Electric Picnic day by day breakdown announced

Schedule for the weekend is released.

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 26 Aug 2009

The breakdown for what groups will be performing on what days at Electric Picnic 2009 has been released.

The lineup for the mamooth festival has now been divided between Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Friday will feature the likes of MGMT (pictured), Orbital and Seasick Steve, while Saturday includes Bat for Lashes, Jape and 2 Many DJ's. Sunday will feature The Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, Bell X1 and Echo and the Bunnymen. The breakdown is as follows:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

8 Ball

ABC

Boy 8 Bit

Buraka Som Sistema

David Kitt

Dinosaur Jr

Diplo

Duckworth Lewis Method

Efterklang

Fake Blood

Japanese Popstars DJ set

Jeffrey Lewis

Luciano presents Aether

Lykke Li

Magazine

Major Lazer Soundsystem

MGMT

Michael Nyman Orchestra

Orbital

Peter Broderick

Richmond Fontaine

Rob Carty

Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Seasick Steve

Smash Hits

The Infomatics

The Rubberbandits

The Temper Trap

Tu-Ki

Wave Machines

Zero 7

***

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th

2 Many DJs

A Flock of Seagulls

Baaba Maal

Barry Redsetta

Bat for Lashes

Billy Bragg

Brian Wilson

Cap Pas Cap

Chew Lips

Chic

Chris Cunningham live

Dave Geraghty

ESG

Explosions in the Sky

Four Tet

Imelda May

James Murphy & Pat Mahoney

Jape

Jazzanova (live)

Jon Averill

Julie Feeney

Just Jack

Kid Creole & the Coconuts

Klaxons

Lisa Hannigan

Lost Brothers

Low Anthem

LRB & Conor G

Madness

Magnolia Electric Co.

Marina & the Diamonds

Moderat

Mundy

Neko Case

Noze

One Day International

Optimo DJs

Roots Manuva

Stee Downes

The Field

The Hacker

The xx

The Walkmen

Tunng

Whitest Boy Alive

***

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

Aeroplane

Alabama 3

Amadou & Mariam

Arveene & Misk

Basement Jaxx

Bell Orchestre

Bell X1

Blitzen Trapper

Damien Dempsey

Dublin Gospel Choir

Duke Dumont

Ebony Bones

Echo & the Bunnymen

Erol Alkan

Fionn Regan

Flaming Lips

Fleet Foxes

Florence & the Machine

Halfset

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Introducing

Laura Izibor

Micachu & the Shapes

Mick Flannery

Nightmares on Wax Soundsystem

Okkervil River

Our Fold

Quantic & his Combo Barbaro

Passion Pit

Royksopp

Simian Mobile Disco

Skream & Benga (Magnetic Man)

Switch

The Acorn

The Big Pink

The Sugarhill Gang

The Wailers

Two Door Cinema Club

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