NOS Alive
NOS Alive (formerly Optimus Alive! and Optimus Alive) is an annual music and arts festival which takes place in the Algés riverside, in Oeiras, Portugal. It is organized by the Portuguese live entertainment company Everything is New and its main sponsor is telecommunications company NOS (previously named Optimus).The first edition took place in 2007.
| NOS Alive | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Rock, alternative rock, pop, electronica, stand-up comedy |
| Dates | June (2007-2008) July (2009–present) |
| Location(s) | Passeio Marítimo de Algés, Algés, Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | www.nosalive.com |
The festival has achieved considerable popularity both inside and outside of Portugal, with the British magazine NME naming one of the top 12 European festivals in 2009. In 2012, readers of the NME website readers rated the festival 10 out of 10.[1]
Editions
Oeiras Alive! 07
The first edition of the festival was held between 8 and 10 June 2007. The main attraction were the return of Pearl Jam, Linkin Park and The Smashing Pumpkins to Portugal, and the first time for bands like The Used, The White Stripes and Beastie Boys.
| Optimus Stage | ||
| 8 June | 9 June | 10 June |
|---|---|---|
|
The Smashing Pumpkins |
Beastie Boys | |
| Sagres Mini Stage | ||
| 8 June | 9 June | 10 June |
|---|---|---|
|
Shantel e Bucovina Club Orkestar |
Dezperados |
Buraka Som Sistema |
Optimus Alive! 08
The second edition was held between 10 and 12 July 2008. It was the first to have Optimus as the main sponsor. The second edition gained considerable international attention having both Bob Dylan and Neil Young in the line up.
| Optimus Stage | ||
| 10 July | 11 July | 12 July |
|---|---|---|
| Rage Against the Machine
Kalashnikov |
Bob Dylan
Nouvelle Vague (cancelled) Kumpania Algazarra |
Neil Young
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Bradiggan |
| Metro Stage | ||
| 10 July | 11 July | 12 July |
|---|---|---|
| Boys Noize
Peaches (DJ Set) Cansei de Ser Sexy (Cancelled) Sons of Albion |
Sebastian
Mr.Flash Vicarious Bliss Unfair |
MSTRKRFT
Sizo |
Optimus Alive! 09
The third edition was held between 9 and 11 July 2009. It is the only edition to have had a day dedicated to heavy metal music in the main stage.
| Optimus Stage | ||
| 9 July | 10 July | 11 July |
|---|---|---|
|
The Prodigy |
Dave Matthews Band | |
| Super Bock Stage | ||
| 9 July | 10 July | 11 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Erol Alkan |
Zombie Nation |
Deadmau5 |
| Optimus Discos Stage | ||
| 9 July | 10 July | 11 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Mr Mitsuhirato |
Zig Zag Warriors |
DJ Kitten |
Optimus Alive! 10
The fourth edition was held between 8 and 10 July 2010.
| Optimus Stage | ||
| 8 July | 9 July | 10 July |
|---|---|---|
| Super Bock Stage | ||
| 8 July | 9 July | 10 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Burns Calvin Harris |
Simian Mobile Disco | |
| Optimus Clubbing Stage | ||
| 8 July | 9 July | 10 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Planet Turbo Presents:
Tiga |
Enchufada Showcase
|
The Legendary Tigerman Presents:
The Legendary Tigerman presents Femina with Asia Argento, Maria de Medeiros, Peaches (musician), Rita Redshoes, Lisa Kekaula, Cibelle, Phoebe Killdeer, Becky Lee, Claudia Efe, Mafalda Nascimento |
Optimus Alive '11
The fifth edition took place between 6 and 9 July 2011. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the festival, a fourth day was added on Wednesday (6 July), in which Coldplay were the headliners.[2]
| Optimus Stage | |||
| 6 July | 7 July | 8 July | 9 July |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Foo Fighters |
The Chemical Brothers |
||
| Optimus Clubbing Stage | |||
| 6 July | 7 July | 8 July | 9 July |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Amor Fúria
|
|
|
|
Optimus Alive '12
The sixth edition of the festival was held between 13 and 15 July 2012. It drew crowds of more than 55,000 people and featured The Stone Roses, The Cure and Radiohead as headliners, [3]
The festival's atmosphere failed to charm all its attendees, like The Line of Best Fit's Suze Olbrich, who described her first impression of the festival grounds as a "car park with an enormous hulking main stage, two smaller hooded stages and more branded eateries and stalls than I’ve ever come across in one place".[4] Olbrich did compliment the sound quality blasting from all three stages, but mentioned the first day artists had no hope of filling the "cavernous" arenas, zapping some energy from the performances.[4]
Headliners Radiohead's performance capped off the final night of the festival. The band mostly performed works from its 2011 album King of Limbs. Radiohead was called back for two encores, and performed a section of REM's 'The One I Love'. [3]
The Maccabees also performed on the final day of the festival. During their set, the band broke into a rendition of "Happy Birthday", as 15 July was also the band's bassist Rupert Jarvis' birthday.[3]
The Sunday performances wrapped up well after 4 a.m. Monday morning.[4]
Optimus Alive '12 was nominated for several European Festival Awards - Best Major Festival, Best European Festival Line-up and Artists' Favourite Festival [5] - but did not win in any category.[6]
| Optimus Stage | ||
| 13 July | 14 July | 15 July |
|---|---|---|
| Heineken Stage | ||
| 13 July | 14 July | 15 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Death in Vegas |
Blasted Mechanism |
Metronomy |
| Optimus Clubbing Stage | ||
| 13 July | 14 July | 15 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Brodinski |
James Murphy + Pat Mahoney |
Seth Troxler |
Optimus Alive '13
The seventh edition of the festival took place between 12 and 14 July 2013.
