Electric Picnic 2012

Thundercats Ho

elbow, ed sheeran, bell x1, Mumford....
WTF is this, Oxegen?
I hope all of this is idle speculation and none of them get announced.

maximoose

Ohhhhhh I'm giddy today, announce something damnit!

Toast

Jim Carroll wouldn't play his cards this close to the announcement unless he was sure so I'd bet that will be 90 to 100% accurate. Fits pretty much all the rumours that have been floating around so far too.

edit: except that article isn't by Jim Carroll..wth.

sporina

Toast wrote: »

Jim Carroll wouldn't play his cards this close to the announcement unless he was sure so I'd bet that will be 90 to 100% accurate. Fits pretty much all the rumours that have been floating around so far too.

edit: except that article isn't by Jim Carroll..wth.

ha ha

Furious-Red

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

elbow, ed sheeran, bell x1, Mumford....
WTF is this, Oxegen?
I hope all of this is idle speculation and none of them get announced.

All those acts have played EP before??? (bar Ed Sheeran)

thebostoncrab

Furious-Red wrote: »

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

elbow, ed sheeran, bell x1, Mumford....
WTF is this, Oxegen?
I hope all of this is idle speculation and none of them get announced.

All those acts have played EP before??? (bar Ed Sheeran)

Exactly, but I think people will use any excuse to try use the lack of Oxegen this year to complain about this years line up. Even before it's actually released.

Sure The Cure played Oxegen, as have Sigur Rós, if people are going to play that card.

Furious-Red

thebostoncrab wrote: »

Exactly, but I think people will use any excuse to try use the lack of Oxegen this year to complain about this years line up. Even before it's actually released.

Sure The Cure played Oxegen, as have Sigur Rós, if people are going to play that card.

Yup there will always be a crossover in acts that can/have played at both festivals like The Cure , Sigur Ros , Elbow , Chemical Brothers , Arcade Fire , Brian Wilson etc

ghostdancer

i think it's more that people think Ed Sheeran, Elbow, Mumford and Sons, etc. will attract the oxegen crowd who spend most the weekend in the campsite and have no idea about 95% of the EP lineup, including most of the headliners. they'd rather see Beyonce instead of those weird rocker Cure people...

can understand POD going for these type of acts to get some of the oxegen crowd and ensure a sell-out this year. might not be the best plan in the long-term though, but who knows...

hubiedubie

ghostdancer wrote: »

will attract the oxegen crowd who spend most the weekend in the campsite and have no idea about 95% of the EP lineup, including most of the headliners. they'd rather see Beyonce instead of those weird rocker Cure people...

I love a bit of festival snobbery I do...

Furious-Red

hubiedubie wrote: »

I love a bit of festival snobbery I do...

HA yea most of the Oxegen crowd will be going to the Pheonix Park gigs which are a substitute for Oxegen so MCD have them covered . You would swear since Oxegen is gone there wont be anything else for them to go to

Thundercats Ho

Furious-Red wrote: »

All those acts have played EP before??? (bar Ed Sheeran)

Personally i cant stand elbow but i guess i could undetstand them at ep.
I was surprised when Mumford were announced a few years ago tbh.
Ed sheeran, come on..
EP has some mainstream acts we all know that, to me it doesn't matter if they played before or not. Ed sheeran and his ilk can stay away afaic.


thebostoncrab:
Sure The Cure played Oxegen, as have Sigur Rós, if people are going to play that card.

Don't give me that. the cure and sigur were always more of an ep act than an oxegen act. The point is about poor (imo) middle of the road acts which the cure or sigur are most definately not.

That_Guy

Ray D'arcy just announced a few acts there. Glen Hansard, Bell X1, Ed Sheeran. Elbow, The Cure, The Roots.

That_Guy

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

EP has some mainstream acts we all know that, to me it doesn't matter if they played before or not. Ed sheeran and his ilk can stay away afaic.

You know it's a festival and you don't have to see him yeah?

ghostdancer

The Cure; Sigur Rós; Elbow; Grizzly Bear; Orbital; Christy Moore; The Roots; Hot Chip; Glen Hansard; The xx; Metronomy; The Horrors; Azealia Banks; Roots Manuva; Bell X1; Staff Benda Bilili; Milagers; Ed Sheeran; Alabama Shakes; Cranes; Little Roy; Land Lovers; Baxter Dury; Jonathan Wilson; Solar Bears; Fatoumata Diawara; Willis Earl Beal; Lanterns on the Lake plus many many more to be announced.

