Vodafone Stage

Heineken Green Spheres

Oxegen title sponsor, Heineken unveils headliners Leftfield, Brandon Flowers and Primal Scream as part of the line up of the Heineken Green Spheres stage. Also on the line-up are The Vaccines, Chase & Status, Crystal Castles and Odd Future while the artists currently at No.1 and No.2 in the UK singles charts take to the stage on Friday– Example (No.1 with Changed The Way You Kiss Me) and Calvin Harris (No.2 with ‘Bounce’).

Renowned for providing multi-sensory music experiences, the Heineken Green Spheres stage continues to raise music fans to paranormal musical levels with its stellar line up.

This year, Heineken will be offering the festival’s biggest music fans a chance to get closer to the magic with a series of pit pass giveaways for the Heineken Green Spheres arena. For further details of how to win, fans should stay tuned to www.heinekenmusic.ie.

Following a year that’s included gigs around the country with Cut Copy; The Go! Team; Holy Ghost; and Foals, the Heineken Green Spheres stage is testament of Heineken’s commitment to delivering great music events.
In addition to the Heineken Green Spheres stage, music fans will be able to enjoy Heineken served extra cold from all the bars, the return of Heineken Green Space and a few more surprises still to come, stay tuned to Heinekenmusic.ie for further updates.

Heineken Green Spheres Line-Up
Friday 8th July: Leftfield, Calvin Harris, Example, Whipping Boy, Bressie, Her Majesty & The Wolves, The Riptide Movement, Gypsies On The Autobahn and more to be announced.

Saturday 9th July: Brandon Flowers, The Vaccines, Professor Green, The Pretty Reckless, Cashier No.9, Fox Avenue, Propaganda DJs.

Sunday 10th July: Primal Scream, Chase & Status, Crystal Castles, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, Ocean Colour Scene, The Saturdays, GROUPLOVE and more to be announced.

Red Bull Electric Ballroom

For the past number of years, Red Bull’s presence at Oxegen has been synonymous with state of the art structures, innovative line-ups and eclectic music mixes and this year is no different. 2011 will see the introduction of Red Bull Electric Ballroom. A world premier for Red Bull and Oxegen, Red Bull Electric Ballroom will transform the existing structure of the event centre into a grand art-deco style ballroom. Inside and out, the dressing and theming of the entire venue has been designed to create the Electric Ballroom experience – complete with grand entrance, chandeliers, hanging prints and giant portraits all reminiscent of the 1930s ballroom era.

No ballroom is complete without a decadent selection of drinks and the Red Bull Cocktail Bar will be mixing the finest of cocktails to get the ballroom swinging. Don a red Fedora, Trilby or Boa on Fancy Dress Friday to get into the true spirit of the Electric Ballroom. Surprises and prize giveaways will be announced over the coming weeks but dust off your tux and get your debs dress out of the wardrobe in the meantime!

Over the last ten years, Red Bull has been a key feature at an array of global gatherings including Oxegen, Sonar, Notting Hill Carnival, Movement – the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Splash! Pygmalion and Spring and continues to showcase cutting edge music from all around the world and gives music lovers a glimpse of the Red Bull music vibe.

Oxegen has always been synonymous with the biggest names in electronic music, having hosted icons such as LCD Soundsystem, Felix Da Housecat, 2 Many Djs, DJ Shadow, Deadmau5, Calvin Harris and David Guetta down the years. Now, The Red Bull Electric Ballroom will bring fans the most exciting and diverse line-up yet seen at Oxegen.

Headlining Friday night is Sven Väth, Germany’s most acclaimed and accomplished DJ/producer and the godfather of the techno scene. Since his career began in 1982 Sven Väth has been at the forefront of innovations in dance music. He’s been a member of several groups, founded label Harthouse and influenced a whole generation of DJs.

His Cocoon Nightclub in Frankfurt is a mecca for fans of all things minimal and his 14+ hour sets are the stuff of legend. His 1995 album ‘Accident in Paradise’ is a landmark of contemporary dance and was chosen by Mixmag as one of the top-50 dance albums of all time.

The Bloody Beetroots are just about the hottest electronic act in the world right now! Their ever-evolving live set has morphed from a high-energy, two-person DJ set to a full-on frenzy-inducing live band. Perpetually clad onstage in their signature Venom masks, the electro revolutionaries blur the lines between fashion/art/music to stunning effect. With an attitude firmly rooted in punk rock, The Bloody Beetroots have become impossible to ignore.

They’ve remixed tracks for The Chemical Brothers, Wu-Tang Clan, The Kills and Metallica to name a few. Catch their amazing live show when they headline The Red Bull Electric Ballroom on Saturday!

Dutch DJ supremo Afrojack will headline Sunday night. His collaboration with Pitbull, Neyo and Nayer, ‘Give Me Everything’ is currently at No.1 in the UK singles chart and No.3 in the U.S Billboard Hot 100. His reputation as a producer has seen him receive remix requests for Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’ and Madonna’s ‘Revolver’ for which he took the 2011 Grammy Award in collaboration with David Guetta.

