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free! OXEGEN SURVIVAL GUIDE Check out the Insider Tips
Oxegen Line-up ‘10
Friday 9th July Saturday 10th July Sunday 11th July
Main Stage Arcade Fire, Jay-Z, Muse, Kasabian, Florence + Eminem, Faithless, Paolo Nutini,
Stereophonics, Vampire The Machine, Dizzee Rascal, Bell X1, Newton Faulkner,
Weekend, The Black Keys, John Mayer, Biffy Clyro, Earth Wind & Fire, Echo & The
The Coronas, Eliza Doolittle The Stranglers Bunnymen
Vodafone Stage Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, The Black Eyed Peas, Doves, The Prodigy, 30 Seconds To Mars,
Scouting For Girls, Plan B, Editors, The Cribs, Rise Against, The Temper Trap, Joshua Radin,
Republic Of Loose, Drake, Two Door Cinema Club, D12, Professor Green, The Knux
Fox Avenue Tinariwen, Kids In Glass Houses
Heineken Green Spheres David Guetta, Goldfrapp, Empire Calvin Harris, Hot Chip, Gossip, Mumford & Sons, Ocean Colour
Of The Sun, The Coral, Delorentos, La Roux, Cathy Davey, Ellie Scene, The Courteeners, Jamie
God Is An Astronaut, Kassidy Goulding, Wallis Bird, T, We Are Scientists, Kate Nash,
Panama Kings Diana Vickers, General Fiasco
2FM/Hot Press Academy Stage Villagers, Frightened Rabbit, Ash, Kele, Bombay Bicycle Julian Casablancas, Laura
Shed Seven, O Emperor, Club, Yeasayer, Hurts, Mayer Marling, Hilltop Hoods, Mystery
Joe Echo, Lissie, Sweet Jane Hawthorne, 3OH!3, Chapel Club, Jets, The High Kings, Example,
Daisy Dares You, Matthew P The Middle East, Rachel Furner
Red Bull Music Academy Chipmunk, Tinie Tempah, The Drums, Dirty Projectors, Broken Social Scene, Delphic,
Gabriella Cilmi, Darwin Deez, Wild Beasts, Alex Metric (live), Hudson Mohawke, Jamie Lidell,
MemoryHouse, Colm K, Jackmaster, Space Dimension Local Natives, Cecile, Robot Koch,
Andreya Triana, The Capitals Controller, Illum Sphere, Planet Parade
The Minutes
Dance Arena Simian Mobile Disco (DJ Set), Armand Van Helden, A-Trak, Steve Angello, Chase & Status,
Erol Alkan, Vitalic, Aeroplane, Steve Aoki, Louis La Roche, Villa, Fake Blood, Jesse Rose,
Fred Falke, Primary 1, Ou Est Le French Horn Rebellion, Bitches The Golden Filter, Popof, Al Gibbs,
Swimming Pool, Dublin Streets, With Wolves, David E. Sugar, Vogue
DJ Gordo & Church Amasis
Line-up subject to changeBecause you Never Know What
s t i val you Might Forget...
Fe ival
Surv de • Bog Roll. The best • Toothbrush & Toothpaste.
Gui festival currency: the truly A dodgy set of chops will
desperate will trade just make condoms totally
about anything for a few redundant.
clean sheets.
• Sun Block. The sun can
• Baby Wipes and Hand turn a crowd into a human
Cleansing Gel. barbecue, so bring plenty
A good festival should be one of the best experiences of Baby wipes are the festival of sun cream and keep
your life, but get it wrong and it can turn into a nightmare. equivalent of a bath but for lashing it on unless you like
you hygienic types there are being a human lobster.
Fionn Davenport, music DJ, radio presenter and travel writer, FREE showers at Oxegen!
has some tips to get you through, whether you’re a day tripper • Tickets. You’d be surprised.
or a happy camper… • Plasters. In case you trip
• Don’t bring... Umbrellas
over a tent rope or those
into the arena, gas, glass
bargain wellies pinch at
bottles, medication in
the heels.
unmarked containers,
• Condoms. If you want gazebos, marquees or
to avoid life-changing animals, even if your kitty
conversations three months can headbang!
after the festival when the
special love you made is but
a lingering memory.
