Editing Witnness (section)

==2003 Festival==
The last Witnness festival took place across five stages in a new venue, [[Punchestown Racecourse]] in [[County Kildare]], on 12 and 13 July 2003. Tickets went on-sale Friday 11 April at 8&nbsp;am and cost €59.50 (for one day), €109.50 (for both days) and €130.50 (for both days plus camping).

Saturday was headlined by [[Coldplay]] and also featured [[Sugababes]], [[Badly Drawn Boy]], [[Supergrass]], [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]], [[The Streets]], [[The Coral]], [[The Roots]], [[Death in Vegas]], [[The Complete Stone Roses]], [[Röyksopp]], [[Gemma Hayes]], [[Mogwai]], [[The Thrills]], [[Appleton (music duo)|Appleton]], [[Colin MacIntyre|Mull Historical Society]], [[Ed Harcourt]], [[The Rapture (band)|The Rapture]] and many more. 

Sunday was headlined by [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]] and [[Manic Street Preachers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/521|title=Witnness 2003: Manic Street Preachers to headline!|date=13 April 2003|access-date=3 March 2008|publisher=[[virtualfestivals.com]]}}</ref> and also featured [[The Cardigans]], [[The Polyphonic Spree]], [[Super Furry Animals]], [[Beth Orton]], [[The Music]], [[The Flaming Lips]], [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], [[The Datsuns]], [[Keith Flint]], [[Calexico (band)|Calexico]], [[The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster]], [[Kings of Leon]] and [[Har Mar Superstar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/636|title=Witnness 2003: Full Line-up Revealed!|date=2 June 2003|access-date=3 March 2008|publisher=[[virtualfestivals.com]]}}</ref> Others to feature included [[Doves (band)|Doves]], [[The Thrills]], [[Turin Brakes]], [[Nightmares on Wax]] and [[Damien Rice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/reviews/507|title=Doves, Turin Brakes, Keith Flint & more for Witnness!|date=7 April 2003|access-date=3 March 2008|publisher=[[virtualfestivals.com]]}}</ref> [[The Flaming Lips]] were stepped up the bill on the Sunday to replace [[The White Stripes]] (cancelled due to frontman [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] suffering a broken hand) and by all accounts delivered a well-received set which included a version of The White Stripes's hit "[[Seven Nation Army]]".