Oxegen is a music festival in Ireland, first held from 2004-2011 as a rock and pop festival and again in 2013 with dance and action charts only. The show is often touted as Ireland's largest music festival, and, in 2009, it was touted as the greenest festival, becoming a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland. Previously called Witnness, which runs from 2000 and is sponsored by Guinness. The event was promoted by MCD and sponsored by Heineken. Oxegen was originally a three-day festival, but from 2008 onwards, it expanded to four days.
It takes place at Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland and has an average attendance of about 60,000 per day, with about 50,000 of campers on this site for the duration, and the rest traveling to the site daily. It happens on the same weekend as T in the Park in Scotland and shares a very similar line every year, but Oxegen is generally regarded as an Irish version of the Glastonbury Festival, with the 2008 festival sharing the same three headliners as its British counterpart.
Oxegen has attracted significant attention from outside Ireland, with many of those attending trips from abroad experiencing a "mass exodus" to the festival. Band members such as The Killers, Snow Patrol, and R.E.M. have talked positively about their experiences at the festival. Celebrities are often present, including models of Helena Christensen (a regular attendant) and television personality Chris Pontius, actor Josh Hartnett, and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones, pursued by "half journalists in the country" and many of his own relatives for many festivals 2008. this has also attracted some negative publicity, especially after the 2006 festival. It is associated with factors such as age of entry (17) and easy access to alcohol.
Oxegen, for two consecutive years, was named the Best European Festival in a poll that included festivals from France, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and other countries, led The Sunday Business Post s Nicola Cooke to describe it as "one of the most successful music festivals in Ireland has [ sic ]". The League of O'Toole describes it as "a very successful, award winning, and well-established brand [...] aimed at young audiences for a good time, a perfect post-Leaving Cert rite for action with great singalong songs that sounds great in the mud ". Oxegen accepts the mention in Colum McCann's short story "Aisling".
In April 2014, organizers announced that the Oxegen festival would not run ahead of the year, citing the lack of appropriate headline action.
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Histori
Oxegen was first held in 2004 during the second weekend of July. The Killers, which became the title of the festival twice in 2007 and 2009, was one of the bands that appeared at the first Oxegen. Dave Keuning, in an interview with Hot Press before the 2009 festival, described Oxegen as "a big deal because it was one of the first European festivals we played [sic] when we came from Vegas in 2004. We only had one hit - "Mr. Brightside "- and worried that no one would show, but the tent was packed with people shouting words for songs we did not think they knew. That night we thought, 'Hey, something happened here!' Oxegen more than Glastonbury is even the peak of our summer. "
The original festival, Witnness, sponsored by Guinness, takes place during early August with the main leaders, including Oasis, The Foo Fighters and Green Day. In the second and third year, the run changed its date to the second weekend of July. In 2008 Oxegen became a three-day festival.
Rodrigo y Gabriela made their breakthrough after being asked by Damien Rice to perform with him at Oxegen 2004.
Japanese popstars formed after seeing several dance acts at Oxegen 2006.
BRAKE. members Michael Stipe and Peter Buck watched several performances from the stage at Oxegen 2007 before returning to the title of the festival the following year. Stipe praised his visit in 2007 by inspiring him to want to go on tour again, saying: "I saw all these great bands and the next day after the festival we went to the studio."
Muse, famous for their spectacular light show and reputation as one of the best live bands in the world, entitled Oxegen 2007. They again became headstage on Saturday night at the 2010 festival.
The battle played the biggest festival show of their career at that time at the Pet Sounds Arena during Oxegen 2008. Prodigy played four new songs at Oxegen 2008. Also in 2008, Interpol sent champagne by U2 when they arrived for practice.
Chad Wolf of Carolina Wild described the band's performance at Oxegen 2009 as "an out-of-body experience".
Each Oxegen has been determined by focusing attention on the weather itself, with The Belfast Telegraph refers to 2005 as the "sunny", 2006 as "very heavy rain", 2007 as "muddy" and 2008 as "the so-so".
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Facilities
As well as the eight stages of music today, there are three great areas for camping that are divided by the number and colors of blue, red and green - which are the VIP campsites. Backstage and media areas are located in the middle of the site in buildings that are usually used to watch races. Cafes and shops are also provided for festival visitors, as well as toilet and shower areas for camping from 2006 onwards.