Insider Tip I always keep a cool little torch
around my neck. You never
conversation starter if you
meet some people in need
Sinister Pete
Phantom FM
# 1 know when it’ll come in handy
and it’s a particularly good
of light!Looking Good? Transport
Dressing for festival high- • Socks. Bring plenty. Wet Taking the car means • Taking the Car. If you can’t
fashion will only give you feet are crap. loooong delays and the live without your wheels for
grief! This is no place for inevitable dampener on your the weekend, car parking
your best clobber – think less • Sun Hat. Sunstroke is like
pre-festival high spirits. Keep is available at the concert
catwalk and more mud-pit. a really bad hangover and
your weekend hassle free and site. Check out Oxegen.
the worst flu you’ll ever
hop on a bus. ie for car park details and
• Shades. To avoid squinting get... at the same time.
directions.
at the stage if it’s sunny and Anything’ll do. (Except for a
• Busing it? Dublin Bus and
to disguise the fact you jester’s hat, which will just • Park ‘n’ Ride. There will
Bus Éireann will be running
haven’t slept in 24 hours. look stupid.) be a Park ‘n’ Ride facility at
a return transfer service to
Goffs (off Junction 8, N7).
• Ladies – The Essentials: Punchestown from Dublin
• Rain Poncho. Better than Drive there or get dropped
dry shampoo, waterproof City Centre, check out www.
the glorified bin liner they off and you can get a FREE
makeup or go barefaced, dublinbus.ie or www.cie.ie
(sometimes) give out at shuttle bus to Oxegen!
deodorant, a bag that goes for details. And don’t forget
the festival.
across your body and a to book them in advance. • Car Pool. Meet new mates
• Something Warm. You sense of humour, you’re and do your bit for the
• If you’re travelling from
might be hot during the day, not gonna look your best so environment. Visit
outside Dublin, Kelly Travel
but those nights can get relax and enjoy! Oxegen.ie to find out how.
will be running direct bus
pretty chilly.
services to Oxegen from • Exhaustion. Fatigue can
• Wellies. Regardless of Cork, Tipperary, Limerick seriously affect your ability
weather reports this is and Galway – check out to drive safely. This year
essential festival footwear. www.kellytravel.ie for pick the campsite and car parks
Flip flops are just flops up points and booking will be open until 6pm on
when it’s raining. information. Monday so take your time
heading home.
Insider Tip To blag your way backstage,
carry a bag of oranges and
the hell can you get fresh
oranges on a festival site at a
Fionn Davenport
# 2 a hassled look: tell security
that you should have gotten
moment’s notice? Or be really
good-looking and nonchalant.
them hours before but where I generally go with the oranges.Hungry?
• Behind the Wheel. If you’re one standard drink – that’s Long gone are the days when • 24 Hours. This year loads
used to a car, then a busy half a pint or a glass of festival-goers only option was of food outlets will be open
road isn’t the best place wine or a pub measure a burger and chips. Whether around the clock including
to try driving a campervan of spirits – per hour. No you’re a fan of traditional two 24 hour Centras.
for the first time. Get some matter how badly you need Irish fare or have more exotic Nothing makes drinking
practice first! your duvet, do the maths tastes, you’ll be spoilt for a disaster more than an
and if in doubt – wait it out. choice. Even veggies and empty stomach so stock up.
• Breath-testing. Random
sweet teeth are catered for.
tests are commonplace • Special Needs. The special • Dry Foods. Better
along the festival routes; needs campsite has nearby something that won’t go
Whether bringing your own
failing one isn’t really a parking available. For off, get mushy or grow
food or indulging in festival
good way of celebrating more information on the green stuff; so no meats,
fare remember to keep it dry
the weekend. facilities available contact bananas or cheese.
and keep it green.
specialneeds@oxegen.ie
• The Morning After the • Cleaning Up. In a green-
or call the Special Needs
Night Before. By festival field site? Help keep
Hotline on 0818 715658.
end you’ll be looking it that way. Clean up
forward to your own bed, a after yourself and take
hot shower and four walls. everything with you –
And while you might feel including your rubbish.
fine you could still be over
the legal limit to drive. Your
body gets rid of roughly
Insider Tip … Showering might be way
down on the list, so bring a dry
chip-shop greasy hair look. It
comes in a mini on the go size
Niamh O’Reilly
Editor of BeautyCouture.ie
# 3 shampoo like Baptiste. It is a and smells fab.
life-saver and will minimise theThirsty?
