Le Chéile Festival confirms headliners

Hothouse Flowers, Ham Sandwich, Sharon Shannon and Aslan will all play at the Oldcastle event

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 06 Apr 2011

Oldcastle's Le Chéile Festival has announced this year's headliners, and with Ham Sandwich, Hothouse Flowers and Sharon Shannon on board, it's shaping up very nicely indeed!

This year marks the Le Chéile's fourteenth anniversary. Le Cheile Chairman, Noel Finnegan says, "If we carry on from the work done over the last 13 years and continue our determination to keep our unique identity within the festival scene, 2011 promises to be absolutely brilliant. We have lined up some bands this year that everyone will be hugely familiar with, and that we are delighted to have on board."

Festival tickets go on sale on this Saturday, April 9. For more see www.lecheile.com.

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