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Blur and many more acts have been added to this year's Electric Picnic line-up

Blur, Sam Smith, Grace Jones and Interpol are among the latest acts to be announced for this...
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12.28 5 May 2015


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Blur and many more acts have been added to this year's Electric Picnic line-up

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12.28 5 May 2015


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Blur, Sam Smith, Grace Jones and Interpol are among the latest acts to be announced for this year's Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, Co Laois.

Blur will be performing to mark the recent release of their new album The Magic Whip, which was released last month. They'll be one of the headline acts at the September event.

Other bands announced today include singer-songwriter Sam Smith and veteran performer Grace Jones. Interpol and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) will also play the festival, alongside Irish acts such as The Riptide Movement, SOAK and Gavin James.

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You can see a full list of the latest acts to join the line-up below. They'll be joining already announced acts including Florence and the Machine, Underworld, Manic Street Preachers, Belle & Sebastian and Future Islands.

New acts: 

Blur - Sam Smith – Grace Jones – Interpol
FKA Twigs – Despacio – Paul Kalkbrenner – Yasiin Bey - Mac DeMarco
MK – Gavin James – Printer Clips - Julio Bashmore – The Riptide Movement
The 2 Bears – SOAK – Viet Cong - Dawes – Benjamin Clementine – Fat White Family
Honne – Kwamie Liv – Fickle Friends

This year's Electric Picnic takes place between the 4th and 6th of September. 


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