Festival No. 0000105 · Est. 2004
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- Stradbally Hall
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- Stradbally
- City
- Stradbally, Ireland
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For the record
About the artists
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A-Trak was born in Montreal, Canada, on 30 March 1982. Plays electro house, hip hop, house, turntablism. -
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Adrian Crowley was born in Sliema, Ireland, in 1968. Plays folk.
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Antibalas formed in Brooklyn, United States, in January 1998. Plays afrobeat, funk, jazz, psychedelic.
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Arno Carstens was born on 12 March 1972. Plays rock.
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Balanescu Quartet formed in 1987. Plays string quartet.
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Blitzen Trapper formed in Portland, United States, in 2000. Plays alternative country, country rock.
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Candi Staton was born in Hanceville, United States, on 13 March 1940. Plays disco, electronic, funk, r&b, soul.
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Cathy Davey was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1979. Plays indie rock.
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Christy Moore was born in Newbridge, Ireland, on 7 May 1945. Plays folk, irish folk, singer-songwriter.
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Chromeo formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2001. Plays dance-pop, electro-disco, electro-funk, electropop, funktronica, nu disco, synth funk, synth-pop.
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Conor Oberst was born in Omaha, United States, on 15 February 1980. Plays folk, folk rock, indie rock.
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Constantines formed in Guelph, Canada, in 1999. Plays indie rock.
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CSS formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in September 2003. Plays indie rock.
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Cut Copy formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2001. Plays electropop, indietronica, synth-pop.
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Dan Deacon was born in West Babylon, United States, on 28 August 1981. Plays electronic, experimental electronic, glitch, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, post-minimalism, progressive electronic.
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Dawn Landes was born in Louisville, United States, on 5 December 1980.
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deadmau5 was born in Niagara Falls, Canada, on 5 January 1981. Plays ambient, bass house, breakbeat, club, complextro, dance, deep house, dubstep.
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Dengue Fever formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, indie rock, indie surf, pop rock, psychedelic, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Digital Mystikz formed in South Norwood, United Kingdom. Plays dubstep, electronic, uk garage.
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Dublin Gospel Choir was born in Dublin, Ireland.
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Emmy the Great was born in 1984. Plays anti-folk, folk rock, indie folk.
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Faust formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 1969. Plays avant-garde, avant-prog, drone, electronic, experimental, experimental hip hop, experimental rock, industrial.
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Fields plays drum and bass.
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Florence + The Machine formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays alternative rock, art pop, baroque pop, indie pop, indie rock, pop, pop rock, pop soul.
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Foals formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, math rock, new wave, rock.
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Gemma Hayes was born in Ballyporeen, Ireland, on 11 August 1977. Plays folk, indie folk, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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George Clinton was born in Kannapolis, United States, on 22 July 1941. Plays funk, p-funk.
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George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic formed in Plainfield, United States, in 1968. Plays funk, p-funk.
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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly was born in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, on 30 January 1986. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock.
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Grace Jones was born in Saint Catherine, United States, on 19 May 1948. Plays disco, funk, new wave, pop, soul.
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Hadouken! formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up on 10 November 2014, after 9 years. Plays dance, electronic, grime, new rave.
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Halves formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 2006, and split up on 21 April 2016, after 10 years.
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Hayseed Dixie formed in Nashville, United States, in 2000. Plays bluegrass, country.
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Ibrahim Electric formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2004.
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Jape formed in 2003.
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Johnny Flynn was born in Johannesburg, United Kingdom, on 14 March 1983.
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Josh Ritter was born in Moscow, United States, on 21 October 1976. Plays contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, singer-songwriter.
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Juana Molina was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 1 October 1962. Plays ambient pop, experimental rock, folktronica, freak folk, indie pop, latin.
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Laura Izibor was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 13 May 1987. Plays soul.
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Laura Marling was born in Eversley, United Kingdom, on 1 February 1990. Plays folk, folk rock, indie folk, rock.
