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{{For|the chemical element|oxygen}}
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{{Infobox music festival
| music_festival_name = Oxegen
| image               =  [[File:Oxegen.jpg|225px]]
| caption             = "Europe’s Favourite Rock’n’Roll Weekend"
| location            = [[Punchestown Racecourse]], [[County Kildare]], Republic of Ireland
| years_active        = 2004&ndash;''present''
| dates               = 7&ndash;10 July
| genre               = [[Indie rock|Indie]], [[Pop music|pop]]
| website             = [http://www.oxegen.ie/ Oxegen.ie]
| presented by        = [http://www.mtv.co.uk/ MTV]
}}

'''Oxegen''' is an annual [[List_of_music_festivals#Ireland|music festival in Ireland]] held since 2004, sponsored by [[Heineken]]. <br>
As of 2007, 2008, 2009, the festival has been cited as Ireland's biggest music festival.<ref name="Snow Patrol steal the limelight from top acts (Irish Independent 2007)">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/snow-patrol-steal-the-limelight-from-top-acts-52787.html|title=Snow Patrol steal the limelight from top acts|date=2007-02-02|accessdate=2009-02-10|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref><ref name="OXEGEN 08: THE LINE-UP">{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/0704/1215054782218.html|title=OXEGEN 08: THE LINE-UP|date=2008-07-04|accessdate=2009-02-21|work=The Irish Times }}</ref><ref name="Editorial: Rain can't dampen our spirits">{{Cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/opinion/editorial-rain-cant-dampen-our-spirits-1819256.html|title=Editorial: Rain can't dampen our spirits|date=2009-07-13|accessdate=2009-07-14|work=[[Evening Herald]]}}</ref><ref name="Snow Patrol take a breather from U2 tour">{{Cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/snow-patrol-take-a-breather-from-u2-tour-14392935.html|title=Snow Patrol take a breather from U2 tour|date=2009-07-09|accessdate=2009-07-14|work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref> <br>
And by 2009, the festival is cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% [[carbon neutral]] event in Ireland.<ref name="Oxegen breaks all carbon neutral records">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/Oxegen%20breaks%20all%20carbon%20neutral%20records/5690645.html|title=Oxegen breaks all carbon neutral records|date=2009-07-16|accessdate=2009-07-18|work=[[Hot Press]]}}</ref> <br>
It was previously called [[Witnness]],<ref name="Oxegen: Mud, sweat and beers">{{Cite web|author=Kevin Doyle|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/music/oxegen-mud-sweat-and-beers-1432656.html|title=Oxegen: Mud, sweat and beers|date=2008-07-14|accessdate=2009-08-21|work=[[Evening Herald]]}}</ref> which ran from 2000 and was sponsored by [[Guinness]]. The event is promoted by [[MCD Productions|MCD]]. Oxegen was originally a three-day festival but for 2008 was expanded to four days. It takes place at the [[Punchestown Racecourse]] in [[County Kildare]], Ireland and has an average attendance of around 90,000 a day, with around 80,000 of these camping on site for the duration, and the rest travelling to the site each day. It takes place on the same weekend as [[T in the Park]] in Scotland and shares a very similar line-up each year, although Oxegen is generally regarded as Ireland's version of the [[Glastonbury Festival]], with the [[Oxegen 2008|2008 festival]] sharing three of the same headliners as its [[England|English]] counterpart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/jul/06/goodbye-glasto-hello-oxegen/|title=Goodbye Glasto... Hello Oxegen|date=2008-07-06|accessdate=2008-07-05|work=[[Sunday Tribune]]}}</ref>

Oxegen has attracted significant attention from outside Ireland, with many of those attending travelling from overseas experiencing a "mass exodus" to the festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/news/article/2008/jul/13/multinational-audience-joins-rite-of-passage-for-i/|title=Multinational audience joins rite of passage for Irish teens|date=2008-07-13|accessdate=2008-07-27|work=[[Sunday Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name="In Pictures: Festival-goers get a whiff of Oxegen">{{Cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/in-pictures-festivalgoers-get-a-whiff-of-oxegen-14396946.html|title=In Pictures: Festival-goers get a whiff of Oxegen|date=2009-07-10|accessdate=2009-07-14|work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref> Members of bands such as [[The Killers]], [[Snow Patrol]] and [[R.E.M.]] have spoken positively of their experiences at the festival. Celebrities frequently attend, including models [[Helena Christensen]] (a regular attendant)<ref name="Hollywood star Josh Hartnett and former Danish supermodel Helena Christensen watch the Kings of Leon at the Oxegen Music festival at Punchestown racecourse in County Kildare."/><ref name="Journalists engage in futile hunt for Ronnie Wood"/> and television personality [[Chris Pontius]],<ref name="Fans find Oxegen’s frequency just right, Kenneth">{{Cite web|url=http://www.examiner.ie/story/ireland/gbqlcwqlsn/rss2/|title=Fans find Oxegen’s frequency just right, Kenneth|date=2008-07-14|accessdate=2009-07-03|work=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref> actor [[Josh Hartnett]],<ref name="Hollywood star Josh Hartnett and former Danish supermodel Helena Christensen watch the Kings of Leon at the Oxegen Music festival at Punchestown racecourse in County Kildare.">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_enl_1183909619/html/1.stm|title=Hollywood star Josh Hartnett and former Danish supermodel Helena Christensen watch the Kings of Leon at the Oxegen Music festival at Punchestown racecourse in County Kildare.|accessdate=2009-07-03|publisher=BBC}}</ref> and [[Ronnie Wood]] of [[The Rolling Stones]], who was pursued by "half the journalists in the country" and many of his own relatives for much of the 2008 festival.<ref name="Journalists engage in futile hunt for Ronnie Wood">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/jul/13/journalists-engage-in-futile-hunt-for-ronnie-wood/|title=Journalists engage in futile hunt for Ronnie Wood|date=2008-07-13|accessdate=2009-07-03|work=[[Sunday Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name="Relatives of Rolling Stone Ronnie rush to Ireland in bid to halt bender">{{Cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/relatives-of-rolling-stone-ronnie-rush-to-ireland-in-bid-to-halt-bender-13907611.html|title=Relatives of Rolling Stone Ronnie rush to Ireland in bid to halt bender|date=2008-07-13|accessdate=2009-07-03|work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref>
The event has also attracted some negative publicity, particularly following the [[Oxegen 2006|2006 festival]]. This is attributed to such factors as the age of admission -17- and easy access to alcohol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/jul/13/oxegen-one-parents-nightmare/|title=Oxegen: one parent's nightmare|date=2008-07-13|accessdate=2008-07-27|work=[[Sunday Tribune]]}}</ref>

