THAT his gigs this weekend are his first in Ireland in seven years is a shock to John Harold Arnold Bramwell, the song-writing linchpin of the enigmatic I Am Kloot.

More acts have today been announced to play the Electric Picnic arts and music festival this September.

Chart veteran Paul Weller will tonight take on past winner Dizzee Rascal and hotly-tipped acts such as The xx to claim the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

Chart veteran Paul Weller was today shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize for the first time in 16 years – and will battle it out with past winner Dizzee Rascal.