo 14:14
Amorphis surprised the festival audience by performing their whole album ”Tales of Thousand Lakes” (1994) instead of playing just radio hits. The album has been called one of the classic albums of Finnish heavy metal. According to the lead singer Tomi Joutsen, this was the last time the album was played in Finland.
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