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Summer Sonic Festival
Marine Stage in Chiba (c. 2008)
GenreRock, alternative, electronic, metal, hip hop and pop
DatesAugust
Location(s)
  • Chiba, Japan
  • Osaka, Japan
  • Shanghai, China (2017)
    • Shen Di Ecology Park
    • Shanghai International Music Village
Years active2000–2019, 2021–present
Websitewww.summersonic.com

The Summer Sonic Festival (サマーソニック, Samā Sonikku), also known as Supersonic, is an annual two- or three-day rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Chiba, Japan. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Chiba the following day and vice versa. The line-up contains Japanese rock musicians from major and independent record companies, plus international acts. In 2017, the festival was expanded to include Shanghai, China.[1]

History

Summer Sonic Festival was founded in 2000 in Japan, by Naoki Shimizu, CEO of Tokyp promotions company Creativeman Productions Ltd.[2] Addressing the ever-growing demand for western music, the festival drew established and emerging musical acts of most genres to become, by 2010, Japan's biggest music event.

The Chiba event takes place every August at the massive Makuhari Messe convention center, which overlooks Tokyo Bay, and at the Zozo Marine Stadium. In Osaka, the venue is Maishima Sonic Park. At all venues, there is always a large arena main stage and several other smaller stages.

In 2011, the festival established Sonicmania, whose focus is on Electronic dance music (EDM). It is held at Makuhari Messe the day before the festival.[3][4]

In 2012, Creativeman formed a joint venture with Live Nation Entertainment.[5] In 2014, Live Nation bought full control of the festival.[6]

The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a truncated version, branded as 'Supersonic', took place in September of 2021 with restrictions in place and a typhoon affecting day one. Possibly because of the logistics of moving people around during a pandemic, the 2021 line-up was mainly electronic. Controversy arose when some international DJs were allowed into Japan without having to quarantine.[7][8]

Performances

Line-ups for the festival in past years are as follows, the artists that in bold are the headlining acts for that year.

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

August 7 Chiba / August 8 Osaka August 7 Osaka / August 8 Chiba

2011

August 13 Chiba / August 14 Osaka August 13 Osaka / August 14 Chiba

2012

August 18 (Chiba)/August 19 (Osaka) August 19 (Chiba)/August 18 (Osaka)

2013

August 10 Chiba / August 11 Osaka August 10 Osaka / August 11 Chiba

2014

August 16 Chiba / August 17 Osaka August 16 Osaka / August 17 Chiba

2015

August 15 Chiba / August 16 Osaka August 15 Osaka / August 16 Chiba

2016

August 20 Chiba / August 21 Osaka August 20 Osaka / August 21 Chiba

2017

August 19 Chiba / August 20 Osaka August 19 Osaka / August 20 Chiba August 26 Shanghai / August 27 Shanghai

2018

August 18 Chiba / August 19 Osaka August 18 Osaka) / August 19 Chiba

2019

August 16 Chiba / August 18 Osaka August 17 Chiba / August 16 Osaka August 18 Chiba / August 17 Osaka

2020

Canceled due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

2021

September 18 Chiba / Osaka Cancelled September 19 Chiba, Osaka Cancelled[9]

2022

August 20 Chiba / August 21 Osaka August 21 Chiba / August 20 Osaka

See also

References

  1. ^ "Summer Sonic expands to Shanghai with LUNA SEA, Placebo, the Kooks and more". 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ Hoban, Alex. "Turning Japanese: Tokyo's promotional powerhouse, Aug 2009". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Sonicmania 2014 | Music in Tokyo".
  4. ^ "SONICMANIA ステージ別ラインアップ発表！ | CREATIVEMAN PRODUCTIONS - Part 2011". 5 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Live Nation Continues Expansion In Asia Through Creation Of Joint Venture With Leading Japanese Promoter Creativeman". Bloomberg (Press release). 2012-02-23. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  6. ^ Ingham, Tim (2014-04-23). "Live Nation takes control of Japan business". Music Week. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  7. ^ "Summer Sonic 2022". tokyocheapo.com. Tokyo Cheapo. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  8. ^ Ashcraft, Bryan. "Zedd Just Showed The Unfairness Of Japan's Travel Ban, Sept 2021". kotaku.com. Kotaku. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  9. ^ "SUPERSONIC 2021". supersonic2020.com. Supersonic. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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