Oxegen 2006: The essentials

To help you figure out where to be to catch the bands you absolutely must see, here are the lineups broken down by day and by stage. Could we make it any simpler? Nope!
THE LINE-UP
SATURDAY 8 JULY 2006
Main Stage: The Who, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Hard Fi, James Brown, The Magic Numbers, Damien Dempsey, Republic Of Loose, Sandi Thom, The Marshals.
NME Stage: Richard Ashcroft, Editors, Feeder, Dirty Pretty Things, We Are Scientists, Delays, Morning Runner, The Blizzards, Captain, Breaks Co Op.
Green Room: Primal Scream, The Go! Team, The Futureheads, Gomez, Jenny Lewis, Kubb, 747's, Mobile, Emm Gryner.
Pet Sounds Stage: Death Cab For Cutie, Zero 7, Eels, Jose Gonzalez, Bic Runga, Regina Spektor, Dave Couse, The Spinto Band, The Weepies.
New Band Stage: Boy Kill Boy, Animal collective, Fratellis, Automatic, Milburn, Phoenix, Lily Allen, Maccabees, Manic, Fear of Music, Upper Room, Paolo Nuitini, Rushmore.
MTV Dance Arena: Erick Morillo, Felix Da Housecat, Dave Clarke, Cosmic Fury (Tom Midleton and Fred Deacon from Lemon Jelly), Vitalic, Justin Robertson, Jon Carter, Headman, Jon Averill.
SUNDAY 9 JULY 2006
Main Stage: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Placebo, Bellx1, Mani Chao, Maximo Park.?NME Stage:?Paul Weller, Goldfrapp, Pharrell Williams, The Zutons, The Kooks, The Feeling, The Cribs, Wolfmother, Leya.
Green Room: Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Charlatans, Damian "JR Gong" Marley, Orson, Hope of the States, Greg Dulli / Twilight Singers, Guillemots, The Rifles, Delorentos.
Pet Sounds Stage: Sigur Ros, Ben Harper, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Divine Comedy, Gemma Hayes, Xavier Rudd, Donovan Frankenreiter.
New Band Stage: Humanzi, Bedouin Soundclash, ¡Forward Russia!, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Giant Drag, White Rose Movement, Reamonn, Tiny Dancers, The Morning After Girls, Cut Copy, Mummra, Karma 45.
MTV Dance Arena: David Morales, Timo Maas, Mylo, Erol Alkan, Digitalism, Whomadewho, Switch.

VITAL INFO
With so many great acts to catch, we've gone ahead and broken down all the vital info so you don't have to go digging around all kinds of websites.
Bus travel
Dublin Bus is operating a shuttle service from Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. Buses will be departing every 20 minutes each day, on Friday July 7 from noon until 8pm, Saturday July 8 from 10am until 6pm and Sunday July 9 from 11am until 4pm. Tickets from Dublin Bus 59 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, Tel 01-8734222 or Ticketmaster. Bus Eireann tickets are available at www.buseirann.ie. Remember: Oxegen gives buses priority and lets them leave an hour before any cars - so if you want to miss the traffic, leave your car at home.
Tickets & entry
Oxegen is sold out. Campers and two day ticket holders will be given wristbands in exchange for their ticket stubs, but there is no readmission for day ticket holders. The campsite opens on Friday July 7 and the arena opens at noon on Saturday July 8 and Sunday July 9. Oxegen is an over 18s event, and anyone under age 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Car parking
To park on site and get a car parking ticket you must have purchased a camping ticket in advance. Fans who purchase 4 or more weekend camping tickets together will receive a free car parking ticket. Follow signs to car parks and pay attention to the number of your car park so you can find your way back when you depart. Cars parked offsite will be towed. For the non-campers, Oxegen has introduced a Park n Ride shuttle service. Parking for day and two day tickets without camping will be located at Goffs on the N7. The car parking and shuttle service are both free.
Food & drink
There will be concession stands in the camping area that will sell a wide variety of food and drink. You are allowed to bring your own alcohol and other drinks into the campsite as long as they are not in glass containers, but it is not permitted to bring your own drinks into the festival area. Near the stages and entrances there will be every global food you could imagine, along with soft drinks, tea, coffee, smoothies, juices and hot chocolate. Water points are located around the site and you are allowed to bring in empty or unopened plastic water bottles to top up at the standpipes. Alcohol will be sold from the festival bars, but you must be over 18 and have Garda ID or your passport to prove it!
Sleeping arrangements
The campsite is only available if you purchased a weekend camping ticket, which allows you to camp from Friday to Monday and attend the festival Saturday and Sunday. There is no limit on tent sizes (within reason) and you must keep your camping wristband in tact in order to move between the main area and campsite. Without a camping ticket, you cannot camp.