Electric Picnic 2011 additions: Niki & The Dove, M.Ward, Underworld, Foster The People & more
Top pick: Niki & The Dove (if you dig The Knife….)
Underworld
Bob Geldof (Spoken word)
M.Ward (no Zooey? COME ON)
I Am Kloot
Foster The People
Republic Of Loose
The Black Angels
Everything Everything (They might have got a Mercury nomination but they were hella annoying at Other Voices)
The Rubberbandits
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Donal Dineen’s Parish
Sharon Corr (Just…no)
Ghost Estates
Electric Picnic takes place on 2nd, 3rd, 4th September 2011 in Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland. Tickets are €240 plus fees for the weekend. Other notable bands include Flying Lotus, Lykke Li, James Blake, Best Coast, Beirut, Arcade Fire, Zola Jesus, Santigold, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, PJ Harvey, Pulp, Mogwai, Interpol, The Go! Team, Warpaint, Twin Shadow, HEALTH, Solar Bears, James Vincent McMorrow, Adebisi Shank and more.
DJ Ease My Mind by Niki & The Dove
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