| Optimus Stage | ||
| 12 July | 13 July | 14 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Steve Aoki |
2manydjs |
|
| Heineken Stage | ||
| 12 July | 13 July | 14 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg with Andrew W.K. |
Crystal Castles |
The Bloody Beetroots |
| Optimus Clubbing Stage | ||
| 12 July | 13 July | 14 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Redlight |
Dezperados |
Seth Troxler |
NOS Alive '14
In 2014 the festival was re-branded as NOS Alive. The eight edition of the festival took place between 10 and 12 July 2014.
| NOS Stage | ||
| 10 July | 11 July | 12 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Arctic Monkeys |
Buraka Som Sistema |
The Libertines |
| Heineken Stage | ||
| 10 July | 11 July | 12 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Booka Shade |
Caribou |
Nicolas Jaar |
| NOS Clubbing | ||
| 10 July | 11 July | 12 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Jamie xx |
Branko |
A-Trak |
| Jardim Caixa - Comedy Stage | ||
| 10 July | 11 July | 12 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Aldo Lima |
César Mourão |
Nilton |
NOS Alive '15
NOS Alive '15 was the ninth edition of the festival and took place between 9 and 11 July 2015. [7]
| NOS Stage | ||
| 9 July | 10 July | 11 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Muse |
||
| Heineken Stage | |||
| 9 July | 10 July | 11 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Flume |
Róisín Murphy |
Chromeo | |
| NOS Clubbing | |||
| 9 July | 10 July | 11 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Julio Bashmore |
Magazino |
Miss Kittin | |
| Raw Coreto by G-Star Raw | |||
| 9 July | 10 July | 11 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nice Weather For Ducks |
DJ Fernando Alvim |
DJ Pedro Ramos | |
| Jardim Caixa - Comedy Stage | |||
| 9 July | 10 July | 11 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
The Boy With Tape On His Face |
Herman José |
Rui Unas feat. DJ Van Breda | |
NOS Alive '16
NOS Alive '16 was the tenth edition of the festival and took place between 7 and 9 July 2016.
| NOS Stage | ||
| 7 July | 8 July | 9 July |
|---|---|---|
|
The Chemical Brothers
|
Arcade Fire
| |
| Heineken Stage | ||
| 7 July | 8 July | 9 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Wolf Alice
|
Hot Chip
|
Ratatat
|
| NOS Clubbing | ||
| 7 July | 8 July | 9 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Junior Boys
|
NBC, Sir Scratch & Bob da Rage Sense
|
Boys Noize |
| Jardim Caixa - Comedy Stage | ||
| 7 July | 8 July | 9 July |
|---|---|---|
|
John Cooper Clarke
|
Pedro Tochas
|
Top Genius - Nuno Markl e Vasco Palmeirim
|
NOS Alive '17
NOS Alive '17 was the tenth edition of the festival and took place between 7 and 9 July 2017.
| NOS Stage | ||
| 6 July | 7 July | 8 July |
|---|---|---|
|
The Weeknd
|
Foo Fighters
|
Depeche Mode
|
| Heineken Stage | ||
| 6 July | 7 July | 8 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Glass Animals
|
Floating Points
|
Peaches
|
| NOS Clubbing | ||
| 6 July | 7 July | 8 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Carlos Cardoso
|
Bandido$
|
Trikk
|
| Coreto by Arruada | ||
| 6 July | 7 July | 8 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Riot
|
Mai Kino
|
Scúru Fitchádu
|
| EDP Fado Café | ||
| 6 July | 7 July | 8 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Blues' N' Swing
|
Blues' N' Swing
|
Blues' N' Swing
|
| Comedy Stage | ||
| 6 July | 7 July | 8 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Daniel Sloss
|
Nilton
|
Salvador Martinha
|
NOS Alive '18
NOS Alive '18 was the 11th edition of the festival and took place between 12 and 14 July 2018.
| NOS Stage | ||
| 12 July | 13 July | 14 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Arctic Monkeys |
Two Door Cinema Club |
MGMT |
| Sagres Stage | ||
| 12 July | 13 July | 14 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Blasted Mechanism |
Chvrches |
Perfume Genius |
NOS Alive '19
NOS Alive '18 was the 12th edition of the festival and took place between 11 and 13 July 2019.
| NOS Stage | ||
| 11 July | 12 July | 13 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Gossip |
The Chemical Brothers | |
| Sagres Stage | ||
| 12 July | 13 July | 14 July |
|---|---|---|
|
Hot Chip |
Cut Copy |
The Blaze |
NOS Alive '20 (cancelled)
The 2020 edition of NOS Alive was scheduled to take place between 8 and 11 July 2020. On 19 May 2020, the festival was cancelled due to the Portuguese government's decision to prohibit all large-scale events in the country until 30 September 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] The planned lineup for that year's edition was the following: [9]
| NOS Stage | |||
| 8 July | 9 July | 10 July | 11 July |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Taylor Swift (cancelled on 17 April 2020) [10] |
Faith No More |
The Strokes Manel Cruz | |
| Sagres Stage | |||
| 8 July | 9 July | 10 July | 11 July |
|---|---|---|---|
See also
References
- "Optimus Alive". Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- "OPTIMUS ALIVE 2011 – DAY 1 REVIEW". Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- "Radiohead cover REM at Portugal's Optimus Alive festival". Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- Olbrich, Suze. "Optimus Alive: Day 1". Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- "European Festival Award Nominees Announced". This Festival Feeling. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- "And the winners are..." Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- "Lineup - NOS Alive Festival". Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- "NOS Alive festival 2020 officially postponed until next year". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "Festivais 2020 - NOS Alive 2020- Festivais de Verão 2020". Festivais de Verão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "Taylor Swift cancels all 2020 live appearances due to coronavirus". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.