As you’ll no doubt read in dozens of other sites this week the following is the line up for Electric Picnic.
Orbital, Flaming Lips,Basement Jaxx, Madness, MGMT, Fleet Foxes, The Klaxons, Bell X1, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Chic, Seasick Steve, 2 Many DJs, Lisa Hannigan, Explosions in the Sky, Damien Dempsey, Alabama 3, Bat for Lashes, Zero 7, Erol Alkan, Roots Manuva, The Sugarhill Gang, Billy Bragg, Lykke Li, Imelda May, Echo and the Bunnymen, Magazine, ESG, Moderat, Simian Mobile Disco, Four Tet, Skream and Benga – Magnetic Man, Noze, Heartbreak, Halfset, Chris Cunningham, Okkervil River, Magnolia Electric Company, Low Anthem, Villagers, Tunng, Jape, Whitest Boy Alive, Michachu and the Shapes, The Walkmen, Michael Nyman, Dublin Gospel Choir, Quantic Soul Orchestra and Jazzanova.
Despite the predictions of doom for the festival, that’s a strong first announcement with surely more acts to follow.
