Electric Picnic 2012

karaokeman

barryd09 wrote: »

Any chance Noel Gallagher will be added I wonder? I see hes free the Friday & Saturday of that weekend the last time I checked.

No chance, he's supporting RHCP tonight, that will be his third and final Irish date on the tour.

And if Noel was going to play, he would have been announced earlier along with all the other big mainstream acts (i.e. Killers, Elbow etc).

tonyfillony

announcement is going to be this week sometime

MeetReality

Junior Boys are playing according to their agent Pitch & Smith

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

after the forbidden fruit and body+soul tickets being around €100, it's some stretch for €240 for EP. that price is a relic of the celtic tiger. there'll need to be a lot of acts announced to sell

JJ

If they only they moved Grimes to Sunday, I'd defo buy a Sunday ticket. Maybe they'll have to open the festival to day tickets for every day if sales are sluggish.

Ugh.Im.Clashing

On the EP forum (http://forum.electricpicnic.ie/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20015&start=18):

Sgt Floyd Pepper wrote:

There seems to be a link off the official web page for Bombay Bicycle Club, though it goes to a 'To be revealed very soon' holding page. Not exactly a confirmation but I don't know why it would exist if they weren't going to be added??

http://electricpicnic.ie/bombaybicycleclub

Decided to look for more acts by changing the URL to see who comes up with "to be revealed very soon" as well and have so far found:

Grimes (already self-confirmed) http://electricpicnic.ie/grimes
Ben Howard - http://electricpicnic.ie/benhoward
Factory Floor -http://electricpicnic.ie/factoryfloor
Villagers - http://electricpicnic.ie/villagers
The Antlers - http://electricpicnic.ie/theantlers

Apologies if these are already known, hadn't seen them anywhere else myself!

elephanttalk

Ugh.Im.Clashing wrote: »

On the EP forum (http://forum.electricpicnic.ie/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20015&start=18):



Decided to look for more acts by changing the URL to see who comes up with "to be revealed very soon" as well and have so far found:

Grimes (already self-confirmed) http://electricpicnic.ie/grimes
Ben Howard - http://electricpicnic.ie/benhoward
Factory Floor -http://electricpicnic.ie/factoryfloor
Villagers - http://electricpicnic.ie/villagers
The Antlers - http://electricpicnic.ie/theantlers

Apologies if these are already known, hadn't seen them anywhere else myself!

Same for:
http://electricpicnic.ie/dexys
http://electricpicnic.ie/killingjoke

DB10

georgiecasey wrote: »

after the forbidden fruit and body+soul tickets being around €100, it's some stretch for €240 for EP. that price is a relic of the celtic tiger. there'll need to be a lot of acts announced to sell

agreed. i wonder will it sell out or get a crowd. 240 euros is an awful lot, especially when u consider you also need transport, and if camping food,drink tent etc.

I realise it doesnt seem to be aimed at oxegen type festival goers, so maybe those with more disposable income will attend.

barryd09

karaokeman wrote: »

barryd09 wrote: »

Any chance Noel Gallagher will be added I wonder? I see hes free the Friday & Saturday of that weekend the last time I checked.

No chance, he's supporting RHCP tonight, that will be his third and final Irish date on the tour.

And if Noel was going to play, he would have been announced earlier along with all the other big mainstream acts (i.e. Killers, Elbow etc).

Well hes just been announced for marley park with kasabian so defo no picnic for noel id say. The RHCP gig isnt his final irish show this year afterall!

Dubhthamlacht

Confirmed : Dexy's, Wild Beasts, Grimes, The Staves, Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny, Liam O'Flynn and Paddy Glackin, Villagers, Wallis bird, the Vaccines, Explosions in the Sky, Ben Howard, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Antlers, Patrick Watson, Nell Bryden, Bellowhead

kellso81

Where's it confirmed, not on website, facebook or twitter?

danniemcq

confirmed by the method a few posts up or something else?

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

kellso81 wrote: »

Where's it confirmed, not on website, facebook or twitter?

a press release i presume, it'll be on the website soon

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2012/06/27/electric-picnic-adds-dexys-villagers-grimes-explosions-in-the-sky-and-many-more/

deeks

kellso81 wrote: »

Where's it confirmed, not on website, facebook or twitter?

