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Wales Online
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
The best pictures as thousands brave the rain at In It Together 2025
Thousands of festival-goers gathered for an incredibly rainy weekend full of good music, good food and good company at Margam's In It Together festival. We saw headline gigs from the Kaiser Chiefs, Becky Hill and Ronan Keating as well as other big names like James Morrison, Pixie Lott and Jax Jones. The festival in Margam had those attending on the edge of their seats as they had several surprise mystery guests appearing across the weekend, including English singer/songwriter Example. The second mystery guest was Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones who popped on the main stage to say hello and introduce mystery guest, The Greatest Showman star Keala Settle. We were very lucky to meet a few of you lovely lot and hear all about your time at the festival, so here are a few images of In It Together 2025.
Irish Examiner
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
More than 40 acts added to Electric Picnic lineup
More than 40 new acts have been added to the lineup for Electric Picnic - with organisers also confirming an expansion in capacity for the Stradbally festival. English superstar Becky Hill has been named as the final headliner, helping to close out the weekend on Sunday alongside Kings Of Leon. Other headliners who were previously announced include Hozier, Chappell Roan, Sam Fender and Fatboy Slim. Friday saw an addition of 45 acts for the festivities in August, including international stars Confidence Man, The Kooks, Lord Huron, Barry Can't Swim and Conan Gray. Plenty of Irish names were also added to the bill, including Amble, Kingfishr, Bell X1, Maverick Sabre, The Academic, Orla Gartland, Aaron Rowe and new kid on the block KhakiKid! Fresh off appearing at Eurovision, Tommy Cash will rock up in Stradbally, as will the Dutch act from 2024 Joost. We're over the moon to announce 40+ names have just been added to your Electric Picnic 2025 line-up 🎪✨ We can't wait to see you all down in Stradbally for the best weekend of the summer 🎶⚡ Only 98 days to go! — Electric Picnic (@EPfestival) May 23, 2025 This year's Electric Picnic returns to its end of summer slot, having been moved to an earlier weekend in 2024. It will take place from August 29 to 31 to an increased capacity of 80,000 at Stradbally Estate, an increase of 5,000 on 2024. Picnic fan favourites are set to return, including the Trailer Park, Croí, Salty Dog, Providencia, and Fish Town.
Irish Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Electric Picnic 2025: More acts added to line-up as capacity increases again
English singer-songwriter Becky Hill has joined the line-up for this year's Electric Picnic, organisers said on Friday. Hill joins Chappell Roan, Kings of Leon, Sam Fender, Fatboy Slim and Bray's Hozier as headliners for the August event. Other acts announced on Friday include The Kooks, Conan Gray, Confidence Man, Suki Waterhouse and Biig Piig. This year's festival has plenty of Irish acts too, including Orla Gartland – who this week beat Fontaines DC to win best song at the Ivor Novello awards in London – KhakiKid, Amble, Bell X1, Kingfishr, The Academic, Maverick Sabre and Mundy. READ MORE Fresh off the Eurovision train is Tommy Cash, who finished third for Estonia with his song Espresso Macchiato, as well as the Netherlands' Joost, who was excluded from last year's final following allegations of threatening behaviour to a woman camera operator. Swedish authorities later announced that he would not be prosecuted for the alleged incident. In Terminus, the festival's large techno and dance tent, Ewan McVicar, AZYR, Girls Don't Sync, Holy Priest, Sim0ne and Puzzy Wrangler will perform over the weekend. We're over the moon to announce 40+ names have just been added to your Electric Picnic 2025 line-up 🎪✨ We can't wait to see you all down in Stradbally for the best weekend of the summer 🎶⚡ Only 98 days to go! — Electric Picnic (@EPfestival) Electric Picnic returns to its usual end-of-summer slot this year, from August 29th-31st. It took place on the earlier dates of August 16th-18th last year and was the largest in the festival's history. Capacity grew from 70,000 in 2023 to 75,000 in 2024. This year, capacity has increased once again as organisers have said they will be welcoming 80,000 people to the 600-acre Stradbally Estate in Co Laois.
