Oxegen 2011

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Oxegen 2011
File:Oxegen 2011 logo.gif
Oxegen 2011 logo
Genre Rock
Dates 7–10 July 2011
Location(s) Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland
Website
www.OXEGEN.ie

Oxegen 2011 was the eighth Oxegen festival to take place since 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 8 July, Saturday, 9 July and Sunday, 10 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. Arctic Monkeys, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Foo Fighters and The Strokes were among the headlining acts.[1][2][3] On the final night of the festival Christy Moore came on stage to sing with headliners Coldplay at the end of their set.[4]

Tickets

Early bird tickets were released for purchase on 15 December 2010, with a four-day camping pass available with a discount of €25.[5] General tickets were scheduled to go on sale in March 2011,[5] and did so immediately after the festival's official launch on 8 March with four day camping ticket costing €244.50.[6]

Promoters MCD spent a lot of money on advertising the 2011 festival, with ticket sales being slow.[7]

Official announcements

On 13 December 2010, Foo Fighters was announced as one of the headline acts of the 2011 festival, the first act to be announced.[5][8] The band's album is scheduled to be released prior to the performance.[5] On 14 December, Arctic Monkeys became the second headline act to be announced.[9][10] It is scheduled to be their first performance at Oxegen since 2006.[11] On 15 December, Blink-182 was announced to play the festival for the first time.[12][13] It had seldom performed in Ireland in the previous 15 years.[14] On 16 December, Paolo Nutini was announced, having performed at the festival in 2010.[15][16] On 22 December, The Black Eyed Peas was announced, having also performed at the festival in 2010.[17][18]

On 8 March 2011, the festival was officially launched, with Coldplay announced as the bill-toppers in what would be their first appearance at Oxegen.[19] Dave Grohl hosted the presentation of the announcement on the festival's official website.[6] Other artists to be added included Bruno Mars, All Time Low, Brandon Flowers, Beady Eye, Swedish House Mafia, My Chemical Romance, Weezer, Plan B, Tinie Tempah, Primal Scream, Two Door Cinema Club, Eels, Calvin Harris, Jimmy Eat World, Hurts, Ryan Sheridan, Bipolar Empire. Bright Eyes, The Bloody Beetroots, Paolo Nutini, The National, Deadmau5, Pendulum, Leftfield, Imelda May, Eels, The Vaccines, Noah and the Whale, Tiga, Sven Väth, Friendly Fires, Crystal Castles, Afrojack, Chase & Status, Ocean Colour Scene, Fight Like Apes, The Naked and Famous, Mona, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Royseven, Fenech-Soler, Madisun, Consumer Love Affair.

Slash, OFWGKTA, Metronomy, Manic Street Preachers, Glasvegas, The Saturdays, Peter Doherty, The Pretty Reckless, Professor Green, Ke$ha, Eliza Doolittle, Example and Cherri Bomb were officially added to the line-up in April 18.

Blink-182, earlier announced as a headline act announced on the 18th of April that they were moving their European tour to 2012. So therefore have pulled out of this year's Oxegen festival.

Beyoncé was officially added to the line-up on 5 May. She, along with Coldplay, performed at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival ahead of Oxegen, leading to reports that tickets would start selling quickly again.[7]

On 31 May, the Red Bull Electric Ballroom was launched.[20]

On 27 June, the stage breakdown was announced.[21][22] On 30 June, the stage times were announced.[23][24]

Jessie J was forced to cancel her appearance at Oxegen 2011 due to a broken leg.[25][26]

Signing tent

The Hot Press Signing Tent returned. It featured Two Door Cinema Club,[27] Peter Hook,[27] Royseven,[27] Ryan Sheridan,[27] Friendly Fires[28] and Bressie.[28] Goody bags also featured.[29]

Broadcasting rights

RTÉ 2fm broadcast more than 30 hours of live coverage throughout Oxegen 2011.[7] RTÉ set up a live Oxegen website to share its content between RTÉ Ten, RTE.ie, RTÉ 2fm's YouTube channel and RTÉ News Now.[7]

Incidents

On the first day of the festival a teenager from Wexford was slashed with a knife after being set upon by a group in the festival campsite.[30] Overall the Gardaí made a total of 90 arrests at the festival over the weekend, including assault, theft and drink-driving. There were also 308 drug seizures, and 28 arrests for alleged drug dealing.[31]

Stages

Oxegen 2011 had at least five stages, minus one from the previous year. The Redbull Electric Ballroom appeared for the first time.

