Defo better than last year's Oxegen. Just in the door now after a long drive and feeling bit rough, but what a weekend!!! I'll post up comments/review later but here's who I saw over the two days: Saturday The Gurriers Director 747s Kaiser Chiefs Nine Black Alps Stephen Fretwell Turn Black Velvets Snoop Dog Hal KT Tunstall 66e The Bravery Bloc Party Kasabian Ian Brown Sunday The Blizzards Rilo Kiley Jackson United Longcut Humanzi Tom Vek Editors Republic Of Loose Death From Above 1979 Magic Numbers Rodrigo y Gabriela James Brown

What were Rilo Kiley like?

They were decent without being great. They were on early enough so alot of the crowd seemed tired. But it was a good performance and Jenny Lewis isn't bad either.

I was really impressed with Tom Vek, such a good sound in that tent compared to the others i saw there, i thought in general the sound was bad throughout the weekend, the killers sound was a joke, bloc party and go team also had problems which marred their sets, add to this that we werent allowed into Rodrigo Y Gabriela coz some idiot thought the tent was too full, there was a visibly large gap at the back of the tent! On the other hand, i did get in for James Brown though, legend

jesus Gar, that's some haul! I got to see Kaiser Chiefs Black Strobe QOTSA Snoop Dogg Foo Fighters Green Day Kasabian Prodigy The Streets Maximo Park The Killers Ian Brown wanted to see Bright Eyes and Leya but they didn't show, also caught a few MTV accoustic sets; Brendan Benson, Maximo Park (again) and The Futureheads, during which I had the pleasure of standing next to Mr Dave Grohl. I was too scared to talk to him.

Doves, Vitalic and LCD Soundsystem added to Electric Picnic. It's oficial:there is a God.

Sweet lord Gar,did you spend the entire weekend running from venue to venue? In the baking heat? Well done to you sir! The best day by a mile was Sunday imho- I saw Maximo Park, The Futureheads, Editors, Jacques le Cont, LCD Soundsystem and James Brown. Clashes were a headache for me too-was hard pressed to choose between Mylo and Interpol but I went with Mylo because I'd already seen Interpol in the Olympia. Only caught a tiny bit of Nine Black Alps which was annoying because I like the other stuff on Melodic and really wanted to check them out but I guess ya can't see everything. What with the alcohol/no sleep combo that was Friday night in camp B I was lucky to see anyone on Saturday but I did manage to catch Kerbdog,Mylo, a bit of Kasabian and the first few songs from the Prodigy who I had zero interest in seeing.Wanted to go to the Go!Team but group politics got in the way...I wasn't too bothered about seeing the Killers (the nasty, dusty main stage with drunken idiots wasn't really attracting me) but some friends of mine went and were very disappointed. Apparently they were booed when they played their new stuff? Anyone with the inside scoop on this?

I saw The Killers and thoroughly enjoyed their set. Didn't notice any significant difficulties with the sound but I was relatively close to the stage. There was no booing from my section of the audience nor did I hear any elsewhere. Great fun at Kerbdog's set on Saturday when Cormac Battle started baiting the bouncers: "All these guys in their yellow jackets are getting paid triple time for doing sweet f*ck all. Let's give them some work to do." Cue Mosh Central and predictable hysteria from the aforementioned bouncers. I was enjoying Green Days set until an accidental wallop to the nose required a visit to the first aid people. No serious damage other than some bloodstains on my Foo Fighters t - shirt which probably won't wash out. Or maybe I should keep it as a badge of honour. The Foos set was the highlight of the weekend for me, they rule. Feeder were quite good also, they managed to get the crowd going with " Just the Way I'm Feeling" and "Buck Rogers". Their bass player nearly got brained by the camera crane swinging down onto the stage ! Saw Humanzi for the first time, was quite impressed with their set. I see they have their very own Bez type character who comes onstage in a gas mask, ponces about for a while and then disappears. All very rock and roll.

