page_title: Oxegen 2007
section_title: Performances
hierarchical_section_title: Oxegen 2007 / Festival / Performances
caption_attribution_description: Taken by myself with my digital camera; more than happy to have it used as a visual representation of the festival.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Notable performances at the festival included Muse's' headlining performance on the Saturday night, complete with the sensational sound and spectacular pyrotechnics that wowed Wembley Stadium earlier this summer, Daft Punk's light show on Stage 2/NME Stage on the Sunday night, The Killer's performance the same night, which featured an impressive visual spectacle, Scissor Sisters (at which frontman Jake Shears's drew attention to himself by stripping down to a towel and rolling around in the mud in front of the moshpit, after previously climbing the stage rigging),  a bewildered Lovefoxxx of CSS being corrected by the crowd after she asked if they were in Dublin, as well as Bloc Party's rousing performance on the Sunday afternoon as frontman Kele Okereke leaped off the stage and called for the crowd to get "violent". The Kooks followed Bloc Party by playing to a mud-soaked crowd, notable mainly for the chaotic mud slinging that saw a number of security personnel humbled by raucous festivalgoers (and slippery surfaces)
  Arcade Fire were next on the Main Stage to receive a rapturous reception from the Punchestown crowd, especially when frontman Win Butler claimed that Razorlight were "responsible for the rain".  He also stated that their performance, along with many of their other Irish shows, had been one of their best. This set featured, amongst other things, a beautiful rainbow to accompany "No Cars Go" (pictured), band members Richard Reed Parry and Will Butler duelling with drum sticks on the stage rigging, and euphoric singalongs to set closers "Intervention" and "Wake Up".
  The Pigeon Detectives's performance was also memorable as frontman Matt Bowman informed the crowd that he was too clean and then asked if anyone in the audience had any mud or muddy trainers that they could throw at him. This request was readily carried out by the crowd. Bowman himself then proceeded to pick up an armful of mud from the stage and rubbed it over his head. Later he ran down to the crowd, inviting fans to rub his hair, whilst at the end of their popular single "I'm Not Sorry", he jumped off the stage into the crowd. This performance left Stage 2/NME noticeably caked in mud for the rest of the festival.
  Tori Amos completely changed her attire (including wig) midway through her performance and Calvin Harris caught a banana that was thrown at him by a member of the audience in mid-song before changing the lyrics of his recent single "The Girls" to "I love Irish girls". The View arrived by helicopter just minutes before they were due to appear, while Avril Lavigne performed a set that included a cover of the Blink 182 song "All the Small Things".
  Jet's Nic Cester ran energetically around the Green Room whilst Sam Endicott of The Bravery also launched himself into the Green Room crowd at the end of the band's set. Enter Shikari singer Rou Reynolds joined fans in the front few rows, throwing himself into the crowd several times during their Green Room set, whilst the band also bounced on a trampoline on stage. On the Pet Sounds Stage, having managed to drown out Biffy Clyro who were on the NME Stage at the same time, David Kitt had stewards pull his younger brother out of the crowd and up onto the stage so they could perform a song together. Editors, playing in the Green Room on the Saturday night, and The Blizzards, playing on the Main Stage on the Sunday afternoon, both made their third consecutive appearance at Oxegen.
  Some fans awaiting the arrival of Interpol on Stage 2/NME on the Saturday were surprised to witness Kings of Leon, fresh from their Main Stage set, walking through the crowd to gain access to the backstage area to watch Interpol's set. They briefly stopped for photographs with amazed fans. Interpol's set was also well received and they were one of the first bands to use lights and smoke in their set as the night progressed. Watching Brazilian band, CSS on Stage 2/NME were members of Arcade Fire alongside Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.
  Fears over the ability of Pete Doherty to appear  proved unfounded as he was reported to 
caption: Mika dons Irish colours at Oxegen 07.
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