Originally written by TheBoyDeadly · 26 March 2008
Rumours are circulating that Sex Pistols and Sigur Ros are planning to collaborate onstage at this year’s Electric Picnic after the pair of acts were confirmed to headline the Irish festival.
The third bill-topper comes in the form of Franz Ferdinand, while The Gossip, The Breeders and CSS all star further down the card.
Interestingly, Faust are playing and Kevin Shields’ My Bloody Valentine has been overlooked as headliner for a major event in the country in which he spent his adolescence. Interesting.
Anyway, time for the full list:
Sex Pistols Sigur Ros Grinderman Franz Ferdinand George Clinton And The P-Funk Allstars My Bloody Valentine Goldfrapp Christy Moore Wilco The Gossip Duffy Foals Underworld Tinariwen CSS Tindersticks New Young Pony Club Josh Ritter Lisa Hannigan Cathy Davey That Petrol Emotion The Breeders Michael Franti And Spearhead Sinead O'Connor The Waterboys The Roots Kila Micah P Hinson Conor Oberst Hayseed Dixie Candi Staton Juana Molina Turin Brakes Faust Midnight Juggernauts Tartit Hadouken! Silver Apples Mark Geary Teitur Blitzen Trapper Absentee Balanescu Quartet Lou Rhodes Adrian Crowley One Day International The Yard Dogs Tobias Froberg Boss Volenti Dawn Landes Constantines Yacht The Lionheart Brothers Large Mound Emmy The Great Kormac And The BSQ Band Jape The Noisettes Dublin Gospel Choir
Electric Picnic takes place from the 29th ‘til the 31st of August at Stradbelly Hall in County Laois. Tickets go on sale from 9am this Friday (28 Mar).