The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-days rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and near Tokyo. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo 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.



Performances

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2000

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311
Arrested Development
At the Drive-In
Ben Folds Five
Coldplay
Dragon Ash
Eastern Youth
Eels


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Glow
Grandaddy
Green Day
G-Shock Winner
James Brown
Mansun
Muse
Quruli


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Reef
SBK
Sigur Rós
Snail Ramp
Snug
Supercar
Tahiti 80
Teenage Fanclub


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The Bluetones