2007 Festival
Map of 2007 Electric Picnic |
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| Location(s) | Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland |
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| Date(s) | August 31 - September 2, 2007 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Website | www.electricpicnic.ie |
Electric Picnic 2007 was once again a three day event and ran from 31 August until 2 September. The festival maintained its current size of 32,500 festival goers and kept all the same elements plus some new additions. "Early-bird" tickets for the 2007 festival went on sale between Monday 11 December 2006, and Saturday 24 February 2007, costing €199, taking into account the VAT that must now be paid on all outdoor events. Full price tickets went on sale on Tuesday 3 April at a price of €220. The first acts were officially announced on Monday 2 April.
Besides the music other attractions included an inflatable church offering mock weddings, luxury tents, massage chambers, a fairground and silent disco. Acii Disco DJs began the festival on the Friday at 12 p.m. in the Bodytonic Tent. Amongst others to take to the stage on Friday were Björk, Hot Chip, Scott Matthews, Manic Street Preachers and Oppenheimer whilst the unnamed band responsible for The Good, the Bad and the Queen headlined the Electric Arena tent. The Sunday night was brought to a close by Primal Scream.
The festival was marred by the death of a 23-year-old fan. The incident occurred as The Chemical Brothers came to a climax at 2 a.m. early on the Sunday morning. Organiser John Reynolds extended his sympathies and said: "A young man took ill at the festival, was treated at the medical centre, removed to Port Laoise Hospital and was later pronounced dead." Gardaí said they were not treating the death as suspicious.
- Beastie Boys
- Björk
- The Chemical Brothers
- Dublin Gospel Choir
- Sonic Youth
- LCD Soundsystem
- Primal Scream
- Jarvis Cocker
- M.I.A.
- Modest Mouse
- The Good, the Bad and the Queen
- Jamie Lidell
- Acii Disco DJ's
- Easy Star All-Stars
- Ratatat
- Patrick Wolf
- The Flaws
- Mainlines
- Hexstatic
- Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
- Fujiya & Miyagi
- 65daysofstatic
- Two Gallants
- Erasure
- Nouvelle Vague
- Duke Special
- Dave Couse
- Manic Street Preachers
- Soul II Soul
- The Jesus And Mary Chain
- Paul Hartnoll
- Shy Child
- !!!
- The Go! Team
- Aim
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Camera Obscura
- Fionn Regan
- Emporium
- Tobias Froberg
- PC Radio
- SiSi
- Ladytron
- Marlena Shaw
- Bonde Do Role
- Architecture in Helsinki
- The Stooges
- Spiritualized
- The Undertones
- Polyphonic Spree
- UNKLE
- The Magic Numbers
- Fluke
- Damien Dempsey
- Derrick Carter
- DJ Marky
- Sons and Daughters
- Greenskeepers
- Gaudi
- Jinx Lennon
- The Dead Milkmen
- Simian Mobile Disco (live)
- Josh Wink
- Deerhoof
- Hot Chip
- The Fall
- Lisa Hannigan
- The Rumours
- Brontosaurus Chorus
- Si Schroeder
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