Oxegen 2006

Oxegen 2006
The Main Stage on the Saturday at Oxegen 2006.
Genre	Rock
Dates	8–9 July 2006
Location(s)	Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland
Website
www.oxegen.ie

Oxegen 2006 was the third Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Saturday, 8 July and Sunday, 9 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. The festival was headlined by Red Hot Chili Peppers on the Sunday and The Who on the Saturday.

A limited number of tickets for the 2006 festival went on sale a week after the 2005 festival on Friday, 15 July. Following a one-week presale in late February, tickets went on sale to the general public on Friday 3 March 2006 at 8 am Weekend camping tickets were priced at €160. This allocation of tickets was completely sold out within 48 hours, leaving many fans disappointed. Growing popularity among younger audiences, massive MTV (UK and Ireland) coverage of the festival, and tickets being on sale for a much longer length of time were said to have been some of the reasons for the festival selling out earlier than usual. A small number of tickets went on sale on 4 July 2006 but quickly sold out.

On Monday 20 February, Oxegen 2006 was launched and the first acts (including headliners The Who and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs) were officially announced. On Friday 24 February, Placebo and Timo Maas were added to the line-up. On Tuesday 28 February, Paul Weller and The Charlatans were announced alongside Pharrell, Editors, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Go! Team, Eels and The Kooks. On Thursday 2 March, Goldfrapp, Ben Harper, Hard-Fi and Damien Dempsey were officially confirmed for Oxegen. Also performing were Republic of Loose,Bell X1,Director, The Marshals and The Blizzards.