I was dissapointed with the Killers. The sound was s**tE and I was quite far back too, so that didn't help. The only booing I heard was significant enough, but only happened when security guards came into the crowd to take down human pyramids and stuff. Flowers said about two sentences to the crowd and on stage the rest of the band members lacked charisma and appeared a bit indifferent, although I might be mistaking their demeanour for nervousness. They pulled in the biggest crowd of the festival though, crazy altogether. And if anyone was at the press area, they caused the biggest stir when they were around, practically a media scrum when they came out of the MTV2 interview tent. Flowers was wearing some very fetching Chanel shades. The new stuff sounds very good especially that one "I don't want to f**k her no more". But on the whole, the crowd was very kareoke orientated, singing 'All These Things That Ive Done' constantly , even when they were playing other tracks. The band managed to hold their own JUST about, not helped by the s**t sound from the main stage.

Could someone please tell me what the f**k is so special about The Killers? Why do they engender such feverish adoration in so many people? Ok, 'Mr Brightside' caught my attention briefly when it came out but after that I rapidly lost interest,that short-lived liking for the band quickly replaced by a slow-building loathing towards them for their general air of apathy at their new-found success, their utter absence of charisma,a stunning lack of on-stage presence and amazing inarticulacy in interviews. They can barely string 2 words together! Plus, they stole their name from the fictional band that appeared in New Order's brilliant video for 'Crystal'. Look closely and you'll see 'The Killers' emblazoned on the bass-drum. And Brandon Flowers is a twat. Rant over.

When i saay Punches....you say Town? good old snoop highlights were interpol/lcd soundsystem/death in vegas

Caught a load of good sets over the weekend...highlights personally were... Interpol Maximo Park Editors LCD Soundsystem The Longcut New Order

Had a decent enough innings .... Saturday Director The Departure Kaiser Chiefs Red Organ Serpent Sound Mainline Turn Kerbdog QOTSA Joe Chester Your Code Name Is:Milo (Who sound NOTHING like I am Kloot !!!) Bloc Party Interpol Future Kings of Spain Go! Team Ian Brown Sunday The Perishers Bronagh Gallagher Leaves Josh Rouse Suzanne Vega Audioslave The Streets Rep of Loose The Killers Embrace Rod y Gab …. then I died of Heatstroke, & Retired to leaba. Sunday was heavily influenced by the desire to be indoors out of the sun. I melted. Wasnt funny. top 3 were in no order, Kaiser Chiefs, Interpol & Rep of Loose.

So, what did you think of yourcodenameis:milo?

Wouldn't have minded catchin codename meself, Ignoto takes a bit of gettin into but is f**kin deadly, highlights of the weekend for me were Kasabian and The Prodigy on the Saturday and Humanzi, Death and Vegas and LCD Soundsystem on Sunday. Where was Richard Fearless though?

yeah--enjoyed the humanzi gig myself dont know where fearless was. seems wierd that theyve gone back to the old tour set. might be that satans circus sound didnt go down so well on last tour suppose just have to play your best of.at festivals

I know I know abuse abuse - YOURcodenameis:milo (thank you richie) do not sound anything like I am Kloot. I really couldnt have got it more wrong with that one and I already admitted it. I'm trying to remember what band it is tho - there is a K in the name...... maybe its Kinesis who sound like yourcodenameis:milo. I dunno......

Hi Una I see you were one of those who turned up to see Leya but they didnt play. THought I better fill ya in! Was big disappointment! We all landed down to see them and then found out that Ciaran had got food poisoning overnight - lads had landed to Oxygen - gear was set up on stage with Ciaran back stage in the Hospital tent going through drips before doctor ordered him to be taken to Naas hospital - guys had to take gear back off stage 5 mins before they were take to stage - whole band were truly gutted but hopefully they will get their chance again - this was to be their first Oxygen experience! According to Leya website Ciaran was kept in overnight for further tests so get well soon Ciaran!!! The lads have an Irish Tour coming up shortly - they are due to play Limerick on Saturday so hopefully he will be alright to get back in action!