Grimes, The Antlers, Wild Beasts to play Electric Picnic

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Grimes, The Antlers and Wild Beasts are among the new acts confirmed to play this year’s Electric Picnic.

Also announced for the Irish festival are the likes of Explosions In The Sky, Bombay Bicycle Club and The Vaccines.

Already unveiled had been headliners The Cure, The Killers and Elbow, who will join The xx, Hot Chip and Patti Smith at the late-summer weekender.

The list of all the new additions is as below:

Wild Beasts
Grimes
Villagers
Explosions In The Sky
The Antlers
Dexys
Ben Howard
The Staves
Bombay Bicycle Club
Andy Irvine
Donal Lunny
Liam O’ Flynn
Paddy Glackin
Wallis Bird
Nell Bryden
Bellowhead
The Vaccines

Electric Picnic takes place between 31 August – 2nd September at Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois.