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***THE MUST SEES***

Main Stage, Friday, 11.10pm
Alongside RATM last year, probably the most talked about Oxegen performance ever. The ten or so years since they last played as a four piece was just enough time for us to realize how much we missed them as a festival staple and just how many amazing songs they have in their arsenal. Coxon, Albarn, Rowntree and James and all the hits from those seven incredible albums. It's going to live up to the hype. It's going to be magical.

Heineken Green Spheres, Sunday, 5.15pm
A perfect festival band - credible but with massive tunes, new and exciting but not so cool that the tent will be full of punters who just want to be seen. And have you seen that guy dance?

***THE OLD RELIABLES***

Hot Press Stage, Sunday, 10.35pm
Seriously, you've forgotten just how many big songs they have.

Main Stage, Sunday, 10.10pm
I'll not lie to you listeners, by the time this lot take to the stage, we'll be half way up the M1. Mr Northside. All being well, we'll have a mountain of video and audio to put on our website and broadcast on Monday night - and that stuff doesn't edit itself. But assuming you're still alive by Sunday evening, The Killers have a lot of recognizable songs you may enjoy singing along to. Fill your boots.

***THE NAMES TO DROP***

Hot Press Stage, Saturday, 6pm
The album is great, but it sounds like samples picked at random and thrown down the stairs. Live, it shouldn't work. But that Glasto coverage suggested otherwise.

Hot Press Stage, Sunday, 3pm
ATL has been over-hyping this lot since we first started playing the joyous '15 to 20'. If they're rubbish, it'll be egg all over our face and surely that's something you want to be a part of?

***THE AVOID OR DIE***

Main Stage, Saturday, 2pm
Why do they do it? There's not much to hate about Oxegen at all these days, apart from this band's mysterious involvement every year.

O2 Stage, Friday, 11.35pm.
Ach I know they're an easy target (mainly because of the singers enormous face) but they really are all types of awful. Come on now, take a wise.

***THE GUILTY PLEASURES***

Main Stage, Sunday, 4.30pm
Dopey pop songs and massive, weird looking bras. Sounds like fun to me.

O2 Stage, Saturday, 8.15pm
Strange one this - FLC were at their coolest about 12 years ago - and even then they weren't that cool. But a sneaky listen to their greatest hits suggests that, in the right frame of mind, this could be silly amounts of fun.

***THE BEST OF THE MEXICANS***

Heineken Green Spheres, Friday, 9.25pm
They're great craic altogether at the best of times, but find that mythical sixth gear every time they play Oxegen. You may think you don't like this band, but trust me, after this set you will.

Red Bull Academy, Sunday, 2.55pm
Just one guy on drums and his mate operating visuals. It's different, but it SO works. Earn yourself enough credibility points to go watch Lady Gaga guilt-free.

***THE RAVE***

Dance Arena, Friday, 8pm
They make ridiculous breakdowns to fry your brain and your bones. Exercise caution from start to finish.

Dance Arena, Friday, 7pm
Kings of the slow groove - which means reasonably laid back house tunes pitched down to about 110bpm. Assuming they don't cave in and bang it out, this will be the lushest hour you've ever had at a festival.

***THE BEST OF THE NORDIES***

Various
O2 Stage, Friday, 3-8pm
The Answer, Therapy? and Duke Special back to back on the O2 Stage on Friday evening. Three very different sounding bands doing a takeover and inevitably doing us proud. Support.

Friday, 11.25pm
Anyone with half a brain will be at Blur, of course, but keeping in mind the IMRO stage is about 2 minutes away, Northern Ireland's best new band are well worth a peak and a cheer.

***THE IF YOU'RE IN TO THAT SORT OF THINGS***

O2 Stage, Saturday, 9.50pm
Lots of people would rather microwave their own head than watch this band perform their cartoon drum n' bass, but what cannot be doubted is that they are stunningly good at what they do. And what they do is tear festivals apart.

O2 Stage, Sunday, 7.40pm
They might be a bit 'last summer', but who cares, those songs are still great, right? Right?!?!