After being confirmed to play its Scottish sister festival T In The Park some weeks ago, it's no revelation to find out that Foo Fighters are officially set to headline Oxegen.

It will, however, offer some incentive to fans thinking of purchasing early bird tickets for the festival, a whopping seven months in advance, when they go on sale this Wednesday December 15th at 9am. Especially now The Artic Monkeys have also joined the bill.

Once again this year, a deposit scheme is in place and you can secure your ticket with an initial payment of €100 before December 31st, followed by instalments due on or before March 31st and June 30th. The pricing scheme for Oxegen 2011 is as follows:

3 Day (Fri- Sun) No Camping
Early Bird Price €179.50
1st Installment (due 31st Dec) €100
2nd Installment (due 31st March) €39.75
Final Installment (due 30th June) €39.75

3 Day (Fri –Sun) With Camping
Early Bird Price €199.50
1st Installment (due 31st Dec) €100
2nd Installment (due 31st March) €49.75
Final Installment (due 30th June) €49.75

4 Day (Thur-Sun) With Camping
Early Bird Price €219.50
1st Installment (due 31st Dec) €100
2nd Installment (due 31st March) €59.75
Final Installment (due 30th June) €59.75

Only a limited number of early bird tickets will be made available. General tickets will go on sale in March 2011, priced €199.50 for three days without camping, €224.50 for three days with camping and €244.50 for four days with camping.