Oxegen Music Festival News

 
John Cleere: No Oxegen or Slane – thank goodness for the Roots
Kilkenny People
It looks like being a tough year for festivals, with some of the bigger ones like Oxegen and Slane not taking place. We operate on a very small budget in comparison to these events, but still aim to put on a high-quality programme.

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The Irish music scene rocks on
Mayo News
It's obvious someone 'up there' likes them, because they went from a small band that no one heard of to starring on the second biggest stage at Oxegen, and they also appeared for Ash during their Irish Tour. The brothers Denny and Dermot Doherty blend ...


 
The pointyheaded post about this year's festivals before the season begins
Irish Times (blog)
In recent years, we've seen the amount of music festivals which occur in Ireland over the alleged summer months grow and grow. It's a phenomenon which we've tracked on OTR with our annual headcount of the events which actually happen in the open air or ...


 
Irish Times
Cometh the hour, cometh The Minutes
Irish Times
That's what Mark Austin, the singer and guitarist with Dublin band The Minutes announced before playing their last song at the BBC Introducing stage at last year's Reading festival. Call it ballsy, call it self-belief. Either way, it's working.


 
Another UK festival bites the dust
Live4ever
Local boys Pulled Apart By Horses and Gruff Rhys were amongst the acts due to take part this year, but a statement released by festival organisers today (May 8th), has confirmed Rough Beats will join the likes of Sonisphere and Oxegen in not going ...

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Isle of Man Today
The Garden Party festival line-up revealed
Isle of Man Today
By Lee Brooks AFTER months of speculation, the headline acts for the first day of The Garden Party music festival 2012 are revealed this morning as Newton Faulkner and Reverend and the Makers. The guitar-slapping singer songwriter and the indie rockers ...

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WhatCulture!
The Coronas – Closer To You Album Review
WhatCulture!
... but also down to the sheer accessibility that their music has. This accessibility has also seen the band support The Script, open for Paul McCartney, play the main stage at Oxegen festival and also sell out Marlay Park – playing to 7000 fans.