More additions to Electric Picnic 2010 line-up

MORE new additions to the Electric Picnic line-up, some of which are very exciting indeed, including new soul diva Janelle Monae, harmonic female trio and recent Bella Union signing Mountain Man, Irish lad Duke Special, dreamy shoegaze pop from Neon Indian, and the superb Irish band O Emperor.

Joining these exciting additions are Dj Dennis Alcapone and the Dubcats, New York's Freelance Whales, Delta Maid, the excellent Joe Echo who has recorded songs for Madonna and Paul Oakenfold, plus Vengenance and the Party Queen.

Some withdrawals also, due to "unforeseen circumstances" Memory Tapes, Breakestra and Chali 2 Na, won't be able to make the Stradbally fest.

Tickets still on sale, we would advise to get cracking if you plan on buying one!

For more see here.

More new acts for Electric Picnic 2010

AFTER a storming set at Oxegen, the seemingly ubiquitous Bangor electro-poppers Two Door Cinema Club have been added to the bill for this year's Electric Picnic festival, as have Mercury Music Prize nominee Laura Marling; Swedish star Robyn; The Antlers (whoop!); melodic Swedish outfit The Tallest Man On Earth; US indie up and comers Cymbals Eat Guitars; London electro-trio Chew Lips; Brooklyn quintet Fang Island; Dublin four piece The Riptide Movement; Donal Dineen & Friends; and Cork native Brian Deady.

Superb! They join a line-up that already includes Roxy Music, Leftfield, Massive Attack, LCD Soundsystem, The Frames and Mumford and Sons.

This latest batch of acts follows a recent announcement regarding the comedy stage at the Stradbally-fest, which will include the likes of Mario Rosenstock, Reginald D Hunter, Ardal O’Hanlon, Phil Jupitus, Ed Byrne, Colin Murphy, Dead Cat Bounce, Glenn Wool, Joe Rooney, Karl Spain, Eleanor Tiernan, Dermot Whelan and many more!

There is now just six weeks to go until the Picnic, and we can't wait! Tickets still available here.

Eight new acts added to Electric Picnic line-up

This just in; eight new acts have been added to an already impressive Electric Picnic 2010 line-up: Mark E Everett's Eels, who are set to release their eighth studion album this year, End Times; UK electro-pop outfit Friendly Fires; world renowned DJ Laurent Garnier, Mancunian post-punk veterans The Fall; downtempo Ninja Tunes’ act Bonobo, who will appear as an eight piece band; Oxford five piece Stornaway, who featured on the BBC’s Sound of 2010 poll; much loved Irish electro-pop-punk act Fight Like Apes and Dublin techno rockers Channel One.

The acts join a line-up that already consists of Roxy Music, Massive Attack, LCD Soundsystem, Leftfield, Modest Mouse, Hot Chip and the Frames, among many many more. Tickets are currently on sale from all usual outlets. For more on the original line-up announcement see here.

In other news, EP '10 organisers have put a "Ticket Installment Plan" in place for this year’s Electric Picnic to make things a little easier for those wishing to purchase a ticket. The scheme is open until the end of this month, 31st May. For more details see here.

Electric Picnic 2010 line-up - first batch of acts announced

Line-up just announced - Massive Attack! Modest Mouse! The National! Jonsi from Sigur Ros! Here is it is in full:

ROXY MUSIC

LEFTFIELD

MASSIVE ATTACK

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

HOT CHIP

THE FRAMES

IMELDA MAY

PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED (PiL)

THE NATIONAL

MODEST MOUSE

MUMFORD & SONS

SEASICK STEVE

GIL SCOTT-HERON

FAT FREDDY’S DROP

BREAKESTRA

CYMANDE

THE WATERBOYS

AFRO CELT SOUNDSYTEM

STEVE EARLE

PAUL BRADY

JONSI

FEVER RAY

BAD LIEUTENANT

LIQUID LIQUID

THE LOW ANTHEM

BEACH HOUSE

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS

VILLAGERS

ADRIAN CROWLEY

BOOKA SHADE

MR SCRUFF

BLOODY BEETROOTS

CRYSTAL CASTLES

THE BIG PINK

808 STATE

CARIBOU

MESSIAH J & THE EXPERT

THE HORRORS

THE ALARM

HERE WE GO MAGIC

MONOTONIX

REDNECK MANIFESTO

MEMORY TAPES

STEVE MASON

FIELD MUSIC

EDAN

THE DUBLIN GOSPEL CHOIR

And much, much more..

Tickets go on sale this Friday 26th March 2010 @ 9am. Electric Picnic takes place in Stradbally on the weekend of September 3-5.

Weekend Tickets are €240 / Family Camping Ticket €240 per adult, from all ticketmaster outlets..

Electric Picnic 2010 line-up announced this lunchtime

We are expecting the Electric Picnic line-up announcement in a little over two hours, and are, suffice to say, very excited indeed! Rumour on the mill - from very educated and well-placed sources - has suggested that LCD Soundsystem (pic above), Leftfield and Bryan Ferry are all set to form part of the bill, but we couldn't possibly speculate any further at this time..

One act definitely playing at this year's Picnic are The Rubberbandits, who played in UL last night as part of Charity (Rag) Week and confirmed, in their inimitable style, that they will be playing the Stradbally fest, and are in fact playing at the launch today/tonight in Dublin. Whoop!

For more, stay with On The Beat - we'll be back in a couple of hours with the line-up..