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Voodoo Experience Wiki Information
Voodoo Experience
or Voodoo Music Experience
is a multi-day music festival in New Orleans, Louisiana that was originally held on Halloween weekend in 1999, it has since moved between the weekend before Halloween and Halloween weekend throughout the years. The festival will be returning to Halloween weekend in 2009.
The lineup for the 2009 Voodoo Experience has been released. Headlining this year's festival are Kiss, Eminem, Jane's Addiction, Widespread Panic, and The Flaming Lips. Eminem announced on his Sirius satellite radio show, Shady45, that the Voodoo Experience would be his only performance in 2009.
The Voodoo Experience has hosted over 450 artists and close to a million fans over its 10-year tenure [1] and has been twice nominated for Pollstar's Music Festival of the Year. [2] [3]
The Voodoo Experience is known for its blending of high profile national artists from all genres such as Marilyn Manson, 50 Cent, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Duran Duran, NIN, R.E.M., and 311 with local Louisiana musicians including The Original Meters, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue and Dr. John.
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History
Creation
The Voodoo Music Festival was first held on 30 October 1999 at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park. Planned and executed by Steve Rehage, CEO of Rehage Entertainment, the festival consisted of three stages and many local and national acts.
Growth
The Voodoo Festival started with very humble beginnings in 1999 as a one day music festival in Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans with an attendance of about 8,000 people, the headlining artist was Wyclef Jean and The Fugees. The following year expanded to 2 days and drew attention with a performance by Eminem, whose fame had exploded just before the festival, this brought Voodoo to the attention of music fans from around the world. In 2006, Voodoo separated the show into 3 distinct areas (Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival) on six stages. Each area was designed to showcase uniquely different sides of the personality of the festival and New Orleans. “Le Flambeau” features music and sounds consistent with the hometown style of The Big Easy. “Le Ritual” features more mainstream music we’re all familiar with, and finally “Le Carnival” features indie bands, burlesque, and circus acts. In 2007, The festival expanded to 3 days and broke all previous attendance records with an estimate 100,000+ fans. [4]
Hurricane Katrina
In 2005, the Voodoo Music Experience was an early post- Hurricane Katrina event, billed as the "first full-scale, large entertainment event within city limits since the disastrous hurricane and subsequent flood hit the city on August 29." [5] At the insistence of event producer Steve Rehage, the festival was held as a free tribute concert for the first responders, military, volunteers, and returning residents six weeks after the storms. The festival took place at Riverview Park, a part of Audubon Park, and featured Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Secret Machines, The New York Dolls and local bands including Cowboy Mouth and ReBirth Brass Band. [6] As New Orleans recovered, Voodoo Experience returned fully to City Park in 2006 with a record-breaking attendance of over 100,000.
2007 and 2008
In 2007, the festival was expanded from two to three days. On October 24 2008 the festival celebrates its tenth anniversary, dubbed "The Tenth Ritual." The festival changed its name to Voodoo Experience
dropping music from its title in 2008.
Lineups
2009 lineup
Starting on June 11, 2009, the festival's official Twitter account started a "Voodoo Lineup Scramble" contest, posting scrambled names of confirmed acts for followers to unscramble. The game can be followed via the trending topic "#voodoolineupscramble". [7] . The Voodoo Experience will be the only full concert Eminem will be performing in 2009.He is the main highlight of the show being heavily promoted.
Official 2009 Lineup:
- Kiss
- Eminem
- Jane's Addiction
- Widespread Panic
- The Flaming Lips
- Justice
- Gogol Bordello
- Wolfmother
- The Black Keys
- The Pogues
- Ween
- Silversun Pickups
- Janelle Monae
- The Cool Kids
- Meat Puppets
- Mutemath
- Q-Tip
- Fischerspooner
- Brand New
- D12
- American Bang
- Generationals
- Earl Greyhound
- Squirrel Nut Zippers
- Black Lips
- Down
- Mates of State
- All Time Low
- Robert Randolph & the Family Band
- The Knux
- George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic
- JJ Grey and MOFRO
- Sarah Quintana
- Shooter Jennings
- Drive-By Truckers
- Eric Church
- Ledisi
- New Orleans Bingo! Show
- Rebirth Brass Band
- Leroy Jones Group
- Trombone Shorty And Orleans Ave All Stars
- Big Sam's Funky Nation
- Fatter Than Albert
- Benjy Davis Project
- Papa Grows Funk
- March Fourth Marching Band
- DJ Soul Sister
- Rotary Downs
- Andrew Duhon And The Lonesome Crows
- Amanda Shaw
- Cyril Neville's Blues Revue With Tab Benoit, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, and Johnny Sansone
- Beausoleil
- Leo Jackson And The Melody Clouds
- John Mooney and Bluesiana
- Quintron and Miss Pussycat
- Fleur De Tease
- Suplecs
- Little Freddie King
- Preservation Hall-Stars w/ Special Guest
- The Happy Talk Band
- Lil' Brian and Zydeco Travelers
- Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?
