History - 2005
Fact file
Dates
July 29, 30, 31, 2005
Place
Naeba Skii Resort, Niigata
Figures
Audience
125,000 (cumulative)
Campers
16,000
Tents
6,000
What happened?
The first day the green stage hosted two billboard No 1 artists - Coldplay who enjoyed huge worldwide acclaim in 2005 and the Foo Fighters.
Many Japanese artists such as ROSSO and Crazy Ken Band performed for the first time in the Festival.
Beck, who hadn't performed at the Festival since his legendary 98 show, headlined the second day jointly with world No1 DJ Fat Boy Slim. Tickets were sold out for the first time since the day when Bjork played in 2003. Many artists played including a reunion of Dinosaur Jr. and Ryan Adams’ first performance in Japan.
Two headliners, New Order on Green stage and Sigur Ross on White, made who to see a difficult choice for the audience. Beach Boys at sunset was totally memorable, as were surprise special guest Primal Scream.
A new energy saving campaign 'NEW POWER GEAR' incorporating bio diesel and solar power was introduced and in partnership with the fashion brand Master Mind Japan, 'Fuji Rock Collection' started.
The Fuji Rock Yukata (Japanese summertime kimono) contributed to festival holiday vibe.
Timetable 2005
| GREEN STAGE | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| MASTER LOW | Los Lobos | The Knack |
| Simple Plan | SHERBETS | KEMURI |
| Cake | MAXIMO PARK | EGO-WRAPPIN' |
| THE HIGH-LOWS | Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra | Quruli |
| The Music | Asian Dub Foundation | The Beach Boys |
| Coldplay | Beck | Moby |
| Foo Fighters | Fatboy Slim | New Order |
| --- | --- | Very Special Guest:PRIMAL SCREAM |
| WHITE STAGE | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| Your Song Is Good | Juliette & the Licks featuring Juliette Lewis. | afrirampo |
| SOIL & “PIMP” SESSIONS | SAFARI | The Go! Team |
| BANDA BASSOTTI | HAWAIIAN6 | SOUL FLOWER UNION |
| THE SKA-FLAMES | Sambomaster | Athlete |
| Prefuse 73 | Feeder | Doves |
| Steel Pulse | GANG OF FOUR | BOOM BOOM SATELLITES |
| The Pogues | Dinosaur Jr. | The Mars Volta |
| Kiyoshiro Imawano & NICE MIDDLE with NEW BLUE DAY HORNS | BRAHMAN | Sigur Ros |
| RED MARQUEE | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| Levi's Friday Review | Levi's Saturday Review | Levi's Sunday Review |
| ANALOGFISH | O'Brothers ( from Korea ) | Tizzy Bac ( from Taiwan ) |
| Night Snipers(from Russia) | The Dresden Dolls | Juliette & the Licks featuring Juliette Lewis. |
| The Longcut | The Black Velvets | OCEANLANE |
| ACIDMAN | PRAXIS | The Magic Numbers |
| Kaiser Chiefs | The Bravery | Aqualung |
| Charlotte Hatherley | PEALOUT | The Futureheads |
| ROSSO | Clammbon | Royksopp |
| --- | Mercury Rev | The Coral |
| PLANET GROOVE | TRIBAL CIRCUS | SUNDAY SESSION |
| DJ Peanut Butter Wolf | United State of Electronica | Zuco 103 |
| Crown City Rockers | TOWA TEI | SUGIURUMN |
| DJ MADLIB | Cagedbaby | Mylo |
| DJ KENTARO | VITALIC | PETER HOOK(NEW ORDER) |
| EVIL NINE | Laurent Garnier | DJ TAKAYUKI SERINO |
| --- | --- | KODAMA AND THE DUB STATION BAND |
| FIELD OF HEAVEN | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| bobin and the mantra | copa salvo | SPECIAL OTHERS |