Oxegen, for two consecutive years, was named as the Best European Festival in a poll which included festivals from France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and other countries, leading ''[[The Sunday Business Post]]''{{'}}s Nicola Cooke to describe it as "one of the most successful music festivals in Ireland has{{sic}}".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Cooke, Nicola|url=http://www.sbpost.ie/newsfeatures/rock-festivals-are-set-to-beat-the-economic-blues-49988.html|title=Rock festivals are set to beat the economic blues|date=2010-06-20|accessdate=2010-06-20|work=[[The Sunday Business Post]]}}</ref> [[Leagues O'Toole]] has described it as an "enormously successful, award-winning, established brand [...] aimed at a young audience out for a good time, a post-[[Leaving Certificate|Leaving Cert]] rite of passage perfect for acts with big singalong tunes that sound great in the mud".<ref>{{Cite news|author=O'Toole, Leagues|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2010/0625/1224273240780.html|title=Living on the edge|date=2010-06-25|work=The Irish Times |publisher=Irish Times Trust|accessdate=2010-06-25|quote=The two big events that bookend the Irish summer are Oxegen and Electric Picnic, both now enormously successful, award-winning, established brands. [...] On one hand you have MCD’s Oxegen, which starts on Friday, July&nbsp;9th, a three-day music extravaganza at Punchestown Racecourse in Kildare aimed at a young audience out for a good time, a post-Leaving Cert rite of passage perfect for acts with big singalong tunes that sound great in the mud.}}</ref> Oxegen received a mention in the [[Colum McCann]] [[short story]] "Aisling".<ref>{{Cite news|author=Walsh, Caroline|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0619/1224272833059.html|title=Loose Leaves: Colum McCann tries his hand at the aisling|date=2010-06-19|work=The Irish Times |publisher=Irish Times Trust|accessdate=2010-06-19|quote=Now it’s Colum McCann’s turn. His new short story entitled Aisling, in the summer issue of the Paris Review , is quite a departure from the realist prose of his National Book Award-winning novel ''[[Let the Great World Spin]]''. [...] And although it’s very short, at under two and a half pages, he manages to include a wide range of Irish references, from Loreto Foxrock to Oxegen and the Trocadero.}}</ref>

==History==
Oxegen first took place in 2004 over the second weekend in July. [[The Killers]], who went on to headline the festival twice in 2007 and 2009, were one of the bands to appear at the first Oxegen. [[Dave Keuning]], in an interview with ''[[Hot Press]]'' prior to the 2009 festival, described Oxegen as "a big deal because it's one of the first European festivals we lpayed {{Sic}} when we came over from [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Vegas]] in 2004. We only had one hit—"[[Mr. Brightside]]"—and were worried in case no one showed. But the tent was packed with people screaming out the words to songs we didn't think they knew. It was that night we thought, 'Hey, something's happening here!' Oxegen more so than Glastonbury even was the highlight of our summer."<ref name="The Killers eager return to Oxegen..and the fans are excited too">{{Cite web
| url = http://www.hotpress.com/The%20Killers/news/The%20Killers%20eager%20return%20to%20Oxegen..and%20the%20fans%20are%20excited%20too/5599689.html
| title = The Killers eager return to Oxegen..and the fans are excited too |date=2009-07-03
|work=[[Hot Press]]
| accessdate = 2009-07-03
}}
</ref>

The original festival, [[Witnness]], sponsored by [[Guinness]], took place during the start of August with notable headliners, including [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[The Foo Fighters]] and [[Green Day]]. In its second and third year, running changed its dates to the second weekend of July. In 2008 Oxegen became a three-day festival.<ref name="Rage Against The Machine to headline Oxegen festival">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/oxegenfestival/34594|title=Rage Against The Machine to headline Oxegen festival|date=2008-02-22|accessdate=2009-06-12|work=NME |location=UK}}</ref>

[[Rodrigo y Gabriela]] made their breakthrough after being asked by [[Damien Rice]] to perform with him at [[Oxegen 2004]].<ref name="Mexican guitar duo head for music school">{{Cite web
| url=http://www.corkman.ie/entertainment/mexican-guitar-duo-head-for-music-school-1837371.html
| title=Mexican guitar duo head for music school
| date=2009-07-23
| accessdate=2009-07-26
|work=[[The Corkman]]
}}
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[[The Japanese Popstars]] formed after viewing several dance acts at [[Oxegen 2006]].<ref name="Rock da bank">{{Cite web|url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/18181-rock-ness-2009/|title=Rock da bank|date=2009-06-11|accessdate=2009-06-14|work=[[The List (magazine)|The List]]}}</ref>

[[R.E.M.]] members [[Michael Stipe]] and [[Peter Buck]] watched several shows from side stage at Oxegen 2007 before returning to headline the festival the following year.<ref name="REM announced for Oxegen '08">{{Cite web|url=http://www.phantom.ie/content/view/1348/104/|title=REM announced for Oxegen '08|accessdate=2009-06-12|publisher=[[Phantom FM]]}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Stipe credits his 2007 visit with inspiring him to want to go on tour again, saying: "I saw all these great bands and the next day after the festival we went into the studio."<ref name="Stipe credits Olympia and Oxegen with wanting to tour again">{{Cite web|url=http://www.phantom.ie/content/view/1768/104/|title=Stipe credits Olympia and Oxegen with wanting to tour again|accessdate=2009-06-12|publisher=[[Phantom FM]]}} {{Dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref>
[[Muse (band)|Muse]], known for their spectacular light show and their reputation as one of the best live bands in the world, headlined the Oxegen 2007.<ref name="Fleetwood Mac to play Dublin">{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0604/breaking29.htm|title=Fleetwood Mac to play Dublin|date=2009-06-04|accessdate=2009-06-14|work=The Irish Times |quote=Former Oxegen headliners Muse, who have a spectacular light show and have gained a reputation for being one of the best live bands in the world, will play the venue on 6&nbsp;November. They were the first group to play the new Wembley Stadium.}} {{Subscription required}}</ref> They returned to headline the mainstage on the Saturday night of the 2010 festival.

[[Battles (band)|Battles]] played the biggest festival show of their career at that time in the Pet Sounds Arena during Oxegen 2008.<ref name="Battles play biggest ever festival show at Oxegen">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/battles/38043|title=Battles play biggest ever festival show at Oxegen|date=2008-07-11|accessdate=2009-06-12|work=NME |location=UK}}</ref> [[The Prodigy]] played four new songs at Oxegen 2008. 
Also in 2008, [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] were sent champagne by [[U2]] as they arrived for rehearsals.<ref name="she's with the band: supermodel helena joins hordes of oxegen festival-goers in support of her indie-rocker boyfriend">{{Cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/shes-with-the-band-supermodel-helena-joins-hordes-of-oxegen-festivalgoers-in-support-of-her-indierocker-boyfriend-1431953.html|title=she's with the band: supermodel helena joins hordes of oxegen festival-goers in support of her indie-rocker boyfriend|date=2008-07-12|accessdate=2009-07-03|work=[[Evening Herald]]}}</ref>

[[Chad Wolf]] of [[Carolina Liar]] described the band's performance at [[Oxegen 2009]] as an "an out-of-body experience".<ref name="What’s on your rider? (Chad Wolf)">{{Cite web
| author=Tony Clayton-Lea
| url= http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/0814/1224252518491.html
| title= What’s on your rider?|date=2009-08-14
| accessdate= 2009-08-14
|work=The Irish Times 
| quote= '''What’s the best gig you’ve been to?''' More than likely the Oxegen fest. It was just so big and so strange to be in a new country and get such a reception. Really, it was just an out-of-body experience.
}}
</ref>

