Electric Picnic kept DJ on same stage despite knowing about overcrowding risk

Electric Picnic organisers knew about potential overcrowding hours before DJ Duke Dumont's Saturday performance but kept him on the Electric Arena stage, despite council approval to move him to the larger Main Stage. Emails show Festival Republic contacted Laois County Council twice on Saturday afternoon, citing app data predicting Duke Dumont would draw bigger crowds than Main Stage acts. The council approved a 2:30am Main Stage extension for crowd safety, but the move never happened, and the DJ played simultaneously with headliner Gorillaz. The incident followed Friday's crowd collapse at Armand van Helden's cancelled set. Festival Republic defended its handling as "perfect," while the council awaited questions about alternative safety measures. The reason for the abandoned relocation remains unclear.