Hazy sunshine greets Oxegen fans

The last day of Oxegen got underway today with hazy sunshine and humid conditions.

There was heavy traffic on the road to Punchestown with many music fans availing of the good weather and a strong final day line-up to buy day tickets.

The big attraction tonight was Beyoncé, though somewhat surprisingly she was not headlining on the main state.

She flew in this morning on a private jet after her performance at T in the Park in Scotland yesterday. She was be followed by Coldplay.

Guns 'n'Roses' guitarist Slash, The Manic Street Preachers, The National and Pendulum were among the facts performing tonight in one of the strongest one day line-ups in the history of the festival.

Things got underway this afternoon on the main stage with a performance by novelty act The Rubberbandits. They brought with them a troupe of altar-boy dancers who whipped off their clothes to reveal their fake tans and itsy, bitsie, weenie, neon speedos.

At one stage they brought the crowd to the knees asking them all to genuflect in homage to their greatness.

Girl band The Saturdays, who include Irish singer Una Healy in their ranks, led to the crowd in a version of "Ole, ole, ole" in a full Heineken tent.

As of this afternoon, gardaí had still not arrested anybody in connection with the incident at 4am yesterday morning where five fans were stabbed in the blue campsite.

One teenager from Co Tyrone was taken to hospital in Dublin for treatment, while four others, three from the North and one from the Republic, were treated on site for slash wounds to their arms and face.

A knife has been recovered but, as of yet, the assailant in the case has not been found. A Garda spokesman described it as an “isolated incident” and not indicative of the festival in general where he said there was less incidents than in previous years.