Day/Stage Breakdown + Times

Official poster
Main Stage
Friday Saturday Sunday

The Black Eyed Peas
23:15
The Script
21:10
My Chemical Romance
19:25
Weezer
17:55
All Time Low
16:30
The Blackout
15:15
Fun Lovin' Criminals
14:00

Foo Fighters
23:25
Arctic Monkeys
21:40
Beady Eye
20:05
Plan B
18:25
Two Door Cinema Club
17:00
Jessie J (cancelled)
15:30
Big Country
14:00

Coldplay
22:25
Beyoncé
20:25
Slash
18:55
Manic Street Preachers
17:35
Ke$ha
16:15
Ryan Sheridan
15:05
The Rubberbandits
14:00
Vodafone Stage
Friday Saturday Sunday

Swedish House Mafia
23:30
The Strokes
21:30
Tinie Tempah
19:45
The Saw Doctors
18:10
House of Pain
16:50
Original Rudeboys
15:40
The Plea
14:45
Glen Call
14:00

Deadmau5
23:05
Paolo Nutini
21:20
Imelda May
19:50
Bruno Mars
18:30
Hurts
17:15
British Sea Power
16:00
The Minutes
14:55
Alice Gold
14:00

Pendulum
22:15
The National
20:40
Jimmy Eat World
19:10
Friendly Fires
17:50
Fight Like Apes
16:30
Royseven
15:15
The Kanyu Tree
14:00
Heineken Green Spheres
Friday Saturday Sunday

Leftfield
23:30
Calvin Harris
21:30
Example
20:00
Whipping Boy
18:30
Peter Hook & The Light
17:00
Her Majesty & The Wolves
15:50
The Riptide Movement
14:55
Gypsies on the Autobahn
14:00

Propaganda DJ's
23:45
Brandon Flowers
22:00
The Vaccines
20:40
Professor Green
19:20
The Pretty Reckless
18:05
Bressie
16:50
Cashier No.9
15:55
Fox Avenue
14:55
Little Green Cars
14:00

Primal Scream
22:20
Chase and Status
20:50
Crystal Castles
19:25
OFWGKTA
18:10
Ocean Colour Scene
16:55
The Saturdays
15:50
Grouplove
14:55
Neon Trees
14:00
2FM Hotpress Academy
Friday Saturday Sunday

Glasvegas
23:55
Noah and the Whale
22:25
The Naked and Famous
21:10
Metronomy
20:00
Clare Maguire
18:55
Tame Impala
17:50
Keywest
16:45
Cherri Bomb
15:50
Readers Wives
14:55
Madisun
14:00

Eels
23:50
City and Colour
22:40
Mona
21:30
Miles Kane
20:25
Eliza Doolittle
19:20
Kitty Daisy & Lewis
18:20
Frankie & The Heartstrings
17:20
Braids
16:25
Sweet Jane
15:30
Consumer Love Affair
14:40
Touchwood
14:00

Bright Eyes
22:50
The Airborne Toxic Event
21:45
Jenny & Johnny
20:30
Patrick Wolf
19:25
The Twilight Singers
18:30
The Pierces
17:35
Bipolar Empire
16:40
Viva Brother
15:45
The Kapitals
14:50
Fox E And The Goodhands
14:00
Redbull Electric Ballroom
Friday Saturday Sunday

Sven Väth
Tiga
The Shit Robot Show
Justin Robertson
Maverick Sabre
Bitches With Wolves
Fenech-Soler
Colin Perkins

The Bloody Beetroots
Philth
Diplo
Steve Aoki
Retro/Grade
Psycatron
Anthony Remedy
Freaks From Dublin

Afrojack
Crookers
Fake Blood
Alex Metric
Al Gibbs
TEED

Aftermath

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External links

Preceded by Oxegen
2011		 Succeeded by
Oxegen '13
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