A healthy spread at the Picnic

Three hours of The Cure might have been a bit much, but the bill at Stradbally was certainly eclectic, says Sorcha Coleman

WITH the demise of Oxegen, Electric Picnic flew the flag for the big, three-day music festival this summer. The pressure was on, and all the more so when the mouthy Azealia Banks — one of the headliners — cancelled.

But there were dozen of other acts, Irish and international, on the bill at Stradbally, Co Laois, along with the Body & Soul, Mindfield and children’s programmes that have expanded Electric Picnic’s demographic to include even young families.