ELECTRIC PICNIC NEWS: Electric Arena and more stage times announced

As the countdown to Electric Picnic speeds up - just three more sleeps - more stage times have been announced. They include the heavy hitters in the Electric Arena, the second biggest rock 'n' roll area at Stradbally, which lines up as follows:

Friday
10.30pm James Blake
8.45pm Jarvis Cocker
7.15pm Miles Kane
6pm Toucan

Saturday
11.30pm Four Tet
9.45pm Richie Hawtin
8.15pm Metronomy
7pm Charli XCX
5.45pm Freya Ridings
4.30pm Otherkin
3.15pm Lyra
2.15pm Aimée

Sunday
10.30pm The Streets
9.15pm J Hus
7.30pm Róisín Murphy
6pm Johnny Marr
4.45pm Sam Fender
3.30pm King Kong Kompany
2pm Fangclub

A good few of the above will also be meeting fans in the Hot Press Chatroom, which is returning to MindField throughout the three days, with the Theatre of Food - yum! - our new neighbours. Stay tuned today for a series of announcements, plus a first look at the Picnic site, which includes the massive Freetown area, the star of which is the 8,000-capacity Terminus dance stage.

Another big Stradbally fave is The Cosby Tent, which brings you these delights:

Saturday
11pm Sons Of Kemet
9.30pm Yves Tumor
8pm Viagra Boys
6.30pm Girl In Red
5.15pm Biig Piig
4.05pm Silverbacks
3pm The Clockworks
2pm Isaac Butler
1pm Happyalone

Sunday
11pm Courtney Barnett
9.30pm Parquet Courts
8.15pm Bodega
7pm Sasami
5.45pm Sea Girls
4.30pm Cavetown
3.30pm The Wha
2.30pm Declan J. Donovan