EP have confirmed it on their twitter feed.

electrobanana

Im really thinking of giving the picnic a miss this year as that line up really doesn't justify the ticket price..someone should tell them its not 2008 anymore.

opr

Some nice additions. I've gone from a no to a maybe.

Opr

maximoose

^Would be doing the same if there wasn't a decent group of us going. There's a few in those additions today that I'll probably go see but very disappointed with the line up as a whole now, can't see there being many more added.

Just glad I got an earlybird ticket for a little cheaper... €240 is unjustifiable for this.

flyswatter

maximoose wrote: »

^Would be doing the same if there wasn't a decent group of us going. There's a few in those additions today that I'll probably go see but very disappointed with the line up as a whole now, can't see there being many more added.

Just glad I got an earlybird ticket for a little cheaper... €240 is unjustifiable for this.

How much was the earlybird ticket?

maximoose

flyswatter wrote: »

How much was the earlybird ticket?

€191 if you did it in instalments

(I think it was €160 if you paid up front)

Thundercats Ho

Early birds were €190 and loyalty tickets were €175 which is pretty good imo.
I'm happy with villagers, BBC, Ben Howard, Dexy's, Grimes etc.
This is a very good announcement tbf. Now if we could just get some Bloc Party and Django Django i'd be set

maximoose

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Now if we could just get some Bloc Party

Yup, that'll do me lovely. Just them and I'll be a happy camper.

ghostdancer

maximoose wrote: »

^Would be doing the same if there wasn't a decent group of us going. There's a few in those additions today that I'll probably go see but very disappointed with the line up as a whole now, can't see there being many more added.

Just glad I got an earlybird ticket for a little cheaper... €240 is unjustifiable for this.

exactly the same for me.
i know there'll be a decent group heading down so when the day rolls around i won't mind too much about the lineup as i got an early bird ticket, but if it was just 2 of us heading down, i'd be seriously considering giving it a miss based on the lineup at the moment if i had to buy a full price ticket.


re: the announcement today, very underwhelming. there's 3 or 4 that i wouldn't mind seeing, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if I/people i'm with aren't bothered making our way to the stage when those acts are on. nothing there that I'm thinking "wow, great addition".

nocoverart

Absolutely pathetic line-up! I think it's time for this country to get a new festival that can cater for more knowledgeable music lovers.

Ash.J.Williams

nocoverart wrote: »

Absolutely pathetic line-up! I think it's time for this country to get a new festival that can cater for more knowledgeable music lovers.

That sounds like fun

kellso81

nocoverart wrote: »

Absolutely pathetic line-up! I think it's time for this country to get a new festival that can cater for more knowledgeable music lovers.

In your knowledgeable opinion, who would you rather see?

Captain Graphite

Very underwhelming announcement tbh. If I hadn't already got the €175 loyalty ticket I probably wouldn't bother going this year. Line up definitely not worth the €240, especially compared to last years.

Still, on the bright side, I'll get to see more of the Minefield and Body & Soul sections this year.

nocoverart wrote: »

Absolutely pathetic line-up! I think it's time for this country to get a new festival that can cater for more knowledgeable music lovers.

Oh good Jesus! Please tell me you're a caricature and not an actual real life person with that attitude?

grudgehugger

Not much for me on that list of additions... was happier with the previous announcements.

Very little on the electronica / techno front as yet - maybe that will perk things up a bit when it comes out

run_Forrest_run

grudgehugger wrote: »

Not much for me on that list of additions... was happier with the previous announcements.

Very little on the electronica / techno front as yet - maybe that will perk things up a bit when it comes out

that's what I'm hoping anyway.

Jello

grudgehugger wrote: »

Not much for me on that list of additions... was happier with the previous announcements.

Very little on the electronica / techno front as yet - maybe that will perk things up a bit when it comes out

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

that's what I'm hoping anyway.

They haven't really announced any acts for the Little Big Tent yet except for Squarepusher so I think some decent electronic acts are due in the next announcement!

ghostdancer

seeing as Four Tet is DJing with Caribou and Jamie xx at EP, i'd hope that he's booked for a live show too.
doubt Caribou will as it would need to be the full band and the only Caribou gigs around that date are all DJ sets, including one the next day in Ibiza with Four Tet....