Esbjerg Fuzztival 2022 Adds Truckfighters and Vestjysk Ørken to Lineup
As they started hinting toward announcements for 2022, the Danish fest Esbjerg Fuzztival made it known that they were shooting for the biggest edition yet. Bringing Truckfighters down from Sweden to headline the first night of the two-day proceedings does nothing at all to hurt that cause. Pulling bands from Norway, Poland, the UK, the US, Chile, Germany, now Sweden and of course Denmark itself, Esbjerg Fuzztival has made itself a genuinely international concern, and with more acts still to be unveiled — six more, including a Saturday headliner — it seems like anything else they want to bring in at this point is gravy to an already rock solid lineup.
Hard to believe it’s been five years since Truckfighters released 2016’s V (review here), but I guess it’s been a tumultuous few years. They had some controversy around that record, then announced a hiatus in 2018 that lasted just about a year before they started playing festivals and touring again, then 2020 happened. They recently announced a stint alongside fellow Swedes Asteroid and Greenleaf for March into April (holy hell I want to go) and provided any of it can happen at all, it looks like they’ll be getting back to their live-focused ways in 2022.
I don’t know if they have new songs or whatnot, or if they feel like they even need them, but 2021 marks 20 years since their start and they’re exactly the kind of band who can be announced as a fest headliner and make somebody’s night by kicking ass on stage as they so reliably do.
Esbjerg Fuzztival is a fest of short announcements. Here’s the latest:
We are PROUD to present our Friday night headliner… TRUCKFIGHTERS!
These legends of the desert need no further introduction! Full festival partout tickets are available now!
17 of the finest and fuzziest bands out there. Oh, and Vestjysk Ørken.
Full festival tickets available now. 1-day tickets available at a later time.
Lineup so far:
Truckfighters (Friday headliner)
Bongzilla
Dopelord
Weedpecker
Papir
Purple Hill Witch
Kal-El
Ritual King
Arteaga
Bogwife
Vestjysk Ørken
*Plus Six More TBA!
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