2009 Festival
| Location(s) | Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland |
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| Date(s) | September 4–6 2009 |
| Genre | Indie |
| Website | www.electricpicnic.ie |
Electric Picnic 2009 took place at Stradbally from September 4-6. The British promoter Festival Republic bought out the share of Aiken Promotions as well as a further majority shareholding in Electric Picnic in March 2009. The festival was launched on 15 April 2009, with tickets going on sale two days later. The launch saw the announcement of forty-seven acts. Orbital, The Flaming Lips, Imelda May, Brian Wilson, Basement Jaxx, Madness, Klaxons, Bell X1, Fleet Foxes and MGMT were some of the musical acts which appeared, whilst Tommy Tiernan headlined the comedy tent.
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