Of course most people will • Pace Yourself. Drink water • Hair of the Dog. It won’t • Beer Goggles. Want a
have a drink – it’s all part of or a soft drink every few beat your hangover, it just weekend to regret? Then
the festival atmosphere and drinks. You will feel better, prolongs the agony. let the booze do the
alcohol can add to the fun by look better and have a chatting up for you.
• The Secret to Sobering Up?
helping you relax. better chance of lasting
Time. Yeah, time! Whether • No Strange Mixers!
the course!
sitting in a tent or standing Don’t accept a drink from
• Water. Bring as much of
• Eat Something. Nothing in a field, it’ll take roughly a stranger or leave yours
it as you can. Alcohol will
will make drinking two hours for your body unattended – you never
seriously dehydrate you
a disaster more than an to break down one pint of know what you’re getting
and even a clouded sun will
empty stomach. booze. Nothing – not tea, or what could have been
make it worse.
Eat before you drink. energy drinks, burgers and put in it.
• Drink at Least One Litre chips or an ice cold shower
• Wrecked? Getting drunk • Go Online. There’s plenty
Per Day. There are plenty – can speed up this process.
isn’t pretty or smart. You’ll of info about drinking and
of free top up taps, but do
just wreck the weekend for alcohol consumption at
so at night – the morning
your mates if they have drinkaware.ie
queues are horrendous.
to look after you when
• No Glass. The amount of you’re the worse for wear.
liquids confiscated at the Remember: over-doing
gates could quench the it will do nothing for your
thirst of a small town. looks either – you’re drop- = or or
Bring plastic containers dead gorgeous until you
and bottles (without lids). drop down drunk. A glass of stout / lager / cider (284ml)
A small glass of wine (100ml)
A pub measure of spirits (35.5ml)
Insider Tip … Earplugs are a must – at
some festivals security men
speakers, but you’ll need them
most when that clever man
Hotpress Magazine
# 4 hand them out free to punters
who get too close to the
starts blasting Fatboy Slim’s
‘Renegade Master’ at 8am in
the morning.Happy Campers
The ‘wherever I lay my hat’ • Pitch it when you Arrive. • Snuggle Up. A black bin • Flag It. That’s right, a
approach to a good night’s You don’t want to test liner may have limited uses flag: “it’s a green pup
kip will seem a bad idea your tent-pitching skills at home, but it’s the perfect tent” just isn’t enough
halfway through the first rainy in the dark so peg it down ready-made waterproof of a description when
night, so plan your sleeping before you start dancing cover for your sleeping bag. looking for your tent at
arrangements with care. A and drinking. day’s end, so why not
• Plastic Bags and Tape.
good tip: turn up early to pick mark it with something
• Bring a Torch. Here’s a fun Plastic bags make the best
your spot. distinctive (and there’ll be
game: try finding your tent shoes and seats around.
lots of tricolours, so go for
amongst thousands like
• Tent. So long as it’s • Home Time. You don’t something else).
it in the dark. If you have
waterproof, any old tent have to leave the campsite
an iPhone download the
will do. There’s a chance it until 6pm Monday. If you
Oxegen app for the handy
may get damaged, so don’t think you’re not fit
torch feature.
bother with a fancy one. to drive on Monday
• Tag it. iPhone users can morning, go back to
• Location, Location,
access the handy tag your tent for a snooze.
Location. Pitch it in open
feature on the Oxegen app Check out how long
ground, at the top of a hill
to guide them safely back it takes your body to
and far, far away from the
to their tent. process alcohol under
communal toilets.
the ‘Thirsty’ section.
Insider Tip BEWARE THE MUDPERSON
The legends of a mythical
verbal babblings. May be
observed safely from a
Vinny
Adebisi Shank
# 5 creature constructed entirely
of mud are true. Known to
distance but never under
any circumstances attempt
terrorize festivalgoers with to engage the beast in
strange, erratic dancing conversation.
motions and indecipherableStay Safe, Stay Free Competitions
Festivals are usually heavily • Valuables. Why bring Log onto drinkaware.ie for your chance to win;
policed, with a huge number any? Cash and a mobile
of undercover Gardaí around. phone are the only things • A pair of Hunter wellies,
Don’t give them a reason to you’ll need. Leave the rest
• A foosball table for your very own World Cup championship
interfere with your weekend. at home or book yourself a
courtesy of Coca-Cola,
locker on Oxegen.ie.
