Oxegen 2007

Muse headlining Oxegen 07.
Genre	Rock
Dates	8–9 July 2007
Location(s)	Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland
Website
www.OXEGEN.ie

Oxegen '07 was the fourth Oxegen festival to take place, following the dissolution of its predecessor Witnness in 2004. It took place on the weekend of Saturday, 7 July and Sunday, 8 July at Punchestown Racecourse near Naas in County Kildare, Ireland. The festival was headlined by Muse and Snow Patrol on the Saturday and The Killers on the Sunday. The Live Earth concerts occurred around the world on the same day as the Saturday of Oxegen '07.

Tickets went on general sale at 8 am on Friday 2 March 2007. These sold out in under seventy minutes. The price of a day ticket rose to €96.50, a weekend ticket cost €177.50, whilst the price of a weekend ticket plus camping this year rose to €197.50 (roughly the same price as a three-day Electric Picnic ticket), as compared to €160 in 2006. As in 2006, it was possible to purchase four weekend camping tickets together and receive a free car parking ticket. As with previous years, a number of pre-sale tickets went on sale on 10 November 2006 at the same price as the 2006 festival. On 28 February, mtv.co.uk released a limited number of tickets for sale until they went on general sale on 2 March.

Snow Patrol issued a come-and-get-me plea to the organisers and, at the Meteor Music Awards on 1 February 2007, lead singer Gary Lightbody confirmed that they would be appearing, stating that it would be their only Irish performance of the year. [1] They were the first band to confirm a definite appearance at the festival and were the second headline act on the Main Stage on Saturday 7 July.

In an interview with XFM, Muse singer Matt Bellamy let slip that the band would be playing in Ireland on 7 July, which coincided with the Saturday of the Oxegen festival. [2] [3] Muse later confirmed themselves for the Oxegen Festival on their official website [4] and were announced on the official Oxegen website to be headlining the Main Stage on Saturday 7 July alongside Snow Patrol.