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Acoustic Christmas Wiki Information
Acoustic Christmas
(short title: Acoustic X-Mas
) is an annual concert run by the Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ.
Since its inception in 1990, the concert has attracted increasingly popular alternative rock bands and singers. It takes place over a weekend in mid-December, and has in recent years been broadcast for free on KROQ's .
Every year it has taken place at Gibson Amphitheatre, in Universal City CA, except for 1998 where it was held at Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles, CA and in 1999 where it was held at the Arrowhead Pond, in Anaheim, CA
In 1999, a compilation of live recordings, The Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas
, was released.
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ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS TICKETS
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Line-ups
Bands listed in alphabetical order (or, if known, in reverse order of night's performance).
| Date
| Lineup
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| December 1, 1990
| Dramarama, The Havilinas, Chris Isaak, The Posies, Social Distortion, Soho, The Trash Can Sinatras
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| December 21, 1991
| Ian McCulloch, Alison Moyet, School of Fish, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smithereens, This Picture, The Wonder Stuff
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| December 12, 1992
| Adam Ant, David Byrne, Cause and Effect, The Cult, dada, Duran Duran, EMF, The Farm, Michael Penn, The Rembrandts, Seal, Soul Asylum, The Soup Dragons, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Suzanne Vega, The Violent Femmes
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| December 11, 1993
| Bad Religion, Belly, Tony Bennett, Blind Melon, Cowboy Junkies, Cracker, The Cranberries, 4 Non Blondes, General Public, Nick Heyward, Billy Idol, The Lemonheads, Porno for Pyros, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Henry Rollins, The Smashing Pumpkins, They Might Be Giants, US3, The Violent Femmes, The Wonder Stuff
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| December 10, 1994
| Bad Religion, The Black Crowes, Candlebox, The Cranberries, Sheryl Crow, Dinosaur Jr., Hole, Luscious Jackson, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Live, Love Spit Love, Mazzy Star, Meat Puppets, Liz Phair, Seal, Stone Temple Pilots, Simple Minds, Sunny Day Real Estate, Veruca Salt, Weezer
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| December 16, 1995
| Bush, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Goo Goo Dolls, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, No Doubt, Oasis, Joan Osborne, Porno for Pyros, Presidents of the United States of America, Radiohead, The Rentals, Silverchair, Sonic Youth, Toadies, Tripping Daisy, Wesley Willis
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| December 13 - 14, 1996
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Night 1 (Saturday): Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow, Garbage, Jewel, The Cardigans, Fiona Apple, Poe, Tracy Bonham
Night 2 (Sunday): Bush, 311, Presidents of the United States of America, Beck, Orbital, Cake, Eels, Republica, The Wallflowers
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| December 6, 1997
| Fiona Apple, The Aquabats, Beck, Blink-182, David Bowie, Chumbawamba, Everclear, Green Day, Jane's Addiction, Live, Matchbox Twenty, Sarah McLachlan, No Doubt, Portishead, Rancid, Save Ferris, Smash Mouth, Sneaker Pimps, Sugar Ray, Third Eye Blind, 311
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| December 11 - 12, 1998
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Night 1 (Friday): Korn, The Offspring, Hole, Blink-182, Barenaked Ladies, Reel Big Fish, Sugar Ray, The Cardigans
Night 2 (Saturday): Depeche Mode, Billy Corgan, Garbage, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Goo Goo Dolls, Cake, Everlast, Semisonic, Soul Coughing
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| December 11, 1999
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One Night (Saturday): Bush, Blink-182, Rob Zombie, Beck, Tori Amos, Foo Fighters, 311, Oasis, Fiona Apple, Save Ferris, Powerman 5000
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| December 16 - 17, 2000
| Night 1 (Saturday): Papa Roach, No Doubt, Deftones, Weezer, Moby, Incubus (w/ orchestra), Fuel, 3 Doors Down, Coldplay, At the Drive-In
Night 2 (Sunday): Green Day, Papa Roach, No Doubt, Deftones, Weezer, Moby, Incubus (w/ orchestra), Everclear, Disturbed, Linkin Park
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| December 8 - 9, 2001
| Night 1 (Saturday):Linkin Park, Blink-182, Staind, System of a Down, Bad Religion, P.O.D., Sum 41, Puddle of Mudd, Alien Ant Farm
Night 2 (Sunday):Linkin Park, Staind (acoustic), Bush, Foo Fighters, 311, No Doubt, Coldplay, Nickelback, Pete Yorn, Remy Zero, Travis (canceled)
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| December 7 - 8, 2002
| Night 1 (Saturday): P.O.D., Disturbed, Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, Sum 41, The Used, Zwan, New Found Glory, Trust Company, Taproot
Night 2 (Sunday): Creed, Coldplay, Beck (w/ The Flaming Lips), Jack Johnson, Dashboard Confessional, Good Charlotte, Jimmy Fallon, The Vines, Jurassic 5
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| December 13 - 14, 2003
| Night 1 (Saturday): Linkin Park (headliner), The Offspring, P.O.D., AFI, Pennywise, Puddle of Mudd, Chevelle, Thrice, The Distillers
Night 2 (Sunday): Korn (headliner), Blink-182, Jane's Addiction, 311, Staind, Rancid, Brand New, Jet, Trapt
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| December 11 - 12, 2004
| Night 1 (Saturday): Jimmy Eat World, Interpol, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Gwen Stefani (special guest), Modest Mouse, Muse, Taking Back Sunday, The Shins, Keane, Snow Patrol, The Music
Night 2 (Sunday): Green Day (headliner), Velvet Revolver, Incubus, Social Distortion, Papa Roach, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, The Used, Chevelle, My Chemical Romance, Hoobastank (canceled)
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| December 10 - 11, 2005
| Night 1 (Saturday): System of a Down (headliner), Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Fall Out Boy, Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Rise Against
Night 2 (Sunday): Depeche Mode (headliner), Coldplay, The White Stripes, Jack Johnson, The Bravery, Death Cab for Cutie, Hot Hot Heat, Nada Surf
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| December 9 - 10, 2006
| Night 1 (Saturday): Foo Fighters (headliner), AFI, Incubus, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds to Mars, Papa Roach, (+44), Wolfmother, Saosin
Night 2 (Sunday): Foo Fighters (headliner), The Killers, Beck, The Raconteurs, Evanescence, Panic! at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves, Gnarls Barkley, Snow Patrol, She Wants Revenge
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| December 8 - 9, 2007
| Night 1 (Saturday): Linkin Park (headliner), Bad Religion, Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against, Serj Tankian, Angels & Airwaves, Paramore
Night 2 (Sunday): Muse (headliner), Jimmy Eat World, Modest Mouse, The Killers (surprise appearance), The Shins, Silversun Pickups, Feist, Spoon
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| December 13 - 14, 2008
| Night 1 (Saturday): The Offspring (headliner), Stone Temple Pilots, Rise Against, AFI, Staind, Three Days Grace, Slightly Stoopid, Hollywood Undead
Night 2 (Sunday): The Cure (headliner), The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Paramore, Kanye West (surprise appearance), Franz Ferdinand, Scott Weiland, Snow Patrol, Vampire Weekend
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