Witnness
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| Location(s) | County Meath, Ireland (2000 - 2001) County Kildare, Ireland (2002 - 2003) |
| Years active | 2000 - 2003 |
| Date(s) | First weekend of August (2000 - 2001) Second weekend of July (2002 - 2003) |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
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Witnness was a music festival sponsored by Guinness which ran in the Republic of Ireland from 2000 to 2003. It was held originally at Fairyhouse Racecourse, County Meath; but was moved to Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare for its final year.
In 2004, Guinness were replaced by Heineken as sponsors, and the festival name was changed to Oxegen.
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[edit] 2003 Festival
The last ever Witnness festival took place in a new venue, Punchestown Racecource on the July 12 and 13 2003. The lineup included; Coldplay; Damien Rice; The Streets; David Gray; The White Stripes (Cancelled due to frontman Jack White suffering a broken hand); Manic Street Preachers; The Polyphonic Spree. The Flaming Lips were stepped up the bill to replace The White Stripes and by all accounts delivered a well-received set which included a version of White Stripes' hit "Seven Nation Army".
[edit] 2002 Festival
The 2002 festival was moved from August to July 13 and 14 at Fairyhouse Racecourse. The lineup included The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, The Dandy Warhols, Badly Drawn Boy, Green Day, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Mercury Rev, No Doubt, The Prodigy, Damien Rice, Mogwai, The Redneck Manifesto, The Frames, Oasis, Lemon Jelly, Massive Attack, The Polyphonic Spree, The Coral, Primal Scream, Nina Hynes, Jimmy Eat World, The Hives, Turn, The Libertines, Hoobastank, Spiritualised, The Jimmy Cake, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Gemma Hayes, Idlewild, The Complete Stone Roses, Rival Schools, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, The Beta Band, Leaves, Starsailor and David Kitt.
[edit] 2001 Festival
The 2001 festival again took place in Fairyhouse on August 4 and 5 2001. Amongst the bands playing were Muse, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Faithless and The Avalanches.
Also on the line-up were Neil Finn, The Waterboys, Evan Dando, Texas, Frank Black, Snow Patrol, Alabama 3, Turn, The Frames, Relish, The White Stripes, James, and David Kitt.
[edit] 2000 Festival
The 2000 festival was the first Witnness festival to be held. It took place on the August 5 and 6 2000 in Fairyhouse Racecourse in County Meath, Ireland.
The main event was supported by several smaller local gigs in and around Dublin featuring artists playing smaller venues than they would normally play. A promotional Enhanced CD containing music, videos and interactive toys was distributed free of charge in participating clubs and pubs.
The line-up included Travis, Beck, David Gray, |Bell X1, The Marbles, Paul Weller, Asian Dub Foundation, Johnny Moy, Badly Drawn Boy, The Undertones, Paddy Casey, Happy Mondays, Death In Vegas, Hothouse Flowers, Watercress, Leftfield, Toploader, Wilt, All Saints, and Therapy?.
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