Host of new acts announced for Oxegen
The Oxegen bill has just become even tastier with ten new acts being confirmed for Punchestown. These are Razorlight, Elbow, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Pete Doherty, The Ting Tings, White Lies, Fight Like Apes, Jason Mraz, Pendulum and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
The Hot Press Newsdesk, 13 Feb 2009
The last on the list have also confirmed the release on April 10 of their new It’s Blitz! album, which features ‘Zero’, ‘Heads Will Roll’, ‘Soft Shock’, ‘Skeletons’, ‘Dull Life’, ‘Shame And Fortune’, ‘Runaway’, ‘Dragon Queen’, ‘Hyseric’ and ‘Little Shadow’.
Tickets for this year’s Punchestown extravaganza go back on general sale at 8am on Friday March 6. Oxegen 2009, which is promoted by MCD, takes place on 10th - 12th July at Punchestown Racecourse, Naas.
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