NOS Alive!

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The main stage at the 2009 festival

NOS Alive , formerly known as Optimus Alive, is a music festival that has been held annually in the small Portuguese town of Algés since 2007 . The organizer is the concert promoter Everything Is New , the eponymous main sponsor is the telecommunications company NOS (formerly Optimus ). The venue for the festival is the Passeio Marítimo de Algés on the banks of the Tagus .

The more well-known bands usually play on the main stage ( Palco NOS Stage ), while more up-and-coming names are presented on the smaller stage ( Palco Sagres Stage , named after the Portuguese brewery Sagres , until 2016 Palco Heineken Stage after the Dutch brewery Heineken ). On stage Palco NOS Clubbing Stage set following the concerts then international and Portuguese on DJ team. In 2012, for example, these were Brodinski, Busy P, James Murphy + Pat Mahoney, Seth Troxler, Art Department, Moullinex + Xinobi, Carbon Airways, among 16 others.

After its inception, Alive! to one of the most important rock festivals in Portugal. The British music magazine NME listed it among the top 12 European festivals in 2009. In 2012 the festival was also praised by the NME.

Of the 155,000 visitors in 2012, 16,000 came from abroad, from 53 different countries, including 7,000 from Great Britain .

Previous dates and bands

2007

• 8th June:
  • Palco Optimus: Pearl Jam , Linkin Park , Blasted Mechanism , The Used
  • Palco Sagres Mini: Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar , The Sounds , The Rakes , Unkle Bob , Loto , Oioai ,

• June 9th:
  • Palco Optimus: The Smashing Pumpkins , The White Stripes , Balla , Triângulo de Amor Bizarro
  • Palco Sagres Mini: Dezperados , The Go! Team , The Dead 60s , Capitão Fantasma , Plastica , Dapunk Sportif

• June 10th:
  • Palco Optimus: Beastie Boys , Da Weasel , Donavon Frankenreiter , Matisyahu , Sam The Kid
  • Palco Sagres Mini: Buraka Som Sistema , The (International) Noise Conspiracy , WrayGunn , The Vicious Five , Nigga Poison , Tora Tora Big Band

2008

• 10th of July:
  • Palco Optimus: Rage Against the Machine , The Hives , Gogol Bordello , The National , Spiritualized , Galactic , Kalashnikov
  • Metro on Stage: Boys Noize , Tiga , Hercules & Love Affair , Peaches (DJ Set), CSS , MGMT , Vampire Weekend , Sons of Albion , Banda Sound Tribes

• July 11th:
  • Palco Optimus: Buraka Som Sistema , Within Temptation , Bob Dylan , John Butler Trio , Nouvelle Vague , Kumpania Algazarra
  • Metro on Stage: SebastiAn , DJ Mehdi , Busy P , Uffie , DJ Fedz , Krazy Baldhead , Mr Flash , Vicarious Bliss , Corneto Free Musi

• July 12:
  • Palco Optimus: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Neil Young , Donavon Frankenreiter , Xavier Rudd , Bradiggan
  • Metro on Stage: MSTRKRFT , Brodinski , The Gossip , Róisín Murphy , Midnight Juggernauts , The Juan Maclean & Nancy Wan , Sizo

2009

• July 9:
  • Palco Optimus: Metallica , Slipknot , Machine Head , Lamb of God , Mastodon , Ramp
  • Palco Super Bock: Erol Alkan , Crystal Castles , Klaxons , TV on the Radio , Air Traffic , Delphic , Silversun Pickups , Os Golpes
  • Palco Optimus Discos: Mr Mitsuhirato , Nuno Lopes , The Vicious Five , Tiguana Bibles , The Bombazines , Mazgani

• 10th of July:
  • Palco Optimus: The Prodigy , Placebo , Blasted Mechanism , The Kooks , Eagles of Death Metal , Os Pontos Negros
  • Palco Super Bock: Zombie Nation , The Ting Tings , Fischersponer , Does It Offend You, Yeah? , Hadouken! , Late of the Pier , John is Gone , The Gaslight Anthem
  • Palco Optimus Discos: Zig Zag Warriors , Coldfinger , DJ Ride , Bezegol , Youthless

• July 11th:
  • Palco Optimus: Dave Matthews Band , The Black Eyed Peas , Chris Cornel , Ayọ , Boss AC
  • Palco Super Bock: Deadmou5 , Ghostland Observatory , Lykke Li , Autokratz , Trouble Andrew , Los Campesinos! , A Silent Film , X-Wife
  • Palco Optimus Discos: DJ Kitten , Sofia M , Linda Martini , Madame Godard , The Pragmatic , Olive Tree Dance

