{"id":147693,"date":"2021-11-05T14:57:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/?p=147693"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:39:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T10:39:36","slug":"exit-through-the-years-2006-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/en\/exit-through-the-years-2006-2010","title":{"rendered":"EXIT Through the Years: 2006 \u2013 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the very beginning, EXIT<\/strong> had the identity of an event that goes beyond the framework of a music festival, introducing social activism into its essence and inspiring young people to drive change. Social campaigns that highlight the interests and abilities of young people were established and strengthened in the coming years, from 2006 to 2010, when they became the philosophy of the festival and part of the EXIT tradition. During these five years, visitors could hear some timeless global music stars, including Billy Idol, HIM, Wu-Tang Clan, Sex Pistols, Arctic Monkeys, Placebo<\/strong>\u00a0and many others.<\/p>\n

EXIT 06 \u2013 Visa Abolition Campaign<\/span><\/h3>\n

Addressing the public and governments in the region, in 2006, EXIT<\/strong> launched a campaign to abolish visas, which Serbian citizens needed if they wished to travel to almost any other European country at the time. EXIT pointed out that the closed borders turned the Balkans into a kind of ghetto<\/strong>. The desire to enable young people to go out into the world during their university days was at the heart of this campaign.<\/p>\n

The European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn<\/strong>, came to the festival that year, and the organizers named him an honorary citizen of the \u201cState of EXIT<\/strong>.\u201d Three years later, at a special press conference in Brussels, during which the visa regime for Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia was officially abolished, Olli Rehn showed his framed plaque of citizenship of the \u201cState of EXIT.\u201d He pointed out that the plaque was his inspiration during the process of abolishing visas for people in the region. The plaque read: \u201cHonorary citizenship of the State of EXIT does not bind one to do anything but work to make the world a better place with more freedom<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The most notable performers at EXIT 06 included Franz Ferdinand, Billy Idol, HIM, The Cult<\/strong>\u00a0but also David Guetta<\/strong>, who, as it turned out later, would always happily return to the Petrovaradin Fortress<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n