May 7, 2015 - 18:20 AMT
Blur & Sam Smith announces as Electric Picnic 2015 headliners

Blur & Sam Smith have been announced as headliners of Electric Picnic 2015, joining Florence + The Machine, Gigwise reports.

The festival, which is located an hour away from Dublin at Stradbally Hall Estate, Co Laois, sees Blur headlining the Saturday and Smith closing on the Sunday. Florence + The Machine will close the Friday night.

22 new acts have been announced alongside Blur and Smith, and they are; Grace Jones, Interpol, FKA Twigs, Despascio, Yasiin Bey, Mac DeMarco, MK, Paul Kalkbrenner, Gavin James, The Riptide Movement, Printer Clips, SOAK, Julio Bashmore, 2 Bears, Honne, Fat White Family, Fickle Friends, Dawes, Benjamin Clementine, and Kwamie Liv.

They join the already announced Florence + The Machine, Chrvches, Underworld, Manic Street Preachers, George Ezra, Jon Hopkins, The War On Drugs, Ride, Django Django and many more.