That came to a long list when I had a look at it. I really don't go to many shows nowadays, but 20 years' regular attendance at the Roskilde Festival ends up amounting to quite a bit:
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
David Bowie
The Who
Radiohead
REM
The Velvet Underground (during their 1993 reunion. That hardly counts)
U2
Neil Young
Nirvana
Elvis Costello
Van Morrison
Lou Reed
Sonic Youth
Simon and Garfunkel
New Order
P J Harvey
Al Green
The Cure
Nick Cave
Metalica
Primal Scream
Patti Smith
Leonard Cohen
Pavement
Wilco
Pulp
Pearl Jam
Franz Ferdinand
The Jesus nd Mary Chain
Muddy Waters
Arcade Fire
My Bloody Valentine
The Flaming Lips
Pretenders
Morrisey
Santana
Portishead
Suede
Nine Inch Nails
Iggy Pop
TV on the Radio
Tom Petty
Tricky
John Cale
Modest Mouse
The Pogues
Arctic Monkeys
Bonnie âââ¬ÅâPrinceââ⬠Billy
Little Feat
Paul McCartney
Eric Clapton
Supergrass
Spiritualized
Sigur Rós
Mercury Rev
Cat Power
Ryan Adams
The Shins
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Tracy Chapman
Foo Fighters
Alanis Morrisette
Graham Parker
Iron Maiden
Joe Cocker
Joanna Newsom
Warren Zevon
The Waterboys
The Cult
Bloc Party
Brian Wilson
Midnight Oil
Travis
Godspeed You Black Emperor
The National
Tindersticks
Steve Earle
Devendra Banhart
Dr. John
Sugar
ââ⬦ And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Lambchop
John Hiatt
Youssou Nâââ¬ââ¢Dur
Placebo
The Neville Brothers
Marianne Faithfull
Grandaddy
Kings of Leon
The Dream Syndicate
Calexico
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Residents
Beirut
Uncle Tupelo
Band of Horses
Klaxons
Cowboy Junkies
The Triffids
Of Montreal
Veruca Salt
(Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings only as part of The Highwaymen)
(Booker T & the MGs only backing Neil Young)
David Bowie
Prince (22 times)
Stevie Wonder
Madonna
New Order
PJ Harvey
Björk (3 times)
The Cure (4 times)
Parliament
LCD Soundsystem
Blondie
Franz Ferdinand
The Strokes
Morrissey
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Sigur Ros
Janet Jackson (3 times)
Tori Amos (2 times)
Grace Jones (2 times)
Kylie Minogue (7 times)
They Might Be Giants
Gary Numan
!!! (2 times)
Busta Rhymes
Sure to enter the top 1000 is MGMT. Duffy may enter as well.
Let me take this opportunity to say that it's an absolute crime that Annie Lennix is not considered a top 1000 artist!
1. Bruce Springsteen
2. The Who
3. Radiohead
4. R.E.M.
5. U2
6. Beck
7. Simon & Garfunkel
8. Ray Charles
9. PJ Harvey
10. The White Stripes
11. Bjork
12. Parliament/Funkadelic (more specifically, the P-Funk All Stars with Bootsy, Maceo, Fred Wesley, Bernie Worrell)
13. Pavement
14. Paul Simon
15. The Strokes
16. Yo La Tengo
17. Stereolab
18. Super Furry Animals
19. Garbage
20. Steve Miller Band
21. Moody Blues
22. They Might Be Giants
23. Lambchop
24. Granddaddy
25. The Beta Band
And two that may or may not fit:
26. Thurston Moore - solo, without Sonic Youth
27. Til Tuesday - before Aimee Mann went solo (yes, I'm that old)
11 - Radiohead
34 - Beastie Boys
39 - Beck
44 - Pixies
68 - Björk
78 - Metallica
89 - LCD Soundsystem
104 - The Smashing Pumpkins (worst gig of my life)
111 - Franz Ferdinand
121 - Arcade Fire
145 - M.I.A.
170 - The Prodigy
189 - TV on the Radio
190 - Queens of the Stone Age
237 - Arctic Monkeys
243 - Rage Against the Machine
265 - DJ Shadow
272 - Dizzee Rascal
349 - Foo Fighters
407 - Animal Collective
458 - System of a Down
499 - The Hives
514 - The Raconteurs
516 - Mogwai
645 - Placebo
710 - Kings of Leon
838 - CSS
Will be present on festival I will see this summer :
45 - Blur
52 - Oasis
170 - The Prodigy
354 - Faith No More
391 - Madness
416 - Bloc Party
496 - The Killers
603 - Lily Allen
769 - Maxïmo Park
It's sure that I will watch all of them, except the Killers and Maximo Park if there is something more interesting at the same time on an other scene
#21. Pink Floyd
#96. Elton John
#101. Paul Simon
#127. Peter Gabriel (won free tix. To be honest, I don't like Gabriel well enough to pay to see him...you may commence throwing rotten fruit.)
#148. De La Soul
#171. Jerry Lee Lewis
#197. Tom Petty
#229. Modest Mouse (festival setting, wouldn't really have paid for it..I liked Cake and De La Soul a lot better.)
#246. Willie Nelson (and would pay again..great show)
#384. Billy Joel
#408. Bon Jovi (free tix at corporate event, though, honestly they put on a really good show.)
#428. Brian Wilson (SOLO! )
#448. The Monkees (with all original members! JUSTUS tour)
#505. Steve Miller Band (good show. Sonny Charles (of the Checkmates) was with him.)
#821. Journey (circa "When You Love a Woman"...no Perry.
#847. Foreigner
One of my big regrets is NOT cutting school to see Ray Charles with the Dayton Symphony when I had a chance. He died the next year.