Each Oxegen has been defined by the attention focused on its own weather, with ''[[The Belfast Telegraph]]'' referring to 2005 as "the sunny one", 2006 as "the torrentially rainy one", 2007 as "the muddy one" and 2008 as "the so-so one".<ref name="Rain fails to dampen Oxegen vibes">{{Cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/reviews/rain-fails-to-dampen-oxegen-vibes-14402127.html|title=Rain fails to dampen Oxegen vibes|date=2009-07-13|accessdate=2009-07-14|work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[Oxegen#2004 Festival|2004]] || [[Oxegen 2005|2005]] || [[Oxegen 2006|2006]] || [[Oxegen 2007|2007]] || [[Oxegen 2008|2008]] || [[Oxegen 2009|2009]] || [[Oxegen 2010|2010]]
|-valign="top"
|
''Headliners included:''
* [[The Cure]]
* [[The Strokes]]
* [[Kings of Leon]]
* [[The Libertines]]
* [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
<small>([[Oxegen#2004 Line-up|more...]])</small>
||
''Headliners included:''
* [[Green Day]]
* [[The Foo Fighters]]
* [[The Killers]]
* [[The Prodigy]]
* [[New Order]]
<small>([[Oxegen 2005#2005 Line-up|more...]])</small>
||
''Headliners included:''
* [[The Who]]
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* [[The Strokes]]
* [[Arctic Monkeys]]
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
<small>([[Oxegen 2006#2006 line-up|more...]])</small>
||
''Headliners included:''
* [[Snow Patrol]]
* [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
* [[The Killers]]
* [[Daft Punk]]
* [[Razorlight]]
<small>([[Oxegen 2007#2007 Line-up|more...]])</small>
||
''Headliners included:''
* [[Kings of Leon]]
* [[Rage Against the Machine]]
* [[R.E.M.]] [http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/rem/2008/oxegen-festival-naas-ireland-33d6b415.html (Setlist)]
* [[The Verve]]
* [[The Prodigy]]
<small>([[Oxegen 2008#2008 Line-up|more...]])</small>
||
''Headliners included:''
* [[Kings of Leon]]
* [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
* [[Snow Patrol]]
* [[The Killers]]
* [[Bloc Party]]
* [[Lady Gaga]]
<small>([[Oxegen 2009#2009 Line-up|more...]])</small>
||
''Headliners include:''
* [[Eminem]]
* [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
* [[Arcade Fire]]
* [[Jay-Z]]
* [[The Prodigy]]
* [[Kasabian]]
* [[Fatboy Slim]]
<small>([[Oxegen 2010#2010 Line-up|more...]])</small>
|}

==Facilities==
As well as the current eight stages of music, there are three large areas for camping which are subdivided by number and the colours blue, red and green - which is the VIP campsite. The backstage and media areas are located in the middle of the site in the buildings normally used to watch the races. Stalls and shops are also provided for festival-goers, as well as toilet and shower areas for campers from 2006 onwards.

A [[Centra]] store was located in each campsite from 2007 onwards<ref>[http://www.oxegen.ie/2008/node/305 SHOP TILL YOU DROP!]</ref> and [[An Post]] first appeared at the festival in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://phantom.ie/entertainment/from-the-newsdesk/1653-postcards-from-the-edgeof-oxegen.html|title=Postcards from the edge...of Oxegen|date=2008-07-03|accessdate=2008-07-06|publisher=[[Phantom FM]]}}</ref>
The toilet facilities, which had previously been criticised by some as not being adequate for the large number of people at the festival, were improved in recent{{When|date=June 2010}} years.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}}
There is also a funfair adjacent to the arena, featuring a big wheel and other rides, such as the "Magic Carpet", the "Big Drop", and the [[roller coaster]]. In 2008, an additional funfair was located in the blue campsite alongside other campsite entertainment such as a [[circus]], [[silent disco]] and the [[Xbox]] Live Stage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4646405.html|title=Xbox Live Stage for Oxegen|date=2008-06-26|accessdate=2008-06-28|work=[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]}}</ref>
Glass in any form is banned from the festival site and bottle corks, cans and umbrellas are banned from the concert arena.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2010.oxegen.ie/info/faq/|title=Oxegen " FAQ : Food & Drink <!-- section -->|quote=No glass is allowed in the campsite but liquids can be transferred into plastic bottles at the bottle decanting stations at the entrance to the campsite.}}</ref>

52 miles of fencing are used across the site.<ref name="Oxegen 09: Top 20 Oxegen facts and figures">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/festivals/oxegen-09-top-20-oxegen-facts-and-figures-1803897.html|title=Oxegen 09: Top 20 Oxegen facts and figures|date=2009-07-03|accessdate=2009-07-03|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> 14 megawatts of power are used to energise Oxegen, with 28,000 miles of cable used to transfer this power.<ref name="Oxegen 09: Top 20 Oxegen facts and figures" /> 25,000 litre water tankers are located around the site.<ref name="Oxegen 09: Top 20 Oxegen facts and figures" /> Hats and cloaks are regularly seen,<ref name="Oxegen 09: The A-Z of Oxegen fashion">{{Cite web|url= http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/festivals/oxegen-09-the-az-of-oxegen-fashion-1803784.html |title=Oxegen 09: The A-Z of Oxegen fashion|date=2009-07-03|accessdate=2009-07-03|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> whilst wellies are also commonly worn by festival-goers.<ref name="Style guide: Festival fashion dos and don'ts">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/fashion-beauty/style-guide--festival-fashion-dos-and-donts-1800670.html|title=Style guide: Festival fashion dos and don'ts|date=2009-07-01|accessdate=2009-07-02|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>

The Dance Arena is a large shed previously used for ideal homes exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Carroll, Steven|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0709/breaking46.html|title=Wellies de rigueur at Oxegen|date=2010-07-09|work=The Irish Times |publisher=Irish Times Trust|accessdate=2010-07-09|quote=The dance arena, a huge shed that once hosted ideal homes exhibitions, has proved a popular shelter for some of the masses. This was much to the delight of Irish rugby star Cian Healy, who has swapped the front row of the scrum for a spot behind the decks as he moonlights as DJ Church.}}</ref>

==2004 Festival==
'''Oxegen 2004''' took place at [[Punchestown Racecourse]] from 10 to 11&nbsp;July. [[The Strokes]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0226/oxegen.html|title=Strokes now added to OXEGEN's bill|date=2004-02-26|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref> [[The Cure]],<ref name="jaxx" /><ref>{{Cite web
|url= http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0226/1224241835452.html
|title=Cure live broadcast cancelled|date=2009-02-26
|accessdate=2009-03-06
|work=The Irish Times 
|quote=The band played the Oxegen festival in 2004 and in Dublin’s Point in June 1996.
}}
{{Subscription required}}</ref>
[[Basement Jaxx]],<ref name="jaxx">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0416/oxegen.html|title=The Cure, Basement Jaxx added to OXEGEN|date=2004-04-16|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]], [[Faithless]], [[Kings of Leon]], [[PJ Harvey]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0315/oxegen.html|title=PJ Harvey, Wu-Tang for OXEGEN fest|date=2004-03-15|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[The Libertines]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0407/oxegen.html|title=Muse, Libertines latest for OXEGEN|date=2004-04-07|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[Massive Attack]], [[Keane (band)|Keane]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0316/oxegen.html|title=Massive Attack, Keane join OXEGEN|date=2004-03-16|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0405/oxegen.html|title=Ash and Franz Ferdinand for OXEGEN|date=2004-04-05|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref>  [[Chemical Brothers]], [[Belle & Sebastian]], [[Scissor Sisters]], [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]], [[Electric Six]], [[Ocean Colour Scene]], The Complete Stone Roses and [[Cartoon (band)|Cartoon]] are some of the bands that played at the 2004 festival which took place over five stages. [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]] played their last ever Irish show at the festival,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0506/oxegen.html|title=Orbital announce last Irish show|date=2004-05-06|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> whilst [[The Black Eyed Peas]] performed in Ireland for the first time in over two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0413/oxegen.html|title=Black Eyed Peas for OXEGEN line-up|date=2004-04-13|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[The Killers]], [[Republic of Loose]] and [[Razorlight]] were among the bands headlining the New Band Stage. Other Irish acts to appear included [[Ash (band)|Ash]], [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]], [[Hothouse Flowers]], [[The Saw Doctors]], [[Hal (band)|HAL]], [[Snow Patrol]], [[The Devlins]], [[Simple Kid]], [[Maria Doyle Kennedy]], [[Cathy Davey]] and [[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]]. [[David Bowie]] was due to headline the festival but had to pull out due to illness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0630/oxegen.html|title=The Darkness replace Bowie at OXEGEN|date=2004-06-30|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref>
Kings of Leon's performance was threatened by an incident at [[Roskilde Festival|Roskilde]] the weekend before Oxegen when [[Nathan Followill]] injured his wrist but, despite the cancellation of a midweek show in Serbia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0705/kingsofleon.html|title=Kings of Leon drummer injures wrist|date=2004-07-05|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> the band turned up for Oxegen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0706/kingsofleon.html|title=Kings of Leon definite for OXEGEN|date=2004-07-06|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref>

