Ireland’s Oxegen Festival has sold out weeks before the actual festival date!The event is to take place on July 9/10 at Punchestown and will be attended by 70,000 festival goers.
Denis Desmond of MCD has commented: "for Oxegen to sell out so far in advance in its short history is an incredible achievement and goes to show that the event has already established itself as one of the most important events in the Irish music calendar. The stature of the artists is phenomenal with Green Day, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Snoop Dogg, Prodigy, Keane and many more".
Artists performing at the event include: The Frames, Queens of The Stone Age, Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs, The Saw Doctors, Bjorn Again, The Stands, Kasabian, Bloc Party, The Bravery, Echo and The Bunnymen, Kerbdog, Eagles of Death Metal, Nine Black Alps, Departure, Angels of Mons, The Marshall Stars, Ian Brown, Interpol, Athlete, Bright Eyes, KT Tunstall, Hal, Stephen Fretwell, Biffy Clyro, Flogging Molly, Countermine, The Tears, The Go Team, Future Kings of Spain, The Dears, yourcodenameismilo, Joe Chester, Engineers, The Black Velvets, Blue Van, Mainline, Red Organ Serpent, The 747?s, Director,The Gurriers, Super Furry Animals, Brendan Benson, The Magic Numbers, Death From Above 1979, Jimmy Chamberlain, Editors, Tom Vek, Humanzi, The Longcut, Jackson United, LeavesThe Blizzards, Tony Fitzpatrick and LCD Soundsystem.
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