Below are the acts I saw at Oxegen.
* denotes having gone to only a partial set.
Friday
Dirty Epics
Priscilla Ahn
The Coronas*
Jape
Lily Allen
Mogwai
Snow Patrol
Blur
Saturday
The Saw Doctors
The Gaslight Anthem
The Saturdays
Regina Spektor
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Elbow
Crystal Castles*
Doves
Kings of Leon
Sunday
Ocean Colour Scene
Phenomenal Handclap Band
Rarely Seen Above Ground*
Fever Ray*
Lady GaGa
White Lies
Katy Perry
Jason Mraz
Glasvegas
Camera Obscura*
Manic Street Preachers
My personal highlights were, chronologically, Jape, Blur, Regina Spektor, [...]
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Oxegen 2009
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Wanted: One Irish Upbringing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adventures, dublin, music, thoughts on February 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Tonight I spent a marvellous evening at a charity fundraising concert, The Swell Season & Friends at Vicar Street. I went to hear Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, and I came back with some thoughts to chew on:
One, what exactly it is about the Irish culture that is unique. Now I [...]
My Discovery of Real Haircuts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adventures on October 17, 2008 | 7 Comments »
So I decided it was time to get my hair cut. In Dublin, I have a habit of putting this off, because you get very little change from a twenty, which differs a little from the 6 quid I pay in the Barber Shop in Ballymena.
Somewhat fed up of paying €19 to an old man [...]
Edinburgh
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adventures, friends, fun, travel on October 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So Edinburgh was cool. I returned lighter than I departed, having shed a pair of trainers covered in the most pungent sh*t, and a bottle of contact lens liquid (you’re welcome, Harrison); I brought back only some fudge, a bottle of Ribena and the freshers’ flu. Yes, freshers. In Scotland, they allow 17 year-olds to [...]
