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[bandmiguelin]

Hey all,

Decided to go abroad this year for a number of reasons, and was looking at Nova Rock last 2 years, line up looks consistently good, has anyone been there before? And more importantly is it any good? Oh and if you know any similar alternatives shout up too!

[Mr.S]

bandmiguelin, on Dec 12 2008, 05:55 PM, said:

Hey all,

Decided to go abroad this year for a number of reasons, and was looking at Nova Rock last 2 years, line up looks consistently good, has anyone been there before? And more importantly is it any good? Oh and if you know any similar alternatives shout up too!

I just found out my exams finish early this year in June, so i can actually go to this, this year:D!

So far Placebo and Die Toten Hosen (big german band) are headlining!

if you go on the NovaRock forums, and go to the english bit theres lots of info on the fest - seems like a very good festival anyway, and for 109€ (or 90€ if you buy now) its a bargain:D

[r0w]

I went to this in 2007....really good laugh, camping is crazy and there is hardly any english there so all the austrians wana talk to you as tho your some sort of celeb! cool tho......the 2 headliners this year look a little weak so will prob not go next year.

Travelling advice - Get a Ryanair flight to Bratislava in Slovakia as its only like 10/12 miles away from the festival even tho theyre different countries.....cos Vienna is like the other side of austria to Nova Rock.... And i tell you a night out in Bratislava is a crazy adventure in itself!

[pumpkinprincess1]

r0w, on Dec 19 2008, 06:56 PM, said:

I went to this in 2007....really good laugh, camping is crazy and there is hardly any english there so all the austrians wana talk to you as tho your some sort of celeb! cool tho......the 2 headliners this year look a little weak so will prob not go next year.

Travelling advice - Get a Ryanair flight to Bratislava in Slovakia as its only like 10/12 miles away from the festival even tho theyre different countries.....cos Vienna is like the other side of austria to Nova Rock.... And i tell you a night out in Bratislava is a crazy adventure in itself!

i was lookin at this fest. looks quite interesting. will need to wait on a bigger line up though.
im headin to bratislava next year, a crazy adventure you say? in a good way?! please say yes! oh and the beer must be good!

[moss265]

I went in a group of 6 or 7 of us last year and it was absolutely awesome. The bands, organisation and campers were all spot on. If only UK festivals were as good!! Definately looking at heading back this year if some more decent heavier acts start appearing on the lineup.

And yeah in regards to travel, what r0w said is about right. we flew to Bratislava a few days before, had a right booze up for a couple of nights and found the details we needed to get us there from tourist info. stocked up on booze in the Tesco's in Bratislava, got a train with 1 change that took us to Nickelsdorf and then got the shuttle bus to the site which altogether can't have cost more than 15 or 20 quid.

[r0w]

pumpkinprincess1, on Dec 22 2008, 08:30 PM, said:

i was lookin at this fest. looks quite interesting. will need to wait on a bigger line up though.
im headin to bratislava next year, a crazy adventure you say? in a good way?! please say yes! oh and the beer must be good!

In a good way of course! Its like an old beutiful city like Prague and the beer is So cheap(no sure how much now with the £ going tits up) and Strong.

Might actually consider this one agian as the second band announcement wasnt too bad and it now looks better than RaR.

So if your going to this one get flights to Bratislava in Slovakia as its only like 10/15 miles from the festival site despite it being in a different country whilst Vienna is like hundreds of miles away!

[Rolotron]

So whos going this year? hoping The Prodigy get added.....i just bloody hope they dont headline the 2nd stage when Metallica are on!

[Noodelicious1]

My boyfriend and I are coming from Australia for Rock am Ring and have decided to get to Nova Rock as well! Should be really good.
We've planned to go to Bratislavia like was suggested in here.

If there's any advice you all could give to us, having never done a european festival before, it would be great.

Thanks,
-Noodle

[r0w]

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[Pedro.M]

Guano Apes are f*cking back!!

Hope they come to Portugal

[jendell]

Hey,

I am also coming over from Australia. I am going to Sweden Rock, Download, NovaRock, Graspop or Gods of Metal.
Undecided on the last choice. Any thoughts?

[Squig]

Go to Hurricane / Southside if you have the time. Awesome line up this year, relaticely cheap and good to reach by train.

[Noodelicious1]

jendell, on Mar 2 2009, 11:10 AM, said:

Hey,

I am also coming over from Australia. I am going to Sweden Rock, Download, NovaRock, Graspop or Gods of Metal.
Undecided on the last choice. Any thoughts?

The boyfriend and I plus a friend are doing Graspop, though the bf and I are only doing the first day to see Dream Theatre, a lot of the other bands are repeats from the other fests....

[Azzabaijan]

NEU:

FAITH NO MORE * NINE INCH NAILS * DIMMU BORGIR * DREDG * MADSEN * DIR EN GREY * SONIC SYNDICATE

[zsolt]

both FNM and Metallica will play on the first night of the festival. is there any information that the two bands will play at the same time on the two separate stages (like the two headliner bands), or they will follow each other on the main stage? i don't want to choose between the two bands, i want to see all my favorites.

Edited by zsolt, 12 April 2009 - 07:25 PM.

[ImogenDevaux]

r0w, on Dec 19 2008, 07:56 PM, said:

I went to this in 2007....really good laugh, camping is crazy and there is hardly any english there so all the austrians wana talk to you as tho your some sort of celeb! cool tho......the 2 headliners this year look a little weak so will prob not go next year.

Travelling advice - Get a Ryanair flight to Bratislava in Slovakia as its only like 10/12 miles away from the festival even tho theyre different countries.....cos Vienna is like the other side of austria to Nova Rock.... And i tell you a night out in Bratislava is a crazy adventure in itself!

you really think FNM and Metallica are a weak line up??? its been like 16 years for FNM man!

[r0w]

ImogenDevaux, on Jun 4 2009, 10:58 PM, said:

you really think FNM and Metallica are a weak line up??? its been like 16 years for FNM man!

Well when i wrote that back in december the lineup was week as f**k....now with Faith No more & NiN it looks pretty good, thats why me and my mates have now got tickets, tho the friday is looking muych better than the other 2 days and NiN clashing with metallica isnt cool....Faith No More cant f**kin wait tho, bin waiting my whole life for that band to reform! less than 2 weeks to go!

Edited by r0w, 05 June 2009 - 09:57 AM.

[r0w]

setting off early hours of wednesday morning too bratislava....anyone one else going round here? not long now