Oxegen 2011 was the eighth

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festival to take place since 2004. It took place on the weekend of Friday 8 July, Saturday, 9 July and Sunday, 10 July at

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and

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were among the headlining acts. On the final night of the festival

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came on stage to sing with headliners Coldplay at the end of their set.

Tickets

Early bird tickets were released for purchase on 15 December 2010, with a four-day camping pass available with a discount of €25. General tickets were scheduled to go on sale in March 2011, and did so immediately after the festival's official launch on 8 March with four day camping ticket costing €244.50. Promoters MCD spent a lot of money on advertising the 2011 festival, with ticket sales being slow.

Official announcements

On 13 December 2010,

was announced as one of the headline acts of the 2011 festival, the first act to be announced. The band's album was scheduled to be released prior to the performance. On 14 December,

became the second headline act to be announced. It was scheduled to be their first performance at Oxegen since

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. On 15 December,

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was announced to play the festival for the first time. It had seldom performed in Ireland in the previous 15 years. On 16 December,

Paolo Nutini Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley. Nutini's debut album, ''These Streets'' (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-up, ''Sunny ...

was announced, having performed at the festival in

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. On 22 December,

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was announced, having also performed at the festival in 2010. On 8 March 2011, the festival was officially launched, with

announced as the bill-toppers in what would be their first appearance at Oxegen.

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hosted the presentation of the announcement on the festival's official website. Other artists to be added included

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, The National,

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and Cherri Bomb were officially added to the line-up on 18 April. Blink-182, earlier announced as a headline act announced on 18 April that they were moving their European tour to 2012. So therefore have pulled out of this year's Oxegen festival.

was officially added to the line-up on 5 May. She, along with Coldplay, performed at the

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ahead of Oxegen, leading to reports that tickets would start selling quickly again. On 31 May, the Red Bull Electric Ballroom was launched. On 27 June, the stage breakdown was announced. On 30 June, the stage times were announced.

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was forced to cancel her appearance at Oxegen 2011 due to a broken leg.

Signing tent

The ''

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'' Signing Tent returned. It featured

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, Ryan Sheridan,

and

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. Goody bags also featured.

Broadcasting rights

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broadcast more than 30 hours of live coverage throughout Oxegen 2011. RTÉ set up a live Oxegen website to share its content between RTÉ Ten,

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, RTÉ 2fm's

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channel and

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Incidents

On the first day of the festival a teenager from Wexford was slashed with a knife after being set upon by a group in the festival campsite. Overall the Gardaí made a total of 90 arrests at the festival over the weekend, including assault, theft and drink-driving. There were also 308 drug seizures, and 28 arrests for alleged drug dealing.

Stages

Oxegen 2011 had at least five stages, minus one from the previous year. The Redbull Electric Ballroom appeared for the first time. * The Main Stage was headlined by

with

and

. * The Vodafone Stage was headlined by

and

. * Heineken Green Spheres was headlined by

, Propaganda DJs and

. * The 2FM/''Hot Press'' Academy was headlined by

and Bright Eyes. * The Redbull Electric Ballroom was headlined by

and

Day/Stage Breakdown + Times

Aftermath

announced a performance at The Academy in Dublin on 23 August. *

announced a show at Mandela Hall,

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in September. *

announced two performances in October. One in Mandela Hall, Belfast and one at Dublin's Olympia Theatre. *Dublin band

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will perform at The Academy, Dublin on 15 October. *

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announced they will play The Academy, Dublin on 20 October. *

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announced a performance at The Speakeasy, Belfast on 23 October and The Academy Dublin on 24 October. *

announced a performance at Dublin's Olympia Theatre on 13 November. *

announced he would play The Olympia Theatre in Dublin on 30 November. *

will perform at Dublin's Olympia Theatre on 7 December. *

announced two shows in December at The

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, Befast and The O₂ in

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References

External links

Official website

Official broadcaster site
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