Canadian icons Arcade Fire are to make a triumphant return to Electric Picnic this summer after their seminal 2005 performance at the festival, it was confirmed today.

Tickets for this year's Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, Co Laois, are going on sale from 9am this morning.

Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs and Radiohead have recorded an album for the charity War Child.

Coldplay are to end their Twisted Logic world tour this year in Belfast’s Odyssey arena, it emerged today.