Tickets sold out a week before the event, having gone on sale on Friday 5 March. One-day tickets cost €59.50, two-day tickets were priced at €110.00 whilst a two-day ticket with camping included cost €130.00.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/0219/oxegen.html|title=Bowie & Darkness Punchestown-bound|date=2004-02-19|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref>

===2004 Line-up===
The main acts that played the festival were:

[[File:OXEGEN-2004-Poster.jpg|right]]
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|'''Saturday 10 July''' || '''Sunday 11 July''' ([http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2737514.html running order])
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''Main Stage:''
* '''[[The Cure]]'''
* [[The Strokes]]
* [[Kings of Leon]]
* [[PJ Harvey]]
* [[The Divine Comedy]]
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
* [[Scissor Sisters]]
* [[Goldie Lookin Chain]]
* [[Kharma 45]]
* [[Hal (band)|Hal]]
||
''Main Stage:''
* '''<s>[[David Bowie]]</s>* '''
* [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]
* [[Muse (band)|Muse]] (moved to the main stage)
* [[Ash (band)|Ash]]
* [[Faithless]]
* [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
* [[The Black Eyed Peas]]
* [[Hothouse Flowers]]
* [[The Saw Doctors]]
|}
:<small>* - denotes cancelled performance</small>

==2005 Festival==
{{For|main article|Oxegen 2005}}
'''Oxegen 2005''' took place at [[Punchestown Racecourse]] from 9 to 10&nbsp;July. [[Green Day]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/03/03/story192010.asp|title=Green Day confirmed for festival|date=2005-03-03|accessdate=2008-01-06|publisher=BreakingNews.ie}}</ref> and [[Foo Fighters]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/1201/foofighters.html|title=Foo Fighters to headline OXEGEN 2005|date=2004-12-01|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2004/12/01/story178447.asp|title=Foo Fighters to headline Oxegen|date=2005-12-01|accessdate=2008-01-06|publisher=BreakingNews.ie}}</ref> headlined. Also appearing were [[New Order]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0303/oxegen.html|title=New Order & QOTSA join OXEGEN bill|date=2005-03-03|accessdate=2008-01-08|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[Ian Brown]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0104/browni.html|title=Ian Brown joins line-up for OXEGEN|date=2005-01-04|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[James Brown]], [[The Prodigy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/1210/oxegen.html|title=Prodigy announce OXEGEN appearance|date=2004-12-10|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[Queens of the Stone Age]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/03/04/story192128.asp|title=Tickets for Oxegen on sale today|date=2005-03-04|accessdate=2008-01-06|publisher=BreakingNews.ie}}</ref> [[The Frames]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0214/oxegen.html|title=The Frames added to OXEGEN line-up|date=2005-02-14|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[Keane (band)|Keane]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0210/oxegen.html|title=Keane join line-up for OXEGEN 2005|date=2005-02-10|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[Feeder]], [[The Killers]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0208/oxegen.html|title=Killers are added to OXEGEN's bill|date=2005-02-08|accessdate=2008-01-03|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[Bloc Party]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/04/20/story199009.asp|title=New acts added to Oxegen line-up|date=2005-04-20|accessdate=2008-01-06|publisher=BreakingNews.ie}}</ref> [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[Kasabian]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0211/oxegen.html|title=Streets & Kasabian added to OXEGEN|date=2005-02-11|accessdate=2008-01-08|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> [[The Bravery]], [[Nine Black Alps]], [[The Departure]], [[Razorlight]], [[LCD Soundsystem]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/04/05/story196752.asp|title=Top dance music names lined up for Oxegen|date=2005-04-05|accessdate=2008-01-06|publisher=BreakingNews.ie}}</ref> [[Echo & the Bunnymen]], [[The La's]] and [[Snoop Dogg]]. Irish acts to appear included [[The Revs]], [[The Saw Doctors]], [[Kerbdog]], [[Hal (band)|HAL]], [[Bronagh Gallagher]], [[Humanzi (band)|Humanzi]], [[Director (band)|Director]] and [[The Blizzards]].

===2005 Line-up===
''For full line-up, see [[Oxegen 2005#2005 Line-up]].''

The main acts that played the festival were: [http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/lineups.php?FestID=902]
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'''Saturday 9&nbsp;July'''

''Oxegen Stage''

* '''[[Green Day]]'''
* [[The Frames]]
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]]
* [[Snoop Dogg]]
* [[Razorlight]]
* [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
* [[The Saw Doctors]]
* [[Björn Again]]
* [[The Stands]]
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'''Sunday 10&nbsp;July'''

''Oxegen Stage''

* '''[[Foo Fighters]]'''
* [[Keane (band)|Keane]]
* [[The Killers]]
* [[The Streets]]
* [[Audioslave]]
* [[Feeder]]
* [[The Beautiful South]]
* [[The Revs]]
|}

==2006 Festival==
[[File:Main stage at Oxegen 2006.jpg|right|thumb|The Main Stage on the Saturday of Oxegen 2006]]
{{For|main article|Oxegen 2006}}
'''Oxegen 2006''' took place at [[Punchestown Racecourse]] from 8 to 9&nbsp;July. A limited number of tickets for the festival went on sale a week after the 2005 festival on Friday 15&nbsp;July. On 20&nbsp;February the festival was launched and the first acts were officially announced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0220/oxegen.html|title=The Who, Chili Peppers to headline OXEGEN 06|date=2006-02-20|accessdate=2008-01-08|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> Tickets went on general sale on Friday 3&nbsp;March at 8&nbsp;am, with weekend camping tickets priced at €160. This allocation of tickets sold out within 48 minutes. The festival itself encountered bad weather which eclipsed previous records. There were improvements on the Sunday afternoon with sunny skies and a cool, gentle breeze ensuring a decrease in wet festival-goers.

[[The Who]] and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] headlined the festival, the former performing live in Ireland for the first time in 35 years, the latter for the fourth time in five summers. [[James Brown]] made his last ever live performance at an Irish festival and [[Arctic Monkeys]] their first festival appearance in Ireland. Also appearing were [[The Strokes]], [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]], [[Richard Ashcroft]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Editors]], [[Feeder]], [[The Kooks]], [[Kasabian]], [[Sigur Rós]], [[The Feeling]], [[The Futureheads]], [[The Go! Team]], [[The Automatic]], [[Paolo Nutini]] and [[Lily Allen]]. Irish acts to appear included [[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]], [[Damien Dempsey]], [[Republic of Loose]], [[Director (band)|Director]], [[The Marshals]], [[Sharon Shannon]], [[The Blizzards]], [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]], [[Gemma Hayes]] and [[Humanzi (band)|Humanzi]].

