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Sigur Ros always fill tents when they play festivals, but Saturday's performance at Electric Picnic was their first taste of outdoor Ireland. Luckily the weather held up, and it was a perfect evening for lying on the grass and listening to the ethereal sounds of Iceland's finest act (no disrespect to Bjork!) Svefn-G-Englar Sé Lest Við Spilum Endalaust Hoppípolla Með Blóðnasir Festival Sæglópur Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur Hafssól Gobbledigook Popplagið View more of Dermod's photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/d ermod/sets/72157607057561525/

A short and sweet 40-minute set from US rockers Wilco, but Jeff Tweedy and company were very impressive during their short stint on the Main Stage on Saturday. 'Impossible Germany' is a great song from their latest album Sky Blue Sky , a record that just doesn't get enough credit. Misunderstood Impossible Germany Shot in the Arm You Are My Face I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Hummingbird Walken I'm the Man Who Loves You I'm A Wheel

There's loads, and I know you guys have them. So if you do remember anything outside of the drink-filled-haze when you weren't causing devilment in your merriment, please email any setlist to swearimnotpaul@gmail.com Thanks

Underworld played a stonker of a set in the Electric Arena, and even busted out unreleased fan favourite 'You Do Scirbble'. I didn't see them myself, but I hear they were excellent. Spoonman Glam Bucket Rez Beautiful Burnout King Of Snake Two Months Off You Do Scribble Nuxx And by the way, do you think Mike Baldwin named his factory after them?

One of the highlights of the Electric Picnic 2008 festival must definitely be Josh Ritter. He's been adored in Ireland for many a year now, and from the evidence of his Crawdaddy Stage performance, rightly so! Bright Smile Wolves Good Man To the Dogs or whoever Right Moves Fireflies Rumours Real long distance Kathleen Empty Hearts Sheila has many more photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1 0578377@N06/sets/7215760705305 3888/

Absentee - Something to Bang I have a few friends heading to the Electric Picnic for the weekend who, due to a combination of not recognising a fair few names on the bill and being underwhelmed by many of the ones they do, feel like they might have a bit of time to kill during three days of taking in the general 'craic' of the atmosphere. Should you be in a similar position, perhaps you might give Absentee a go - they play the Cosby stage at 13:30 on Sunday. [...]

Fri night 9 - 10 TOMMY FINAN 10 - 11 DANNY ALONSO 11 - 12 GAV FEENEY + DAVE SALACIOUS 12 -1 HYSTEREO 1 - 2 SPLITLOOP 2 - 3 DANCEPIG 3 - 4 JOHN POWER sat night 8 - 9 RITCHI BRENNAN 9 - 10 MICHAEL KELLY 10 - 11 DARREN RICE 11 - 12 DAVE DE VELERA 12 - 1 SIAN 1 - 2 AL KEEGAN 2 - 3 SOURCECODE 3 - 4 SUNIL SHARPE sun night 9 -10 EOIN LONG 10 - 11 ROBBIE RYAN 11 - 12 ROB MONKS + SENATOR 12 [...]

Friday 3.00pm Pressure Drop 4.00pm Sophie Coyle 5.00pm Francesca Bainn 6.00pm Yukina and Paulie Backbone 7.00pm Ugly Megan 8.00pm Guest 9.00pm Pressure Drop 10.00pm Guest Saturday 12.00pm Abigail Smith 1.00pm Pressure Drop 2.00pm Steve Manning (space camp) 3.00pm Rodeopathic 4.00pm Robotnik 5.00pm TUCAN 6.00pm Isé 7.00pm Ping Pong 8.00pm Carosel 9.00pm Bone 10.00pm Guest Sunday 12.00pm Bahh Band 1.00pm Aine Duffy 2.00pm Brad Pitt Light Orchestra 3.00pm Lisa O'Neill 4.00pm Fia Rua 5.00pm Chai Wallah 6.00pm Ultan Conlon 7.00pm T-Woc 8.00pm Jamie Woon 9.00pm Chai Wallah 10.00pm Guest

