Fontaines DC at Slane Castle – How and where to buy tickets
The Dublin band had announced their world tour this week with no mention of Ireland. Fontaines DC headlined and closed out the Electric Picnic main stage with their announcement of a gig at Slane Castle as part of their world tour next year. Fontaine’s DC at Slane Castle will take place on 26th June 2027. […]
5 days ago
Ireland hit with alert for torrential downpours and possible lightning
Lasting for 24 hours this weekend, it means more bad news for Electric Picnic campers. Met Éireann has issued a weather advisory for Ireland this weekend, over ‘torrential downpours’ and possible thunderstorms and lightning. The alert is set to take effect from 3am on Sunday (30 August) to the same time on Monday. It warns […]
1 week ago
CMAT pulls out of Paris gig a day before Electric Picnic
Why CMAT cancelled the Paris show CMAT has been forced to cancel tonight’s show at Rock en Seine in Paris because of illness, less than 24 hours before she is due on stage at Electric Picnic. The cancellation was confirmed by RTÉ Entertainment. In a post on Instagram on Friday morning, the Meath-born singer said […]
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Electric Picnic 2026: What the Stradbally site looks like before 80,000 arrive
Electric Picnic 2026 preview of what’s to come On a half-finished festival site in Co Laois on Tuesday, a group of men from around Timahoe stood and sang. The Timahoe Male Choir performed during a media preview of Electric Picnic, a year on from their turn on the main stage, and they are back for […]
1 week ago
Electric Picnic weather: Met Éireann forecasts a cooler, wetter weekend in Stradbally
The Electric Picnic weather forecast in full Pack the raincoat. The Electric Picnic weather outlook has taken a turn, with Met Éireann forecasting cooler temperatures and unsettled, showery conditions for the Stradbally festival, which runs from Friday 28 August to Sunday 30 August. After one of the warmer summers in years, the national forecaster expects […]
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Fontaines D.C. announce fifth album Dopamine Chamber — and they’ve left the guitars at home
The next chapter of Fontaines D.C. has arrived Grian Chatten went looking for these songs in Venice, Vienna and Sicily. What the Irish band came back with is a record with the guitars taken out of large parts of it, marching drums and synthesisers in their place, and the strings of 1960s Italian pop bleeding […]
2 weeks ago