| FUMIDO | Dachambo | bonobos |
| TOKYO No.1 SOUL SET | CHRIS MURRAY COMBO | MAMALAID RAG |
| The beautiful girls | Amp Fiddler | The John Butler Trio |
| PE'Z | My Morning Jacket | Yonder Mountain String Band |
| ROVO | Ryan Adams & The Cardinals | Soulive |
| ORANGE COURT | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| SKA CUBANO | Leyona | THE PEACE IN LOVE PERCUSSIONS |
| Eddi Reader | 100s (Hyaku-Shiki ) | WEST ROAD BLUES BAND |
| Lisa Loeb | The California Guitar Trio | Koutaro Oshio |
| The Kingtones | Lightning Blues Guitar Sessions | Hiromi Uehara |
| Crazy Ken Band | Adrian Belew | GONTITI |
| --- | LOSALIOS | Strange Love Psychedelico |
| --- | --- | Los Lobos |
| ALL NIGHT FUJI | ||
| AGERO (a.k.a.BRYAN & DJ TASAKA & DJ AYASHIGE) | ||
| RYUKYUDISKO | ||
| TAKKYU ISHINO | ||
| YOUTH | ||
| DIMITRI D.K.N (SOLSTICE MUSIC) | ||
| UKAWA NAOHIRO | ||
| Gypsy Avalon | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| POKASUKAJAN - BAN BAN BAZAR (BANBANJAN) | Eddi Reader | sanch (Shiro Sano, Jun Hashimoto, GRACE, Emerson Kitamura) |
| TAKAKO SHIRAI | Matsusen | Yuichi Ohata |
| KOH-TAO | SKA CUBANO | Mari Nakamura |
| Komainu | Kathie & Keni Inoue | THE BEAUTIFUL LOSERS |
| HB | THE PEACE IN LOVE PERCUSSIONS | Osamu Koganei |
| DOUBLE FAMOUS 7 | YOUTH | Sayoko Otonara |
| Big Willie's Burlesque | Yonder Mountain String Band | ACOUSTICS GO GO (Shinya Oe, Hiroyuki Hanada, Tomio Inoue) |
| --- | The Kamadouma | Inushiki a.k.a.Dogggystyl |
| THE PALACE OF WONDER | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| ROOKIE A GO-GO | ||
| watusi zombie | Herish | ROSSANNA |
| The Cherry Coke$ | MOTOR MUSTANG | QUATTRO |
| Lucky13 | understatements | KAMABOIRA |
| McArthur a Contti | pocketLife | STAN |
| dub'n'rush | the CHICKEN masters | JAZZNEKO |
| TENT | ||
| CLUB SKA | LONDON NITE | Last Dance with You |
| Kid Carpet | LONDON NITE DJ's | M.A.G.M.A |
| CLUB SKA DJs | Kid Carpet | The Hump DJs |
| THE BOLDIES | Big Willie's Burlesque | Big Willie's Burlesque |
| SKA CUBANO | --- | Mamezuka |
| Big Willie's Burlesque | --- | Kid Carpet |
| --- | --- | Gideon Benger |
| --- | --- | Tokyo Ca Bunny with JVC FORCE TYO |
| --- | --- | POW DJ TEAM(Sim Cass,Jason Mayall and friends) |
| PALACE ARENA | ||
| Jean Monti - Highwire and Sway Pole Show | ||
| NAEBA SHOKUDO | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| Golden Loafers | SAKE ROCK | Big Willie's Burlesque |
| Kazumi Nikaido | THE PEACE IN LOVE PERCUSSIONS | K.P.M. |
| Akainu | Takashi Nagai & the Blue Power | Mayumi & Mineko (from afrirampo) |
| THE BIG HIP (ex The Blue Hearts & THE HIGH-LOWS ) | Natsuki Nakamura | Akainu |
| --- | --- | Takako Shirai |
| DAY DREAMING AND SILENT BEEZE | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| DAY DREAMING | ||
| TIME K Live & DJ | TOSHI DJ | SAL DJ |
| CHUB DU LIVE | AYA-SHIGE DJ | BALESOUND LIVE |
| YODA DJ | MUTHERFUNKA DJ | MASA DJ |
| Cinnabon Live | KIHIRA NAOKI DJ | SINE 6 LIVE |
| --- | --- | SEINO & MATSUSAKA DJ |
| SILENT BREEZE | ||
| Story Telling, Skipping Rope, Unplugged Music Live, etc. | ||
| MOKU-DO-TEI | ||
| 7/29 (fri) | 7/30 (sat) | 7/31 (sun) |
| Double Famous7 | Double Famous7 | Los Lobos |