Furious-Red

Electric Picnic 2012 will look a little something like this : The Cure; Sigur Rós; Elbow; Grizzly Bear; Orbital; Christy Moore; The Roots; Hot Chip; Glen Hansard; The xx; Metronomy; The Horrors; Azealia Banks; Roots Manuva; Bell X1; Staff Benda Bilili; Milagers; Ed Sheeran; Alabama Shakes; Cranes; Little Roy; Land Lovers; Baxter Dury; Jonathan Wilson; Solar Bears; Fatoumata Diawara; Willis Earl Beal; Lanterns on the Lake plus many many more to be announced. Ticket on sale this Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster and usual outlets.

ghostdancer

some good stuff there, but some complete dross too, and fairly underwhelming overall tbh.

Thundercats Ho

That_Guy wrote: »

You know it's a festival and you don't have to see him yeah?

I wasn't aware of that, thanks for the tip.
Sarcasim aside, I won't be going to see him as you correctly said, and i'm sure there'll be sh1tloads of other stuff to keep me entertained

gazzer

Not a great line up at all, very underwhelmed.

Technocentral

The Cure; Sigur Rós; Grizzly Bear; Orbital;Hot Chip; The xx; Metronomy great for starters, there are always other great acts announced nearer to the time.

ghostdancer

Technocentral wrote: »

The Cure; Sigur Rós; Grizzly Bear; Orbital;Hot Chip; The xx; Metronomy great for starters, there are always other great acts announced nearer to the time.

yep, i was looking at the announcements for acts last year, and it was always the ones after the initial announcement that had most of the acts i wanted to see.
June/July/August is when things get properly interesting....

flyswatter

I'd say I'll go for The Roots alone!

Shifty11

oh no Ed Sheeran get lots of radioplay, he shouldnt be playing at EP...?
Why does the majority of people focus on the negative? There are plenty of other great acts. really looking forward to Azealia Banks.

H8GHOTI

John Digweed playing as well.

ghostdancer

Electric Picnic
You can add John Digweed to that list!

jesus, why not get guetta and tiesto too...

Ash.J.Williams

Shifty11 wrote: »

oh no Ed Sheeran get lots of radioplay, he shouldnt be playing at EP...?
Why does the majority of people focus on the negative? There are plenty of other great acts. really looking forward to Azealia Banks.

ah i'd understand regarding Ed Sheeran

Technocentral

ghostdancer wrote: »

yep, i was looking at the announcements for acts last year, and it was always the ones after the initial announcement that had most of the acts i wanted to see.
June/July/August is when things get properly interesting....

Yeah, people complain every year at this time but it always turns out great. I'm still reckoning on M83, Santigold and a few others.

hubiedubie

Shifty11 wrote: »

oh no Ed Sheeran get lots of radioplay, he shouldnt be playing at EP...?

Yes, I just don't get the - commercially successful=crap thing. He and is 'ilk' are as entitled to play at EP as any of the others. I've never heard him why should the Electric Picnic be cleansed of him?

electrobanana

Furious-Red wrote: »

Electric Picnic 2012 will look a little something like this : The Cure; Sigur Rós; Elbow; Grizzly Bear; Orbital; Christy Moore; The Roots; Hot Chip; Glen Hansard; The xx; Metronomy; The Horrors; Azealia Banks; Roots Manuva; Bell X1; Staff Benda Bilili; Milagers; Ed Sheeran; Alabama Shakes; Cranes; Little Roy; Land Lovers; Baxter Dury; Jonathan Wilson; Solar Bears; Fatoumata Diawara; Willis Earl Beal; Lanterns on the Lake plus many many more to be announced. Ticket on sale this Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster and usual outlets.

That's not a bad start..always wanted to see The Roots live so im pretty happy already not sure about Orbital again i didn't think they were that good the last time but il just give them a miss...thumbs up for The Cure,Elbow,Hot Chip and Roots Manuva

broanna_newsom

good line up, but i was really hoping to see bon iver. I wonder if they'll announce him later?

O'Doodle

No Two Door Cinema Club? Obviously playing the Phoenix Park then...