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Oxegen 2010

Oxegen 2010
Oxegen 2010 logo
GenreRock
Dates8–11 July 2010
Location(s)Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland
Websitewww.OXEGEN.ie

Oxegen 2010 was the seventh Oxegen festival to take place since 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 9 July, Saturday, 10 July and Sunday, 11 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. Eminem, Muse and Arcade Fire headlined. A total of around 150 acts performed over the three days.[1]

Oxegen 2010 was Arcade Fire's first Irish appearance since performing in the Phoenix Park and was their first 2010 European show to be confirmed.[2][3] Drummer Jeremy Gara also admitted it was their first major show since the band's Neon Bible tour and was awestruck at the idea of performing on the Main Stage directly after Jay-Z.[4] Bell X1 gave their only Irish performance of the summer at the event on 11 July.[5] Muse debuted a new song when they headlined the Main Stage on 10 July.[6]

The Capitals became the youngest band to play Oxegen in its history.[7] Pop act Jedward, known in the UK for their appearances on The X Factor, asked to be allowed to perform.[8] It was later suggested in an interview that they were due to perform until one of them tore their ligaments open.[9]

Jim Carroll of The Irish Times named several Oxegen 2010-bound acts in his "20 hottest acts playing this summer" on 28 May 2010: these were Jay-Z, Arcade Fire, The Middle East, Villagers and O Emperor.[10] In a later article in the newspaper he named his "10 must-see acts on his Oxegen timetable with a big, fat yellow highlighter": Jay-Z, Arcade Fire, The Prodigy, Florence & The Machine, Vampire Weekend, Cathy Davey, Julian Casablancas, Laura Marling, Hot Chip and Tinariwen.[11] Tony Clayton-Lea, writing in the same publication, suggested 10 upcoming acts for readers to see: Kassidy, Lissie, Two Door Cinema Club, Kids in Glass Houses, Ellie Goulding, Daisy Dares You, Professor Green, General Fiasco, Example and Cécile.[12][13]

  1. ^ "75,000 fans flock to Oxegen festival in Punchestown". BBC News. BBC. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Arcade Fire & Fatboy Slim added to Oxegen line-up". Hot Press. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Arcade Fire announce European festival appearance". NME. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  4. ^ "The unforgettable Fire". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010. Which do you prefer: Oxegen or Electric Picnic? "Don't ask me to do this," says drummer Jeremy Gara. "Please don't ask me to do this." I'm not going away until you do. "We've done both festivals but you're asking me to compare them and make a choice, and that would only lead to slagging off promoters." [...] "What I can tell you is that playing Oxegen on the Friday night, which is our first big gig back since the Neon Bible tour, is still difficult for us to understand," he says. "We're all going: 'We're on after Jay-Z?' – and we really still can't believe that. We find that difficult to relate to, but then we still find it hard to relate to the whole rock-band life."
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bell X1 announce Oxegen appearance was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Ed Power (25 June 2010). "Muse: 'We thrive on demons'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 June 2010. Picture caption: Muse will debut a new song at Oxegen from the soundtrack of the forthcoming Twilight movie.
  7. ^ "Young guns The Capitals all fired up for shot at Oxegen". Sunday Independent. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  8. ^ Melanie Finn (15 April 2010). "It would be our dream to play main stage at Oxegen - Jedward". Evening Herald. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  9. ^ Boyd, Brian (9 July 2010). "Planet Jedward". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 9 July 2010. Would you have been able to hack it at Oxegen? We were supposed to play. We had our heart set on it. [John – or is it Edward?] tore a ligament in his leg at a gig last week and the pair had to cancel their set] We'd do anything, we're not fazed by anybody. There were all these Facebook campaigns to get Jedward to play Oxegen, so much hype about it – we would have put on a great show.
  10. ^ Jim Carroll (28 May 2010). "Sounds like summer: the top 20 gigs". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  11. ^ Carroll, Jim (2 July 2010). "10 to put the punch in Punchestown". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  12. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (9 July 2010). "Young upstarts: 10 to catch at Oxegen". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  13. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (11 July 2010). "Up and coming acts to catch". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 11 July 2010.

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