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01st Feb 2013

Festival Fans Rejoice – Oxegen IS Coming Back

Wellies and tent at the ready, the big-name festival is returning for 2013

Rebecca McKnight

Oxegen WILL be back this year.

MCD chief Denis Desmond has announced that the popular festival is to return to the Irish summer line-up this year, after a break in 2012.

There are some changes in store, however. Oxegen will be scaled back to a two-day festival, and will now take place in August instead of its traditional July spot.

Oxegen 2013 is scheduled for August 3rd and 4th, and the line-up is due to be announced in late February.

Traditionally Oxegen shared many of the same headliners as T in the Park, usually held on the same weekend in the UK, but the change of dates means that this crossover is now unlikely. This year’s headliners for T in the Park include Mumford & Sons, Rihanna and The Killers.

In 2011 The Black Eyed Peas, Foo Fighters, Coldplay and Beyonce were among the main attractions at Oxegen.

Beyonce on stage at Oxegen 2011

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