Rock Odyssey 2004July 24-25
Place: Yokohama Kokusai Sogo Kyogijyo
Love Psychedelico, Paul Weller, Koji Inaba, The Who, Aerosmith, Trapt, Black Eyed Peas, L'Arc en Ciel, Lenny Kravitz, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eikichi Yazawa and more.
Tickets: 14,000.
Info: Udo Ticket Center, (03) 3401-9999; www.udo.co.jp/odysse
Fuji Rock Festival '04
July 30, 31 and Aug. 1
Place: Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata Prefecture
Lou Reed, Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Basement Jaxx, X-Ecutioners, Ozomatli, The Zutons, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, The Chemical Brothers, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Courtney Love, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Franz Ferdinand, Primus, Jimmy Eat World, Mo'some Tonebender, The White Stripes, Jet, The Libertines, Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra, Ash, Belle and Sebastian, Graham Coxon, !!! and more.
Tickets: 36,000 (three-day ticket only).
Info: Fuji Rock Total Information, (0180) 993-998, www.fujirockfestival.com
Summer Sonic 04
Aug. 7-8
Place: Chiba Marine Stadium and Makuhari Messe/WTC Open Air Stadium and Intex Osaka
Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, The Darkness, Mando Diao, Fountains of Wayne, The Damned, MC5, Go-Go's, Kishidan, Beastie Boys, Nas, N.E.R.D., Zebrahead, The Mad Capsule Markets, The Music, Jurassic 5, The Hives, Boom Boom Satellites, Junior Senior and more.
Tickets: 24,000 (both days), 13,000 (one day).
Info: Summer Sonic Office, (0180) 993-030, www.summersonic.com