Tiga has remixed tracks by Soulwax, the xx, Fever Ray, Boys Noize, Scissor Sisters and Felix da Housecat. His debut album ‘Sexor’ won Dance Recording of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards.

Crookers 2010 album ‘Tons of Friends’ could not be more accurately titled. It features Will I Am, Róisín Murphy and Kelis to name but a few. Crookers have remixed U2, Britney Spears and the Lady Gaga and Beyoncé hit ‘Telephone’.

Diplo’s collaborations with M.I.A, including the 2008 mega-hit ‘Paper Planes’, have made him one of the most in demand producers around. His production credits include Santigold and Missy Elliot, while he’s remixed works by Beck, Radiohead, Britney Spears and countless others. Diplo’s Mad Decent imprint serves as a blank palette to showcase the myriad different sounds he’s come across while touring around the world and in 2010, Rolling Stone magazine hailed Diplo as one of ’40 Reasons to be Excited About Music’. Diplo is also part of duo Major Lazer – their huge dancehall hit ‘Pon de Floor’ provides the backbone for Beyoncé’s latest mega-hit ‘Run The World (Girls)’.

Steve Aoki’s ‘Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles’ won him the ‘Best Mix Album’ at The Billboard Awards in 2008. 2011 sees Steve Aoki embark on a huge international tour, returning to Oxegen after a massive performance last year. Irish electronic musician Shit Robot (Marcus Lambkin) He released his debut album ‘From The Cradle To The Rave’ in 2010 to positive reviews from the likes of NME. It features contributions from Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. For his live show Shit Robot will perform ‘inside’ a specially created screen featuring custom designed visuals. Alex Metric’s ‘In Your Machine’ EP saw him crowned “remixer of the year” by XFM. ‘Deadly On A Mission’ did yet more damage with quirky, offbeat vocals backed with fuzzy, cracked-at-the-edges synths and huge, singalong choruses. Alex has also graced the soundsystems of almost every major club in the world over the past twelve months.

Fake Blood is a British DJ and producer who made his name as one half of ‘The Wiseguys’, a British hiphop/bigbeat band that enjoyed massive chart success with ‘Ooh La La’. He’s remixed for Little Boots, Mike Snow and Noah & The Whale. Fenech Soler’s single ‘Stop and Stare’ was a recent BBC Radio 1’s ‘Record of the Week’ and their remix work includes ‘Hollywood’ by Marina & The Diamonds. Lead vocalist Ben Duffy also featured on the Groove Armada track ‘Paper Romance’. Maverick Sabre is garnering acclaim for his wave of hip-hop inspired soulful folk vocals.

Having already won over a diverse fan-base, from the crowds at SXSW in Texas to stints on recent national tours with Plan B and Chase & Status. Justin Robertson has remixed dozens of high-profile music artists as himself or as The Prankster, fronted the group Lionrock and has released albums and singles of original music under his own name and the name Revtone.

Retro/Grade make Italo-inspired electro music. The London duo of Tom Neville and Serge Santiago are set to release their debut album ‘Motion’ later this year. The single ‘Mindfighter’ was a recent Song of The Day pick on popjustice and with its pulsating drumbeat and bubbling synths looks set to be a huge hit both in the charts and in clubland.

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs swings between overt musicality and scarily on-point dancefloor sensibility, ripping up clubs around the globe with his live show of bizarre instruments, glitter cannons and of course… dancing dinosaurs. Vogue is a model and one of the rising stars of the Dublin club scene. She’s resident DJ at Gossip in Dublin and has recently joined the team at Phantom FM.

Bitches With Wolves have exploded onto the Irish dance scene and have already supported Fatboy Slim and Calvin Harris with shows in support of Hercules and Love Affair and Erasure lined up this summer. Bitches With Wolves adopt an anything-goes attitude filled with darkly delicious music, high shoulder pads and even higher hair.

Ireland and Leinster rugby hero Cian Healy is set to DJ at Oxegen once again this year, only this time at Red Bull Electric Ballroom. Under the alias DJ Church, Healy and DJ partner Gordo were the only act to play two sets at Oxegen last year.. FM104’s Freaks From Dublin is Dublin’s number 1 dance show. The show has been championing the airwaves for just over ten years with DJ and host Al Gibbs.

Philth is one of the finest DJ talents on Dublin’s clubbing scene and made his name in the early noughties as one of the outstanding long-running resident DJs of the now-finished Backlash. He’s also supported countless international DJs in some of top venues in Dublin and Ireland over the years. For more information on Red Bull Electric Ballroom go to www.redbull.ie or find us on facebook.

The Red Bull Electric Ballroom Line-up Friday: Sven Väth, Tiga, The Shit Robot Show (live), Maverick Sabre (live), Justin Robertson, Vogue, Bitches With Wolves and more to be announced.

Saturday: The Bloody Beetroots (live), Diplo, Steve Aoki, Retro/Grade, Philth, Freaks From Dublin, Church & Gordo and more to be announced.

Sunday: Afrojack, Crookers, Fake Blood (live), Alex Metric, Fenech Soler (live), TEED, Al Gibbs and more to be announced.

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