Security arrangements were criticised as being poor by some sections of the media. The camp-site was not free from trouble, with reports of tent-burning and an alleged stabbing on the Sunday night/Monday morning of the festival.<ref>{{Cite web 
| url = http://www.indymedia.ie/article/77264
| title = Oxegen, Poxegen: The Modern Rock and Roll Experience.
| work=IndyMedia Ireland
}}
</ref>
In the Green Room a considerable leak allowed rain into the enclosed marquee. There were 225 arrests for drugs (with 13 charged for possession with intent to supply), one alleged rape,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/now-rapeclaim-revelation-rocks-oxegen-organisers-82644.html|title=Now rape-claim revelation rocks Oxegen organisers|date=2006-08-11|accessdate=2007-12-16|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> and the ''[[Evening Herald]]'' reported that around 250 people were treated for alcohol and drug abuse. When 40 people were sent to [[Naas]] General Hospital, fears were raised of a bad batch of [[Methylenedioxymethamphetamine|ecstasy]], but no evidence of such a batch was found. A number of media outlets were threatened with legal action on their coverage of Oxegen 2006 in its aftermath. These included the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' and [[boards.ie]], where all discussion of MCD events and venues was banned.

===2006 Line-up===
''For full line-up, see [[Oxegen 2006#Stages]].''

The main acts that played the festival were:
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'''Saturday 8&nbsp;July'''

''Main Stage''

* [[James Brown]]
* '''[[The Who]]'''
* [[The Strokes]]
* [[Arctic Monkeys]]
* [[Hard-Fi]]
* [[The Magic Numbers]]
* [[Damien Dempsey]]
* [[Republic of Loose]]
* [[Sandi Thom]]
* [[The Marshals]]
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'''Sunday 9&nbsp;July'''

''Main Stage''

* '''[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]'''
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
* [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
* [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]
* [[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]]
* [[Manu Chao]]
* [[Maxïmo Park]]
* [[Director (band)|Director]]
* [[Sharon Shannon]]
|}

==2007 Festival==
{{For|main article|Oxegen 2007}}
[[File:Muse @ Oxegen 07.jpg|right|thumb|[[Muse (band)|Muse]] headlined [[Oxegen 2007|Oxegen 07]]]]
'''Oxegen '07''' took place at [[Punchestown Racecourse]] from 7 to 8&nbsp;July. The [[Live Earth]] concerts occurred around the world on the same day as the Saturday of Oxegen 2007. Tickets went on general sale at 8&nbsp;am on Friday 2 March 2007. These sold out in under seventy minutes. The price of a day ticket rose to €96.50, a weekend ticket cost €177.50, whilst the price of a weekend ticket plus camping this year rose to €197.50 (roughly the same price as a three-day [[Electric Picnic]] ticket), as compared to €160 in 2006. As in 2006, it was possible to purchase four weekend camping tickets together and receive a free car parking ticket. As with previous years, a number of pre-sale tickets without the price increase went on sale in November 2006.

The headliners were [[Muse (band)|Muse]] and [[The Killers]]. Also playing the festival were [[Arcade Fire]], [[Scissor Sisters]], [[Razorlight]], [[Bloc Party]], [[Daft Punk]],  [[Kings of Leon]], [[Brian Wilson]], [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]], [[The Kooks]], [[Mika (singer)|Mika]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[The Goo Goo Dolls]], [[Editors]], [[Klaxons]], [[Maxïmo Park]] and [[The Fratellis]]. Irish acts that played included [[The Blizzards]], [[Director (band)|Director]], [[The Thrills]], [[The Coronas]], [[David Kitt]], [[Delorentos]], [[Dirty Epics]] and [[Sinéad O'Connor]]. [[Amy Winehouse]] pulled out at the last minute<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-festivals/amy-winehouse-a-doubt-for-oxegen/spId/96FA28EA-F33F-9956-C65CA71145F2FDE9.html|title=Amy Winehouse a doubt for Oxegen|date=2007-07-05|accessdate=2007-12-16|publisher=[[MUSE.ie]]}}</ref> whilst [[The Immediate]] split up on the same day that they were announced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/the-immediate-split-up-/spId/89E50F81-F7D1-A715-417F1D3656EC3ED6.html|title=The Immediate split up!|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2007-12-16|publisher=[[MUSE.ie]]}}</ref>

===2007 Line-up===
''For full line-up, see [[Oxegen 2007#2007 Line-up]].''

The main acts that played the festival were: [http://www.oxegen.ie/line_up.php]
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|'''Saturday 12&nbsp;July''' || '''Sunday 13&nbsp;July'''
|-valign="top"
|
''Main Stage:''
* '''[[Muse (band)|Muse]]'''
* '''[[Snow Patrol]]'''
* [[Scissor Sisters]]
* [[Kings of Leon]]
* [[The Fratellis]]
* [[The Goo Goo Dolls]]
* [[Avril Lavigne]]
* [[Director (band)|Director]]
* [[The View (band)|The View]]
* [[The Cribs]]
||
''Main Stage:''
* '''[[The Killers]]'''
* [[Razorlight]]
* [[Arcade Fire]]
* [[The Kooks]]
* [[Bloc Party]]
* [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]]
* [[The Blizzards]]
* [[The Saw Doctors]]
|}
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|-
|'''Saturday 12&nbsp;July''' || '''Sunday 13&nbsp;July'''
|-valign="top"
|
''Stage 2/NME:''
* '''[[Rodrigo y Gabriela]]'''
* [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]]
* [[Maxïmo Park]]
* [[Mika (singer)|Mika]]
* [[The Gossip]]
* [[Biffy Clyro]]
* [[The Twang]]
* [[The Pigeon Detectives]]
* [[Kharma 45]]
* [[Frightened Rabbit]]
||
''Stage 2/NME:''
* '''[[Daft Punk]]'''
* [[My Chemical Romance]]
* <s>[[Amy Winehouse]]</s>*
* [[Babyshambles]]
* [[CSS (band)|CSS]]
* [[Gogol Bordello]]
* [[The Thrills]]
* [[Little Man Tate (band)|Little Man Tate]]
* [[Dogs (British band)|Dogs]]
* [[The Coronas]]
|}
:<small>* - denotes cancelled performance</small>
|}

==2008 Festival==
[[File:Oxegen '08 Logo.jpg|right|thumb]]
{{For|main article|Oxegen 2008}} '''Oxegen '08''' was a three day event,<ref name="cleaners">{{Cite news
| url = http://music.guardian.co.uk/festivals/story/0,,2290581,00.html
| title = Cleaners for festival 'had to sleep in stables'
| date = 2007-11-24
| accessdate = 2010-06-07
|work=The Guardian |location=UK
| location = London
| first = Esther | last = Addley
}}
</ref> a first for the festival. It took place from Friday 11&nbsp;July until Sunday 13&nbsp;July at [[Punchestown Racecourse]] in [[Naas]], [[County Kildare]]. Presale tickets went on sale at 8:00&nbsp;am on Friday 30&nbsp;November 2007 at a cost of €197. Actual sale tickets went on sale at 8:00&nbsp;am on Friday 7&nbsp;March 2008 but failed to sell out until 7&nbsp;May.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4552337.html|title=UPDATE: Oxegen '08 sells out as daily line-up is revealed…|date=2008-05-07|accessdate=2008-05-11|work=[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phantom.ie/content/view/1539/104/|title=Oxegen 2008 sells out…|date=2008-05-07|accessdate=2008-05-11|publisher=[[Phantom FM]]}} {{Dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref>
Extra tickets went on sale on 20&nbsp;June in “a move to combat touting”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4592129.html|title=Extra Oxegen tickets released…|date=2008-06-13|accessdate=2008-06-14|work=[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/if-its-raining-it-must-be-festival-time-1427471.html|title=If it's raining it must be festival time…|date=2008-07-04|accessdate=2008-07-17|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>

