| Electric Picnic 2010 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Indie |
| Dates | 3–5 September 2010 |
| Location(s) | Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland |
| Website | www.electricpicnic.ie |
Electric Picnic 2010 was the seventh edition of the Electric Picnic festival to take place. The three-day event took take place on the weekend of Friday 3, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September at Stradbally Hall in Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland. The festival was launched on 24 March 2010.
Among the headliners were Roxy Music, performing in 2010 for the first time in five years and making their Irish festival debut, and Leftfield, who gave live performances for the first time in more than a decade.[1][2][3][4] Public Image Ltd. (PiL) made their Irish debut at the festival while The Frames appeared in their twentieth anniversary year.[2] Massive Attack also return after performing at the 2006 festival.[4]
Jim Carroll of The Irish Times named several Electric Picnic 2010-bound acts in his "20 hottest acts playing this summer" on 28 May 2010: these were The National, Villagers, LCD Soundsystem and Public Image Ltd.[5]
- ^ "Electric Picnic 2010 Line-up Is Announced". The Clare Herald. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ a b Ken Sweeney and John Meagher (25 March 2010). "Roxy Music to headline '70s-style Picnic". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ Ronan McGreevy (25 March 2010). "Electric Picnic Picks: Festival Line-up Announced". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Electric Picnic: It'll be a Ferry good weekend". The Belfast Telegraph. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ Jim Carroll (28 May 2010). "Sounds like summer: the top 20 gigs". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
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