MTV Presents... Oxegen 2006!

Some of the biggest bands on the planet have been confirmed for this years Oxegen festival, and as the official partner of the event, MTV is proud to announce them.

As revealed by MTV Newss Tim Kash at a press conference today, among those taking to the stage at Punchestown in County Kildare, Ireland, on July 8 and 9 are:

Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Who
Arctic Monkeys
The Strokes
Kaiser Chiefs
Franz Ferdinand
Primal Scream
The Magic Numbers
Sigur Ros
Damian Marley
Richard Ashcroft
Felix Da Housecat
Bellx1
David Morales
Manu Chao.

And there are many more acts to be announced.

Tickets for Oxegen 2006 go on sale exclusively right here on MTV.co.uk as of this Friday (February 24). To get your hands on some, get to MTV.co.uk/oxegen from Friday at 9am.

You probably saw footage of last years Oxegen " which stormed NMEs 2005 Festival Poll - on MTV, and if so youll know its a monster of a festival. And this year's will be even better.

Get yourself to MTV.co.uk/oxegen early on Friday and you could be there.