Green Fest was an annual single day musical event held in

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. Conceived as a local arm of the Carlsberg Group's

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summer concert series across

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, Serbian Green Fest is organized by the same group of individuals who are behind EXIT. Danish conglomerate Carlsberg Group finances the event through its local arm

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2007

The inaugural Green Fest in Serbia took place on 26 June 2007 in the town of Inđija before some 100,000 people, most of whom came to see the headliners of the night Red Hot Chili Peppers as part of their Stadium Arcadium World Tour. Other performers on the bill that day were

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, and

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2008

The event's second edition took place on Wednesday 2 July 2008 at the Belgrade Arena with Serbian band

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, and Danish act The Raveonettes taking the stage, followed by

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, and the night's headliners Franz Ferdinand.

2009

For the third edition of the festival, the announced headliners were

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, which were scheduled to perform 20 May 2009, as a part of their

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.Depeche Mode confirm Belgrade date
/ref> The festival was to be held in

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, on the Sava and Danube confluence, but the performance, and several other on the tour, was canceled due to

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's health problems. The third edition of the festival was canceled.

References

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