Electric picnic 2010 - All discussion no ticket sales/swaps

SirDelboy18

H8GHOTI wrote: »

Comedy acts announced:
Mario Rosenstock (Gift Grub), Ardal O'Hanlon, Phil Jupitus, Jim Eoin, Ed Byrne, Reginald D Hunter, The Stars of Who's Line is it Anyway, Colin Murphy, The Rubberbandits, Dead Cat Bounce, Glenn Wool, Joe Rooney, Karl Spain, Eleanor Tiernan, Dermot Whelan, Brendan Burke, Danny Dowling and Gerry McBride. MCs for the weekend are Andrew Stanley and Damian Clarke.

Never knew that there was comedy acts..

I feel like an EP virgin.:D

H8GHOTI

SirDelboy18 wrote: »

Never knew that there was comedy acts..

I feel like an EP virgin.:D

lol, ya there's a separate tent for them

H8GHOTI

On MGMT - I was late getting up last year, so only caught about 15 mins at the end of their set & ya it wasn't great tbh. But I do like their music and seen a bit of their Glastonbury set on tv a couple weeks back and it was good enough, so I would like to see them again sometime.
I thought last years line-up was really good and there are a few acts I'd like to see back again this year. But generally it doesn't seem to happen that bands play 2 years in a row. There will be a couple but I'd say MGMT won't be one of them.

Splainc

SirDelboy18 wrote: »

I don't know anything about EP to be honest.. I just like their (MGMT) music. I have no idea if they were good for that type of atmosphere or not..

The decision to go only came about yesterday, so all I know really is that its on in Laois:D

Ah you will love it. MGMT were the cool thing last year and were playing the main stage at about 8/9pm which was a terrible decision. The two singles went down really well but the rest was terribly bland and they have 0% stage presence. Loads of great acts playing this year with the focus on more quality acts than "big" names

run_Forrest_run

H8GHOTI wrote: »

lol, ya there's a separate tent for them

I popped in there during the day a few years ago and it was a nice chilled atmosphere. you could walk in and sit down (everyone was sitting down on the ground) without fearing the guy on stage would rip into you! However I did wait until he was finished before getting up and going for a beer (my knees were killing me from sitting on the ground )

LFC5Times

Thinking of possibly heading to EP this year (will be first time), what are the chances of tickets selling out?

Cheers

H8GHOTI

Splainc wrote: »

Loads of great acts playing this year with the focus on more quality acts than "big" names

Ya, that seems to be the case alright. While I'd heard of & liked a few before they were announced, a lot them I was like
But I was after buying an earlybird, so off to youtube I went and have found loads that I like & I am looking forward to now. I'm up to about 30 acts at this stage that I'd like to see. Doubt I'll get around to that many but it's great to have such a good choice. And there'll be more announced before September too. Can't wait. Only 50 more sleeps :pac:

H8GHOTI

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

I popped in there during the day a few years ago and it was a nice chilled atmosphere. you could walk in and sit down (everyone was sitting down on the ground) without fearing the guy on stage would rip into you! However I did wait until he was finished before getting up and going for a beer (my knees were killing me from sitting on the ground )

I must try and get around to it this year. That fella from Gift Grub should be a good laugh. I popped in last year for about 10 mins, just stood at the back. It was nice & laid back in there alright. The thing is that most of the better comedians were on the same time as the bands I wanted to see.

messymess

Does anyone know will Body Tonic be there this year? It was sorely missed last year.

I generally don't like the type of music that's played at Arcadia for some reason and I can't stand the psytrance played in the forest.

Why isn't there a better house and techno influence at such a 'trendy' festival!?

electrobanana

• According to their myspce page's roxy music,leftfield,massive attack are on the saturday so expect a few more headline acts to be announced.

H8GHOTI

Roxy Music are on Friday, Leftfield are Saturday & Massive Attack are Sunday.

