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.[1]
The line-up was as follows.[2]
Mainstage
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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
Saturday
Sunday
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
Saturday
Sunday
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
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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.[3]
^"RockNess — ROCKNESS 2009 DJ COMPETITION - THE RESULT!". Archived from the original on 15 May 2009.
^"RockNess — Confirmed Headline Acts". Archived from the original on 3 December 2008.
^"GoNORTH Stage line-up revealed for Rock Ness - eFestivals.co.uk".
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