The Cure and Sigur Rós to headline Electric Picnic 2012
The Cure and Sigur Rós will be headlining this year’s Electric Picnic Festival.
Taking place in Stradbally Hall in Laois, Ireland from 31 August to 2 September the festival has also confirmed that the likes of The XX, Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip, Orbital, The Roots and Elbow will be performing.
Tickets will go on sale this Friday (2 March) at 9am.
The full line-up so far:
The Cure
Sigur Rós
Elbow
Grizzly Bear
Orbital
Christy Moore
The Roots
Hot Chip
Glen Hansard
The xx
Metronomy
The Horrors
Azealia Banks
Roots Manuva
Bell X1
Staff Benda Bilili
Milagers
Ed Sheeran
Alabama Shakes
Cranes
Little Roy
Land Lovers
Baxter Dury
Jonathan Wilson
Solar Bears
Fatoumata Diawara
Willis Earl Beal
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