The Centra store is located in every campsite from 2007 onwards and An Post first appeared at the festival in 2008. The toilet facilities, previously criticized by some as inadequate for a large number of people at the festival, are increasing in the last year. There is also a night market adjacent to the arena, featuring large wheels and other rides, such as "Magic Carpet", "Big Drop", and roller coaster. In 2008, additional entertainment venues were located in blue camps along with other campus entertainment such as circuses, silent discos and Xbox Live Stage. Glass in any form is prohibited from the festival sites and cork bottles, cans and umbrellas are prohibited from the concert arena.
52 mile fence is used throughout the site. 14 megawatts of power is used to energize Oxegen, with 28,000 miles of cable used to transfer this power. 25,000 liters of water tankers are located near the site. Hats and robes are regularly seen, while shoes are also worn by festival goers.
The Dance Arena is a large warehouse formerly used for ideal home exhibitions.
Festival 2004
Oxegen 2004 takes place at Punchestown Racecourse from 10 to 11 July. The Strokes, The Cure, The Jaxx Basement, The Darkness, Faithless, Kings of Leon, PJ Harvey, Wu-Tang Clan, The Libertines, Muse, Massive Attack, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, Chemical Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, Scissor Sisters, Elbow, Electric Six, Ocean Color Scene, The Complete Stone Roses and Cartoon are some of the bands that played in the festival 2004 that lasted for five stages. Orbital played their last Irish show at the festival, while The Black Eyed Peas performed in Ireland for the first time in more than two years. The Killers, the Republic of Loose and Razorlight are among the bands leading the New Band Stage. Other Irish acts to appear include Ash, The Divine Comedy, Hothouse Flowers, The Saw Doctors, HAL, Snow Patrol, The Devlins, Simple Kid, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Cathy Davey and Bell X1. David Bowie will be the headline festival but must withdraw due to illness. The Kings of Leon show was threatened by an incident at Roskilde the weekend before Oxegen when Nathan Followill injured his wrist but, despite the cancellation of a midweek performance in Serbia, the band appeared for Oxegen.
Tickets are sold out a week before the show, after sale on Friday 5 March. A one-day ticket costs EUR59.50, two-day ticket at EUR110.00 while a two-day ticket with camping includes EUR130.00.
2004 Line-up
The main actions that play the festival are:
- * - shows canceled performance
Festival 2005
Oxegen 2005 berlangsung di Punchestown Racecourse dari 9 hingga 10 Juli. Green Day dan Foo Fighters menjadi headline. Yang juga muncul adalah Orde Baru, Ian Brown, James Brown, The Prodigy, Queens of the Stone Age, The Frames, Keane, Feeder, The Killers, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, The Bravery, Nine Black Alps, The Departure, Razorlight , LCD Soundsystem, Echo & amp; Bunnymen, The La's dan Snoop Dogg. Tindakan Irlandia untuk muncul termasuk The Revs, The Saw Doctors, Kerbdog, HAL, Bronagh Gallagher, Humanzi, Direktur dan The Blizzards.
2005 Line-up
For a complete list, see Oxegen 2005 # 2005 Line-up.
The main actions that play the festival are:
Festival 2006
Oxegen 2006 takes place at Punchestown Racecourse from 8 to 9 July. A limited number of tickets for the festival went on sale a week after the 2005 festival on Friday 15 July. On February 20 the festival was launched and the first act was announced officially. Tickets go on sale public on Friday 3rd March at 8 am, with weekend weekend camping tickets priced at EUR160. The allocation of these tickets was sold out within 48 minutes. The festival itself faced a bad weather that surpassed the previous record. There is an increase on Sunday afternoons with a clear sky and a cool and gentle breeze ensuring a drop in the wet festival audience.
The Who and Red Hot Chili Peppers headed the festival, which first appeared in Ireland for the first time in 35 years, the last for the fourth time in five summers. James Brown made his final appearance at the Irish festival and the Arctic Monkeys, their first festival performance in Ireland. Also featured are The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Head of Kaiser, Placebo, Richard Ashcroft, Primal Scream, Editor, Feeder, The Kooks, Kasabian, Sigur RÃÆ'³s, The Feeling, The Futureheads, The Go! Tim, The Automatic, Paolo Nutini and Lily Allen. Irish action appears including Bell X1, Damien Dempsey, Little Republic, Director, The Marshals, Sharon Shannon, The Blizzards, The Divine Comedy, Gemma Hayes and Humanzi.
Security arrangements were criticized as being poor by some parts of the media. The campsites are not free from problems, with reports of tent burning and alleged stabs on Sunday night/Monday morning festivals. In the Green Room, a large leak allows rain into the closed tent. There were 225 drug arrests (with 13 allegations of possession with the intent to supply), one alleged rape, and the Evening Herald reported that about 250 people were being treated for alcoholism and drugs. When 40 people were sent to Naas General Hospital, concern was raised from a bad ecstasy, but no evidence of the collection was found. A number of media were threatened with legal action over their coverage of Oxegen 2006 afterwards. These include Irish Independent and boards.ie, where all discussions about events and places of MCD are prohibited.
