Oxegen dance stage line-up confirmed

By Ken Rooney

MCD have announced the completed line-up for the dance stage at this year’s Oxegen festival at Punchestown Racecourse.

In a departure from previous festivals, 2005 will see house music DJs headline this section of the event. Ibiza legend Erick Morillo is set to top the bill at Saturday’s Dance Stage, with the Deep Dish bringing Sunday’s event to a close.

Continuing the house music theme, prolific Cork production duo Fish Go Deep enjoy the highest billing of the Irish dance acts over the two days. Other Irish acts confirmed for the festival include hip-hop DJ Frank Jez, as well as Scott McNaughton, Al Gibbs and Hugh Scully.

They will be joining an impressive array of international bands and DJs set to grace the Dance Arena including Death in Vegas, Two Lone Swordsmen, Slam, Silicone Soul and acclaimed Scottish producer Mylo.

Following the success of Wu Tang Clan at last year’s event, rap superstar Snoop Dogg has also recently been confirmed to perform at the festival. Kaiser Chiefs and Jimmy Eats World have also been added as the overall festival line-up rapidly nears completion.

The Oxegen festival will be taking place on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 July. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster outlets.

The complete Dance Stage line up is as follows:

Saturday, July 9

Erick Morillo

Mylo

Two Lone Swordsmen

Slam

Black Strobe

Fish Go Deep & Tracey K

Brother J

Frank Jez

Hugh Scully

Sunday, July 10

Deep Dish

LCD Sound System

Jacques Le Cont

Death in Vegas

Silicone Soul

Infadels

Nic Fanculli

Brother J

Paul Taylor

Scott McNaughton

Al Gibbs.