Electric Picnic has announced Rage Against the Machine as the first headline act at this year's festival.
The political rap-rockers, who are playing together for the first time since 2011, will appear at Stradbally on Friday, September 4th, the first night of the sold-out event.
It will be the fourth European stop on a world tour that the band, who formed in 1991, announced yesterday; it includes two nights at Madison Square Garden, in New York, and comes after a short spring tour on which they will perform gigs close to the US-Mexico border, as well as the Coachella festival, in California.
** JUST ANNOUNCED ** RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE ** #EP20 **
— Electric Picnic (@EPfestival) February 10, 2020
We’re over the moon to have one of the world’s most incredible live acts joining us in Stradbally this September! pic.twitter.com/DCaCIHKzvD
Tickets for Electric Picnic 2020 sold out three hours after going on sale in December. Weekend camping tickets were priced at €260, with Sunday tickets for €100. Organisers say a limited number of extra tickets will be made available to Three customers through the mobile network’s rewards system.