2006 Line-up
For a complete list, see Oxegen 2006 # Stages.
The main actions that play the festival are:
Festival 2007
Oxegen '07 takes place at Punchestown Racecourse from 7 to 8 July. Live Earth concerts take place around the world on the same day as Saturday from Oxegen 2007. Tickets go on sale in general at 8 am on Friday 2 March 2007. Tickets are sold out in less than seventy minutes. Daily ticket prices rose to EUR96.50, weekend ticket costs EUR177,50, while weekend weekend plus camping prices this year rose to EUR197.50 (roughly the same price as the three-day Electric Picnic ticket), compared to EUR160 on 2006. As in 2006, it is possible to purchase four weekend weekend camping tickets and receive free car parking tickets. As in previous years, a number of pre-sale tickets without price increases went on sale in November 2006.
The main leaders are Muse and The Killers. Also play the festival is Arcade Fire, Scissor Sisters, Razorlight, Bloc Party, Daft Punk, Kings of Leon, Brian Wilson, Interpol, The Kooks, Mika, My Chemical Romance, Avril Lavigne, Queens of the Stone Age, The Goo Goo Dolls, Editor, Horn, MaxÃÆ'¯mo Park, and The Fratellis. Irish acts played include The Blizzards, Director, The Thrills, The Coronas, David Kitt, Delorentos, Dirty Epics and SinÃÆ'Â ad ad O'Connor. Amy Winehouse withdrew at the last minute while The Immediate parted the same day they were announced.
Line-up 2007
For the complete line-up, see Oxegen 2007 # 2007 Line-up.
The main actions that play the festival are:
Festival 2008
Oxegen '08 is a three-day event, the first for the festival. It runs from Friday 11th July to Sunday 13th July at Punchestown Racecourse in Naas, County Kildare. The presale tickets went on sale at 8:00 am on Friday 30 November 2007 at a cost of EUR197. Actual sales tickets went on sale at 8:00 am on Friday 7 March 2008 but failed to sell out until May 7th. Extra tickets went on sale on June 20th in a "step to combat the game".
Kings of Leon is the first band to be announced on November 27, 2007 at 5:00 pm. They became the title of the opening night of the festival. On February 15, 2008 R.E.M. has been confirmed for Oxegen 2008, made headlines on Saturday night. On February 19 at 16:29, Kaiser Chiefs, The Raconteurs and Ian Brown were announced on the official website, followed by The Fratellis, Interpol, and Counting Crows the next day. The Chemical Brothers and Justice are among those added on Feb. 21, while on February 22 Rage Against the Machine is the last of the headliners to be confirmed. On Sunday 24 February, The Verve was confirmed on the official website for an appearance at Oxegen 2008, last appearing on Main Stage on Saturday. In the following months more bands were announced including Stereophonics, The Prodigy, Panic! in Disco, The Feeling, Editor, Kate Nash, Bowling for Soup, Hoosiers, Newton Faulkner, Scouting for Girls, Zutons, Battles, The Wonders, The Subways, Ben Folds, The Stranglers, Amy Macdonald, Alphabeat, Amy Winehouse, The Pogues , The Charlatans, The Swell Season, Manic Street Preachers, Echo & amp; Bunnymen, The Ting Tings, Black Kids, MGMT, The Kooks, Groove Fleet, The National, Tricky, The Go! Team, Feeder, Detective Pigeon, Enemy and One Night Only. The Irish players to play the festival include The Blizzards, Republic of Loose, RÃÆ'³isÃÆ'n Murphy, Bell X1, Mundy, Aslan, Paddy Casey, The Coronas, The Saw Doctors, The Kinetiks, Dirty Epics, Declan O'Rourke, Delorentos, Future Kings of Spain , Concerto For Constantine, God Is an Astronaut, Script, Fight Like Apes, Codes and Oppenheimer.
In late 2008, Oxegen '08 won the "Yourope Award for the Best European Festival" chosen by members of the community from across Europe. The festival is chosen in front of rivals such as Glastonbury, Roskilde, and T in Park.
Line-up 2008
For a complete list, see Oxegen 2008 # Stages.
The main actions that play the festival are:
- * - shows canceled performance
Festival 2009
Oxegen '09 lasts for three days between July 10-12 with Kings of Leon, Snow Patrol, Blur and The Killers being headlining.