• Drugs. Even aside from • 10 pairs of return bus tickets from Oxegen courtesy of
• Cash. Bring enough but
the health risks, just don’t Dublin Bus,
spread it about your body.
bother – the Gardaí will
Back and shallow front • A pair of tickets to Guns N Roses at The O2, 1 September,
happily bust you for even
pockets are useless – you
the slightest infraction. • A pair of tickets to Gorillaz at The O2, 22 September and
may as well give it away.
• Human Pyramids, Moshing A money pouch or cash • A pair of tickets to Paramore at The O2, 6 November
and Stage Diving. They bound in a small plastic
sound like a great idea, but bag stuffed in the toe of All competition entrants must be over 18.
they’re not, and can end up your shoe is good.
with you hurt or arrested Don’t forget to drop by and see us...
• Minding Your Stuff. This year we will be sharing a tent with our good friends at
and the event being more
Make friends with the Hotpress; as well as the usual bevy of superstars willing to
heavily policed next year –
occupants of the tents sign just about anything, the drinkaware.ie area will have
which means tickets will be
around you and they’ll phone charging facilities and loads of on-site competitions.
even more expensive. And
keep an eye on your gear. So drop in and say hi! We’d love to see you.
that will be all thanks to
Don’t walk alone, you came
you, you free-flying fool.
with your friends, stay with
your friends.
Festivals are all about sharing
Don’t hit other people with and mucking in, and I’m not
inflatable items, not everyone really like that, so my advise
Insider Tip loves your hammer as much Insider Tip would be to get your own
corner and don’t interact with
as you do!
# 6 # 7 anyone whatsoever.
Alison Curtis
LoneLady
Today FM
SingerSite Map
SPECIAL FAMILY
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5Did you know? Checklist
Hotpress music heads have Blur, Kings of Leon and Festival Tickets (no, really, you’d be surprised)
put together their top ‘did you The Killers.
know’ facts about the festival
Book travel tickets in advance
and this year’s headliners. • Oxegen ’09 was the greenest Cash and somewhere smart to keep it
Quiz your mates on the journey ever, breaking all Irish
carbon neutral records. obile (and don’t forget to download the
M
to Oxegen – loser has to pitch
It was officially labelled iPhone app)
the tents!
Ireland’s largest 100% Extra layers for warming up and cooling down
• Jay Z holds the record for CarbonNeutral event.
the most US Number One ain poncho, sunblock & sunhat
R
albums by a solo artist. • One of the most successful (cos you never know)
Last year, The Blueprint dance acts of all-time,
I.D. – this event is strictly 17s and over and they
3 became his 11th chart The Prodigy are also
Punchestown favourites. do check (if you’re under 17 you need to be with
topper, overtaking Elvis a guardian/relative of 25 years or over)
Presley’s ten. He is second This will be their third time
only to The Beatles overall. playing Oxegen, having had
headlining slots in 2005 And if you’re staying over.....
• To get that high percussion and 2008.
sound at the end of ‘Space ent (before you leave check the pack for
T
Dementia’, Muse simply • Arcade Fire are set to
release their third album, pegs and poles)
recorded Matt Bellamy’s
trousers being zipped up. The Suburbs, on August 3 so Plastic bags, tape and bin liners
expect a live airing of new Clothes and footwear for every weather
• Kasabian are named material at Oxegen ’10.
after one Linda Kasabian, A flag
getaway driver for notorious • Norman Cook (aka Fatboy
Slim) was originally A torch and spare batteries
serial killer Charles Manson
and star witness in the a member of The Bog roll
infamous Tate-LaBianca Housemartins, who scored a
Wipes and hand gel
murders. UK number one single with
their version of ‘Caravan of Toothbrush and paste
• 2010 will be the seventh Love’ in 1986. Grub and water
Oxegen festival and the third
year it has been a three- Remember to visit the Condoms (once again, you never know)
day event. The main stage Hotpress Signing Tent this year
headliners last year were where your favourite band will
Oh yeah, one last thing...
be signing anything – literally!
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