RockNess 2009
Introduction '''RockNess 2009''' was the fourth RockNess Festival to take place. It took place on the 12th, 13th and 14 June 2009 with for the first time acts playing on the Friday. The headlining acts were The Flaming Lips, The Prodigy, Biffy Clyro, Basement Jaxx, Dizzee Rascal, Orbital and Placebo.The RockNess organisers held a DJ competition throughout Scotland to find new DJ talent. Heats were held across the country with final being held in Glasgow. The winner was 19-year-old Fuad from Aberdeen played just before Pete Tong on the 13th. There were also 2 runners up.The line-up was as follows. '''Mainstage'''FridaySaturdaySunday*'''Flaming Lips'''*The Aliens*'''Basement Jaxx'''*Dizzee Rascal*David Guetta*Just Jack*Cagedbaby*Sneaky Sound System*Tommy Sparks*Chew Lips*'''The Prodigy'''*Biffy Clyro*The Wombats*The Cuban Brothers*Tommy Reilly*Baddies*Official Secrets Act '''Clash presents Wonderland / Clash Arena'''SaturdaySunday*'''Orbital'''*Pete Tong*Crookers*Annie Mac*DJ Yoda*Jaymo & Andy George*Brodinski*'''Placebo'''*Soulwax*Pendulum & MC Jakes*Layo & Bushwacka*Chase & Status & MC Rage*Scratch Perverts*The Whip*Japanese Popstars '''Fat Sams / Rob Da Bank present Sunday Best'''SaturdaySunday*'''Super Furry Animals'''*Alabama 3*Frightened Rabbit*Blood Red Shoes*Magistrates*Detroit Social Club*Wave Machines*'''Erol Alkan'''*Dubfire*Mylo*James Murphy & Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem)*Zane Lowe*Kissy Sell Out*The Count & Sinden '''Soco Social'''FridaySaturdaySunday*'''Dub Pistols'''*Cagedbaby*Killer Kitsch*Clancy*Giles Looker*'''Mylo'''*Filthy Dukes*Alex Metric*Infadels*Living in a Disco*Firas*'''James Murphy & Pat Mahoney''' (LCD Soundsystem)*Yousef*Leatherhead*Hervé '''Rizla Arena'''FridaySaturdaySunday*'''Jazzie B'''*The Revenge*Autodisco*Heavenly Dukebox*'''Furry Sounds''' (Super Furry Animals)*Maelstrom*Den Haan*Steve Mason*Mike Oman*'''Andrew Weatherall'''*Riton*Jon Carter*Toddla T & MC Seroce*Heavenly Jukebox vs. Disco Deviance*David Shrigley '''Bollywood Skinny presents Soma Records / Ed Banger Records / Sub Club Party'''FridaySaturdaySunday*'''Funk D‘Void'''*The Black Dog*Mark Henning*Octogen*Mr Copy*Harvey Mckay*Decimal*'''Busy P'''*DJ Mehdi*DJ Feadz*Krazy Baldhead *'''Subculture''' ft. Harri, Domenic & Telford*Optimo*Sensu*Cotton Cake*Jackmaster*Kinky Afro ft. Mafro*Hyp? ft. Boom Monk Ben '''Wrongness'''Friday'''RockNess Ceilidh Allstars'''The following acts also played across the weekend on the ‘goNORTH’ stage: Alex Cornish, Barn Owel, Bronto Skylift, Call To Mind, Casiokids, Cast of the Capital, Colour-Coded, Come On Bang!, Daily Bread, Dotjr, The French Wives, Hey Enemy, Jack Butler, Keser, Mitchell Museum, Nacional, Our Lunar Activities, Pooch, Strawhouses, Spyamp, St Deluxe, Team William, Theatre Fall, The Naked Strangers, The Ray Summers, Tone, Trapped in Kansas, Vcheka, We See Lights and Yaweh.
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