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"Rockness" is an annual music festival which takes place in Scotland at Clune Farm, Dores, on the banks of Loch Ness near Inverness. The first Rockness festival took place on 24 June 2006 and has grown in size every year since. In June 2008 AEG ^[1] took over as the main promoter of the festival. The festival is known as "the most beautiful festival in the world" and "the only festival with its own monster" due to its beautiful location at Loch Ness which is the home of the Loch Ness Monster.

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2006

Fatboy Slim took his 'Brighton Beach Party' ^[2] to the shores of Loch Ness to create the first festival which was held on Saturday 24 June 2006. All of the 20,000 tickets were sold. The festival had two stages, a main stage and big top, which were active throughout the day. It started at midday and both stages hosted different dance acts about every hour and a half. Acts included X-Press 2, Stanton Warriors, Scratch Perverts, Linus Loves, Cagedbaby, Audio Bullys, Slam, Mylo, Carl Cox with Fatboy Slim headlining. ^[3]

2007

In 2007 the festival was increased to two days, had additional stages and capacity was increased to 35,000. Headlining on Saturday were the Chemical Brothers, while Sunday was headlined by Manic Street Preachers on the main stage and Daft Punk in the Clash Arena. Other notable acts included The Charlatans, Groove Armada, The Feeling, and Soulwax playing Nite Versions. ^[4]

Daft Punk were much more popular than expected and the 10,000 person Clash tent was soon filled, the sides were removed by organisers to allow a reported 30,000 people to see the set. In addition the Daft Punk set was initially held up by nearly an hour due to lighting problems. Daft Punk responded to this by playing an uncharacteristic 10 minute encore, as found on the Alive 2007 album. ^[5]

The festival management were criticised for their decision to place Daft Punk in the 10,000 capacity Clash Arena instead of the mainstage. The festival was Daft Punks first Scottish show in over 10 years which made the set a "must see" for many of the 35,000 festival goers.

There was also some controversy with the death of one festival goer from taking an overdose of heroin in the car park outside the main arena and camp site. ^[6]

Professional footballer Richie Hart who plays for Inverness Caledonian Thistle was detained in connection with possession of cocaine on the banks of Loch Ness at the 2007 festival. He admitted to the charge of possessing cocaine and was fined £300. ^[7]

2008

The 2008 festival took place on June 7 and June 8. Fatboy Slim returned to Loch Ness to headline the Saturday on the mainstage. The other main headliners were Razorlight, The View, Underworld, 2manydjs and Annie Mac.

Due to the death the previous year, tighter restrictions were put in place for car park access at the 2008 event. Festival goers were told that they would not be permitted to return to their cars during the weekend. Due to public pressure this was later relaxed to permit multiple trips for unloading camping equipment, but alcohol would only be permitted on the first entry. This amendment was not well published however leading to much confusion over the position on returning to cars. In addition the VIP car park was not well signposted leading many VIP ticket holders to park in the main car park.

In the 2008 festival a teenager was found unconscious in front of the main stage. He was taken to hospital by air ambulance but later died. ^[8]

A couple from Paisley, Ronald Davidson and Victoria Greig were married at the 2008 event after becoming engaged at the festival the previous year. The event took place in the Big Love inflatable church on the Saturday afternoon. ^[9]

2009

Rockness 2009 took place on the 12th, 13th and 14th of June 2009 with for the first time acts playing on the Friday. The headlining acts were The Flaming Lips, The Prodigy, Biffy Clyro, Bassment Jaxx, Dizzee Rascal, Orbital and Placebo.

The Rockness organisers held a DJ competition throughout Scotland to find new DJ talent. Heats were held across the country with final being held in Glasgow. The winner was 19 year old Faud from Aberdeen played just before Pete Tong on the 13th. There were also 2 runners up. ^[10]

Media Sponsors

UK new music station, XFM was the official radio broadcast partner for the festival coverage ^[11] until 2009 when the BBC took over radio rights and will also provide internet services. ^[12]

Channel 4 broadcast highlights of the 2008 festival weekend on national television, bringing highlights of each bands set live. They will also be providing TV coverage for 2009. ^[13]