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Lisa Hannigan was born in Kilcloon, Ireland, on 12 February 1981. Plays folk, indie folk, pop, singer-songwriter.
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Lou Rhodes was born on 1 November 1964. Plays folk, folk rock.
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Mark Geary was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 31 January 1971. Plays folk, singer-songwriter.
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Martina Topley Bird was born on 7 May 1975. Plays electronic, experimental, jazz, trip hop.
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Mercedes Peon was born in 1967.
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Micah P. Hinson was born in Memphis, United States, on 3 February 1981. Plays alternative country, americana.
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Midnight Juggernauts formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Plays electronica, electropop.
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My Bloody Valentine formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, c86, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock.
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New Young Pony Club formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays electropop, indie pop, synth-pop.
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Noisettes formed in Croydon, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays indie rock, pop soul, rock.
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One Day International formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 2007.
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Oppenheimer formed in Belfast, United Kingdom, in October 2004, and split up on 19 December 2009, after 5 years.
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PVT formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1999. Plays electronica, experimental, neo-psychedelia, post-rock.
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Ra Ra Riot formed in Syracuse, United States, in 2006. Plays baroque pop, indie rock.
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Silver Apples formed in New York, United States, in 1967, and split up on 8 September 2020, after 53 years. Plays art pop, avant-garde pop, electronic, experimental electronic, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock.
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Sinéad O'Connor was born in Glenageary, Ireland, on 8 December 1966, and died on 26 July 2023, aged 56. Plays alternative rock, celtic, celtic rock, folk, folk rock, pop, pop rock, rock.
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Stephen Malkmus was born in Santa Monica, United States, on 30 May 1966. Plays folk rock, indie pop, indie rock, psychedelic folk, rock, singer-songwriter.
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super extra bonus party formed in November 2005, and split up in 2010, after 4 years.
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Tartit formed in Tombouctou, Mali, in 1995.
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Teitur was born in Hoyvík, Faroe Islands, on 4 January 1977.
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That Petrol Emotion formed in Derry, United Kingdom, in 1985, and split up in 1994, after 9 years. Plays alternative rock.
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The Congos formed in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1977. Plays dub, neo-psychedelia, reggae, roots reggae.
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The Dodos formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2006. Plays indie rock, rock.
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The Flaws formed in Carrickmacross, Ireland, in 2004, and split up in 2016, after 12 years.
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The Herbaliser formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1993. Plays electronic, electronica, hip hop, instrumental, instrumental hip hop, jazz, trip hop.
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The Kills formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock.
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The Lionheart Brothers formed in Oslo, Norway. Plays indie rock.
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The New York Fund formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up in 2010, after 5 years.
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The Urges formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 2004.
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The Waterboys formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 1983. Plays celtic, celtic rock, folk rock, pop rock, rock.
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These New Puritans formed in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays avant-garde, experimental, experimental electronic, martial industrial, neoclassical dark wave, post-industrial, post-minimalism, post-punk.
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Tinariwen formed in Kidal, Mali, in 1982. Plays desert blues, folk, traditional pop.
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Tindersticks formed in Nottingham, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays alternative rock, ambient, art rock, blue-eyed soul, chamber pop, indie rock, jazz pop, orchestral.
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Tobias Froberg was born in Gotland, Sweden.
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Ulrich Schnauss was born in Kiel, Germany, in 1977. Plays ambient, berlin school, downtempo, dream pop, electronic, electronica, idm, progressive electronic.
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Underworld formed in Romford, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays alternative dance, ambient, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, house, new wave.
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Wilco formed in Chicago, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, americana, folk rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Wolfgang Haffner was born in Wunsiedel, Germany, on 7 December 1965. Plays contemporary jazz, jazz, jazz fusion, post-bop.
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YACHT formed in 2002. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance, dance-punk, dance-punk revival, electronic, electropop, experimental.