15. Held annually since 1971, which Danish music festival on the island of Zealand, had grown so large by 1996, it needed its own railway station to cope with the thousands of attendees?
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Answer:
Roskilde
The first festival at Roskilde in 1971, was held over two days and called the Sound Festival. It was attended by approximately 10,000 each day, who saw artists such as prog rock band, Skin Alley, folk singer, Mick Softley and Strawbs.
In 1973, the name was changed to Roskilde Festival, and by 1983, attendance was in excess of 60,000 as the festival attracted bands such as Marillion, Warren Zevon and Simple Minds.
By 1994, the festival had grown so large that the site was extended to allow for more camping and the attendance that year was 90,000 people who saw Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Radiohead and Peter Gabriel over the four days.
This growth of the site meant that the venue now straddled the rail line and in 1996 a new station was opened on the line, purely to serve the festival campsite, which covers almost 80 hectares (198 acres).
Since 1999, a naked run has been held on the campsite, with one winner of each sex winning a ticket for the following years festival. The popularity of the run has grown so much that there are now several heats held before the finals, and the winners of the first race would have returned the following year to see Lou Reed, Pearl Jam, Willie Nelson and Iron Maiden.
Since 2015, when the headliners included Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Kendrick Lamar, attendance has been capped at 130,000 and due the coronavirus pandemic, 2020, was the first year since 1971 that the festival had not been held. Acts scheduled to appear that year included Taylor Swift, Deftones, Thom Yorke, and Tyler, The Creator.
Roskilde is a 100% non profit festival, distributing all proceeds to humanitarian, non-profit and cultural work for the benefit of children and young people in particular.