2009 Line-up
The following is a condensed list table. For more details, see: Oxegen 2009 # 2009 Line-up.
Festival 2010
Oxegen 2010 diadakan antara 9-11 Juli di Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Irlandia. Eminem, Muse, Arcade Fire, Jay-Z, The Black Eyed Peas, Kasabian, The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Florence dan Mesin, Paolo Nutini, Faithless, Editor, Bell X1, Stereophonics, David Guetta, Dizzee Rascal, Doves, Julian Casablancas, The Stranglers, Earth, Wind & amp; Api, Echo & amp; The Bunnymen, The Cribs, The Overview, Hot Chip, Calvin Harris, Republik Longgar, Newton Faulkner, The Temper Trap, Empire of the Sun, Goldfrapp, Gosip, La Roux, Bangkit Terhadap, Pemandangan Warna Samudra, The Coral, The Coronas , The Courteeners, Broken Social Scene, Vampire Weekend, Mumford and Sons, Ellie Goulding, Laura Marling, Two Door Cinema Club, Pramuka untuk Girls, Timur Tengah, Armand Van Helden, Steve Angello, Simian Mobile Disco, Erol Alkan, Jamie T , Steve Aoki, A-Trak, dan Airplane adalah salah satu tindakan yang harus dilakukan.
Oxegen 2010 is scheduled to be Arcade Fire's first ever appearance since performing at Phoenix Park and is their first confirmed 2010 European show. Bell X1 gave their only Irish performances in the summer at the event on July 11th. Biffy Clyro added as well as Plan B and Kids in Glass Houses. Barry "The Blender" Henderson (from "I Am Fighter" fame) also appeared. The appearance anticipated by Jedward did not materialize. Thief controls did not show up at the festival that year. The Irish Band The Overview is also rumored to be a late addition to the line-up.
2010 Line-up
Main Stage
Vodafone Stage
Heineken Green Spheres Stage
Festival 2011
Oxegen 2011 is held between 7-10 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas, County Kildare in Ireland. Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, My Chemical Romance, Beyoncà © Å ©, Slash, The Black Eyed Peas, The Strokes, Weezer, Beady Eye and Paolo Nutini are among the international artists to play. Script, Whipping Boy, Imelda May, Two Door Cinema Club, Maverick Saber, Fight Like Apes, Bressie, Royseven, Ryan Sheridan, Rubberbandits and The Minutes are among the Irish artists who play. British pop artist Jessie J announced on June 30 that she would not be able to play the festival after falling off the stage and breaking her foot in need of surgery.
2011 Line-up
- ** artist cancels attendance after the official announcement
hiatus 2012
On December 21, 2011, MCD posted a short notice on the Oxegen website which confirmed the rumor that Oxegen 2012 had been canceled. The statement reads as follows: "OXEGEN, like Glastonbury, takes a year off in 2012 and will be back in July 2013. Hopefully everyone is very happy Christmas & New Year peace.Continue Rockin 'in 2012 and we will meet you at in 2013! Your Oxegen Team ".
The cancellation is expected to damage the local economy in Kildare. The media portrays the Dublin Tour of The Roses Reunion Tour, held at Phoenix Park on July 5, 2012, in lieu of this year's Oxegen shortage. A Swedish House Mafia concert in the same spot two days later also drew comparisons with the festival, with "Oxegen-like behavior" culminating in a number of random and unwarranted attacks and concerns that "Outside events that have dominated the news agenda since the House Mafia Show Sweden [...] will forever be associated with stabbing and alleged drug-related deaths rather than music. "
festival 2013
MCD Chairman Denis Desmond revealed, on Oxegen's official website in April 2013, the news that Oxegen will return to the Irish festival this summer, after a year's absence.
The festival takes place at the usual Punchestown Racecourse house in Kildare, and takes place on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th days. On April 22 an announcement was made to confirm the first set of games being played. Confirmed are Calvin Harris, Rizzle Kicks, Jack Beats, Duke Dumont, Example, Pitbull, Nero. On April 24, David Guetta was announced as one of the main headlines. Line-up is heavily criticized for not having a guitar band. The actual announcement post was removed on the same day with very heavy negative feedback so the festival promoter urged MCD to remove it to avoid embarrassment. It is estimated that ticket sales are bad, and this may be the last time MCD attended the festival. Revelers noted that there were 38 bands over the headliners this year in 2010.
See also
- List of historic rock festivals
References
External links
- Official website
- MCD, Oxegen Promoter
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