Snow Patrol issued a come-and-get-me plea to the organisers and, at the Meteor Music Awards on 1 February 2007, lead singer Gary Lightbody confirmed that they would be appearing, stating that it would be their only Irish performance of the year.

In an interview with XFM, Muse singer Matt Bellamy let slip that the band would be playing in Ireland on 7 July, which coincided with the Saturday of the Oxegen festival.

[5] NME ran with a similar story (confirming Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys) in its special Oasis tribute edition with the notable exclusion of Eminem.

These included: Air, Little Man Tate, Queens of the Stone Age, Enter Shikari, Ocean Colour Scene, Bright Eyes, The Long Blondes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Saw Doctors, Avril Lavigne, Jamie T, The Maccabees, The Pigeon Detectives, The Hold Steady, Gogol Bordello and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.

On 11 May, a total of 14 new acts was officially announced on the website, including: Sinéad O'Connor, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Satellite Party, Badly Drawn Boy, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Albert Hammond, Jr., The Blizzards, Soulsavers, The Hold Steady, Cold War Kids, Mr Hudson & The Library, Charlotte Hatherley and The Immediate.

However, within 48 hours, The Immediate's participation in the festival was cancelled when they announced on their MySpace page that they were "splitting up due to existential differences".

There were some sunny spells but these were eventually replaced with frequent rain showers which drew fans away from the main stages and into the marquees.

[15] 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),[16] 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".

[16] 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.

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".

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.

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[19] proved unfounded as he was reported to have gone on a booze session and then slept on a mattress for two hours in his dressing room before taking to Stage 2/NME with Babyshambles.

[20] As a result, many of the acts performing on that stage, such as The Thrills, CSS, Dogs and My Chemical Romance, began earlier or later than planned, to the disapproval of some fans.

Another casualty was Snow Patrol keyboardist, Tom Simpson who was arrested following the band's appearance at Live Earth on the same day as their Oxegen performance.

[21] Despite this misfortune, the rest of the band carried on as planned as they performed a well-received headlining set that included "Run", "Chasing Cars" and "Open Your Eyes".

Kate Moss was not to be seen as Pete Doherty took to the stage with Babyshambles, having ended her relationship with the controversial singer the previous week.

[1] Judge Flann Brennan, who heard these cases at Castleblayney District Court on Monday 16 July, jokingly suggested that the festival should be renamed Intoxegen because of the number of fans arrested for alleged drugs offences.