Picture This to open Live at the Marquee Cork's 20th run
Picture This will kick off Live at the Marquee Cork 2025, which marks the 20th anniversary of the summer music festival.
The rock band will open the festival when they take to the stage on Wednesday, 25 June.
The Coronas, Christy Moore, The Waterboys, Olly Murs, Kingfishr, Amble, The Mary Wallopers and Cian Ducrot are among the musical acts also set to perform this year.
Comedians Dara Ó Briain, Tommy Tiernan and Michael McIntyre and former footballer Roy Keane in conversation with Roddy Doyle are also on this year's billing.
The first artist to ever play Live at the Marquee was the legendary Brian Wilson at the festival's inception in 2005, in which the Marquee hosted 12 shows.
Since then, over 1,750,000 people have attended gigs at the annual festival.
This year, Live at the Marquee Cork will host a record-breaking 28 shows.
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