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.
MainstageFridaySaturdaySundayFlaming Lips The AliensBasement Jaxx Dizzee Rascal David Guetta Just Jack Cagedbaby Sneaky Sound System Tommy Sparks Chew LipsThe Prodigy Biffy Clyro The Wombats The Cuban Brothers Tommy Reilly Baddies Official Secrets Act
Clash presents Wonderland / Clash ArenaSaturdaySundayOrbital Pete Tong Crookers Annie Mac DJ Yoda Jaymo & Andy George BrodinskiPlacebo Soulwax Pendulum & MC Jakes Layo & Bushwacka Chase & Status & MC Rage Scratch Perverts The Whip Japanese Popstars
Fat Sams / Rob Da Bank present Sunday BestSaturdaySundaySuper Furry Animals Alabama 3 Frightened Rabbit Blood Red Shoes Magistrates Detroit Social Club Wave MachinesErol Alkan Dubfire Mylo James Murphy & Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem) Zane Lowe Kissy Sell Out The Count & Sinden
Soco SocialFridaySaturdaySundayDub Pistols Cagedbaby Killer Kitsch Clancy Giles LookerMylo Filthy Dukes Alex Metric Infadels Living in a Disco FirasJames Murphy & Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem) Yousef Leatherhead Hervé
Rizla ArenaFridaySaturdaySundayJazzie B The Revenge Autodisco Heavenly DukeboxFurry Sounds (Super Furry Animals) Maelstrom Den Haan Steve Mason Mike OmanAndrew 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 PartyFridaySaturdaySundayFunk D‘Void The Black Dog Mark Henning Octogen Mr Copy Harvey Mckay DecimalBusy 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
WrongnessFridayRockNess 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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