2010

• 8th of July:
  • Palco Optimus: Faith No More , Kasabian , Alice in Chains , Moonspell , Biffy Clyro
  • Palco Super Bock: Burns (DJ Set), Calvin Harris (live), La Roux , The xx , Florence + the Machine , Devendra Banhart , The Drums , Local Natives

• July 9:
  • Palco Optimus: Deftones , Skunk Anansie , Manic Street Preachers , Mão Morta , Jet
  • Palco Super Bock: Steve Aoki , The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 , Booka Shade , Gossip , New Young Pony Club , The Maccabees , Holy Ghost! , Hurts

• 10th of July:
  • Palco Optimus: Pearl Jam , LCD Soundsystem , Gogol Bordello , Dropkick Murphys , Gomez
  • Palco Super Bock: Boys Noize , Crookers , Simian Mobile , Disco (live), Peaches , The Big Pink , Miike Snow , Sean Riley and the Lowriders , Girls
  • Palco Optimus Clubbing: The Legendary Tigerman (with Asia Argento , Maria de Medeiros , Peaches , Rita Redshoes , Lisa Kekaula , Cibelle ), The Bellrays , Micro Audio Waves , Phoebee Killdeer and the Short Straws, Becky Lee & Drunkfoot , Cibelle, Noiserv , Enday

2011

• July 6th:
  • Palco Optimus: Coldplay , Blondie , Grouplove , The Twighlight Singers
  • Palco Super Bock: Patrick Wolf , James Blake , Anna Calvi , These New Puritans , Example , Avibuffalo , The Naked and Famous , Mona

• 7th of July:
  • Palco Optimus: Foo Fighters , Iggy and The Stooges , Xutos & Pontapés , My Chemical Romance , Jimmy Eat World
  • Palco Super Bock: Primal Scream present Screamadelica Live, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 , Seasick Steve , Kele , Teratron , Os Golpes , Everything Everything , Bombay Bicycle Club , Crocodiles

• 8th of July:
  • Palco Optimus: 30 Seconds to Mars , The Chemical Brothers , You Me at Six , The Pretty Reckless , Klepht
  • Palco Super Bock: Grinderman , Thievery Corporation , Fleet Foxes , Digitalism , Slimmy , Friendly Fires , Angus & Julia Stone , Massay

• July 9:
  • Palco Optimus: Jane's Addiction , Duck Sauce , Paramore , Kaiser Chiefs , White Lies , Lululemon
  • Palco Super Bock: TV on the Radio , Dizzee Rascal , Foals , A-Trak , Fake Blood (live) , Orelha Negra , Linda Martini , WU LYF , Stereopack

2012

• July 13th:
  • Palco Optimus: Justice , The Stone Roses , Snow Patrol , Refused , Danko Jones
  • Palco Heineken: Death in Vegas , Zola Jesus , Buraka Som Sistema , Santigold , LMFAO , Miuda , Dum Dum Girls , The Parkinsons , Royal Blasphemy

• July 14th:
  • Palco Optimus: The Cure , Morcheeba , Mumford & Sons , Noah and the Whale , We Trust
  • Palco Heineken: Blasted Mechanism , Florence + the Machine (not performed due to illness), SebastiAn , Katy B , Tricky , Awolnation , The Antlers , Here We Go Magic , Big Deal , Lisa Hannigan

• 15th of July:
  • Palco Optimus: Radiohead , Caribou , The Kooks , Paus
  • Palco Heineken: Metronomy , The Kills , SBTRKT , Mazzy Star , The Maccabees , Warpaint , Miles Kanes , Eli "Paperboy" Reed

2013

• July 12:
  • Optimus Stage: Steve Aoki , Green Day , Two Door Cinema Club , Biffy Clyro , Stereophonics
  • Heineken Stage: Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg , Death from Above , Crystal Fighters , Vampire Weekend , Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros , Dead Combo , Japandroids , Deap Vally , Jamie N Commons , Quelle Dead Gazelle

• July 13th:
  • Optimus Stage: 2Many DJs (Soulwax DJ Set), Depeche Mode , Editors , Jurassic 5 , OQuestrada
  • Heineken Stage: Crystal Castles , Hercules and Love Affair Soundsystem, Icona Pop , The Legendary Tigerman , Jamie Lidell , Capitão Fausto , Rhye , Wild Belle , Diiv , Oeiras Band Sessions

