rock music
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André Le Nôtre
André Le Nôtre (; 12 March 1613 – 15 September 1700), originally rendered as André Le Nostre, was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France. He was the landscape architect who designed Gardens ...
.
Name
The name is a
pun
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, based on exactly the same pronunciation in French of the words ''scène'' meaning 'stage' and
Seine
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plat ...
(the river separating Saint-Cloud from Central Paris after which the
Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...
département is called).
History
* 2003: Birth of Rock en Seine on 27 August, with two stages and ten bands.
* 2004: The festival extends over two days. It welcomes new artistic forms with Rockfolio, Rock en Strophes and Rock en Clips.
* 2005: The festival site gets bigger: the third stage appears, as well as a campsite.
* 2007: The festival extends over three days.
* 2010: 105 000 people attending to this edition.
* 2011: The fourth stage is emerging.
* 2014: 120 000 people attending to this edition. The new stage named "Ile-de-France" hosts the Avant-Seine's bands.
* 2017: Sarah Schmitt becomes the new director of the festival. The festival welcomes a "Firestone" stage.
COVID-19 pandemic: 2020 and 2021 editions
On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the 2020 edition of the festival would be cancelled because of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The 2021 edition was also cancelled due to the same reason.
Previous years
* 2003: 1st year, 2 stages, 10 artists, 22,000 spectators
* 2004: 2nd year, extended to Two days, 22 artists, 48,000 spectators
* 2005: 3rd year, Three stages, 30 artists, 46,000 spectators
* 2006: 4th year, Three stages, 30 artists, 57,000 spectators
* 2007: 5th year, extended to Three days, 45 artists, 68,000 spectators
* 2008: Three stages, 34 artists, 76,000 spectators
* 2009: Three stages, 47 artists, 97,000 spectators
* 2010: Three stages, 47 artists, 105,000 spectators
* 2011: Four stages, 63 bands, 105,000 spectators
* 2012: Four stages, 62 artists, 108,000 spectators
* 2013: Four stages, 56 artists, 110,000 spectators
* 2014: Five stages, 65 artists, 120,000 spectators
* 2015: Five stages, 66 artists, 110,000 spectators
* 2016: Five stages, 65 artists, 110,000 spectators
* 2017: Six stages, 78 artists, 110,000 spectators
* 2018: Six stages, 78 artists, 90,000 spectators (to confirm)
* 2019: Five stages, 62 artists, 100,000 spectators
* 2022: Five stages, 58 artists, 150,000 spectators
The venue
The festival takes place in the down of the Park of "Domaine national de
Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud () is a French commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthie ...
", a historical place at the gates of
Paris
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, and five minutes from the nearest subway station, métroBoulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud.
The park and the garden were designed by Le Nôtre in the 17th century, and it is the first
park
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to be classed as a
Monument historique
() is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, ...
in 1994. It is a 4.6 km2 park, and there are gardens and forest with basins, thickets, cascades, and statues.
Avant-Seine
In 2005, for its third edition, and with the support of Ile-de-France, Rock en Seine inaugurated "Avant-Seine", a selection of bands from Ile-de-France which join the official programming of the festival. Every year, six selected groups are playing on a stage, and one of their tracks is published on a compilation spread for free.
* 2005: Stuck in the Sound, Flying Pooh, HushPuppies, Herman Düne, Sayag Jazz Machine, Hopper.
* 2006: Rhesus, Dead Pop Club, Daddy Longlegs, Neïmo, French Paradoxe, Fancy.
* 2007:
Housse de Racket
Housse de Racket are a musical duo from Paris, France. The band consists of Pierre Leroux and Victor Le Masne.
Biography
Leroux and Le Masne studied at a music conservatory and began as session musicians for Air
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, Hey Hey My My, Nelson, Pravda, Rodeo Massacre, I Love UFO.
* 2008: Narrow Terence, Brooklyn, The Latitudz, Molecule, Da Brasilians, Fortune.
* 2009: Lilly Wood & The Prick, Hindi Zahra, Cheveu, Gush, Jil Is Lucky, The Tatianas.
* 2010: Success, King of Conspiracy, I Am Un Chien, Quadricolor, Viva & the Diva, Roken is Dodelijk.
* 2011: Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains, Concrete Knives, The Feeling of Love, Myra Lee, Beat Mark, Birdy Hunt.
* 2012: Granville, Owlle, Yeti Lane, The Lanskies, Versus, Hyphen Hyphen.
* 2013: FAUVE, Team Ghost, FI/SHE/S, J.C. Satàn, St. Lô, Wall Of Death.
* 2014: ALB, Dorian Pimpernel, Feu! Chatterton, Jessica93, PEGASE, Petit fantôme.
* 2015: DBFC, VKNG, Forever Pavot, We Are Match, Jeanne Added, Last Train.
* 2016: KillASon, O, Adrien Soleiman, Kaviar Special, Maestro, Théo Lawrence & The Hearts.
* 2017: Inuït, Barbagallo, Gracy Hopkins, Lysistrata, Therapie Taxi, Rendez-Vous.
* 2018: 8 In Bloom, La Veine, Lily, Yanse, The Cage, Moons
:Were meant to play on the Scene de l'Industrie but were added to the Grande Scene when Amy Winehouse cancelled at the last minute for unknown reasons. She never arrived to the festival site, despite her support musicians being there.
Edition 2009
: Madness, who played earlier, replaced headliners
Oasis
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brothers
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backstage which lead to the band's disbandment.
: Replaced Esser