Serbia's music festival EXIT closes

Belgrade - British punk rock legends the Sex Pistols and Swedish neo-punk band The Hives closed the Balkan's largest music festival EXIT on Sunday evening. Unofficial slogan of EXIT's final night was "Punk's not dead," with Serbian punk legends Pekinska patka and Ramones drummer Marky Ramone also performed in front of thousands of roaring fans. More than 600 performances, including talents such as Paul Weller, Manu Chao, Primal Scream and Nightwish were featured during four nights across the 25 festival stages and were seen and heard by more than 150,000 people. Situated in a 17th-century Petrovaradin fortress overlooking the Danube river and Serbia's second-largest town, Novi Sad, EXIT grew from a protest against the rule of strongman Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 into the biggest music event in the region, with thousands of... [read full story]