[span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;" class="head1"]Sizzling music on menu for Picnic[/span][br style="font-family: Tahoma;"] [br style="font-family: Tahoma;"] [p style="font-family: Tahoma;" class="head3"]By Maureen Coleman[/p][span style="font-family: Tahoma;"] 24 March 2006 [/span][p style="font-family: Tahoma;"]A host of top acts was unveiled today for this year's boutique music festival, Electric Picnic, in Co Laois in September.[/p] [p style="font-family: Tahoma;"]Voted by readers of Hot Press music magazine as 'The Love of 2005', the three-day festival returns to Stradbally Hall Estate from September 1 to 3.[/p] [p style="font-family: Tahoma;"]Among those set to perform at the festival are New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack, Groove Armada, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Graham Coxon, Rufus Wainright and Alabama 3.[/p] [p style="font-family: Tahoma;"]Mercury Music Prize winner Anthony and the Johnsons and nominee Bloc Party will also play, as will Irish acts Damien Rice and The Frames.[/p] [p style="font-family: Tahoma;"]Gary Numan, who had a huge hit with the aptly-title Our Friends Electric has added his name, as has the legendary Blue Nile.[/p] [p style="font-family: Tahoma;"]Also returning this year is the International Comedy Club Stage, the Bodytomnic Dance Stage and Lost Vagueness, back with their flamboyant brand of burlesque theatre and cabaret.[/p] [p style="font-family: Tahoma;"]The Body and Soul Village will be enlarged this year. The self-contained village of Indian tipis, hammocks and Morrocan-style dwellings will again be housing organic cafes and juice bars and a range of therapists including reflexology and reiki.[/p] [p style="font-family: Tahoma;"]Last year all 25,000 tickets sold out for Electric Picnic and this year festival organisers have increased the capacity by 5,000.[/p]
