Goodbye Glastonbury, Hello HolidaysPackage holiday's experts, Thomas Cook's gig guide to the best music European festivals have to offer this summer From headline acts like the Foo Fighters to Florence and the Machine, to old stagers making a comeback like the Stone Roses, just because Britain's biggest festival is taking a break, doesn't mean there aren't some top sounds to be found this summer. Cheap holidays travel giant, Thomas Cook, have a range of city breaks to ensure music fans can swap mud-splattered fields in the UK, to camping in mud-splattered fields on the continent! Roskilde Festival, Denmark Denmark's answer to the V festival, this event is a real mixed bag, with serious music for the hardcore music fan along with crowd-pleasers for the more casual festival goer. There is a real relaxed atmosphere to the Roskilde Festival, which is held every year on from July 5 to 8.
Hultsfred Festival, Stockholm Rockers should pack their bags and travel to Stockholm for the annual Hultsfred Festival. Combine the sights and sounds of one of Europe's most beautiful cities too, with music from top bands like The Cure, The Stone Roses, The XX and Mumford & Sons, who are all confirmed in the line-up this year.
Sonar Festival, Barcelona For some serious alternative music sounds head to the Sonar festival in Barcelona, Spain this summer. One of Europe's premier electronic music festivals, this year's line-up includes massive headline acts such as Fatboy Slim, Deadmau5, The Roots and Friendly Fires.
Pukklepop, Belgium For something a little bit different, head to one of Europe's biggest alternative music festival experiences, Pukklepop in Belgium. This years head lining acts such as Foo Fighters, Bjork, Bloc Party and the Stone Roses, 2012 is set to be the best year yet.
Sziget, Budapest And finally, it's renowned all around the world for its great island venue on the river Danube, Budapest and attracts over 300,000 visitors every year. This year's line up at Sziget Music festival includes The Stone Roses, LMFAO, The XX and Paolo Nutini.
Rock Werchter, Belgium One of the five biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe this years rocking line-up include The Cure, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Florence and the Machine and Mumford and Sons.
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June 8, 2012 3:40pm ET by Pressparty
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