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Oxegen announces a Thursday Night Live Stage line-up of tribute actsThe Stone Roses Experience, Definitely Might Be, Smash Hits, and Hells BellsFriday 12th June 2009 The line-up of tribute acts appearing on the Thursday Night Live Stage in the campsite have been announced for next month's Oxegen.
As previously announced the The Xbox Live Stage also returns this year to the natural amphitheatre in the Blue Campsite. The stage has a massive 46 sq metre, high-quality LED screen, featuring live performances, VJ sets, video games, movies, and TV shows. Proceedings will kick off on Thursday and run each day from 2pm until late. Returning to Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland will be the Headphone Disco which is hoping to host the biggest Silent Party in Europe this summer with 2,500 festival goers, starting on Thursday night and running every night of the festival. For the first time this year the Campsite Funfair will be in each campsite. Other new additions to the campsite include lots more seating areas, open air barbecue areas (only disposable barbecues are permitted on site and can only be used in the designated areas), phone recharging facilities, and improved locker facilities. Bui Bolg, the guys who brought the giant Stonehenge style entrance arch will return to place 20 weird and wonderful pop art items throughout the campsite to help navigate around the site. These will include lemon wedges, skateboards and a space invader! The line-up confirmed for the three-day festival, which takes place from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th July, includes Kings of Leon, Blur, and The Killers who are headliners, with NIN, Pet Shop Boys, Jane's Addiction, Doves, Lily Allen, Keane, The Specials, Bloc Party, Snow Patrol, James, The Game, Squeeze, Florence & The Machine, The Script, Katy Perry, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Peter Doherty, Elbow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Ting Tings, White Lies, Fight Like Apes, Pendulum, and more confirmed. For the full line-up details, stage and day splits (as available) please see here. The campsites open from 12 noon on Thursday and close at 6pm on Monday 13th July. Tickets are priced at €224.50 for a 3 day including camping ticket. For an extra €20 fans can purchase a 4 day ticket including camping which includes the Thursday also. Three day NO camping tickets are priced at €199.50, and day tickets are priced at €99.50. To buy tickets, click here. published: 11:04 (GMT)
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