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27/03/2008
Anarchy In The Electric Picnic
Details of one of the biggest music festivals in Ireland, the Electric Picnic, have been announced.
The rolling lawns of Stradbally Hall are set to provide the perfect setting for a feast of eclectic music, entertainment and food.
Stradbally Hall is the ancestral home of the Cosby family and is a picturesque 600 acre estate, complete with lake, surrounded by ancient oak and chestnut trees.
Recent rumours mooted punk protégés Sex Pistols as one of the headline acts, and the rumours have proved to be true.
The anarchist’s anarchists are coming to thrash out their punk political pastiches at the most ambient and relaxed of festivals, Electirc Picnic.
Other acts lined up include the moody undulations of Portishead who have been keeping a low profile of late but are releasing a new album, Third, at the end of next month.
The musical circuitry of Battles will also be a major highlight at the festival. The band who will be fresh from an appearance at Oxegen.
Funk legend George Clinton and his 30 piece P-Funk Allstars will be supplying a big slap in the bass to all the funkaholics at the festival.
Clinton is one of the most important innovators of funk music, and quite comfortably sits on the right hand of the God Father, James Brown.
Other features will include Franz Ferdinand, My Bloody Valentine and Faust.
The three-day event takes place at Stradbally Hall between August 29th and 31st. Weekend tickets cost €240 including camping, with the various sites opening at 9am on Friday August 29.
Camper van access is €60. There are no single day tickets available.
The Sex Pistols are enjoying a bit of a resurgence of late, being confirmed this year for the Open’er Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, the Live at Loch Lomond festival, the Peace and Love festival in Borlänge, Sweden, and Exit festival 2008.
(DW)
The rolling lawns of Stradbally Hall are set to provide the perfect setting for a feast of eclectic music, entertainment and food.
Stradbally Hall is the ancestral home of the Cosby family and is a picturesque 600 acre estate, complete with lake, surrounded by ancient oak and chestnut trees.
Recent rumours mooted punk protégés Sex Pistols as one of the headline acts, and the rumours have proved to be true.
The anarchist’s anarchists are coming to thrash out their punk political pastiches at the most ambient and relaxed of festivals, Electirc Picnic.
Other acts lined up include the moody undulations of Portishead who have been keeping a low profile of late but are releasing a new album, Third, at the end of next month.
The musical circuitry of Battles will also be a major highlight at the festival. The band who will be fresh from an appearance at Oxegen.
Funk legend George Clinton and his 30 piece P-Funk Allstars will be supplying a big slap in the bass to all the funkaholics at the festival.
Clinton is one of the most important innovators of funk music, and quite comfortably sits on the right hand of the God Father, James Brown.
Other features will include Franz Ferdinand, My Bloody Valentine and Faust.
The three-day event takes place at Stradbally Hall between August 29th and 31st. Weekend tickets cost €240 including camping, with the various sites opening at 9am on Friday August 29.
Camper van access is €60. There are no single day tickets available.
The Sex Pistols are enjoying a bit of a resurgence of late, being confirmed this year for the Open’er Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, the Live at Loch Lomond festival, the Peace and Love festival in Borlänge, Sweden, and Exit festival 2008.
(DW)
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