It may still be 2010 and we may have no idea who will be taking to the festival circuit next summer as yet, but those of you who like to plan in advance will be pleased to hear early bird tickets for Electric Picnic 2011 are now on sale.

General and family tickets for the Stradbally event are available to purchase on [link]www.ticketmaster.ie[/link] and, handily, they can be paid for in installments between now and the beginning of April. Camper van tickets do not go on sale until the festival goes on general sale towards end of March 2011.

If you're stuck for Christmas present ideas for the music lover in your life, you could do a lot worse than this.