loads more for Electric Picnic

plus day splits

By Neil Greenway | Published: Fri 16th Jun 2006

Electric Picnic 2006

Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd September 2006
Stradbally Hall Estate, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Eire, Ireland
175 euros (3 days with camping); campervans 60 euros (Sold Out)

The Electric Picnic, which takes place at Stradbally Hall Estate, Co Laois, Eire (less than an hour from Dublin) on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd September has announced more acts to play across the weekend, as well as confirmed which acts are playing on which day.

Newly confirmed for the Friday are Crazy P (live), Digital Circus (live), Dulsori, Todd Terje, Spank Rock, Stereotonic DJs, and Fish Go Deep, Saturday has added Bodytonic Sound System, Corrugated Tunnel v Chymera, Hystereo, Dancepig, 2 Many DJs, Aberfeldy, Os Mutantes, Jape, Psapp, Tilly & The Wall, Semifinalists, Messian J & the Expert, Tapes 'n Tapes, Krafty Kuts, Nathan Fake(live), Yo La Tengo, Skatalites, and new for the Sunday are Gnarls Barkley, My Morning Jacket, Discotonic v Backlash, Francois K, Amadou & Mariam, Pendulum, Splitloop, Ian Pooley, and Charles Webster.

They join acts such as Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada, Antony and the Johnsons, DJ Shadow, PJ Harvey, Damien Rice, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Frames, Devendra Banhart, Super Furry Animals, Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright (solo), Bloc Party, Alabama 3, The Rapture, Mad Professor, Tom Vek, Gang of Four, The Boy Least Likely To, Jim Noir, Elbow, Graham Coxon, Deus, and many more - click here for all the details to date. There's more acts still to be announced.

Along with the music there's alternative therapies & workshops, burlesque theatre and cabaret from Lost Vagueness, comedy, face-to-face interviews with some of the acts performing over the weekend, a silent disco, and a cinema.

Tickets for the three days are priced at 175 euros including camping - click here to buy.

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