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Jape (Sat)


Richie Egan is filling some very big shoes. And he's doing quite well thank you. A hometown crowd packed out his Electric Arena show at EP '09 and it proved one of the weekend's highlights.

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Jape and fan - Greg - singing during "Streetwise"

Jape has graduated from stage to stage at this, his self confessed "seventh Electric Picnic". While it may not be quite that many, it's a sure sign of his rapidly increasing profile and prominence on the Irish scene that his show in a nearly full Electric Arena was charged with one of the most electric atmosphere's of the weekend. "Strike Me Down" was deployed early and set the tone for a set that pleased both newcomer and die-hard alike. "Floating" was a predictable hit but it was set-closer "I Was A Man" that pushed the crowd over the edge and this gig into something special.