- Music
- 31 Aug 13
A statement has been issued by he organisers confirming the death of a young man at Electric Picnic last night.
"At 1.00am this morning the medics attended a twenty year old male who had collapsed on site," the statement said. "He was transferred to Portlaoise General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The medics confirmed that he had a previous cardiac history.
"Our thoughts and sympathies are with the deceased family and his friends at this very sad time.
"A full investigation is underway."
It was the one dark note on a hugely successful opening day at the sell-out festival, which runs through today and Sunday.
Mindfield, the spoken word area at he festival, has been dedicated to the Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, who died early on Friday morning.