Festival No. 0000386 · Est. 2004
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Somewhere in County Kildare
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- Oxegen 2006
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- County Kildare, Ireland
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About the artists
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Arctic Monkeys formed in High Green, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays alternative rock, art rock, baroque pop, dance, electronica, garage rock, garage rock revival, house. -
Bell X1 formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1999. Plays indie rock.
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah formed in Philadelphia, United States, on 20 March 2004. Plays indie rock.
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Corinne Bailey Rae was born in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 26 February 1979. Plays neo soul, soul.
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Damien Dempsey was born in Donaghmede, Ireland, in 1975. Plays folk.
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Director formed in Malahide, Ireland, in 2005, and split up in 2009, after 4 years.
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Dirty Pretty Things formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up on 1 October 2008, after 3 years. Plays garage rock revival, indie rock.
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Fear of Music formed in 2001.
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Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, dance-rock, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica.
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Goldfrapp formed in Bath, United Kingdom, in 1999. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient pop, art pop, chamber pop, dance, downtempo, dream pop.
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HARD-Fi formed in Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays britpop, indie pop, indie rock, post-punk revival.
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Ian Brown was born in Warrington, United Kingdom, on 20 February 1963. Plays alternative rock, britpop, downtempo, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, rock.
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James Brown was born in Barnwell, United States, on 3 May 1933, and died on 25 December 2006, aged 73. Plays blues, christmas music, disco, funk, soul.
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Kaiser Chiefs formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, britpop, dance-pop, indie rock, pop rock, post-punk revival, power pop, rock.
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Lily Allen was born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, on 2 May 1985. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, contemporary r&b, dance-pop, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop.
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Manu Chao was born in Paris, France, on 21 June 1961. Plays country, electronic, folk, latin, pop, punk, reggae, rock.
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Maxïmo Park formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays indie rock, new wave, post-punk revival.
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Placebo formed in 1994. Plays alternative rock, glam rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Reamonn formed in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, in 1999, and split up in 2012, after 13 years. Plays pop rock, rock.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, funk, funk metal, funk rock, hard rock, heavy metal, indie rock, pop rock.
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Republic of Loose formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 2001, and split up in August 2014, after 13 years.
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Sandi Thom was born in Banff, United Kingdom, on 11 August 1981. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock.
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Sharon Shannon was born in Ruan, Ireland, on 8 June 1968. Plays folk, irish folk.
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The Crimea formed in Camden, United Kingdom, in 2002, and split up in 2013, after 11 years.
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The Kooks formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock.
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The Magic Numbers formed in Ealing, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock.
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The Marshals formed in 2003.
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The Strokes formed in New York, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, new wave, post-punk revival, rock, synth-pop.
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The Who formed in London, United Kingdom, in February 1964. Plays art pop, art rock, beat music, british rhythm & blues, classic rock, freakbeat, garage rock, hard rock.
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Tiny Dancers formed in South Elmsall, United Kingdom, in 2005, and split up in 2009, after 4 years.
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Vitalic was born in Dijon, France, on 18 May 1976. Plays electro house, electroclash, electronic, french electro, house, progressive house, synth-pop, techno.