I wouldn't get your hopes up for another headliner.

electrobanana

apoliges for massive attack but goin by myspace the other two are down for saturday.im just goin by myspace:o

H8GHOTI

I can't see any dates on the Roxy Music myspace page. Going by their official site it is the Friday they are playing alright. As for Massive Attack, I checked their page a few weeks ago and it was the 4th, but it's been changed to the 5th since.

electrobanana

ok cool mate. maybe im just hoping for sum more headliners. we just have to wait and see i suppose fingers crossed

H8GHOTI

I wouldn't mind if there was.
Had you anyone in mind?

df1985

any hope in hell for arcade fire now that oxegen is over?

or chemical brothers? cant understand how theyve done neither with a new album.

edit: checked chem tour dates, in america that weekend.

H8GHOTI

Both would be great additions.
With a new album you would think the Chemical Brothers would have played one or the other. But they are in the US on the Friday/Saturday of EP, they'll hardly make it over on the Sunday.
Edit: I see you edited & have spotted that yourself. I need to type faster

electrobanana

iv got a sneaky feeling about cypress hill they play uk around the same time i think.but you can never tell wit ep they always pull somthing out the bag in the final announcment here's hoping

rainbowdrop

Daft Punk are playing in London on the Friday, would be a wet dream if they hopped over the Irish sea to EP..........:D

Jello

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Daft Punk are playing in London on the Friday, would be a wet dream if they hopped over the Irish sea to EP..........:D

No they're not!

They haven't announced any tour dates yet.

electrobanana

daft punk would be EPIC:cool:

rainbowdrop

Jello wrote: »

No they're not!

They haven't announced any tour dates yet.

Yeah, your right!! Just checked again and it was all a filthy rumour. Shame:(

lordgoat

As far as i'm aware, all announcements are made.

H8GHOTI

LFC5Times wrote: »

Thinking of possibly heading to EP this year (will be first time), what are the chances of tickets selling out?

Cheers

I'd be surprised if it did soon but you never know.
Last year, I think I read somewhere, that it only sold out the day it started. There was definitely tickets left the week before anyway.

H8GHOTI

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Yeah, your right!! Just checked again and it was all a filthy rumour. Shame:(

Ya one of the dates mentioned was for the O2 in August. It is a shame, I'd love to see them. I'd settle for Justice.

lordgoat wrote: »

As far as i'm aware, all announcements are made.

As far as you are aware? Is that just a guess or have you some inside info?
I would think, with 7 weeks to go, there will be more acts added. Last year there was announcements right up until the middle of August.

jill_valentine

df1985 wrote: »

any hope in hell for arcade fire now that oxegen is over?

No, they've got other stuff on around that time and as far as I know they've announced all the festivals they're doing this year. I daresay Oxegen probably had a national exclusivity thing with them too, I know Reading/Leeds did in the UK.

Splainc

lordgoat wrote: »

As far as i'm aware, all announcements are made.

Nope. Tallest Man on Earth is confirmed on his myspace but not by EP so will be at least one more small announcement

ghostdancer

lordgoat wrote: »

As far as i'm aware, all announcements are made.

two door cinema club announced themselves 2 days ago, so i'd say EP have a few more still to announce...

ghostdancer

messymess wrote: »

Does anyone know will Body Tonic be there this year? It was sorely missed last year.

I generally don't like the type of music that's played at Arcadia for some reason and I can't stand the psytrance played in the forest.

Why isn't there a better house and techno influence at such a 'trendy' festival!?

EP apparently treated them like **** in 2008, and had massively slashed their budget, so they decided not to bother trying to put together a lineup/tent on a small budget, and just concentrate on their own events.

Toast

jill_valentine wrote: »

No, they've got other stuff on around that time and as far as I know they've announced all the festivals they're doing this year. I daresay Oxegen probably had a national exclusivity thing with them too, I know Reading/Leeds did in the UK.

Odds are they'll be back in the O2 before the end of the year.