[[Kings of Leon]] were the first band to be announced on 27&nbsp;November 2007 at 5:00&nbsp;pm<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/mhmhidcwmhmh/rss2/|title=Kings of Leon confirmed for Oxegen 2008|date=2007-11-27|accessdate=2007-12-16|publisher=[[Breaking News.ie]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/news/4191|title=Kings Of Leon confirmed for Oxegen|date=2007-11-28|accessdate=2007-12-26|publisher=[[virtualfestivals.com]]}}</ref> They headlined the opening night of the festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.4ie.ie/entertainment/news.asp?newsid=52268|title=REM To Headline Oxegen Festival|date=2008-02-15|accessdate=2008-02-19|publisher=[[TheBigList]]}}</ref> On 15&nbsp;February 2008 [[R.E.M.]] were confirmed for Oxegen 2008, headlining the Saturday night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0215/oxegen.html|title=REM to headline Oxegen|date=2008-02-15|accessdate=2008-02-15|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/rockers-revealed-as-oxegen-08-headliners-1290089.html|title=Rockers revealed as Oxegen 08 headliners|date=2008-02-15|accessdate=2008-02-20|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> On 19 February at 16:29, [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[The Raconteurs]] and [[Ian Brown]] were announced on the official website,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/hail-to-the-chiefs-as-boys-line-out-with-ian-brown-for-oxegen-1292880.html|title=Hail to the Chiefs as boys line out with Ian Brown for Oxegen|date=2008-02-19|accessdate=2008-02-20|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-festivals/raconteurs-ian-brown-kaiser-chiefs-for-oxegen/spId/31C12E18-ED01-411D-2B9D8A63341FD65B.html|title=Raconteurs, Ian Brown & Kaiser Chiefs for Oxegen|date=2008-02-19|accessdate=2008-02-24|publisher=[[MUSE.ie]]}}</ref> followed by [[The Fratellis]], [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] and [[Counting Crows]] the next day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4447891.html|title=Charlatans confirmed for Oxegen|date=2008-02-20|accessdate=2008-02-21|work=[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]}}</ref> [[The Chemical Brothers]] and [[Justice (French band)|Justice]] were amongst those added on 21 February,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4448163.html|title=The Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip for Oxegen|date=2008-02-21|accessdate=2008-02-21|work=[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/hot-chip-set-for-two-irish-dates/spId/3DB8E2EC-EDDE-78C5-C79EA8D7F04DFD27.html|title=Hot Chip set for two Irish dates|date=2008-02-21|accessdate=2008-02-24|publisher=[[MUSE.ie]]}}</ref> whilst on 22 February [[Rage Against the Machine]] were the last of the headliners to be confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/oxegen-festival/34594|title=Rage Against The Machine to headline Oxegen festival|date=2008-02-22|accessdate=2008-02-22|work=NME |location=UK}}</ref> On Sunday 24 February [[The Verve]] were confirmed on the official website for an appearance at Oxegen 2008, performing last on the Main Stage on the Saturday. In the following months more bands were announced including [[Stereophonics]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4464258.html|title=Stereophonics for Oxegen|date=2008-02-25|accessdate=2008-02-27|work=[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]}}</ref> [[The Prodigy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/entertainment/mhojaugbgbmh/|title=Prodigy to play Oxegen|date=2008-02-26|accessdate=2008-02-27|work=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref> [[Panic at the Disco]], [[The Feeling]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-festivals/the-prodigy-added-to-oxegen-bill/spId/5A45EE04-A90C-98FF-63E5FE6814B94246.html|title=The Prodigy added to Oxegen bill|date=2008-02-27|accessdate=2008-02-27|publisher=[[muse.ie]]}}</ref> [[Editors]], [[Kate Nash]], [[Bowling for Soup]], [[The Hoosiers]], [[Newton Faulkner]], [[Scouting for Girls]], [[The Zutons]], [[Battles (band)|Battles]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/oxegen-festival/34826|title=Kate Nash, Richard Hawley, Editors, The Hoosiers for Oxegen 2008|date=2008-03-03|accessdate=2008-03-03|work=NME |location=UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.examiner.ie/breaking/entertainment/mhojkfeyqloj/|title=New acts added to line-up for Oxegen festival|date=2008-03-03|accessdate=2008-03-16|work=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref> [[The Wombats]], [[The Subways]], [[Ben Folds]], [[The Stranglers]], [[Amy Macdonald (singer)|Amy Macdonald]], [[Alphabeat]], [[Amy Winehouse]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-festivals/amy-winehouse-confirmed-for-oxegen/spId/79E1A388-CDF0-5885-7A8D9E345B161063.html|title=Amy Winehouse confirmed for Oxegen|date=2008-03-04|accessdate=2008-03-09|publisher=[[MUSE.ie]]}}</ref> [[The Pogues]], [[The Charlatans (UK band)|The Charlatans]], [[The Swell Season]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-festivals/glen-hansard-mark-ta-irglov-added-to-oxegen-bill/spId/849DA0B2-FC86-6ACB-798B066615BD5C75.html|title=Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová added to Oxegen bill|date=2008-03-06|accessdate=2008-03-09|publisher=[[MUSE.ie]]}}</ref> [[Manic Street Preachers]], [[Echo & the Bunnymen]], [[The Ting Tings]], [[Black Kids]], [[MGMT]], [[The Kooks]], [[Groove Armada]], [[The National (band)|The National]], [[Tricky]], [[The Go! Team]], [[Feeder]], [[The Pigeon Detectives]], [[The Enemy (UK band)|The Enemy]] and [[One Night Only (band)|One Night Only]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4554975.html|title=The National, The Go! Team and Tricky head list of Oxegen additions…|date=2008-05-16|accessdate=2008-05-16|work=[[Hot Press (magazine)|Hot Press]]}}</ref> Irish performers to play the festival included [[The Blizzards]], [[Republic of Loose]], [[Róisín Murphy]], [[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]], [[Mundy]], [[Aslan (rock band)|Aslan]], [[Paddy Casey]], [[The Coronas]], [[The Saw Doctors]], [[The Kinetiks]], [[Dirty Epics]], [[Declan O'Rourke]], [[Delorentos]], [[Future Kings of Spain]], [[Concerto For Constantine]], [[God Is an Astronaut]], [[The Script (band)|The Script]], [[Fight Like Apes]], [[Codes (band)|Codes]] and [[Oppenheimer (band)|Oppenheimer]].

In late 2008, Oxegen '08 won the "Yourope Award for Best European Festival" which was voted for by members of the public from across Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/kings-of-leon-to-hold-court-at-oxegen-1616824.html|title=Kings of Leon to hold court at Oxegen|date=2009-01-28|accessdate=2009-02-01|work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> The festival was chosen ahead of rivals such as Glastonbury, Roskilde and T in the Park.

===2008 Line-up===
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''For full line-up, see [[Oxegen 2008#Stages]].''

