Bospop is an annual

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festival in

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, Netherlands. It started off in 1981 as an initiative by the local youth, as an event for local amateur bands. Within a few years, it was able to book renowned Dutch bands like Fatal Flowers, Herman Brood & His Wild Romance and

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. With the help of

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, it upscaled in the 90s and started to book international artists like

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and

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Line-up from 2000 onwards

Gallery

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van

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in 2013

References

External links

* http://www.bospop.nl/ Music festivals in the Netherlands Rock festivals in the Netherlands Music in Limburg (Netherlands) Weert Long stubs with short prose {{Music-festival-stub