A record 70,000 people will be at Electric Picnic this weekend.
Dermot Kennedy, Megan Thee Stallion, Snow Patrol, Artic Monkeys, and Picture This are among the headliners.
The @EPfestival preview with @TheCoronas I AM ON THE MAIN STAGE RIGHT NOW TO RECORD THIS pic.twitter.com/zxhcgCcQW4
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The three-day festival at Stradbally in county Laois takes place for the first time since 2019.
Performer Jerry Fish is on-site today, making final preparations.
Popped in to a secret bar and found some new staff being trained up @EPfestival 🥂🍹 pic.twitter.com/jesL0HKnFz
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He says the long break away from performing has been tough:
"I think we're kind of a little in shock you know what I mean - two years away from making music seems not real.
"It's really fantastic, it's a new world."
Main stage set list times:
Friday
10.30pm-midnight Dermot Kennedy
9.15-10.00pm Megan Thee Stallion
8-8.45pm Glass Animals
6.45-7.30pm Denise Chaila
Saturday
11.30pm-1am Tame Impala
9.15-10.45pm Picture This
7.30-8.30pm The Kooks
6-6.45pm Anne-Marie
4.30-5.15pm Becky Hill
3.15-4pm Hermitage Green
2-2.45pm Hudson Taylor
Sunday
10.30pm-midnight Arctic Monkeys
8.15-9.45pm Snow Patrol
6.30-7.30pm The Coronas
5.15-6pm The Academic
4-4.45pm Wild Youth
2.30-3.15pm My Therapist Ghosted Me
1-2pm Dublin Gospel Choir
Reporting: Laura Donnelly.