- Ratty Scurvics
- Mynameisjohnmichael
- Loose Marbles
- Luke Winslow-King
- Dan Dyer
- Walter Wolfman Washington and the Roadmaster w/ Dirty Dozen horns
- New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
- Glasgow
- Leroy Jones
- Mas Mamones
- Zydepunks
- White Bitch
- New Orleans Jazz Vipers
- The Vettes
- Lucy's Walk
- Erick Baker
- TBC Brass Band
- Bones
- MC Trachiotomy
- From Legends To Nancy
- Brother Taisuke's Mass Choir
- R. Scully Rough 7
- Katey Red & DJ Papa, Big Freedia, Sissy Nobby
- Davis Rogan
- Alejandro Escovedo
- March Fourth Marching Band
2008 lineup
On 26 June 2008, festival organizers announced that Lil Wayne, from New Orleans' Hollygrove neighborhood, will be joining the 2008 line-up. [8] On September 5, 2008 festival organizers announced The Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Irma Thomas, Butthole Surfers, Ben Jelen, Fishbone and more than 40 other performers joined the 2008 Voodoo lineup.
2007 lineup
2006 lineup
Saturday, October 28:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Meters
- Social Distortion
- Shooter Jennings
- Secret Machines
- Blue October
- Brazilian Girls
- Ferry Corsten
- Broken Social Scene
- Drive-By Truckers
- Kinky
- Jamie Lidell
- The Living Things
- Joseph Arthur
- Otra
- Mutemath
- Fatter Than Albert
- Jose Conde y Ola fresca
- Ellipsis
- Soul Rebels
- Terra Diablo
- Trombone Shorty
- Imagination Movers
- Ballzack
- Amanda Shaw
- NOOMOON Tribe
- Worms Union
- Nag Hammadi
- Pain Tribe
- Zydepunks
- Spoonfed Tribe
- Ray Bong & Mad Mike
- Six Foot Shallow
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Sunday, October 29:
- Duran Duran
- Wu Tang Clan
- The Flaming Lips
- My Chemical Romance
- Kings of Leon
- Ozomatli
- Yerba Buena
- Jack's Mannequin
- The Rentals
- The Fiery Furnaces
- The Whigs
- Cowboy Mouth
- Kermit Ruffins
- Morning 40 Federation
- Big Sam's Funky Nation
- Hot 8 Brass Band
- Jon Cleary
- Sam and Ruby
- Dan Dyer
- NOOMOON Tribe
- Worms Union
- Nag Hammadi
- Pain Tribe
- F.I.S.T.
