Gallery: Blondie, Shane McGowan and half of Ireland get in there early at the Electric Picnic

How are the heads down in Stradbally?

Photographers Tony Kinlan, Tara Stanhope and Laura Horgan caught the early action as fans flocked to Laois for the biggest weekend of the year at Electric Picnic 2014. Look at them all, so full of hope, so full of joy, so... sober. We're willing to bet that didn't last long. We'll be featuring more galleries and the best of the festivities as the weekend progresses right here from the JOE office, where we're casting a jealous eye over proceedings in the midlands from afar. Feckers.