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Pepsi music festival

Pepsi music festival is a major Argentine music festival, held annually since 2003. Since 2005 it is named after its main sponsor, Pepsi, before it was named after its previous sponsor Quilmes, and it was known as "Quilmes rock". It was held in several places including the Ferro Stadium and River Plate Stadium , and since 2005 is hold at Obras Stadium, all of them in Buenos Aires city. It's the largest and longest music festival in the country with more than 200,000 persons attending in 2006, during 10 days. [*] .

The most important national rock singers and groups participated of the festival, along with some of the most notable international rock stars.

2003 festival

Acts appearing in 2003 included Die Toten Hosen, Gustavo Cerati, Los Ratones Paranoicos, Divididos, Memphis, Bersuit Vergarabat, Cafe Tacuba, Babasonicos, Attaque 77 , Los Pericos , Luis A.Spinetta, Mancha de Rolando, Intoxicados, El Otro Yo and others.

2004 festival

This edition, included The Wailers, The Offspring, Los Cafres, Mimi Maura, Molotov, Dancing Mood, Las Pelotas, Charly Garcia, Los Piojos , Vox Dei , Paralamas, Pappo, Los Autenticos Decadentes, Catupecu Machu and others.

2005 festival

The 2005 festival included Megadeth, Apocalyptica, The Wailers, Die Toten Hosen, Andrew Tosh, La Vela Puerca, Ska-P, Turf, Kapanga, No te va a Gustar, Villanos , Massacre , Los Tipitos, Los Piojos, Cabezones, Almafuerte and others.

The Megadeth show was filmed and later released in a DVD called [[That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires]]

2006 festival

The 2006 edition attracted approximately 200,000 people. During 11 days, important national and international rock bands played in several outdoor and indoor stages. And some of the acts performing this year included Iggy & The Stooges, Plastilina Mosh, Michael Rose, Mancha de Rolando, Guasones, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Babasonicos, Intoxicados, No te va a Gustar, Rata Blanca , Arbol , La Mosca, Bahiano, Las Pelotas, Miranda and others.

2007 festival

The 2007 edition will have place from September 22th to October 2nd. Some of the bands confirmed for this edition included Marilyn Manson, Black Eyed Peas, Australian Pink Floyd Show, The Cloud Room, Diego Mizrahi, Molotov, Heroes del Silencio, The Wailers, Divididos, Almafuerte, Intoxicados, Pier, Guasones, Jovenes Pordioseros, Arbol and others. More bands will be confirmed during the next month. Some rumored bands for this edition include Avril Lavigne, The Cranberries, Babasonicos and Fall Out Boy

[*]. The tickets are on sale in Ticketek since July 2nd.

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