The main acts that played the festival were: [http://www.oxegen.ie/2008/lineup]
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|'''Friday 11&nbsp;July''' || '''Saturday 12&nbsp;July''' || '''Sunday 13&nbsp;July'''
|-valign="top"
|
''Main Stage:''
*'''[[Kings of Leon]]'''
* [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]]
* [[Editors]]
* [[Paddy Casey]]
* [[The Coronas]]
* [[Amy Macdonald (singer)|Amy Macdonald]]
||
''Main Stage:''
* '''[[R.E.M.]]'''
* [[The Verve]]
* [[Stereophonics]]
* [[Amy Winehouse]]
* [[Counting Crows]]
* [[Newton Faulkner]]
* [[Scouting for Girls]]
* [[Bowling for Soup]]
||
''Main Stage:''
* '''[[Rage Against the Machine]]'''
* [[Kaiser Chiefs]]
* [[The Fratellis]]
* [[The Kooks]]
* [[The Blizzards]]
* [[The Feeling]]
* [[Eddy Grant]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Friday 11 July''' || '''Saturday 12 July''' || '''Sunday 13 July'''
|-valign="top"
|
''The O2 Stage:''
* '''[[Groove Armada]]'''
* [[The Go! Team]]
* [[Ben Folds]]
* [[Deus (band)|dEUS]]
* [[Sugababes]]
* [[Future Kings of Spain]]
||
''The O2 Stage:''
* '''[[The Prodigy]]'''
* [[The Zutons]]
* [[Feeder]]
* [[Panic at the Disco]]
* [[The Enemy (UK band)|The Enemy]]
* [[The Hoosiers]]
* [[The Wombats]]
* [[Powderfinger]]
* [[One Night Only (band)|One Night Only]]
* <s>[[Little Man Tate]]</s>*
||
''The O2 Stage:''
* '''[[The Chemical Brothers]]'''
* [[The Raconteurs]]
* [[Republic of Loose]]
* [[Kate Nash]]
* [[The Pigeon Detectives]]
* [[We Are Scientists]]
* [[The Courteeners]]
* [[The Subways]]
|}
:<small>* - denotes cancelled performance</small>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Friday 11 July''' || '''Saturday 12 July''' || '''Sunday 13 July'''
|-valign="top"
|
''Green Room:''
* '''[[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]]'''
* [[Mundy]]
* [[Aslan (rock band)|Aslan]]
* [[Captain (band)|Captain]]
* [[The Saw Doctors]]
* [[The Kinetiks]]
* [[Dirty Epics]]
||
''Green Room:''
* '''[[Manic Street Preachers]]'''
* [[The Charlatans (UK band)|The Charlatans]]
* [[Pendulum (band)|Pendulum]]
* [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
* [[Vampire Weekend]]
* [[British Sea Power]]
* [[The Ting Tings]]
* [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]]
* [[Delays]]
* [[Concerto For Constantine]]
||
''Green Room:''
* '''[[Ian Brown]]'''
* [[The Pogues]]
* [[Tom Baxter]]
* [[Reverend and the Makers]]
* [[Jack Peñate]]
* [[Alabama 3]]
* [[The Stranglers]]
* [[The Hold Steady]]
* [[The Whigs]]
* [[Saki Cult]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Friday 11 July''' || '''Saturday 12 July''' || '''Sunday 13 July'''
|-valign="top"
|
''Pet Sounds:''
* '''[[Cat Power]]'''
* [[Aphex Twin]]
* [[Tricky]]
* [[Battles (band)|Battles]]
* [[God Is an Astronaut]]
||
''Pet Sounds:''
* '''[[The National (band)|The National]]'''
* [[Hot Chip]]
* [[Richard Hawley]]
* [[Seasick Steve]]
* [[Declan O'Rourke]]
* [[Paul Heaton]]
* [[My Morning Jacket]]
* [[Camille O'Sullivan]]
* [[Jack McManus (singer)|Jack McManus]]
||
''Pet Sounds:''
* '''[[Glen Hansard]]''' & '''[[Markéta Irglová]]'''
* [[Róisín Murphy]]
* [[Band of Horses]]
* [[MGMT]]
* [[Delorentos]]
* [[Lightspeed Champion]]
* [[David Jordan (singer)|David Jordan]]
* [[Ryan Bingham]]
|}

==2009 Festival==
[[File:Blur @ Oxegen 09.JPG|right|thumb|[[Damon Albarn]] and [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]] of [[Blur (band)|Blur]] on the Main Stage as the band headline Oxegen '09.]]

{{Main|Oxegen 2009}}
'''Oxegen '09''' took place over three days<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2009/0130/1232923374641.html|title=Five Oxegen '09 acts announced|date=2009-01-30|accessdate=2009-01-30|work=The Irish Times }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5231382.html|title=Oxegen curfew rumours dismissed|date=2009-01-30|accessdate=2009-02-01|work=[[Hot Press]]|subscription=yes}} (subscription required)</ref> between 10&ndash;12&nbsp;July with [[Kings of Leon]], [[Snow Patrol]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]] and [[The Killers]] headlining.

===2009 Line-up===
The following are condensed tables of the line-up. For more details, see: [[Oxegen 2009#2009 Line-up]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Friday 10 July|| Saturday 11 July|| Sunday 12 July
|-valign="top"
|''Main Stage:''
* '''[[Blur (band)|Blur]]'''
* '''[[Snow Patrol]]'''
* [[The Script]]
* [[Lily Allen]]
* [[James (band)|James]]
* [[The Coronas]]
* [[The Artane Band]] & [[The Brilliant Things]]
||
''Main Stage:''
* '''[[Kings of Leon]]'''
* [[Bloc Party]]
* [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]
* [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]]
* [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]]
* [[The Blizzards]]
* [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]]
* [[The Saw Doctors]]
||
''Main Stage:''
* '''[[The Killers]]'''
* [[Razorlight]]
* [[The Specials]]
* [[Paolo Nutini]]
* [[Lady GaGa]]
* [[Calvin Harris]]
* [[Ocean Color Scene]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Friday 10 July|| Saturday 11 July|| Sunday 12 July
|-valign="top"
|''The O2 Stage:''
* '''[[Keane (band)|Keane]]'''
* [[Pendulum (band)|Pendulum]]
* [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]]
* [[Therapy?]]
* [[The Answer (band)|The Answer]]
* [[Telegraphs (band)|Telegraphs]]
||
''The O2 Stage:''
* '''[[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]'''
* [[Doves (band)|Doves]]
* [[The Mars Volta]]
* [[Maxïmo Park]]
* [[Eagles of Death Metal]]
* [[The Game (rapper)|<s>The Game</s>]]
* [[The Gaslight Anthem]]
* [[Red Light Company]]
||
''The O2 Stage:''
* '''[[Nine Inch Nails]]'''
* [[Jane's Addiction]]
* [[The Ting Tings]]
* [[Katy Perry]]
* [[White Lies (band)|White Lies]]
* [[Starsailor (band)|Starsailor]]
* [[You Me At Six]]
* [[The Horrors]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Friday 10 July||Saturday 11 July|| Sunday 12 July
|-valign="top"
||''Heineken Green Spheres:''
* '''[[2 Many DJ's]]'''
* [[Republic of Loose]]
* [[Mogwai]]
* [[Fight Like Apes]]
* [[Dreadzone]]
* [[God Is An Astronaut]]
* [[Dirty Epics]]
||
''Heineken Green Spheres:''
* [[Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club]]
* '''[[Pet Shop Boys]]'''
* [[TV on the Radio]]
* [[Pete Doherty]]
* [[Regina Spektor]]
* [[The Saturdays]]
* [[Daniel Merriweather]]
* [[Gary Go]]
* [[Fred (band)|Fred]]
||
''Heineken Green Spheres:''
* '''[[Manic Street Preachers]]'''
* '''[[Glasvegas]]'''
* [[Jason Mraz]]
* [[Foals]]
* [[Friendly Fires]]
* [[That Petrol Emotion]]
* [[Noisettes]]
* [[Iglu & Hartly]]
|}

