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Oxegen line-up expands

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More bands added to the Irish festival

Paul Weller and The Charlatans have been added to the line-up for this year’s Oxegen 2006 festival.

The artists are just two of the acts who will join headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Who between July 8-9 at Ireland's Punchestown Racecourse.

Pharrell Williams, Editors, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Go! Team, Eels and The Kooks all now feature on the bill.

Tickets for Oxegen 2006 will go on sale on March 3 at 8am.

The Oxegen line-up now looks like:

Saturday (July 8)

The Who
The Strokes
Arctic Monkeys
James Brown
Richard Ashcroft
Primal Scream
Editors
Eels
The Magic Numbers
The Go! Team
David Morales
Timo Maas

Sunday (July 9)

Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Kaiser Chiefs
Paul Weller
Franz Ferdinand
Bellx1
Pharrell Williams
Sigur Ros
Manu Chao
Placebo
Damian Marley
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Kooks
Felix Da Housecat
Errol Alkan

For more information visit www.oxegen.ie .

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