The Irish Sun
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Great selections, can't wait', fans cry as Electric Picnic confirm full line-up with huge pop star added as headliner
ELECTRIC Picnic has finally revealed its full line-up for this summer's festival - and it has sent fans into a frenzy. Chart-toppers, rising stars and home-grown talent are all heading to Stradbally, Co 4 Electric Picnic have revealed the full line-up for this summer's festival Credit: PA:Press Association 4 Becky Hill will be taking to the main stage on Sunday Credit: Getty Images - Getty 4 An additional 45 acts have been added to the line-up Hozier and Chappell Roan are set to kick things off on Friday, with Kings of Leon will bring the weekend to a close with their headline set on Sunday. And organisers have now confirmed Becky Hill will be joining as the final headliner on Sunday. READ MORE ON ELECTRIC PICNIC An extra 45 acts were added to the line-up today with a huge mix of global names and Irish favourites. Festival-goers can expect big performances from international stars like Conan Gray, The Kooks, Lord Huron, These artist will join a huge number of home-grown talent such as Kingfishr, Amble, The Academic, Khakikid, Mundy, Aaron Rowe and Orla Gartland. Also hitting the stage across the weekend are Self Esteem, Pretty Girl, Barry Can't Swim, Alessi Rose and many more. MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN Also joining him on the line-up is Dutch Eurovision favourite Joost. Chappell Roan shocks fans by revealing she auditioned for The Voice before finding fame - and did NOT make it on show Terminus will be bringing high-energy sets from the likes of AZYR, DJ Heartstring, Ewan McVicar, Girls Don't Sync, Holy Priest and much more. Festival favourites such as Provedencia, Croi, Trailer Park, Fish Town, Salty Dog and Mindfield are all making a return. Electric Picnic is set to take place from August 29 to 31 on the fields of the Estate. Fans couldn't believe what they were seeing when the line-up was announced, as they raced to the comments to share their excitement. 'AMAZING' One fan said: "Amazing." Orla wrote: "Great selections, I can't wait though." Another added: "Yesss Tommy Cash and Joost." Irish punters snapped up the But fear not, the very last batch of tickets will be made available through the Three Last Chance offering. The tickets will only be purchasable through the Three+ app once the final round of acts has been announced. 4 Fans have said they 'can't wait' Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Irish Independent
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Over 40 acts added to Electric Picnic line-up including The Kooks, Becky Hill and Eurovision stars
The largest festival in the country, which already sold out months in advance, will take place in Stradbally, Co Laois, from August 29 to 31. Top international acts like Becky Hill, Confidence Man, The Kooks and Lord Huron have been added to the line-up, while Eurovision fans who rated Estonia's entry 'Espresso Macchiato' will be able to see Tommy Cash on stage this summer, joined by last year's Dutch entry Joost. Other acts who will be taking to the stage include Conan Gray and Irish stars like Amble, Kingfishr, Bell X1, Maverick Sabre, The Academic and Aaron Rowe. Around 80,000 people are expected to descend on the 600-acre Stradbally Estate this summer, with a new wave of acts like Suki Waterhouse, Biig Piig, Maribou State, Montell and Barry Can't Swim to join them. The first five headline acts were revealed in March, with Hozier returning to the festival on Friday alongside Chappell Roan, who has soared to mega-stardom and recently won a Grammy. Brit Award winner Sam Fender will take to the main stage on Saturday off the back of his chart-topping third album, followed by the iconic DJ Fatboy Slim and his biggest hits like 'Praise You' and 'Right Here, Right Now'. The fifth headliner announced today is Kings of Leon, who will make their Electric Picnic debut on the Sunday of the festival. Tickets for the 2025 festival completely sold out last August, just days after the 2024 event which featured Kylie Minogue, Noah Kahan, Calvin Harris, The Wolfe Tones, who drew a record-breaking crowd to the Electric Tent the year prior, and Kneecap.
