Rock en Seine () is a three-day

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festival, held at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, the

Château de Saint-Cloud The Château de Saint-Cloud was a château in France, built on a site overlooking the Seine at Saint-Cloud in Hauts-de-Seine, about west of Paris. On the site of the former palace is the state-owned Parc de Saint-Cloud. The château was exp ...

's park, west of Paris, inside the garden designed by

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Name

The name is a

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, based on exactly the same pronunciation in French of the words ''scène'' meaning 'stage' and

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(the river separating Saint-Cloud from Central Paris after which the

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a département in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west ...

département is called).

History

* 2003: Birth of Rock en Seine on 27 August, with two stages and ten bands. * 2004: The festival extends over two days. It welcomes new artistic forms with Rockfolio, Rock en Strophes and Rock en Clips. * 2005: The festival site gets bigger: the third stage appears, as well as a campsite. * 2007: The festival extends over three days. * 2010: 105 000 people attending to this edition. * 2011: The fourth stage is emerging. * 2014: 120 000 people attending to this edition. The new stage named "Ile-de-France" hosts the Avant-Seine's bands. * 2017: Sarah Schmitt becomes the new director of the festival. The festival welcomes a "Firestone" stage.

2020 edition and COVID-19 pandemic

On 12 May 2020, it was announced to that the 2020 edition of the festival would be cancelled because of the ongoing

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Previous years

* 2003: 1st year, 2 stages, 10 artists, 22,000 spectators * 2004: 2nd year, extended to Two days, 22 artists, 48,000 spectators * 2005: 3rd year, Three stages, 30 artists, 46,000 spectators * 2006: 4th year, Three stages, 30 artists, 57,000 spectators * 2007: 5th year, extended to Three days, 45 artists, 68,000 spectators * 2008: Three stages, 34 artists, 76,000 spectators * 2009: Three stages, 47 artists, 97,000 spectators * 2010: Three stages, 47 artists, 105,000 spectators * 2011: Four stages, 63 bands, 105,000 spectators * 2012: Four stages, 62 artists, 108,000 spectators * 2013: Four stages, 56 artists, 110,000 spectators * 2014: Five stages, 65 artists, 120,000 spectators * 2015: Five stages, 66 artists, 110,000 spectators * 2016: Five stages, 65 artists, 110,000 spectators * 2017: Six stages, 78 artists, 110,000 spectators * 2018: Six stages, 78 artists, 90,000 spectators (to confirm)

The venue

The festival takes place in the down of the Park of "Domaine national de

Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest tow ...

", a historical place at the gates of

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, and five minutes from the nearest subway station, métro Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud. The park and the garden were designed by Le Nôtre in the 17th century, and it is the first

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to be classed as a

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in 1994. It is a 4.6 km² park, and there are gardens and forest with basins, thickets, cascades, and statues.

Avant-Seine

In 2005, for its third edition, and with the support of Ile-de-France, Rock en Seine inaugurated "Avant-Seine", a selection of bands from Ile-de-France which join the official programming of the festival. Every year, six selected groups are playing on a stage, and one of their tracks is published on a compilation spread for free. * 2005: Stuck in the Sound, Flying Pooh, HushPuppies, Herman Düne, Sayag Jazz Machine, Hopper. * 2006: Rhesus, Dead Pop Club, Daddy Longlegs, Neïmo, French Paradoxe, Fancy. * 2007:

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, Hey Hey My My, Nelson, Pravda, Rodeo Massacre, I Love UFO. * 2008: Narrow Terence, Brooklyn, The Latitudz, Molecule, Da Brasilians, Fortune. * 2009: Lilly Wood & The Prick, Hindi Zahra, Cheveu, Gush, Jil Is Lucky, The Tatianas. * 2010: Success, King of Conspiracy, I Am Un Chien, Quadricolor, Viva & the Diva, Roken is Dodelijk. * 2011: Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains, Concrete Knives, The Feeling of Love, Myra Lee, Beat Mark, Birdy Hunt. * 2012: Granville, Owlle, Yeti Lane, The Lanskies, Versus, Hyphen Hyphen. * 2013: FAUVE, Team Ghost, FI/SHE/S, J.C. Satàn, St. Lô, Wall Of Death. * 2014: ALB, Dorian Pimpernel, Feu! Chatterton, Jessica93, PEGASE, Petit fantôme. * 2015: DBFC, VKNG, Forever Pavot, We Are Match, Jeanne Added, Last Train. * 2016: KillASon, O, Adrien Soleiman, Kaviar Special, Maestro, Théo Lawrence & The Hearts. * 2017: Inuït, Barbagallo, Gracy Hopkins, Lysistrata, Therapie Taxi, Rendez-Vous. * 2018: 8 In Bloom, La Veine, Lily, Yanse, The Cage, Moons

Musical Acts

Edition 2003

Edition 2004

: Replaced

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Edition 2005

Edition 2006

: Replaced Richard Ashcroft

Edition 2007

: Replaced Amy Winehouse : Replaced The Horrors

Edition 2008

:Were meant to play on the Scene de l'Industrie but were added to the Grande Scene when Amy Winehouse cancelled at the last minute for unknown reasons. She never arrived to the festival site, despite her support musicians being there.

Edition 2009

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, who played earlier, replaced headliners

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, after a fight between the Gallagher brothers backstage leading to the band's disbandment. : Replaced Esser

Edition 2010

Edition 2011

: Replaced Young the Giant : Replaced Q Tip

Edition 2012

Edition 2013

Edition 2014

Edition 2015

Edition 2016

Edition 2017

Edition 2018

Edition 2019

References

http://www.rockenseine.com/timeline/

External links

Official website

Official blog
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