ELECTRIC PICNIC ANNOUNCES MORE ACTS FOR THE LINE UP! Summer is upon us and organisers have released a heady mix of new musical delights for this year’s Electric Picnic festival! There are some returning acts already a favourite among Picnicers such as Explosions in the Sky and The Antler’s and for some its their Picnic…
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Electric Picnic Festival 2012
FOURTEEN REASONS TO HEAD TO ELECTRIC PICNIC FESTIVAL THIS YEAR! Best known for the legendary “Because The Night” that has been covered by artists all over the world singer-songwriter PATTI SMITH is also a poet and an artist. Her creativity allows a fusion of her poetic lyrics and rock music. Inducted into the Rock and…
Electric Picnic 2012
INITIAL ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 2012 Just announced on their facebook page, the first artists confirmed for Electric Picnic 2012 – The Cure, Sigur Rós, Elbow, Grizzly Bear, Orbital, Christy Moore, The Roots, Hot Chip, Glen Hansard, The xx, Metronomy, The Horrors, Azealia Banks, Roots Manuva, Bell X1, Staff Benda Bilili, Milagers, Ed Sheeran, Alabama Shakes,…
The DMC Online DJ Championship 2012
THE DMC ONLINE DJ CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 Calling all DJs!! Our friends at MUZU are working with DMC as partner in the 2012 DMC Online DJ Championships – check out the info below and if you’re interested get working! The 2012 DMC Online DJ Championships is Live. Enter the competition by Uploading your 2 minute set…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
NEWS – NO OXEGEN FESTIVAL IN 2012! Festival organisers have announced that there will be no Oxegen Festival in 2012 as they will be taking a ‘Glastonbury’ style year off and promise to come back with a strong line up in 2013!
Sunday 27th November
With Christmas fast approaching and organisers starting to release bands for next year’s festivals, before we get too busy, we want to thank all of our subscribers and users for reading our blog. We love festivals and are glad that so many of you are likeminded – we want to make 2012 a huge year…
Electric Picnic – Ireland
BOB GELDOF & UNDERWORLD ADDED TO ELECTRIC PICNIC LINE UP Underworld make a return to Stradbally Hall following their last show there in ’08. Bob Geldof will be treating picnicers to not only his first ever music performance at the Picnic and also making an appearance at the Spoken Word area. Also confirmed to appear…
Electric Picnic – Ireland
NEW ADDITIONS TO THE ELECTRIC PICNIC LINE UP The latest additions to this years’ musical line-up at Electric Picnic are a host of acts that have critics and music lovers alike have been salivating over the last 12 months…. The Rapture, Warpaint, James Blake, James Vincent McMorrow, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, Clap Your…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
BEYONCÉ ADDED TO OXEGEN FESTIVAL SUNDAY 10TH JULY! Oxegen is proud to bring their fans one of the biggest superstars on the planet – BEYONCÉ. This is Irish fans first chance to see BEYONCÉ since her sold out run of shows at The O2 in 2009. Her stunning vocals and high-energy choreography make her a…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
IRELAND’S OXEGEN FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES MORE ACTS! Canada’s ambassador for all things electro, TIGA is one of the most prolific producers in the world, remixing tracks by Scissor Sisters, Fever Ray and The XX and his debut album won Dance Recording of the Year in Canada’s Juno Awards. Last year’s single ‘Take Over Control ft. Eva…
Electric Picnic Festival – Ireland
MORE ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR IRELANDS ELECTRIC PICNIC FESTIVAL Organisers have released another batch of acts for this year’s festival including Public Enemy, The Drums, Blonde Redhead, Zola Jesus, Santigold, The Undertones, The Family Stone, Joan As Policewoman, Power Of Dreams, Best Coast, Yuck, 3 Epkano and much much more to come! For more ELECTRIC PICNIC…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
SLASH, OFWGKTA, GLASVEGAS AND MORE FOR IRELAND’S OXEGEN FESTIVAL Joining an already fantastic line up that includes Foo Fighters, Coldplay, The Black Eyed Peas, The Script, The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys are 14 more talented acts! Heading today’s announcement is the guitar legend that is known as SLASH, the man responsible for some of rock’s…
Belsonic Festival – Ireland
FIVE MORE FOR IRELAND’S BELSONIC FESTIVAL Taking place from the 17th -25th August at Belfast’s Custom House Sqaure, Blesonic organisers have added Wretch 32, Primal Scream (Screamadelica), Elbow, Katy B, The Specials to the line up! For more BELSONIC FESTIVAL information – click here >>>
Electric Picnic Festival – Ireland
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, ARCADE FIRE, PULP & MORE FOR ELECTRIC PICNIC! Electric Picninc festival in Ireland has announced that THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, ARCADE FIRE and PULP have been confirmed for this year’s festival line up! They will be joined by Interpol, P J Harvey, Beirut, Jimmy Cliff, DJ Shadow, White Lies, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
COLDPLAY, THE STROKES AND THE SCRIPT ADDED TO IRELANDS OXEGEN FESTIVAL Oxegen has announced COLDPLAY as Sunday headliners, with THE STROKES playing before them, and THE SCRIPT appearing on Friday. Also confirmed at today’s launch party are Deadmau5, Brandon Flowers, The National, The Vaccines, Beady Eye, Weezer, Pendulum, Plan B, My Chemical Romance, Primal Scream,…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
BLACK EYED PEAS JOIN THE OXEGEN 2011 BILL The international superstars’ performance drew huge crowds in 2010 and organizers have revealed that The BLACK EYED PEAS will be back at OXEGEN in 2011. The Black Eyed Peas’ phenomenal success includes four No.1 Irish singles and they’ve sold over 30 million albums worldwide! Their most recent album…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
PAOLO NUTINI today becomes the fourth artist confirmed for Oxegen 2011! The multi-platinum selling Scottish superstar was a big hit with Oxegen fans on the main stage last year and we’ve been inundated with requests to bring him back. Since appearing at OXEGEN, Paolo triumphed at The Q Awards 2010, where he won Best Male…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
BLINK 182 COMING TO OXEGEN NEXT JULY! Hot on the heels of announcing Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys as the first headliners for OXEGEN 11, organizers have confirmed that BLINK-182 will also be performing at Oxegen in July. With 25 million worldwide album sales under their belt, pop punk trio BLINK-182 formed in California in…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
ARCTIC MONKEYS CONFIRMED AS ONE OF THE HEADLINERS FOR OXEGEN 2011 ARCTIC MONKEYS are without question one of the defining bands of the last decade. Their first album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not became the fastest-selling debut album in UK music history and the soundtrack for a generation. Their second release…
Oxegen Festival – Ireland
FOO FIGHTERS TO ROCK OXEGEN 2011! OXEGEN organisers have announced one of the biggest and most influential bands on the planet, FOO FIGHTERS as the first headliner for 2011 For more OXEGEN FESTIVAL information – click here >>>
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