History - 2012

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What happened?

What everybody will remember about the 2012 Fuji Rock Festival is the beautiful sunny weather that lasted for the duration of the festival including the pre-party on the Thursday evening. While "Fuji Rock = Rain" was close to becoming an established fact of reality, the bright smiles of all festival goers enjoying the sunny weather were unforgettable.

The year even started with a premonition of something special. The Festival made news by announcing performers earlier then ever before with Radiohead early in the year and the announcement The Stone Roses were to play coinciding with their own announcement to reform the previous year. The premonition lead to what was simply an amazing line-up of headliners: the miracle revival of The Stone Roses, the whole festival singing along with Noel Gallagher, and the long awaited, by both fan and staff, performance of Radiohead. Not to mention what amounted to a celebration of the London Olympics with performances by top UK artists such as Beady Eye, The Specials and Elvis Costello, and prominant artists like Jack White, James Blake and Ed Sheeran performing around the festival along side big name domestic acts such as Yosui Inoue, Denki Groove and Sakanaction, gave the festival one of the richest line ups to date.

It must have been a reaction to the line up. Tickets for Saturday July 28th and Sunday the 29th both sold out making the year the biggest selling year of the festival. Also,after ten years of offering advanced ticketing, tickets were sold at a discounted price during pre-sales this year.

Fuji Rock aims for the symbiosis of music and nature and addresses this is many different ways through environmental projects. Through the Fuji Rock Forest Project started in 2011 with the cooperation of Naeba, the town of Yuzawa and Niigata Prefecture, the festival works to protect the lush forests surrounding the festival site and continues to expand with the support of festival goers with events such as the Board Walk Camp. The Festival also continues to offer the chance to discuss conversion to natural energy sources by hosting the anti-atomic, anti-nuclear event, "The Atomic Cafe". The year, with the blessing of beautiful weather, was a year to refelct once more on the import of protecting the environment.

As part of the "Benefit for Nippon" Great East Japan Earthquake Relief Project, the festival collected donations again this year to support the areas effected by the disaster. A great number of attendees graciously gave money to the donation boxes set up throughout the festival. Also, chairs autographed by artists who performed at the Green Stage were put up for auction. The Fuji Rock Festival Organizing Commitee donated the following funds gathered at the festival and the charity auction; <Donation Total > ¥8,765,948 <Donee> Fukushima Prefecture Disaster Response Headquarters <Donated> Sep. 13th and Oct. 17th, 2012

 

