Burning down the house at Electric Picnic

Thirty-five thousand music and arts lovers packed the Stradbally estate in Co Laois for last weekend’s Electric Picnic.

The 2013 festival will largely be remembered as a good’un. The sun shone, the line-up was eclectic, and most present could not help but enjoy themselves — though there were some regrettable incidents, the most tragic of which was the death of a young man on Friday night.

The two musical highlights of the festival were the performances by Bjork on Saturday night and David Byrne with St Vincent on Sunday.