• July 14th:
  • Optimus Stage: Kings of Leon , Phoenix , Tame Impala , Jake Bugg , Linda Martini
  • Heineken Stage: The Bloody Beetroots , Django Django , Band of Horses , Alt-J , Twin Shadow , Of Monsters and Men , Brass Wires Orchestra , Tribes , Capitão Ortense

2014

• 10th of July:
  • NOS Stage: Arctic Monkeys , Interpol , Imagine Dragons , The Lumineers , Ben Howard
  • Heineken Stage: Booka Shade , Parov Stelar Band , Kelis , Tiago Bettencourt , Elbow , The 1975 , Temples , Noiserv , Jacaré

• July 11th:
  • NOS Stage: Buraka Som Sistema , The Black Keys , MGMT , The Last Internationale , The Vicious Five
  • Heineken Stage: Caribou , SBTRKT , Au Revoir Simone , We Trust , Sam Smith , Parquet Courts , For Pete Sake , Russian Red , Allen Stone

• July 12:
  • NOS Stage: The Libertines , Foster the People , Bastille , The Black Mamba com Aurea
  • Heineken Stage: Nicolas Jaar , Chet Faker , Daughter , PAUS , Unknown Mortal Orchestra , The War on Drugs , Cass McCombs , Tom Mash , The 7 Riots

2015

• July 9:
  • Palco NOS Stage: Muse , Alt-J , Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, James Bay , The Wombats
  • Palco Heineken Stage: Flume , Django Django , Cavaliers of Fun , Metronomy , Capitão Fausto , Young Fathers , Señores , Galgo

• 10th of July:
  • Palco NOS Stage: The Prodigy , Mumford & Sons , Sheppard , Marmozets , Blated Mechanism
  • Palco Heineken Stage: Róisín Murphy , James Blake , Future Islands , The Ting Tings , Kodaline , Bleachers , Cold Specks , Bear's Den , Daniel Kemish

• July 11th:
  • Palco NOS Stage: Disclosure , Chet Faker , Sam Smith , Counting Crows , HMB
  • Palco Heineken Stage: Chromeo , Flight Facilities , Azealia Banks , The Jesus and Mary Chain , Mogwai , Dead Combo , Sleaford Mods , Solcier's Heart , That Rebellion

2016

• 7th of July:
  • Palco NOS Stage: The Chemical Brothers , Pixies , Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Biffy Clyro , The 1975
  • Palco Heineken Stage: 2Many DJs / Soulwax DJ-Set, Sean Riley & the Slowirders , Soulwax , Wolf Alice , John Grant , Vintage Trouble , The Happy Mess , LA

• 8th of July:
  • Palco NOS Stage: Radiohead , Tame Impala , Foals , Years & Years
  • Palco Heineken Stage: Hot Chip , Two Door Cinema Club , Father John Misty , Kodaline , Carlão, Courtney Barnett , Jagwar Ma , Soulvenir

• July 9:
  • Palco NOS Stage: M83 , Arcade Fire , Band of Horses , Vetusta Morla , Agir
  • Palco Heineken Stage: Ratatat , Grimes , Four Tet , Paus , José Gonzáles , Calexico , Little Scream , Them Flying Monkeys

2017

unknown

2018

• July 12:
  • Palco NOS: Arctic Monkeys , Nine Inch Nails , Snow Patrol , Miguel Araújo , Bryan Ferry
  • Palco Sagres: Khalid , Friendly Fires , Wolf Alice , Sampha , Jain , Blasted Mechanism , Juana Molina , Vermú

• July 13th:
  • Palco NOS: Queens of the Stone Age , The National , Two Door Cinema Club , Black Rebel Motorcycle Club , Kaleo , Blossoms
  • Palco Sagres: Future Islands , CHVRCHES , Portugal. The Man , Rag 'n' Bone Man , Yo La Tengo , Eels , Japandroids , Sound Bullet

• July 14th:
  • Palco NOS: Pearl Jam , Jack White , Franz Ferdinand , MGMT , Alice in Chains , The Last Internationale
  • Palco Sagres: At the Drive-In , Perfume Genius , Real Estate , Mallu Magalhães , Marmozets , Clap Your Hands Say Yeah , Churky

* Palco = stage

Web links

• Festival website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.festival-outlook.consequenceofsound.net ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 6, 2012 
2. ↑ www.nme.com , accessed October 6, 2012
3. ↑ www.eventpoint.com.pt ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 6, 2012