==2010 Festival==
[[File:Oxegen 2010 logo.jpg|right]]
{{Main|Oxegen 2010}}
'''Oxegen 2010''' was held between 9&ndash;11 July in Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Ireland.<ref name="Oxegen 2010 dates revealed">{{Cite web
| url= http://www.hotpress.com/news/Oxegen%202010%20dates%20revealed/5716707.html
| title= Oxegen 2010 dates revealed
| date= 2009-07-23
|work=Hot Press
| accessdate= 2009-07-25
}}
</ref> [[Eminem]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[Arcade Fire]], [[Jay-Z]], [[The Black Eyed Peas]], [[Kasabian]], [[The Prodigy]], [[Fatboy Slim]], [[Florence and the Machine]], [[Paolo Nutini]], [[Faithless]], [[Editors]], [[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]], [[Stereophonics]], <strike>[[Wolfmother]]*</strike>, [[David Guetta]], [[Dizzee Rascal]], [[Doves (band)|Doves]], [[Julian Casablancas]], [[The Stranglers]], [[Earth, Wind & Fire]], [[Echo & the Bunnymen]], <strike>[[John Mayer]]**</strike>, [[The Cribs]], [[The Overview]], [[Hot Chip]], [[Calvin Harris]], [[Republic of Loose]], [[Newton Faulkner]], [[The Temper Trap]], [[Empire of the Sun]], [[Goldfrapp]], [[Gossip (band)|Gossip]], [[La Roux]], [[Rise Against]], [[Ocean Colour Scene]], [[The Coral]], [[The Coronas]], [[The Courteeners]], [[Broken Social Scene]], [[Vampire Weekend]], [[Mumford and Sons]], [[Ellie Goulding]], [[Laura Marling]], [[Two Door Cinema Club]], [[Scouting for Girls]], [[The Middle East (band)|The Middle East]], [[Armand Van Helden]], [[Steve Angello]], [[Simian Mobile Disco]], [[Erol Alkan]], [[Jamie T]], [[Steve Aoki]], [[A-Trak]] and [[Aeroplane]] are among the acts set to perform.

Oxegen 2010 was scheduled to be Arcade Fire's first Irish appearance since performing in the [[Phoenix Park]] and was their first 2010 European show to be confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Oxegen%202010/news/Arcade-Fire--Fatboy-Slim-added-to-Oxegen-lineup/6301412.html|title=Arcade Fire & Fatboy Slim added to Oxegen line-up|date=2010-03-08|accessdate=2010-03-08|work=[[Hot Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/arcade-fire/50112|title=Arcade Fire announce European festival appearance|date=2010-03-08|accessdate=2010-03-08|work=NME |location=UK}}</ref> Bell X1 are to give their only Irish performance of the summer at the event on 11&nbsp;July.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.hotpress.com/news/Bell-X1-announce-Oxegen-appearance/6460186.html |title=Bell X1 announce Oxegen appearance|date=2010-04-28|accessdate=2010-04-28|work=[[Hot Press]]}}</ref> Biffy Clyro have been added as well as Plan B and Kids In Glass Houses. Barry "The Blender" Henderson (of "I Am Fighter" fame) will also be making an appearance.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}
Jedward will not be appearing at the festival***.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2010/02/23/the-first-name-on-the-oxegen-10-bill-and-its-not-jedward/|title=The first names on the Oxegen ‘10 bill – and there’s no sign of Jedward|last=Carroll|first=Jill|date=2010-02-23|work=The Irish Times |accessdate=2010-06-08}}</ref> [[Control Thieves]] will not be making an appearance at this years festival.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} Irish band [[The Overview]] are also rumoured to be a late addition to the line-up.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Wolfmother were forced to cancel all their summer European dates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Wolfmother/news/Wolfmother-pull-out-of-summer-festival-appearances/6537484.html|title=Wolfmother pull out of summer festival appearances|date=2010-06-01|accessdate=2010-06-01|work=[[Hot Press]]}}</ref>
<nowiki>**</nowiki> John Mayer withdrew his set from the festival due to an undisclosed illness.<ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0707/1224274190711.html</ref>
<nowiki>***</nowiki>

===2010 Line-up===

'''Main Stage'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Friday 9 July || Saturday 10 July || Sunday 11 July
|-valign="top"
|
*'''[[Arcade Fire]]'''
*[[Jay-Z]]
*[[Stereophonics]]
*[[Vampire Weekend]]
*[[The Black Keys]]
*[[The Coronas]]
*[[Eliza Doolittle]]
||
*'''[[Muse (band)|Muse]]'''
*[[Kasabian]]
*[[Dizzee Rascal]]
*[[Florence & the Machine]]
*[[Biffy Clyro]]
*[[Two Door Cinema Club]]
*[[The Stranglers]]
||
*'''[[Eminem]]'''
*[[Faithless]]
*[[Paolo Nutini]]
*[[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]]
*[[Newton Faulkner]]
*[[Earth, Wind & Fire]]
*[[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
|}

'''Vodafone Stage'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Friday 9 July || Saturday 10 July || Sunday 11 July
|-valign="top"
|
*'''[[Fatboy Slim]]'''
*[[Groove Armada]]
*[[Scouting for Girls]]
*[[Plan B (British musician)|Plan B]]
*[[Republic of Loose]]
*[[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]
*[[Fox Avenue]]
||
*'''[[The Black Eyed Peas]]'''
*[[Doves (band)|Doves]]
*[[Editors]]
*[[The Cribs]]
*[[Rise Against]]
*[[Tinariwen]]
*[[Kids in Glass Houses]]
||
*'''[[The Prodigy]]'''
*[[30 Seconds to Mars]]
*[[The Temper Trap]]
*[[Joshua Radin]]
*[[D12]]
*[[Professor Green]]
*[[The Knux]]
|}

'''Heineken Green Spheres Stage'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Friday 9 July || Saturday 10 July || Sunday 11 July
|-valign="top"
|
*'''[[David Guetta]]'''
*[[Goldfrapp]]
*[[Empire of the Sun (band)|Empire of the Sun]]
*[[The Coral]]
*[[Delorentos]]
*[[God Is an Astronaut]]
*Kassidy
||
*'''[[Calvin Harris]]'''
*[[Hot Chip]]
*[[Gossip (band)|Gossip]]
*[[La Roux]]
*[[Cathy Davey]]
*[[Ellie Goulding]]
*[[Wallis Bird]]
*[[Panama Kings]]
||
*'''[[Mumford & Sons]]'''
*[[Ocean Colour Scene]]
*[[The Courteeners]]
*[[Jamie T]]
*[[We Are Scientists]]
*[[Kate Nash]]
*[[Diana Vickers]]
*[[General Fiasco]]
|}

==2011 Festival==
{{Main|Oxegen 2011}}
'''Oxegen 2011''' has been scheduled for between 7&ndash;10 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas, County Kildare in Ireland. [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[The Black Eyed Peas]], [[Paolo Nutini]] and [[Foo Fighters]] are scheduled to play.

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.oxegen.ie '''Official Oxegen site''']
* {{myspace|name=Oxegen|id=oxegenfestival}}
* [http://www.oxegen.ie/2008/OXEGEN_08_Guide.pdf Official OXEGEN 08 Guide]
* [http://www.mcd.ie MCD, Oxegen's Promoters]
* [http://www.jazzbiscuit.com/2008/07/14/oxegen-pictures-videos-links/ Jazz Biscuit links to Oxegen'08]
* [http://www.electric-circus.net/20090417193/News/Main-News/oxegen-v-electric-picnic Oxegen V Electric Picnic 2009, FIGHT!]
* [http://www.kellytravel.ie 'Public Bus Service From Limerick & Cork']
* [http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/oxegen_festival_ireland_t_in_t_21072008_0107.aspx Daily Music Guide - 2008 Oxegen Festival Review]
* [http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Festivals/oxegen-festival-2009-ticket-price-freeze-23022009-1030.aspx Daily Music Guide - 2009 Oxegen Festival News]

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