Oxegen
Oxegen was an annual music festival held between 2004 and 2013. It was sponsored by Heineken and was Ireland's biggest festival.[1][2] The event was promoted by MCD Productions. Oxegen was originally a two-day festival, but in 2008 was increased to four days. It took place at the Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland with an average attendance of around 80,000 people a day, with around 70,000 of these camping on site for the duration, and the rest travelling to the site each day. It took place on the same weekend as T in the Park in Scotland, and would sometimes share similar line-ups each year. Oxegen was also somtimes compared to England's Glastonbury Festival, with the Oxegen 2008 festival sharing three of the same headliners.[3] The festival attracted attention from outside Ireland, with some visitors travelling from overseas.[4]
Oxegen Media
The Main Stage on the Saturday of Oxegen 2006
Damon Albarn and Alex James of Blur on the Main Stage as the band headline Oxegen '09.
References
- ↑ Snow Patrol steal the limelight from top acts. 2007-02-02. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/snow-patrol-steal-the-limelight-from-top-acts-52787.html. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ↑ OXEGEN 08: THE LINE-UP. 2008-07-04. http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/0704/1215054782218.html. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ Goodbye Glasto... Hello Oxegen. 2008-07-06. http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/jul/06/goodbye-glasto-hello-oxegen/. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ↑ Multinational audience joins rite of passage for Irish teens. 2008-07-13. http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2008/jul/13/multinational-audience-joins-rite-of-passage-for-i/. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
