[Eng Translation] Ruisrock festival programme lineup announced including Joker Out.
Original Finnish article from Turun Sanomat news published on 5 March 2024. English translation by @saallotar, proofread by gboleyn123 (Instagram).
Ruisrock programme extended with 23 new artists - including Joker Out from Slovenia.
Ruisrockin ohjelma täydentyi 23 esiintyjällä – mukana muun muassa slovenialainen Joker Out.
The Slovenian band Joker Out, coming to Ruisrock, became known to a large audience during the Spring 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
Ruisrock announced 23 new acts on Tuesday, including Stormzy, Don Toliver, Alok and Joker Out. The festival's daily programme was released at the same time.
British rapper Stormzy has played a key role in bringing British rap music to global acclaim. Enhancing the international rap lineup are first-time visitors to Finland, Don Toliver, who came to wider attention with his collaboration with Travis Scott, and Trippie Redd, known for his melodic style.
Alok, an electronic music producer and one of Brazil's most successful DJs, will bring the party and live entertainment to Ruissalo. The programme is further complemented by Sub Focus.
The line up of international artists will be strengthened by the much requested Slovenian indie rock band Joker Out, who came to the attention of a large audience at the Spring 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. The band, who are really taking off, has warm relations with Finland, as the lead singer Bojan became friends with Käärijä in Liverpool during the Eurovision Song contest.
Ruisrock's domestic rap and hip-hop lineup expands with several names. The genre-breaking and uniquely humourous Käärijä, the charismatic Cledos, Ege Zulu & Orchestre with a big live band and F, who has been praised for his visually inventive live shows. Additionally, the line up includes Hassan Maikal, who wowed with his single “Yksinäistä”, and newcomers Hugo&Ahti, whose only joint summer festival performance with the band will be at Ruisrock.
The pop lineup will be strengthened by various artists. Pop hooks will be served up by the darkly spoken Costee, Elsa Brotherus, who puts sensitivity into words, Evelina, known for her many chart hits, and Isac Elliot, one of Finland's most popular pop stars.
The new generation of Finnish rock will be represented by the lovable Luukas Oja, dystopian Finnish synth-pop by MODEM, and Rebekka Holi and Orvokki will lead the audience into the deep and artistic music world.
Business City and Good Boys will bring their own special mix of music to the festival, with no shortage of action. The line-up is completed by a new metal band, LASTOUT, which has attracted great interest both domestically and internationally.
Ruisrock will take place 5th-7th of July 2024 in Ruissalo, Turku. More artist announcements are expected later this spring.
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The trouble began when police tried to arrest a teenage member of a notorious drug-dealing gang.
Within hours, the snowy streets of Rinkeby, a northern suburb of the Swedish capital Stockholm, had erupted into violence with his fellow gang members hurling Molotov cocktails at passing vehicles, torching parked cars, throwing rocks and looting shops.
The mob fought with police to free 17-year-old Maikal Hassan, the son of Ethiopian immigrants, and as they advanced, one officer drew his pistol and fired a shot at the gang and missed, while others shot high into the air to try to scare the masked youths.
Eventually, police withdrew for their own safety and were forced to call the imam from the local mosque to ask him to appeal to the rioters to disperse. Even then the disturbance continued until the early hours.
The riots on Monday night in Rinkeby, a migrant ghetto known locally as ‘Little Mogadishu’, are a major embarrassment for the Swedish government. They came just two days after Donald Trump, the U.S. President, was widely ridiculed for comments he made at a rally in Florida last weekend.
‘You look at what’s happening last night in Sweden,’ thundered Trump. ‘Sweden? Who’d believe this? Sweden? They took in large numbers [of asylum seekers]. They’re having problems like they never thought possible.’
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Hassan Maikal, Isäongelmii. Sony Music Finland, 2023.
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