- Ratty Scurvics
- Singularity
- The Eyelash Carpets
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2005 lineup
Because of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 Voodoo Experience was split into two different sites (New Orleans and Memphis). The city of Memphis was gracious enough to let Voodoo host part of the festival at its AutoZone Park. Another part of the show took place at New Orleans' Audubon Park "fly" held as a free show for the first responders, military, volunteers, and returning residents. The show drew between 20,000-25,000 people and featured several New Orleans musicians that hadn't played in the city since the storm. [9]
Line-Up:
- Nine Inch Nails
- Queens of the Stone Age
- The New York Dolls
- Secret Machines
- Atone Pain Tribe
- Ballzack
- Big Sam's Funky Nation
- Billy Idol
- Bonerama
- Bravery, The
- Brazilian Girls
- Brotherhood of Groove
- Cake
- Carl Cox
- Dan Dyer
- Dan the Automator
- Death From Above 1979
- Decemberists
- Digable Planets
- Dr. John
- Fi Yi Yi - Spirits of the Mandingo Warrior
- The Flaming Lips
- Foo Fighters
- Frame of Mind
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- Ghost
- Handsome Boy Modeling School
- HIM
- Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
- Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca
- Joss Stone
- Kermit Ruffins
- Rebirth Brass Band
- King Wilkie
- LCD Soundsystem
- Louis XIV
- Michael Torcher
- Mickey Hart's Voodoo Drum Circle
- Mindless Self Indulgence
- Morning 40 Federation
- My Chemical Romance
- Nag Hammadi
- Noomoon Tribe
- Prince Paul
- Red Rockers
- Ryan Adams
- Samurai Deli
- Social Distortion
- Something for Rockets
- Spam Allstars
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2004 lineup
Line-Up:
- Green Day
- Velvet Revolver
- Cypress Hill
- The Killers
- Sonic Youth
- Kid Rock
- Beastie Boys
- De La Soul
- Talib Kweli
- The Polyphonic Spree
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Alter Bridge
- Ambulance LTD
- Catch Velvet
- Cowboy Mouth
- DJ Logic
- DJ Medi4
- DJ P
- Dropping Daylight
- Eisley
- Fall as Well
- Ferry Corsten
- Funk Fast Forward
- Ghost
- Gogol Bordello
- Gomez
- Gooding
- The Hanks
- John Digweed
- Joseph Arthur
- Juliette & The Licks
- KillRadio
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- Lake Trout
- LTJ Bukem
- Mauro Picotto
- Metric
- Mix Master Mike
- Morning 40 Federation
- New Found Glory
- Northern State
- O-Fresh
- Particle
- Paul Van Dyke
- Phantom Planet
- Pixies
- Rock City Morgue
- Shinedown
- Slunt
- Snow Patrol
- Steel Pulse
- Sugarcult
- Supagroup
- Theresa Anderson
- Pleasure Club
- The Thrills
- Wylde Bunch
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2003 lineup
Friday October 31:
- Godsmack
- P.O.D
- Adema
- Supagroup
- 50 cent
- Ludacris
- The Subdudes
- Rabbit in the Moon
- Z-trip
- Kill Hannah
- Mindless Self Indulgence
- X
- Disco Biscuits
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Saturday, November 1:
- Marilyn Manson
- Iggy Pop
- Staind
- The Donnas
- Cowboy Mouth
- Better Than Ezra
- Fuel
- Revis
- Paul Oakenfold
- Questlove
- Felix Da Housecat
- The Roots
- Mos Def
- Blackalicious
- Karl Denson
- Gov’t Mule
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Sunday, November 2:
- The White Stripes
- A Perfect Circle
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Cypress Hill
- Smile Empty Soul
- Rusted Root
- Galactic
- String Cheese Incident
- Bad Boy Bill
- DJ Dan
- RJD2
- Robert Randolph and the family
- Marc Broussard
- Howie Day
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2002 lineup
Headliners:
- 311, Michael Franti, No Doubt, Jack Johnson, Garbage, Counting Crows
2001 lineup
- Tool, Gov't Mule, Karl Denson, Penelope Tuesdae, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, Missy Elliott, Will Hoge, Brand New Immortals, Tricky, G. Love and Special Sauce, Better Than Ezra, Bush, The Black Crowes, Dan Dyer, Spooks, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Brint Anderson, Treme Brass Band, Bamboula, Lil Rascals Brass Band, Anders Osborne, Marva Wright, Matt Nyce, Indieo, Julius Papp, A-Trak, DJ Craze, Stryfe, Rah Smoove
2000 lineup
Headliners:
- Ben Harper, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Stone Temple Pilots, Cypress Hill, Cowboy Mouth,SECTION 8,311, Live, Counting Crows
1999 lineup
Headliners:
- Wyclef Jean and the Refugee All-Stars, Third Eye Blind, George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic, Moby, Ben Folds Five, The Roots, Train, Dr. John [10]
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References
- History
- 2001winners
- pollstar-awards
- http://www.neworleanscvb.com/articles/index.cfm/action/view/articleID/1857/typeID/27
- Voodoo Music Experience Returning To New Orleans For A Day
- Rockin' relief; Two months ago, it appeared the Voodoo Music Experience would be another Katrina casualty. But you'd never have known it on Saturday, when the festival's trademark mix of local and national acts rocked Riverview Park
- twitter.com/voodooexp2009
- Lil Wayne to do the Voodoo
- Voodoo Brings New Orleans Musicians Back Home
- Crowds brave rain to see bands; 20 acts perform at inaugural fest
- Voodoo music an eclectic mix
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