Friday August 29: 15.00 - 16.30 Gavin Feeney 16.30 - 18.00 Groovement Soul 18:00 - 19:00 Calvin James 19:00 - 21:00 Norman Jay 21:00 - 22:00 BeardyMan Saturday August 30: 13:00 - 14:30 Simon Judge (Monkey Tennis) 14:30 - 16:00 Disco Brasil (Lex Woo) 16:00 - 17:00 John Mahon 17.00 - 19:00 Russ Jones 19.00 - 21.00 Unabombers 21.00 - 23.00 Tom Middleton Sunday August 31: 13:00 - 14:00 JB the Deejay 14:00 - 15:00 Mark le Tuff & Lil Dave 15.00 - 16.00 Miki Dee 16.00 - 18:00 Basil 18:00 - 20:00 Duke Dumont 20.00 [...]

Merkabar Line-Up found here Friday 4.30pm Mr Weasel Goes Electro 6.00pm Kevin Blake (live electronic) 7.30pm N.S.E. (dubstep / live electronica) 9.00pm Special Guest 10.30pm Andy Barlow 12.30am Pathaan (Dance/World/Uplifting) 01.30am Raster Eyes 02.30am Bruce Bickerton (Alucidnation) 02.30am Ashes and Snow (amazing documentary film) Saturday 1.30pm Chequerboard 3.00pm The Crew and Jimmy The Hideous Penguin and Deviant 4.30pm Shane Mannion 6.00pm Chris and gramaphone 7.30pm Cinephile 9.00pm Giani (psy breaks / upbeat / funky) 10.30pm Aliji (glitch hop/dubstep/digidub) 12.30am Astech (dubstep / dance / urban) 2.00am David Bickley 3.00am One Giant Leap (new release) [...]

Thanks to the guys at the Electric Picnic official website for all these. Friday 12.00pm - 1.00pm DJ 1.00pm - 1.30pm Alphastates 2.00pm - 2.40pm Ultan Conlan 3.00pm - 4.00pm The Hideous Penguin and Deviant 4.00pm - 4.30pm Aindreas Stack 5.00pm - 5.45pm One Day International 6.15pm - 7.00pm Autamata 7.30pm - 8.10pm Dark Room Notes 8.40pm - 9.20pm Rollers / Sparkers 9.50pm- 10.40pm N.S.E (live) 10.40pm- 12.10am Pathaan 12.10am-1.30am Balanescu Quartet 1.30am- 2.40am Special Guest 2.40am- 3.40am Mauxaum Live Saturday 10.00am - 11.00am Small Hours 11.00am - 12.00pm R.S.A.G 12.00pm Windings 1.00pm Vyvienne Long 2.00pm [...]

You can download a map of the big field that Electric Picnic is staged in here, it will save you buying one! http://www.electricpicnic.ie/d oc/map_camp_20080820b.pdf

Electric Picnic stands out above Oxegen in many ways. One of these is the cinema stage. Times Friday 01.00pm - 3.15pm I'm Not There (135 minutes) 03.15pm - 3.20pm Unicef Short (4 minutes) 03.20pm - 5.05pm Neil Young: Heart of Gold (103 minutes) 05.05pm - 6.45pm 28 Weeks Later (99 minutes) 06.45pm - 8.40pm 30 Days of Night (113 minutes) 08.40pm - 10.35pm Beowulf (115 minutes) 10.35pm - 12.35am Pan's Labyrinth (119 minutes) Times Saturday 12.35am - 2.50am Across the Universe (133 minutes) 02.50am - 4.30am Wizard of Oz synchronized to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of [...]

Lots of acts were added to Stradbally's very own Electric Picnic 2008 Festival yesterday including the brilliant Laura Marling, whose show I reviewed here: http://swearimnotpaul.blogspot .com/2008/07/live-review-laura -marling-at-whelans-1.html Also added is May Day from A View to a Kill , better known as Grace Jones. What a bizarre addition! Booka Shade Dan Deacon Deadmau5 Grace Jones Joan As Police Woman Laura Marling Martina Topley-Bird Nitin Sawhney Stephanie Dosen The Balanescu Quartet The Stunning and other acts added for the Body and Soul Stage are: The Hideous Penguin with The [...]