Public Enemy and more for Electric Picnic

The Drums, Blonde Redhead, Zola Jesus, Santigold, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 20th Apr 2011

Electric Picnic 2011

Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th September 2011
Stradbally Hall Estate, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Eire, Ireland
240 euros

Chuck D and Flavor Flav are set to make their long-sought first trip to Stradbally, as Public Enemy lead the latest acts to be announced for Electric Picnic.

Joining Public Enemy are a mix of legendary and hotly tipped acts including The Drums, Blonde Redhead, Zola Jesus, Santigold, The Undertones, and The Family Stone with original founding members and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, and Greg Errico.

Also confirmed to appear over the weekend from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th September at Stradbally Hall Estate, Co Laois are Joan As Policewoman, Power of Dreams, Best Coast, Yuck, and Dublin based, seven piece band/ensemble 3epkano.

The line-up includes Arcade Fire, Pulp, The Chemical Brothers, Interpol, P J Harvey, Beirut, Jimmy Cliff, DJ Shadow, White Lies, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Midlake, The Charlatans, Big Audio Dynamite, Toots and the Maytals, Sinead O' Connor, The Go! Team, Boys Noize, Paul Kalkbrenner, Twin Shadow, Willy Mason, Trentemoller, Killing Joke, Ivan St John, Dave Clarke, Caitlin Rose, Health, Mogwai, O Emperor, Adam Beyer, Flying Lotus, Mundy, and more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

The festival will also feature Comedy & Spoken Word, Arts & Theatrics, the Arcadia area, Fosset's Circus, Art Trail, the Body & Soul area, Global Green & Greencrafts, the Eco Picnic, and Amnesty Ireland.

Tickets are priced at 240 euros for an adult weekend ticket. There will be no single day tickets, family camping tickets (240 euros per adult payable in easy installments) and campervan tickets are also available priced at 60 euros, Sunday day tickets 99.50 euros.

To buy tickets, click here.

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