Das jährliche Rock-Festival mit japanischen sowie internationalen Acts.

The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-days rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and near Tokyo. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo the following day and vice versa.

The line-up contains many Japanese rock musicians from both major and indie record companies, and also international acts.

Line-up 2009

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Acidman

The All-American Rejects

Aloha from Hell

Aphex Twin

Beat Crusaders

Beyoncé

The Big Pink

Birdy Nam Nam

Boom Boom Satellites

Boys Like Girls

Bring Me the Horizon

Cancer Bats

Cavalera Conspiracy

CSS

Datarock

Delphic

Elephant Kashimashi

Elvis Costello

The Enemy

Enter Shikari

Five Finger Death Punch

The Flaming Lips

Ghostland Observatory

Gogol Bordello

Golden Silvers

Grizzly Bear

The Hiatus

Hollywood Undead

Hoobastank

The Horrors

Iglu & Hartly

In Case of Fire

Jack Peñate

Jenny Lewis

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

Kasabian

Katy Perry

Keane

Kid Sister

Klaxons

Kyte

Lady Gaga

Lenka

Limp Bizkit

Linkin Park

Little Boots

Mando Diao

Marié Digby

Mastodon

Matisyahu

Mercury Rev

Metronomy

Mew

Mogwai

Mute Math

My Chemical Romance

N.A.S.A.

Never Shout Never

Ne-Yo

Nine Inch Nails

Ore Ska Band

Paolo Nutini

Paramore

Patrick Watson

Phoenix

Placebo

The Qemists

Razorlight

Red Light Company

Saosin

School of Seven Bells

Scott Murphy

Solange Knowles

Sonic Youth

Soulwax

The Specials

Tahiti 80

Tame Impala

The Temper Trap

Teenage Fanclub

The Ting Tings

Tom Tom Club

Tricky

Unicorn

The Vaselines

The Veronicas

V V Brown

War