Sticking with festival stuff, and Ireland's Electric Picnic is returning with a stellar line up and plans to increase capacity by 10000 heads following the success of last year's event. The festival will take place on 3 and 4 Sep at the Stradbally Hall
Estate, Co. Laois.
Acts confirmed so far include: Fatboy Slim, Kraftwerk, Nick Cave
& the Bad Seeds, Flaming Lips, Royksopp, Arcade Fire Mercury,
Rev Damien Dempsey, Toots & the Maytals, Goldfraap, Stereo
MC's, Mixmaster Mike, DJ Sneak, Asian Dub Foundation, Laurent
Garnier, De La Soul, Radio Soulwax/2 Many Dj's, Human League,
Amp Fiddler, Nouvelle Vague, and Mr Scruff.
Tickets start at E62.50 and can be purchased from www.ticketmaster.ie