GUITAR REBELLION AT EXIT WITH 47,000 VOICES ECHOING ACROSS THE FORTRESS!
After two glorious nights and more than one thousand performers at the Fortress, EXIT was ready to welcome this year’s Saturday night fever! Last night the Main Stage was ruled by The Vaccines, justifying their status as the best British live band today! Guitars rolled out one hit after another: “If You Wanna”, “Post Break-Up Sex”, “Ghost Town” and many many others, which were greeted by the audience with overwhelming ovations and an encore leaving them gasping for more from the Island’s indie-rockers. The prime time was reserved for our legendary band Disciplin A Kitchme, with the series of Koja’s well-known hits being completed with songs from their new album “Opet”. The night at main stage was set into a flying start by Novi Sad’s Killo Killo Banda, after which one of the most influential “world music” groups came on stage – Tinariwen, a group of real rebels against the tyrannical government in Mali, who chose to face weapons with honest, raw guitar power. The bluesers from the desert sang their hearts out in the universal language of truth, since their authentic expression broke all barriers, linguistic, national, and tonight even the intercontinental ones. After rocknroll, the night on main stage continued in the X-Bass beat, headed by the dubstep-rock attraction Modstep, whose current album “London Road” was declared as the best one on the world’s bass scene! Quick and dynamic bass beats were held throughout the nignt and until dawn by Ivy Lab, Rene LaVice and the Russian trio Teddy Killerz.
Guitars overflowed each and every stage, because last night the Fortress was smashed by the absolute icons of punk – Cock Sparrer! Every punker in the world knew that this gathering at the jam-packed Fusion Stage happens once in a lifetime, so the band from London was welcomed by their fans singing word for word every chorus of every song! Right after them, the stage was wowed by yet another group straight from the streets of London Dub Pistols! The seven gunslingers returned in fabulous style with their new album, which ensured the spirit of dub echoed across that part of the Fortress. Not far from there, deep within the trenches of Explosive Stage the Fortress was shaken to its foundations with the metal giants Paradise Lost, but also Sear Bliss, Tibia and number of other fierce bands.
The biggest Saturday night party in Europe was held last night at mts Dance Arena, where with a lot of pyrotechnics and stage effects the audience jumped throughout the night with the super-popular Nicky Romero. The Dutch hit maker Oliver Heldens flew in urgently via private jet to more than successfully fill in for Robin Schulz whose performance was canceled due to his sudden sickness, canceling three other shows as well. Sickness struck the British producer Hot Since 82, whose place was filled in by the local bad boy duo Kristijan Molnar and Marko Milosavljevic! The spectacular series of club parties at No Sleep Novi Sad Stage continued, so after Nitsa in Barcelona and Tresor in Berlin, Paris got its chance, with the most sought club currently in Europe – Concrete! The expedition force to Exit was led by Tommy Four Seven, accompanied by the residents of the club Antigone, Francois X and Shlømo!
Yesterday night, starting at 7p.m. the panel discussion at “Magic of Dialogue” was realized in cooperation with the daily journal “Danas” and SKCNS “Fabrika”, featuring a discussion on the topic “What’s on in the magical box?” Talking about the current situation in the provincial public service broadcasting network were Aleksej Kišjuhas, from daily „Danas“, Sanja Kljajić and Vanja Đurić, journalists from RTV Vojvodina, a moderator being Gordana Nonin, journalist of the daily „Danas“
Tomorrow EXIT grand final with The Prodigy, Wiz Khalifu and Techno All-Stars!
This year’s grand final of EXIT Festival is going to be very intense, because arriving to the Fortress will be the mighty Prodigy, whose performance tonight will be the most emotional gathering of their fans ever! Tomorrow is the holiday for the fans of hip-hop and the leading contemporary rapper Whiz Khalifa, while the intro to his concert is prepered by none other than officially the best European rapper Stormzy, and the first and premier hip-hop Balkan record label, Bassivity! The night at the Main Stage will be rounded up by the globally popular Slovenian superstar – Gramatik, whose live performance will close this year’s X-Bass program. Over at mts Dance Arena another holiday will be under way, titled Techno All-Stars night with the lineup including Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, Nina Kraviz, Dave Clarke, Fabio Florido, Insolate and TKNO! Tickets for the final night at EXIT are still available at the festival ticket office at Petrovaradin Fortress at the price of 4.500 RSD.
Full tecnical production on the Main Stage and Dance Arena – Sky Production.