Forhistorien The prehistory Die Vorgeschichte The prehistory La preistoria De prehistorie Предыстория

Musikfestivaler var noget nyt og stort for mange unge i slutningen af 1960'erne. music festivals||||||||||the end||the 1960s Music festivals were a new and big thing for many young people in the late 1960s. Woodstock Music & Art Fair i USA i 1969 var den største. Woodstock|Music|Art|Festival||the USA||||largest The Woodstock Music & Art Fair in the USA in 1969 was the largest. Den blev holdt i staten New York og havde et publikum på over 500.000. ||held||state|New|York||||audience|| It was held in New York State and had an audience of over 500,000.

Der var to unge gymnasieelever i Roskilde som fik den idé at lave en festival inspireret af Woodstock. ||||high school students||Roskilde|who||||||||inspired by||Woodstock Two young high school students in Roskilde had the idea to create a festival inspired by Woodstock. I 1971 arrangerede de en musikfestival som varede to dage. |organized|||||lasted|| In 1971, they organized a two-day music festival. Det blev starten på Roskilde Festivalens lange historie. |||||the festival's|| De holdt festivalen på en græsmark lige uden for deres egen by, og det er stadig her man holder Roskilde Festival. |||||Wiese||||||||||||||| |||||grass field||just outside|||own||||||here|||| Sie veranstalteten das Festival auf einer Wiese vor den Toren ihrer Stadt, und dort findet auch heute noch das Roskilde Festival statt. They held the festival in a grassy field just outside their own town, and this is still where Roskilde Festival is held.

Den første festival i Roskilde hed Sound Festival, og den blev både en stor succes og en fiasko. ||||||||||||||Erfolg|||ein Fiasko |first||||was called|Sound||||||||success|||failure The first festival in Roskilde was called Sound Festival, and it was both a huge success and a failure. Der var 20 bands til én scene og over 10.000 gæster. ||||||and|| There were 20 bands for one stage and over 10,000 guests. Der var ingen ulykker, musikken var god, og alle var glade. |||accidents|the music|||||| There were no accidents, the music was good and everyone was happy. Men økonomisk gik det rigtig dårligt. but|economically||||badly But financially, things went really badly. Der var næsten ingen kontrol, så mange gæster gik ind uden at betale for billetten. ||||control||||||||||the ticket There was almost no control, so many guests entered without paying for the ticket. Den kostede 30 kr. |cost|kr It cost 30 kr. Og der var slet ikke penge til oprydning og heller ikke til at betale musikerne. and|||||||cleanup||either|||||the musicians And there was no money for cleanup or to pay the musicians. Roskilde Festival 1972.