Years active 2000 - 2003 | ||
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Dates First weekend of August (2000 - 2001); Second weekend of July (2002 - 2003) Locations | ||
Witnness 2001 highlights
Witnness was an Irish music festival, sponsored by Guinness, which ran for four consecutive summers from 2000 to 2003. Originally it was held at Fairyhouse Racecourse in County Meath, but it was moved to Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare for its final year. In 2004, Guinness were replaced by Heineken as sponsors, and the festival continued as before at Punchestown, changing its name to Oxegen.
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2000 Festival
The 2000 festival was the first Witnness festival to be held. It took place on the 5 and 6 August 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, 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?.
2001 Festival
The 2001 festival again took place in Fairyhouse on 4 and 5 August 2001. Amongst the bands playing were Muse, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Faithless and The Avalanches.
Also on the line-up were Ash, Placebo, Shack, The Keds, The Charlatans, Stereophonics, Neil Finn, The Waterboys,