Timetable 2012

GREEN STAGE
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
THE BACK HORN SPECIAL OTHERS GALACTIC with Special Guests
Corey Glover (of Living Colour), and Corey Henry (Rebirth Brass Band)
ED SHEERAN SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 toe
OWL CITY TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS INOUE YOSUI
The Birthday RAY DAVIES & BAND JACK WHITE
BOOM BOOM SATELLITES THE SPECIALS ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS
BEADY EYE NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS RADIOHEAD
THE STONE ROSES --- ---
WHITE STAGE
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
HEY-SMITH FRONTIER BACKYARD a flood of circle
DJANGO DJANGO CLOUD NOTHINGS CHTHONIC
THIRD COAST KINGS MONO with The Holy Ground Orchestra locofrank
THA BLUE HERB ROVO FUCKED UP
THE VERY BEST CARIBOU EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
GOSSIP SAKANACTION REFUSED
DJ KENTARO JUSTICE AT THE DRIVE-IN
JAMES BLAKE --- ---
RED MARQUEE
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
COBRA ASPARAGUS LOSTAGE
FLOWER COMPANYZ MY BEST FIEND JAPANDROIDS
twenty | one | pilots SWISS LIPS ALT-J
CHATMONCHY PURITY RING HOWLER
ELECTRIC GUEST ACIDMAN MICHAEL KIWANUKA
THE KOOKS THE HEARTBREAKS M.WARD
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE THE D.O.T. JAMES IHA
--- SPIRITUALIZED THE SHINS
PLANET GROOVE TRIBAL CIRCUS SUNDAY SESSION
GOTH-TRAD OL Killer group_inou
FACTORY FLOOR DENKI GROOVE DJ BAKU
JAMES BLAKE(DJ) BUSY P DE DE MOUSE + Drumrolls
ARAAB MUZIK KID MASSIVE ANNIE MAC
THE FIELD AGORIA MOP OF HEAD
eli walks --- IDJUT BOYS
FIELD OF HEAVEN
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
THE TROJANS ITO FUMIO cero "rookie a go-go" selected
Humbert Humbert X COOL WISE MAN HOSHINO GEN KIMYOREITARO TRAVEL SWING BAND
CARAVAN KANJYUKU TRIO A 100% SOLARS
ERNEST RANGLIN LAY-RUN TOKIKO KATO
LOS LONELY BOYS ELVIN BISHOP DUMPSTAPHUNK
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS STEVE KIMOCK THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND
--- --- RAY DAVIES & BAND
ORANGE COURT
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
MIMI MAURA feat. Ishikawa Michihisa Session LINDIGO GOJIRA・HOSHANO・HIKASYU
mouse on the keys MOUNTAIN MOCHA KILIMANJARO ORQUESTA LIBRE with Yuichi Ohata
Jah Wobble & Keith Levene – Metal Box In Dub ONDA VAGA YAEL NAIM
MORITZ VON OSWALD TRIO CHE SUDAKA quasimode
HIROMI THE TRIO PROJECT featuring Anthony Jackson &Simon Phillips ANTHONY JOSEPH & THE SPASM BAND NEW COOL COLLECTIVE
--- BUDDY GUY SHIBUSASHIRAZU ORCHESTRA
ALL NIGHT FUJI : MEGA-10
7/27 (FRI)
DJ AKi & YUUKi MC 
DEXPISTOLS
DJ EMMA
DJ NOBU
DJ KRUSH
!!!KYONO+DJ BAKU!!!
KEN ISHII
Q'HEY
REE.K
DJ TSUYOSHI
Gypsy Avalon
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
NGO Village Talk Theme : Understand! Choose! Create! My energy. NGO Village Talk Theme : How to enjoy the forests around us. NGO Village Talk Theme : Connecting hearts through dialogue : the reconstruction of Tohoku - support from Tanzania
tonchi Mitsu Deserts Chang
Upendra and friends plus Mr. Sunil and Babu Ide Ayaka Momo Kazuhiro
iyco Atomic Cafe Talk : Daisuke Tsuda, Tokiko Kato and Taiji Sato jizue
Atomic Cafe Talk : Daisuke Tsuda, Fujinami Kokoro & Kanaru Atomic Cafe : Tokiko Kato with guest Taiji Sato Atomic Cafe : GOJIRA・HOSHANO・HIKASYU
Atomic Cafe : FRYING DUTCHMAN Kurai Natsuki Atomic Cafe Talk : Daisuke Tsuda, Miyuki Matsuda, Koichi Makigami and Goto Masafumi
U-zhaan × mabanua Chihana Atomic Cafe : Goto Masafumi
Houribe LOU/td> Higashida Tomohiro x Leyona x Numazawa Takashi -TRI-ARTIST SESSION- ONDA VAGA
--- Magnolia tricot
THE PALACE OF WONDER
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
CRYSTAL PALACE TENT
SIM CASS GYPSYPHONIC DISKO aka Ben Ellman from Galactic Matsuda "CHABE" Gakuji
LINDIGO KINGDOM☆AFROCKS YAMANA NOBORU
DJ SCRATCHY OGAWA YUSUKE (universounds / Deep Jazz Reality) KATTENI SHIYAGARE
ONDA VAGA BUGS GROUP(ONION RECORDS) OKAWA TAKESHI (SUNSHOT / TheSkaFlames)
CUMBIA KID KING NABE (CLUB SKA) Big Willie's Burlesque presents 'The New Recessionaires'
CHE SUDAKA THE TROJANS MURASAKI BABY DOLL with JVC FORCE TYO
LYNVAL GOLDING (THE SPECIALS) BABY SOUL (GAZ'S ROCKIN' BLUES) DJ JIM
PALACE ARENA
BIR KHALSA DAL BIR KHALSA DAL BIR KHALSA DAL
ROOKIE A GO-GO
GEZAN OMOIDEYARO A-TEAM APPLESAITO TO YUKAINA HERCULES-TACHI
THE MASHIKO KETTLES deepNow
THE KEYS Tam Tam bakebakebar
NOA STERUSS BOTTLES HOUSE
NINGEN OK YASEI COLLECTIVE macmanaman
NAEBA SHOKUDO
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
NAEBA ONGAKU TOTSUGEKITAI and Special Guests NAEBA ONGAKU TOTSUGEKITAI and Special Guests NAEBA ONGAKU TOTSUGEKITAI and Special Guests
MOMO KAZUHIRO & TAPE ECHOS Special Guest!! KATAOMOI
SARATOGA ONDA VAGA CHARAN-PO-RANTAN
KIMYOREITARO LITTLESWING KINOKO HOTEL Kensington Hillbillys
--- --- THE DEKITS
DAY DREAMING AND SILENT BEEZE
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
moshimoss SEINOIZE MATSUSAKA DAISUKE
Ametsub(DJ set) DJ AYASHIGE YOGURT & KOYAS (Live)
The Beauty BRYAN BURTON-LEWIS HIDEO KOBAYASHI
Dorian Q'HEY YODA
Eccy MASA ---
YAKENOHARA DONUTS DISCO DELUXE(ANI+ROBOCHU+AFRA) ---
--- Special Session ---
MOKUDO TEI
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
ONDA VAGA MOFUNO TABI SUGEE
suzumoku + kou KUGATSU HAS COME Upendra and Friends
Kensington Hillbillys AO YOUNG with GORO SHIBATA Sunil Dev & Babu
PYRAMID GARDEN
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
SANDII feat. Aureana Tseu SANDII SANDII
ABE FUYUMI Kensington Hillbillys AO YOUNG with GORO SHIBATA
LOVE FOR NIPPON (AOYA ASUKA / JUNPEI KOKUBO) Magnolia Sunil Dev & Babu
Café de Paris
7/27 (FRI) 7/28 (SAT) 7/29 (SUN)
ZAZA FOURNIER CHE SUDAKA ZAZA FOURNIER
Big Willie's Burlesque presents 'The New Recessionaires' Samanyolu with SALAM UNAGAMI & QUCYU SHINSHI NEW COOL COLLECTIVE
MIMI MAURA feat. Ishikawa Michihisa Session Big Willie's Burlesque presents 'The New Recessionaires' ONDA VAGA
TOKIKO KATO ZAZA FOURNIER Big Willie's Burlesque presents 'The New Recessionaires'